http://esaleaks.org/2012/01/vision-board/ The voice of the Esalen community and ancestors Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://esaleaks.org/2012/01/vision-board/#comment-114 Anonymous Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:44:09 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=794#comment-114 The problem at Esalen these days is not so much with Tricia, but with the Director of HR, Scott Stillinger. It would be interesting to do a piece on him. The problem at Esalen these days is not so much with Tricia, but with the Director of HR, Scott Stillinger. It would be interesting to do a piece on him.

]]> http://esaleaks.org/2012/01/vision-board/#comment-105 Anonymous Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:39:24 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=794#comment-105 This person seams well qualified to be a seminarian, she is surely searching for a way in the world, however she is clearly not of the caliber to lead Esalen. The decision of the Board to empower her to bring Esalen down to her level is frankly an embarrassing travesty. This person seams well qualified to be a seminarian, she is surely searching for a way in the world, however she is clearly not of the caliber to lead Esalen. The decision of the Board to empower her to bring Esalen down to her level is frankly an embarrassing travesty.

]]> http://esaleaks.org/2012/01/vision-board/#comment-103 Anonymous Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:58:55 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=794#comment-103 when I watched this - rather then comment on what I see, I thought about how young and green I must have been when at Esalen in the 80's - when I sit and realize that was over 20 years ago - I sit and wonder now, if it possible for Esalen to some day - have the growing wisdom to have a council of young blood ( the Mac and Rudi's generation - the middle wise - the David Price's and the older wise - the Chris Price, Nancy Lunney, Rick Tarnas's ) guiding the place from the inside out - I just do not know what to make of the fact that the present work scholar generation does not know or barely knows who Dick Price is, that would be like going to Zen Center, Tassajara - and the young retreatants not knowing who Suzuki Roshi was :( when I watched this – rather then comment on what I see, I thought about how young and green I must have been when at Esalen in the 80′s – when I sit and realize that was over 20 years ago – I sit and wonder now, if it possible for Esalen to some day – have the growing wisdom to have a council of young blood ( the Mac and Rudi’s generation – the middle wise – the David Price’s and the older wise – the Chris Price, Nancy Lunney, Rick Tarnas’s ) guiding the place from the inside out –
I just do not know what to make of the fact that the present work scholar generation does not know or barely knows who Dick Price is, that would be like going to Zen Center, Tassajara – and the young retreatants not knowing who Suzuki Roshi was

]]> http://esaleaks.org/2012/01/vision-board/#comment-100 Anonymous Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:47:12 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=794#comment-100 After gazing at that collage for a few minutes, here's what strikes me: 1) There's no hint of the shadow, the dark side, of the other, or anything other than sweetness and light. Without a confrontation with the shadow, there is no individual. Without a confrontation with the monster, there is no hero. It's all purely aspirational, without any hint of the realism and difficulty always present in accomplishing true change, be that personal or social. 2) This person seems to have been invalidated consistently in her childhood and is still seeking validation. Her core self, I have to imagine, never having interacted with her, is hiding, not present on the surface, still skittish about coming out and getting rejected. 3) Not an example of self-actualization, but someone who wants and doesn't know how to find it. Wants to be a leader, not even to lead, but to have the social position of the leader. (As I grew up Mormon, I can say that this is typical of Mormon cultural aspiration.) True leaders don't worry that they're leading; they worry about the challenges that require a unified response from a social group, responses that leaders are uniquely skilled at bringing into being. After gazing at that collage for a few minutes, here’s what strikes me:
1) There’s no hint of the shadow, the dark side, of the other, or anything other than sweetness and light. Without a confrontation with the shadow, there is no individual. Without a confrontation with the monster, there is no hero. It’s all purely aspirational, without any hint of the realism and difficulty always present in accomplishing true change, be that personal or social.
2) This person seems to have been invalidated consistently in her childhood and is still seeking validation. Her core self, I have to imagine, never having interacted with her, is hiding, not present on the surface, still skittish about coming out and getting rejected.
3) Not an example of self-actualization, but someone who wants and doesn’t know how to find it. Wants to be a leader, not even to lead, but to have the social position of the leader. (As I grew up Mormon, I can say that this is typical of Mormon cultural aspiration.) True leaders don’t worry that they’re leading; they worry about the challenges that require a unified response from a social group, responses that leaders are uniquely skilled at bringing into being.

]]> http://esaleaks.org/2012/01/vision-board/#comment-98 Anonymous Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:04:34 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=794#comment-98 Since it's inception, critics of Esalen have often branded it as anti-intellectual, something Michael Murphy has battled against...I find it hard pressed not to buy into that argument after watching the head of Esalen speak in that video. That's not just anti-intellectual, it's embarrassing and uncomfortable to watch. Since it’s inception, critics of Esalen have often branded it as anti-intellectual, something Michael Murphy has battled against…I find it hard pressed not to buy into that argument after watching the head of Esalen speak in that video. That’s not just anti-intellectual, it’s embarrassing and uncomfortable to watch.

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