Tendada - a Social Learning Trip

A Social Learning Trip

"The best advise, to students studying under me has been just this: Educate yourself, do not let me educate you." ~ Robert Henri, 1865 - 1929

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#THEPOWERTOFLOWER This book contains interpretations on the symbol of “the seed of life” which I like to call #thePowertoFlower. The seed of life is a symbol for creation and fertility and is found in all major religions and most ancient cultures around our globe. Reading, comprehending and living it might reveal your own true nature.

Enjoy the ride, greetings,

Guido Crolla @Denkbeeldhouwer 0628537992

Warning to the reader!

"In an effort to cope with the incomprehensibility of infinite reality, we ever curious, ever-pondering, compulsively controlling Homo Sapiens create theoretical models. These models are ingenious beams of speculation that we use to penetrate and define the dark mysteries of boundless existence.

Sometimes elegantly structured, usually self-confirming, our models are like the headlights of a car, designed to light our way. Whatever is illuminated becomes our truth, and we organise our lives around it. But this light we create can also blind us. Too often we are blinded into believing that our models are the whole reality, forgetting that they are simply useful fact/fantasy coping devices." ~ Gordon MacKenzie "Orbiting The Giant Hairball - A corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace.”

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THE POWER TO FLOWER

We are living in tremendous times. We are collectively stepping out of automated procedures, into a more natural way of offering our own personal values and talents to the world.

The Power to Flower can help you. It’s a natural, organic way to bloom based on Gandhi’s quote:

“Your beliefs become your thoughts your thoughts become your words your words become your actions your actions become your habits your habits become your values your values become your destiny.”

The Power to Flower brings you closer to ‘Be the change

you want to see in the world’, yeah, another Gandhi quote.

Beware. This is not a 6 step Buddha guide to teaching. It’s just a christallization of my wandering spirit, roaming visions on education.

In this book, I captured lessons I’ve learned in my personal ‘Heroes Journey’ and perspectives I took on ‘lessons learned’ from my mentors, my students. Often enough, this have been lessons from failures, my own failures while stepping into the unknown, stepping into chaos. I think chaos is our default state, the state of the universe.

Looking through the lenses of ‘the Power to Flower has given me insights in natural structure that emerges from chaos. The best thing I got out of it myself is that, when I’m really living consciously and alert, I can see and experience life from multiple perspectives.

What it brings me is an open view on possibilities to choose from. I can take decisions out of love and abundance. Therefore I can easily deal with - and even alter - my perception on consequences.

Being a complicated guy, in search for truth, I hope the Power to Flower may broaden your horizon, as it did mine. I hope this book may bring you the perspective in life to bloom and help others to do the same.

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1. Thoughts

“When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it is the beginning of a new reality.” ~ Friedrich Hundertwasser 6. Destiny Looking back on your own learning journey with your peers (the other is your mirror) you will get a clearer view on your destiny. Some of us it will strike like lightning, others it will slowly pour into consciousness. Maybe it’s because you made some steps into new new directions, maybe your perspective of your world just became different and you started looking with new eyes.

Enjoy the view and carry on!

2. Words The Power to Flower is an invitation to share your dreams and ‘make a dent in the Universe’. Focus on the quality of your thoughts.

With the Power to Flower you’ll find words that define your ambition, you’ll be able to pin them down and shout them out. You’ll find the title for your hero’s quest and the confidence to tell the whole world what you’re aiming at.

5. Values

3. Actions

The future belongs to those of us, still willing to get their hands dirty. Working with the Power to Flower, you’ll sometimes fall deep, only to be able to rise and shine proudly after. Have some friends around to share your pain, joy and values.

Well now, here’s the deal. Life is all about action, putting your creations into this universe. So whatever you’ll be reading in this book, put things into action, preferably right now, without attachement to consequences or result, just for the love of doing, of being aware and active in the moment.

Think big, start small, the power of natural growth will join you. You’ll grow, no matter what in the direction you act.

4. Habits Change comes in very small actions, cleverly repeated, tricking the big resistance - that tiny voice within - to change perspective. You will start to encounter unexpected interventions, and if you persist, even more often. The universe is tapping in. Let these thoughts, these words you’re reading right now, shake things up a little bit.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, it’s a habit.”

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1. Ordinary world

12. Elixer

2. Call to Action

11. Insight

3. Refusal of the call

10. Road back

4. Meeting the mentor

9. Treasure

5. Crossing the threshold

8. Ordeal

6. Testing allies and enemies

7. Arrival I wish you the Power to Flower in your own hero’s journey.

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SOCIAL LEARNING TRIP - SCRIPT Scene 1. Arnhem/ Nijmegen Vluchtelingen opvang.

Scene 2. HAN - in vertrouwen innoveren en leren.

How may I serve? HAN, studenten, docenten, medewerkers, alumni, partners, IKEA - en/of andere back-uppers, willen 1000 mobiele woninginrichtingen voor vluchtelingen creeren. Eerst doen, dan denken en doorgaan.

Scene 3. Ontkenning.

Ik kan niet, ik moet naar school, vakken volgen en/of geven. En hoe kan ik daar dan studiepunten voor krijgen? Mag ik vast niet als stage doen!

Scene 4. Enter mentor Denkbeeldhouwer zet wat ideetjes op papier, een call to action voor een Social Learning Trip, vanuit passie en talent als initiator. Een zaadje planten.

Scene 5: Check-in Tribal gathering. Gedachten delen. Vragen stellen. Verbeelden. Connectie zoeken. Waarden en zingeving vaststellen, samen met vluchtelingen. Check-in!

Scene 6: Prototype, prototype, prototype Eerst doen, dan denken. 1-10-100 (afgeleid van #EenTweeTien). 
 Live Storytelling. #thePowertoFlower Scene 7. Eerste oplevering Leeg kantoorpand of school in Arnhem wordt ingericht.

Eerste bewoners trekken in.

Scene 8. Samen zijn School maken, samen eten, sporten, welzijn creeren.

Scene 9. Pioniersgeluk Studenten en nieuwe medelanders pionieren er op los. De eerste onderneming gaat van start. De eerste club is gevormd. BaseCamp is veilig.

Scene 10. Tja en dan?

Even op adem komen, de rust nemen.

Scene 11. Spiegelweb Wat deed dit met je? Wat neem je hiervan mee? Hoe vertel je thuis wat je hebt meegemaakt?

Scene 12. TedXeduArnhem Heldenpraat.

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SOCIAL LEARNING TRIP - SCRIPT

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NAAMLOOS Maar vooral nog liefde voor mensen.

Samen zijn

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TRUST THE PROCESS HAN - In vertrouwen innoveren en leren