"the members seek implicit permission not to speak,
not to answer or to answer for, not to pose
chat, persuade or expound."
Can you imagine attending such a meeting?
I know I would want to chat...at least a little bit.
How else can we get to know each other?
By facial expressions and body language?
"Minutes are read silently and tacitly approved."
Reading silently together intrigues me .
I've heard there are clubs who do this.
Everyone brings their book and they sit
together reading silently.
I would find it nearly impossible not to speak
about what I was reading. I love the
process of sharing with others and
hearing their thoughts...up to a point.
That's where the practice of patience is pertinent.
"Podium and gavel have been banned,
indeed are viewed as weaponry.
A microphone? The horror."
No one "in charge"?
No facilitator to guide the proceedings?
I'd like to think this was possible, yet
I'm having a hard time imagining it.
I can think of so many settings where
it would be catastrophic.
My favorite line:
"After the tone, listen."
And the singular, most important word,
in my view is: LISTEN.
And with that I wish you
a quiet, listening namaste.
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