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Bruce S.

Organization: Interspirit Foundation
Title at organization: Founder
Address: 609...
Address 2: PO ...
City: Santa Barbara
State: California
Zip/postal code: 93101
Email: bru...
Political orientation: New American Consensus
Date new: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Date modified: Monday, April 15, 2013
Last login: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Last click: Wed, May 22, 2013, 9:01:55 AM

Activism
Attending local meetings Deliberation Dialogue Facilitation Internet development Mediation Networking Organizing Research Theory Writing

Evolutionary Keys
A golden thread connects us all All are responsible for the whole Appreciative inquiry Art of hosting As above so below Ascension current Awakened world Axis mundi Balance the patriarchy Be the buddha where you are Be the change you want to see Bindu Bridge Can you feel the love tonight Center Centerpoint Circle Cocreative Collaboration Collective intelligence Collective resonance Common ground Community Connect the dots Connect the good Conscious evolution Conscious evolution Convergence Cooperation Cosmic oneness Creative Creativity is diversity in resonance Cross-cultural Dawn's early light Democracy Dialogue Dialogue is a conversation with a center Diversity becomes harmony through resonance Divine feminine E pluribus unum Ecology Embrace diversity Environment Everybody all at once Everything is connected to everything else Feminine/masculine balance Freedom Global shift Golden rule Golden thread Grace Grandmother drum Harmony's way Heal disunity Heart Heartbeat of America Heartbeat of the world Heart-centered Holistic Holocracy Hospitality Human family Humility I am you and you are me Illuminate the circuity Integral Interfaith Interspirit Intuition It takes a village Iterative relaxation convergence Jeweled net of Indra Kindness Leadership Light Listen to all voices Logos Loom of light Love Mandala Many/one Medicine wheel More friends and fewer enemies Mother divine Mutual respect Neighbor Neighborhood Neighbors helping neighbors Network One One global heart One nation one people Oneness movement Open space Organize Peace Perfect relaxation within perfect tension Politics of trust Power to the people Renaissance Resonance Resonant democracy Resonant semantics Sacred Sacred hoop Self-governing and self-organizing Self-organize Self-realization Shared purpose Sisterhood Sociocracy Sophia Spirit Spiritual Start where you live Sustainable Syncon Tapestry Teamwork The heart to lead The pattern that connects The power of we The world will be saved by western women Thousand points of light Transcend and include Transcend borders Transpartisan Trust Unity Unity in diversity Universal Universal heart that connects all people Universal human Universal spirit Vision Vision of the network Water We are one Weaver Whatever the problem, community is the answer White light Wholeness Women Women at the well World cafe You got gold
Groups
Occupy Express Plenary
Occupy Test Group
OccupySB Structure Working
On the Street
One Love
Project on Guiding Ethics

Themes
All is one Bring all factors to the table Build a wisdom culture Build trust Co-creativity Collective intelligence Common ground Community Computer support for complex issues Connect the good Conscious evolution Dialogue Diversity empowers creativity Divine guidance Everybody on the same team Everything is connected to everything else Expertise from everywhere Find enough time Global shift Golden rule Heal the nation Holistic vision Integral context Listen to all voices Look for ways to understand Many minds sharing big tasks Meditation More friends and fewer enemies Mutual respect My neighborhood One nation, one people Overcome spin and distortion Prayer Realize the full potential of democracy Resonance Sacred circles Servant leadership Shared purpose Solutions that work for everybody The blind men and the elephant - see all aspects Transcend and include Transpartisan unity Unity in diversity Voice of the people We are the Human Network Yes we can

Links / Websites
http://sharedpurpose.net
http://circle2012.net
http://origin.org
http://networkofcircles.net
http://sharedpurpose.net
I am a programmer, writer, organizer, and activist. I designed and built this "Shared Purpose" web system. .

These two below graphics illustrate my philosophy of collaboration.

The first animated graphic shows the flow of power through a steam locomotive engine, showing how all the wheels receive coordinated power and act in perfect synchronization, creating tremendous force and capacity.

The second graphic shows my "philosophy of cat-herding" -- and what it takes to "get all the cats in the same coffee cup". In my opinion, we have to be gentle but firm, lead by example, don't force things, and be very magnetic and attractive, while leaving the doors open for the cats to roam freely. We can learn a lot from free-spirited energy.

Thanks for being here.


LocoMotive Engineering / Pure Selfless Love

Petitions
Petition: End the Violent Rhetoric Sun, Jan 9, 2011
May the spirit of grace protect the United States and guide us into a new era of understanding and growth.
Extend Unemployment Benefits Mon, Nov 29, 2010
We the People -- Too Big to Fail. Is this a hard concept? Come on guys....
Former Members of Congress for Common Ground Wed, Oct 6, 2010
This is real leadership. Let's stand behind these people -- and encourage all candidates for Congress -- Senate and House -- to heed this call for responsible public service to the USA.
Stop the feeding frenzy and report on what matters Mon, Aug 23, 2010
Wedge issues like the mosque are pulling us apart as a nation, and preventing us from dealing with critical issues. We have to get our national attention on the big problems we are facing. The media and politicians profit by dividing us -- which weakens us as a people, makes our voice less effective, and keeps the corporate media in power. We are being battered around by "the outrage industry". We need leadership and vision.
Get some help to Main St Fri, Jul 30, 2010
We need to work together....
Serious Citizen Pledge Sun, Jul 25, 2010
Citizenship -- is not just an altruistic form of self-sacrifice. It's each citizen, each human being, doing the basic things it takes to maintain life on this planet -- including their own life.
Stand with Leading Economists: Get America Back to Work Tue, Jul 20, 2010
We must call the leading voices together to stand for the people and for common sense, and to protect the economic vitality of our country. We cannot afford to wage two wars and engage in "nation building" abroad, while neglecting our own country and our ecological and economic infrastructure.
March on the unemployed Tue, Jul 20, 2010
With a little tweaking, this petition system should support as many different petitions as we wish to create. It's close to working now. I can come back here and add this comment.
Declaration of Unity Wed, Jul 7, 2010
E Pluribus Unum -- come on, political leadership -- pull us together! ** “There are a number of native myths that speak of the breaking and the reunification of the circle. In Hopi oral tradition, the story says that once the truth was a whole body of knowledge known by all beings – people, animals, stones, plants, there was no separation. Then an imbalance came. The circle was broken and the whole truth divided. Each clan was given responsibility for a portion of the truth. They were instructed to care for this truth until such time as they could remember their wholeness and reunite the circle. “Of course, after a period of time, the clans forgot that they carried only a fraction of the truth, and began to think they carried the whole truth. They began hording it, protecting it, trying to impose it on others. Their spirituality became religions that divided them and caused disrespect for other ways of life. They began dividing up the land and claiming the clans of the animals, plants and stones for themselves. Scarcity began to dwell among the people. Masala, the messenger of the Hopi people, prophesied that there would come an eleventh hour when all the people would have to choose: to remain divided and destroy themselves and the planet, or to reunite and restore the balance of life. Certainly we are at that hour.” Christina Baldwin, Calling the Circle – the Once and Future Culture, Bantam Books, 1998, p.58
Ten recent public Forum messages
Thrive Movement Tue, Sep 11, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Good morning. Just wondering if anybody here has some insights or strong feelings about the vision of "global domination" presented through the movie "Thrive". ?? It's a beautifully produced movie, with a lot of vital force and hope -- presenting the thesis that what is preventing the world from "thriving" is an elite cabal of the super-rich, with a stranglehold on the world's economy. ...
Enlightened Politics - Peace Treaty Wed, Jul 25, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Good morning. Thanks, all, for being there. This "EJ thing" continues to feel very strong. Yes, it's kinda fancy, and it does depend on getting a few new ideas into our hard heads -- but -- that might not be impossible.... What I am supposing is the next right step for this -- is to get out to the Capps Center at UCSB -- they were the sponsors of the EJ appearance here on June 20 -- and ...
Enlightened Politics Mon, Jul 23, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Hi again. Just want to push a few thoughts into circulation -- that for me, are carrying a lot of hope and excitement. I'm going to try the slightly glossier format for this message group, and see whether these emails get through the spam filters... I did post a longish message to another group this morning -- on my own "Evolutionary History of the New Politics" -- which more or less review...
Our Divided Political Heart, by EJ Dionne Fri, Jul 20, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Good morning, long time no type. Happy Summer. I've been working on the book "Our Divided Political Heart", by Washington Post columnist (and MSNBC commentator and Brookings Institute Fellow and Georgetown Professor) EJ Dionne. Some of you probably know that EJ was here on June 20, at the Lobero, and spoke to a full house about the thesis of his new book. We bought a copy then, and another o...
Creating Something Different Sun, Apr 29, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
I was "Up with Chris Hayes" this morning -- early weekend mornings on MSNBC -- and one of his guests was Marina Sitrin, from the OWS Legal Working Group, who was talking about the May 1 OWS action -- and who said a bunch of things I thought were powerful and significant. Marina described the entire OWS/Occupy movement in one succinct phrase: "Pulling the emergency brake" What's the Occupy...
Spring Growth Thu, Apr 26, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Hi People! Good to see the new energy of OccupySB, and the promise of more to come. The ice does seem to be melting, and some fascinating new things are emerging. You all mostly know about new Occupy stuff, so I won't mention much of that. But from my point of view, as a New Vision organizer, there are some exciting new possibilities. One small point -- is that occupy.net has collecte...
Occupy Café - Interviews - National Movement Thu, Feb 2, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
That was a good meeting last night at Ayni. It was a smaller group than we had at our first meeting there, a couple of weeks ago -- maybe a few of the firebrands had something else to do. I missed them -- but it was good to be there and present a few ideas that have been percolating in me. One theme -- that I think can grow, maybe explosively -- is this idea of "interviews". Put very s...
Voices of the 99 Percent Wed, Feb 1, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Hi People. Thanks for being here. There's quite a bit of new energy beginning to coalesce. So, quickly, a few points and themes. 1) OccupySB is meeting again tonight at Ayni Gallery -- 216 State Street, just on the beach side of the freeway. I've heard some rumors that Ayni might become a permanent home for OccupySB. It's growing as a very inclusive community hub, and we're pulling toget...
SpokesCouncil - We the People - Evolve Fri, Jan 27, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Dear everybody -- Greetings on this hot winter afternoon in this amazing birthplace Santa Barbara -- The meeting at Ayni Gallery a couple of nights ago was interesting and instructive, and probably a sign of unforeseen new possibilities of growth. For those of you who made it, thanks so much. I wanted to bring to your attention an emerging "broad swath" approach to political change tha...
Occupy at Ayni - Tonight! Wed, Jan 25, 2012 Occupy Express Plenary
Many of you already know that Occupy SB is scheduled tonight at Ayni Gallery, 216 State Street (beach side of the freeway). This could be a big deal. Ayni Gallery has been hosting a diverse and forward-looking series of community events, happenings and groups. There's a lot of creativity in the air down there. For those of us looking for new solutions and a new politics -- and high-p...