“Every object, well contemplated, opens up a new organ of perception within us.”

 

Goethe (cited in Theory U)

 

One of the founding intentions of the Presencing Institute was to create a planetary action research community. The proposal of the Deep Sensing Lab is to lean into the current moment through shared inquiry into the stories of transformation we are holding. We know that when we reflect deeply on our experiences of stewarding systems transformation, we evolve the knowledge base that informs the work, and we evolve ourselves.

Each month we will inquire into a story-in-the-making, bringing to the inquiry a method and an explicit intention to investigate what is actually happening in the process of awareness-based systems change. What are the inner and outer conditions that hold a system in place or that enable it to shift toward greater health and flourishing? In the tradition of phenomenology, we will inquire deeply into the particulars of a case knowing that it will provide insight into phenomena more generally.

Using existing sensing and sense-making practices, and also creating new ones, we aim to:

• Further surface and make visible the knowing and ‘know how’ of awareness-based systems change.
• Co-develop and evolve a method for collective sense-making. 
• Hone our capacity to tell stories of transformation, potentially developing a template for awareness-based story harvest.

We ask that you register for the sessions you would like to join as it helps us with our planning. Each session space provides a Zoom link, downloadable calendar invite and important information for the session.