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| The first part of the journey is to find a boundary. This will usually be the one that surrounds our primary world because that is what we know. We then need to locate an observing position on the boundary and to ask questions from that position. | The first part of the journey is to find a boundary. This will usually be the one that surrounds our primary world because that is what we know. We then need to locate an observing position on the boundary and to ask questions from that position. | ||
| - | As the observer of the boundary we do not know what is on the other side. The boundaries job is to prevent that information coming through to us. This process interrogates the boundaries until they confess their strengths and purpose. | + | As the observer of the boundary, we do not know what is on the other side. The boundaries job is to prevent that information coming through to us. This process interrogates the boundaries until they confess their strengths and purpose. |
| - | As a consequence we can align with the purpose and existence of the boundary allowing the possibility of influencing its mandate and thereby uniting the separated worlds. | + | As a consequence, we can align with the purpose and existence of the boundary allowing the possibility of influencing its mandate and thereby uniting the separated worlds. |
| The boundaries keep information separate and hold the logic for discrete worlds in place. By doing this they let mutually opposing logical ideas co-exist. | The boundaries keep information separate and hold the logic for discrete worlds in place. By doing this they let mutually opposing logical ideas co-exist. | ||
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| The boundaries control access to the information held within. They preserve and protect this information from being destroyed by other information that lies on the other side of the boundary. | The boundaries control access to the information held within. They preserve and protect this information from being destroyed by other information that lies on the other side of the boundary. | ||
| - | So, what is the intelligence that sits within the boundary? This intelligence is under the control of the metaphorical landscape that resides within | + | So, what is the intelligence that sits within the boundary? This intelligence is under the control of the metaphorical landscape that resides within |
| ===== Boundary Phenomena ===== | ===== Boundary Phenomena ===== | ||
| Boundaries protect the you and the world that are contained within them. Initially they will not be recognisable as a boundary, however as the work develops with a client the boundary will become more and more apparent. And by the time you have recognised it, you will notice that the client has been communicating this particular boundary throughout the whole session – and probably has been from the moment they walked in to see you! | Boundaries protect the you and the world that are contained within them. Initially they will not be recognisable as a boundary, however as the work develops with a client the boundary will become more and more apparent. And by the time you have recognised it, you will notice that the client has been communicating this particular boundary throughout the whole session – and probably has been from the moment they walked in to see you! | ||
| - | There are a few common examples of boundaries that David proposed; he said that boundary metaphors can be something that is a separation for example: A line The horizon A wall A shield A stretching rubber membrane A glass enclosure | + | There are a few common examples of boundaries that David proposed; he said that boundary metaphors can be something that is a separation for example: |
| + | * A line | ||
| + | * The horizon | ||
| + | * A wall | ||
| + | * A shield | ||
| + | * A stretching rubber membrane | ||
| + | * A glass enclosure | ||
| Clean questions are an efficient way to discover and interview the boundary metaphors. | Clean questions are an efficient way to discover and interview the boundary metaphors. | ||
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| * Develop the I and the world. Expand outwards. | * Develop the I and the world. Expand outwards. | ||
| * “What kind of I is that I?” | * “What kind of I is that I?” | ||
| - | * “How old are you?” and “What could you be wearing? | + | * “How old could that you be?” and “What could that you be wearing? |
| - | * “What is around that you?” – find out what is around the answer to this, then expand out again and again until the edge of the world is found. | + | * “What is around that you?” – find out what is around the answer to this, then expand out again and again until the edge of the world is found (work in sixes). |