http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/ 2026-04-29T13:21:35+00:00 http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/ http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2018-04-05T14:55:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:adjacency&rev=1522940120&do=diff David Grove on Adjacency and Network Solutions Introduction This is an edited section derived from ‘A Emergent Knowledge Workbook’ by David Grove Adjacency The practice of adjacency involves asking a client to physically move to a different space in the room, and then ask what they know in that space. Moving to adjacent spaces provides opportunities for new information to arise so that the facilitator can look for the clues that will help the client find the cosmological edge, and then move … text/html 2018-04-05T14:50:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:aim&rev=1522939800&do=diff The Aim of Working with Worlds Introduction In order to live and respond to the real world, to the best of our abilities, we need all aspects (fragments) of ourselves to be re-united into our Primary World. The overall purpose of this work is to create the context in which a client can accomplish this. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:boundaries&rev=1506287114&do=diff David Grove on Boundaries Introduction This is an edited section derived from ‘A Emergent Knowledge Workbook’ by David Grove Boundaries Nothing can really happen within this work until the boundaries are crossed so the journey of Emergent Knowledge is initially all about how to negotiate the boundaries. text/html 2020-02-21T17:29:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:concepts&rev=1582306172&do=diff Over-Riding Concepts of Emergent Knowledge Introduction * The language used is ‘Clean’ * The language used is for facilitation * Solutions come from within the client * The client uses the space around them * There are three sets of inner worlds/realities text/html 2018-04-05T15:04:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:emergence&rev=1522940666&do=diff On Emergence Introduction As a general rule Emergence is about changing the observer and the observed. David once described Emergence as: The emergence of knowledge via spatial and other transformations, are thought experiments that take an issue or context and subject it to a series of observational perspectives. The purpose of which is to construct a metaphorical identity of the knowledge and its relational knowledge set, structural support and provenance. text/html 2020-02-21T17:33:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:fragmentation&rev=1582306433&do=diff The Structure of Early Fragmentation Introduction During moments of trauma, we become fragmented. We are left with the sense of this Inner Child holding onto the boundary of their world. However within that world there is also another aspect of self, the Outer Child. text/html 2020-02-21T17:21:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:iteration&rev=1582305690&do=diff The Use of Iteration Introduction Through the development of Emergent Knowledge, David began to notice a structure to the language clients used as they ran his processes. Asking a simple question repeatedly, provided some very interesting results. David observed clients in the USA, UK and in France and found that even across cultures the structures proved to be common. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:mission_statement&rev=1506287112&do=diff The Mission Statement Introduction A mission statement is used as a focal point when beginning a session using spatial techniques. It is a statement written on a piece of paper and placed somewhere in the room. The client then stands in a position in respect to the mission statement. text/html 2018-04-05T14:59:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:navigation&rev=1522940369&do=diff The Navigation of Worlds, Space and Time Introduction This section is based around assisting the facilitator to navigate the client in and through their worlds. The first barrier to this is the boundaries that encompass/encase those worlds. Just as the first explorers had no maps, neither do we and neither will the client. However we do have the following tools to aid in our exploration and thus assist in this navigational issue. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:portal&rev=1506287114&do=diff David Grove on Portals and Windows Introduction An edited section derived from ‘A Emergent Knowledge Workbook’ by David Grove Portals and Windows A window from one world lets information in from another world in so we can see it, clues and information can flow through that window but it does not necessarily change anything. When we get to a portal we are able to cross over. A window lets you look in but does not necessarily act as an entry point, although, a window may trans-figure into a po… text/html 2018-04-05T14:56:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:potential&rev=1522940196&do=diff Potential Space and Playing Introduction “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might discover and create.” - Albert Einstein The potential space is the space outside of the text/html 2020-02-21T17:30:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:primary_world&rev=1582306238&do=diff The Primary World Introduction Our perception of reality or our Primary World is the sum of our physiological and psychological filters developed consciously and unconsciously since the moment of our existence. Because we live in this Primary World, making our decisions and categorising our experience, it is safe to assume that the richer or more developed our Primary World is, the more effective we can be in managing and interacting with the actuality of the real world. If our Primary World … text/html 2018-04-05T15:00:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:pristine&rev=1522940422&do=diff The Pristine Introduction When we are conceived or come into being we enter a Primary World that knows nothing except itself, it is in this state that we experience at a somatic level, omnipotence, that which is fully capable. There are many definitions of this state of being: text/html 2018-04-05T14:57:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:problem_space&rev=1522940245&do=diff The Problem Space Introduction The problem domain is defined when a client expresses a notion that they have a specific problem and they describe it with themselves as part of it. They are in a problem space, defined by a boundary. For this purpose we shall call this an egg-type problem. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:pullingback&rev=1506287114&do=diff David Grove on Pulling Back and Defining Memory Introduction This section of David’s notes was collated from ‘A Emergent Knowledge Workbook’. This workbook is a collection of David’s ideas and considerations, that he was beginning to bring together, over the last few years of his life. The inclusion of them here and throughout this wiki is my way of expressing my love and thanks to David. I (MJH) am sure he would have approved of the free spirit in which they are now shared. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:reiteration&rev=1506287113&do=diff Reiteration Introduction One major feature of Emergence is the reiteration of the same question. When questions are repetitive in this way, it is predictable what the next question will be so the client isn’t involved in trying to outguess the facilitator or influence the next question. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:schedule&rev=1506287113&do=diff Scheduling the Un-Scheduled Introduction When a client lives and exists within their problem space, they are at risk of having the problem reinforced either from the environment or from the structure of the problem itself. The problem becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. We are living in its pattern and therefore we are living and breathing proof of its truth, however we are not the pattern itself! text/html 2018-04-05T14:51:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:secondary_worlds&rev=1522939862&do=diff Secondary Worlds Introduction These are the worlds that are created at points in our chronological life when we are forced, through an event, circumstance or a defining moment in our lives (usually trauma), to change our sense of being, our ontology text/html 2018-04-05T14:54:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:space_abc&rev=1522940083&do=diff The Space of A, B and C Introduction Writing and placing a mission statement sets up a situation where there is an observer (the client at A below), the observed (the mission statement at B) and the space in between them both (C). [xxx] Figure 7 The Three Spaces text/html 2018-04-05T14:55:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:space_def&rev=1522940136&do=diff The Space of D, E and F Introduction We have already defined 3 aspects of the Emergent Model: * A – The client or observer. * B – The Mission Statement - What the client is working on (problem / goal etc.), or the observed. * C – The space in between A and B. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:space_fundamentals&rev=1506287112&do=diff Space Fundamentals Introduction There are some fundamental parts to the structure of navigating a client. This section introduces these and provides specific methods in which to integrate these into a client session. The Fundamentals * The Mission Statement * The Space of A, B and C * text/html 2018-04-05T14:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:space&rev=1522939973&do=diff The Use of Space Introduction Up to this point the reference to space has been about using language to move a person mentally or emotionally to a space in a time where they can view events from different perspectives. Working with Physical Space text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:spatial_awareness&rev=1506287114&do=diff Spatial Awareness Introduction A body (person) that has achieved true integration with its environment, will have defined its own inside and outside, plus the limiting membrane in between. As humans this is potentially our first spatial awareness, there is a ‘Me’ and there is a ‘Not-Me’ (i.e. the space around ‘Me’). This provides us with a perceptual definition of ‘inside’ and ‘outside’. text/html 2017-09-24T21:05:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:tertiary_worlds&rev=1506287113&do=diff Tertiary Worlds Tertiary Worlds contain a sequence of information originating and in existence prior to our life in the real world. There are three categories of Tertiary Worlds containing tacit information that can be difficult to access: * Our ontological (sense of being) heritage; this information can be elicited by asking: text/html 2020-02-21T17:32:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:worlds&rev=1582306372&do=diff Metaphorical Worlds Introduction The metaphor that runs through this work is based around cosmology or Worlds. A metaphorical ‘World’ as defined in this work consists of our: * Memories * Metaphors * Metaphorical Landscapes * Data text/html 2019-06-30T19:42:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.self-alignment.com/docuwiki/doku.php?id=theory:writing&rev=1561923751&do=diff Writing About and Drawing Our Worlds Introduction The technique used to map out externally what the client is experiencing internally, is done through writing and drawing. When drawing we are engaged in a ‘Potential Space’ activity, we are not in the world of dream or fantasy and also not in the world of shared reality. This is a paradoxical 3rd place that is both these places at once. The special feature of this place, where play and cultural experience have a position, is that it depends fo…