A Question to Stimulate the World

In preparation for the Inner Climate Learning Villages – we are looking for a question that will Stimulate the World!

So I put out a request to the Art of Hosting community. Such rich inquiries came back. Here are a few:

a question that was once offered by Vaclav Havel:
“How do we prepare ourselves inwardly to live with the oneness of humanity?”

“What am I willing to let others reveal to me that I myself cannot see?” This question was offered by an attorney in Seattle who, on her morning walk “could hear the song that the world is beginning to sing through us.” This reminded her of a quote from Arundhati Roy who said, “Another world is not only possible, she is already here…and if you listen very closely, you can hear her.”

“What am I willing to let in?” came from a good friend of mine who works with politicians in Europe who said, “I’m sitting looking out the window at the wind in the trees – dancing so fast it’s giving me vertigo just looking at them. The idea of being buffeted around on my bike as I ride into the office (it takes me 30 minutes) is sorely tempting me to take the car. Yesterday I resisted the temptation and rode through a thick fine rain. Having invested in ‘appropriate clothing’, the only thing that got wet was my face and hair. Being in skin-contact with the elements every day, watching the seasons change from close up, is bringing me back to my reality as a living being inhabiting the surface of a planet, grounding me in life in a way that makes it much easier for me to break other habits. For God’s sake, we stand to lose so much!”

These led me to my own reflection and question….

“Ah yes, another world is not only possible, she is already here, ready to come through us individually and collectively if I / we could just let her in – rain and all.  What if it was easy?”

Join the conversation: What are your questions that could stimulate the world? What better way than holding conversations that matter?