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an ode to Jacob Needleman
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an ode to Jacob Needleman

The brilliant philosopher Jacob Needleman passed away one year ago today. Needleman is the one who famously said, “We’re built to serve something greater than ourselves.” In a letter to the president of the Fetzer Institute, Needleman wrote something else that has continued to inspire me throughout my career: “I believe that the group is…

“the group is the art form of the future” ~ jacob needleman

“the group is the art form of the future” ~ jacob needleman

The philosopher Jacob Needleman once wrote, “I believe that the group is the art form of the future. In our present culture the main need is for a form that can enable human beings to share their perceptions…and through that sharing, to become a conduit for the appearance of spiritual intelligence.”  I love that. When…

How can the wisdom that emerges through a group process serve the collective?

In a letter to the president of the Fetzer Institute, Jacob Needleman wrote: “[I believe] that the group is the art form of the future. In our present culture, the main need is for a form that can enable human beings to share their perceptions and through that sharing, to become a conduit for the…

We’re built to serve something greater than ourselves.

Jacob Needleman said that we’re built to serve something greater than ourselves. For me, teaching has given me that sense of serving something greater than myself. Stepping into a new teaching situation, I have no idea what challenges (or gifts) lie before me. But I’m ready for an adventure. Teaching is the ultimate way to…

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