How can we help each other – at a collective and / or personal level – through the ‘valley of despair’ in order to avoid A and to get to where we all want to go: B where change is more fundamental and sustainable? As staying at the ‘expected ongoing level’ is probably not what we really believe will happen in the long run.

Answers I have seen so far are moving in a interesting direction (inclusive dialogue, participative decision making, small is beautiful, open-source sharing etc.) but still seem to be driven by a desire to survive as a species. In my current understanding thereby still implying the same ‘separateness’ that got us here in the first place. Answers also seem to require a major and swift shift in collective consciousness and, better informed but still goal driven action, which will therefor in itself probablycause the next issue.

Maybe there is a better question we can ask ourselves: what at any one point serves life more at a personal, community and overall level simultaneously? Small aligned decisions and step by step actions. This feels more achievable but holds the complexity of truly letting go or full acceptance of possible impermanence.

To be continued. Although my conclusion differ see: ‘Designing Regenerative Cultures’ by Daniel Wahl for a nice overview of where the answers have evolved to so far: