Unique Change

It is considered in some schools of thought that the root cause of illness is not necessarily from the germs and bacteria we come into contact with, but from our own state of being, which in turn leads to a vunerability and then results in illness from these pathogens.

So, if we are suffering from an illness, it would follow from this that as well as treating the physical illness, the root cause should also be attended to. This root cause, however, may not be known.

This is where the following process can aid in the resolution of a presenting illness or even better, in the pre-illness stage, when one has noticed a small negative change in their general wellbeing.

With all the usual EK tools at hand (paper, pens, etc..)

Find a space to be in.
Represent the illness and place that in relationship to you.

[for each answer below, generally use a new sheet of paper and place it in relation to you and everything else as it is completed]

“And what is around that?” (ref. illness)
“And what else is around that?” x 5
“And what do you know now?”

“And what is around you?”
“And what else is around you?” x 5
“And what do you know now?”

Now for each piece of paper you have created (usually 14, but can be less and sometimes more):

[start on the sheet that you are drawn to, we'll call this (sheet n) putting your attention on the new information as it emerges]
“And what is around that (sheet n)?”
“And what is around that (sheet n+1)?” x 5
“And what do you know now?”

[start again at the central sheet (sheet n), then putting your attention on the new information as it emerges]
“And what is inside that (sheet n)?”
“And what is inside that (sheet n+1)?” x 5
“And what do you know now?”

Once you have done the two operations above (around and inside) for all the sheets created in the first part of the exercise move on:

[moving your attention back to your original repesentation]
“And what you know about that now?” x 7

“And what is the difference between what you knew at the beginning to what you know now?”

May this process aid in the healing of yourself and others.

With best wishes for peace profound

Matthew

1 – Tracking Emergence by Maurice Brasher

An important, fundamental appraisal of Emergence (and the distinction between Emergence and Emergent Knowledge) by one of our foremost thinkers on the subject. Maurice is a member of the French EK Group and worked closely with David Grove on the three E’s – emergence, etymology and epistemology. Take a look in the ‘Library’.

2 – The Six-Fibonacci Series by Philip Harland

In his latest article, Philip tells how David Grove and Silvie de Clerck combined the Power of Six with the Fibonacci series of numbers in a creative session of therapy for one of Silvie’s clients in Paris.

3 – Powers of Six workshop – Vancouver, BC, Canada

Matthew Hudson will be presenting a one day workshop on The Powers of Six and Emergence on 15th August 2009. Please email matthew@powersofsix.com for more information on this exciting and informative exploration of Emergent Knowledge.

4 – Emergent Knowledge and Power of Six workshop, Montmartre, Paris, 12-13 MARCH 2010

Philip will be contributing to a major event in the world of Clean, Emergent Knowledge and the Power of Six: a ‘Salon du Printemps’ in the artistic centre of Paris. Details at Jennifer de Gandt’s website, www.innovativepathways.net. To check availability of places and for more details contact jennifer@innovativepathways.net or phone her at (+33) (0)1 45 77 90 30.

5 – Philip’s book ‘The Power of Six: A Six Part Guide to Self Knowledge’ is due to be published in the Autumn. We’ll let you know as soon as we have a date. Meanwhile you can read an updated Introduction and see a draft of the cover on the website (your feedback very welcome). The photograph incorporated into the design was taken at the mountain retreat in New Zealand where Philip and David first worked on the book together. The six-petalled, self-seeding Agapanthus is said to have both magical and medicinal properties!

6 – Thankyou to the many people around the world who are using Matthew’s online self-facilitated ‘Iterator’ process and especially to those of you who sent copies of your transcripts for research purposes. Two of these will appear in the book with the permission of the people involved. We aim to continue to develop the Iterator, so if you have used it over the last year or plan to try it out now we would greatly welcome your feedback.

The profound and life-changing process, Self-Alignment is now available for download from www.self-alignment.com.

The Law

The sun may be clouded, yet ever the sun
Will sweep on its course till the cycle is run.
And when into chaos the systems are hurled,
Again shall the Builder reshape a new world.

Your path may be clouded, uncertain your goal;
Move on, for the orbit is fixed for your soul.
And though it may lead into darkness of night,
The torch of the Builder shall give it new light.

You were, and you will be: know this while you are.
Your spirit has travelled both long and afar.
It came from the Source, to the Source it returns;
The spark that was lighted, eternally burns.

It slept in the jewel, it leaped in the wave,
It roamed in the forest, it rose in the grave,
It took on strange garbs for long aeons of years,
And now in the soul of yourself it appears.

From body to body your spirit speeds on;
It seeks a new form when the old one is gone;
And the form that it finds is the fabric you wrought
On the loom of the mind, with the fibre of thought.

As dew is drawn upward, in rain to descend,
Your thoughts drift away and in destiny blend.
You cannot escape them; or petty, or great,
Or evil, or noble, they fashion your fate.

Somewhere on some planet, sometime and somehow,
Your life will reflect all the thoughts of your now.
The law is unerring; no blood can atone;
The structure you rear you must live in alone.

From cycle to cycle, through time and through space,
Your lives with your longings will ever keep pace.
And all that you ask for, and all you desire,
Must come at your bidding, as flames out of fire.

Once list to that voice and all tumult is done,
Your life is the life of the Infinite One;
In the hurrying race you are conscious of pause,
With love for the purpose and love for the cause.

You are your own devil, you are your own God,
You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod;
And no one can save you from error or sin,
Until you shall hark to the Spirit within.
Source Book

Poems of Sentiment

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Copyright 1911
Published by Gay And Hancock, Ltd., London

See this link – http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3410/03.html

for a interesting video on Emergence.

Love and Peace

Matthew

CHAPTER 24

A movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset.

The time is with the month of winter solstice
When the change is due to come.
Thunder in the other course of heaven.
Things cannot be destroyed once and for all.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset, sunrise.

A movement is accomplished in six stages
And the seventh brings return.
The seven is the number of the young light
It forms when darkness is increased by one.
Change returns success
Going and coming without error.
Action brings good fortune.
Sunset, sunrise.

New on the www.powersofsix.com website:

1 Information on what promises to be a fascinating WORKSHOP with Jennifer de Gandt and Lynn Bullock. ‘METAPHOR AND MOVEMENT’ will be a unique blend of Clean Language, Emergent Knowledge and Feldenkrais, and the theme for the two days (London 2nd and 3rd October 2008) will be ‘Stress and Habits’. Come and experiment, explore, play with words, concepts, images and movements in order to find out more about yourself and your patterns of functioning (Click on ‘Seminars’).

2 New to the Library – a series of short VIDEOS on Emergent Knowledge which feature the voice of David Grove explaining some of the concepts. Phil Swallow recorded David during one of Caitlin Walker’s training sessions in Liverpool last year.

3 Also new to the Library – the latest ARTICLE ‘A Clean Start to the Power of Six’, published in the June 2008 edition of reSource magazine. A ‘Clean Start’ is a prologue event to an Emergent Knowledge process. Here we explore it in some detail with client examples.

As always please give us YOUR FEEDBACK. One key Power of Six question to ask yourself is: ‘What do I know now compared to what I knew at the start?’ or ‘And what is the difference between what I know now and what I knew at the start?’ (Click on ‘Contact’ and fill in the online form or email us at info@powersofsix.com)

1 HOW DID EMERGENT KNOWLEDGE EMERGE? WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT SIX? The ‘Power of Six’ tab on the Home page will take you to a summary of How Clean Language, Symbolic Modelling and Clean Space led to the development of Emergent Knowledge and the Power of Six, with a note on the key principles of the Power of Six process.

2 New to the Library – an inspirational story by Rob McGavock, an American friend and colleague of David Grove. With typical modesty Rob calls it ‘A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF A HEALING EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE POWER OF SIX’. This is a remarkable and moving account of one man’s experience with the master therapist over a period of sixteen years. Click on the ‘Library’ tab and follow the instructions.

3 Experience the Power of Six process for yourself – click on ‘Library’ and check out ‘THE ITERATOR’, an exclusive online tool developed by Matthew Hudson. Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Turkish, Swedish and Polish to start with (excuse the lack of accents in the software used to create this – we’re working on it). Other languages will follow. All you have to do is type into the on-screen box something you would like to work on and answer the online questions. If you wish the system will email your process back to you in complete confidence. The Iterator is very much in the spirit of David Grove’s mission to make his work simple, teachable and transferable, with the aim of considerably reducing the client’s direct dependence on the therapist or facilitator.

4 After trying out the basic version you could go on to ‘THE ITERATOR II’, an advanced tool that will take you through a full Power of Six process - a session of six sets of questions, each set slightly different. But be aware that you’ll need up to an hour of undisturbed time to explore yourself using this.

5 HISTORY IN THE MAKING. A fascinating analysis by Philip Harland of David Grove at work, showing the first stirrings of Emergent Knowledge in David’s use of Clean Language and Clean Space with a client a few years back. Go to the ‘Library’ and click on Philip’s latest article, ‘Emerging’.

6 Once you have read the articles or tried out ‘THE ITERATOR’… please give us YOUR FEEDBACK. One key Power of Six question to ask yourself at intervals is: ‘What do I know now compared to what I knew at the start?’ or ‘And what is the difference between what I know now and what I knew at the start?’ Click on ‘Contact’ and fill in the online form or email us at info@powersofsix.com

We are proud to announce the latest publication of a new article “A Clean Start to the Power of Six” in the latest edition of reSource, June 2008.

In this article we expand on what has gone before  – The Six Steps to Emergent Knowledge, and discuss in further detail the setting up of an Emergent Knowledge session.

We look forward to receiving your valued feedback!

Best wishes

Matthew

I was travelling back from London yesterday after a great few days with my co-author and fellow collaborator Philip Harland. On the journey home I began chatting to a young lady next to me, after a little while she began to tell me about a particular issue she was having. I listened attentively and per the model of ‘Clean’ made no judgements or inferences of my own model of the world, even though it was and is tempting sometimes!!!

After hearing her story – I asked her if she was able to find someone else on the train she was able to tell he r story to, thankfully the person sat opposite was willing and was comfortable with been the next set of ears. I primed the new listener with the simple instruction, “Just be there and listen, it is very important that you offer nothing back”. This was the second iteration of her story, she looked at me for the next installment.

“Well, it looks like you’re going to have to find four more people to tell this story to, just let them know before hand what you want them to do… just listen” and off she went…

She only found one more listener whilst I was on the train. I trust that by now she has told her story 6 times each to a different person, and I fully expect that her problem is not constructed in the way it was when she first told it, in fact there is a very good chance it isn’t a problem at all now!

This is the experience which stimulated the development of the process in the previous post. So, what is happening here? Well, the iterative use of the question “Tell me your story” or “What is the problem?” has quite a magical effect, with each iteration in the sequence, new cognitions, new learnings occur, old beliefs and un-important information are dropped.

Have you ever had the experience when at college or work, especially in today’s age of computers, of typing out a thesis or piece of work and the power goes or the PC crashes? When this occurs what is the form of the work or thesis on the second iteration? How is it different from the original? Would you be willing to throw the second one away and do it again? Maybe another 4 times just to see how the thesis or work evolves?

That’s quite a challenge and maybe not appropriate for a letter thanking your suppliers for delivering so quickly, but what if it is for your own personal development, for a new research project, for a business development project?

If something is worth doing, is it worth doing enough times so it’s got that magical quality to it?

For more information on the use and theory of Six – visit www.powersofsix.com

Peace and love

Matthew