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is an unexplainable magic that occurs when people join together
with a shared intention to heal, grow and make constructive change.
When they let down their masks of composure and they nonjudgmentally
share struggles, joys and sorrow in a ritualized format, an indescribable
healing takes place.
We have discovered that in dealing with emotional, psychological
and cultural limitations, true healing and transformation takes
place in community. This is true within the powerful Twelve-Step
movement, as well as with workshops and retreats that assist people
in turning inward. We consider community to be two or more people
with common struggles who are willing to shed their masks in a
structured setting. In an Authentic Process community we intentionally
bring the complexity of such challenges out in the open. In such
safe places, framed with psychological, physiological, and cultural
education provided by a skilled facilitator, individuals and groups
resolve their barriers to emotional intimacy with themselves,
others, and the whole planetary organism.
When we meet in clearly defined community, "something more" takes
place, something quite mystical. There are no words to explain
these experiences. According to Dr. Peck:
Community, like a gem, is multi-faceted, each facet a mere aspect
of a whole that defies description... The gem of community is
so exquisitely beautiful it may seem unreal to you, like a dream
you once had when you were a child, so beautiful it may seem unattainable.
Within the context of APH, it becomes a healing community when
we add the focus of committing ourselves to a common purpose,
whether it be addiction, trauma, or cultural constructs. Community
healing takes place in a non-ordinary state of consciousness when
compared with everyday consciousness. It is the time and space
where deep healing and opportunities for transformation can occur.
When we enter into such a community setting, we leave the everyday
world behind - the world of right and wrong, good and bad, "more
thans" and "less thans" - and we find and integrate our complex,
more complete selves.
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