When collective life is working well, let it function automatically. When it stops working well, use wise democracy patterns to help it function well again. Use consciousness to spot needed change (disturbance) and to guide co-creation of new habits and cultures, which then become automatic.
Related: Communal Intelligence, Competent Popular Oversight of Governance, Context Awareness, Deliberation, Full-Spectrum Information, Life-Enhancing Enoughness, Quality of Life Indicators, Rich Feedback Dynamics, Self-organization, Using Diversity and Disturbance Creatively
Examples and resources: Circle Forward’s Consent approach
Positive Disconfirming Experiences (Transformational)
Meaningful Diversity in the Gathering (Nothing about them without them)
Deliberative Partnership for Co-Governance
SHARED EXPERIENCE – This happens DURING patterns like Feeling Heard and Generative Interaction. It supports patterns like Generative Interactions, Nurturing Social Capital, and Commons and Commoning.
I can’t believe this one is missing: Respect. This is a generic word that includes deeper relational qualities and dynamics, as well, such as honoring, ubuntu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy, aloha https://www.to-hawaii.com/aloha.php, and others. It could be tucked into Nurturing Social Capital, but that would be only technically correct, while being a spiritual violation. It could be an element in Big Empathy, but again, its essence has a simplicity and integrity that would be violated there. Perhaps Big Respect? Anyway, it is unfortunately missing and I deeply apologize to all…