PULSE the World Edition
I have been thinking about rewriting the PULSE Conversations for Change book so that it has a greater degree of explanation. Now it serves its purpose of supplementing the training that we offer. What I hope for it is to be more of an off the shelve Oprah book club kind of read so I am hoping to find the time to rewrite with attention to greater detail. I am hoping that all of you who have read the book will provide input into what ought to be “beefed up” so to speak. I think I would like to call it the “World Edition” because of the borader nature of the audience for which it will be intended.
Of course it will be written from nine perspectives on the world and it will take into account the past, present, future aspects of explanation and demonstration through expamples necessary to have people understand PULSE as a concept, a process, and as a response to the world as we know, do and feel it. I like the idea of the rewrite becuase it allows me to encorporate the things I left out the first time knowing that trainers would be filling in the gaps. I am not looking forward to the long, lonely hours of concentration that it will take to actually do the writing. It makes me feel tired just thinking about it.
One thing that PhD’s do for you is teach you the discipline of writing. It is lonely work. As a seven, I of course resist anything alone that has the potentional to be boring. It took that call to discipline of the PhD to PULL me to the five perspective where I learned to detach and enjoy the time to think and write. I am much better prepared for that work than I was before hand. I really feel different about it, more prepared to deal with the boredom that may ensue if I do not organize to have four or five writing projects underway at the same time. Juggling is what sevens do best.
This morning two things happened that made me think. I had a great discussion with my friend about the work of Eckhart Tolle. We were talking about people and being present and he was mentionning how much the book that Oprah supported had helped him understand his own reaction to others. I am not as convinced as he as tot he value of the Eckhart Tolle work. Having only had the opportunity to listen to tapes of his, I was unimpressed. The conversation convinced me that I might want to read some his work.
The Oprah discussion is fun. Many of my participatns have suggested that I would make a good Oprah guest. I love the idea and am following the advice of those who know how to get on the show. Some have suggested applying to do something on her satelite radio station. I think it would be fun to do a phone in piece with people who have read my little book. One of the goals for PULSE this year remains to be on Oprah. This is me putting that out to the Universe as I do whenever the possiblity presents itself.
