Learning in Action’s Mission is to Heal the Divide. To heal the ways in which we are divided from ourselves and the ways in which we are divided from each other.
Healing the Divide is about reconnecting us to our essence. We reconnect to our essence when we begin to see the ways in which we separate ourselves from others through judgment and blame, anger and fear, abuse and neglect and disconnection of all kinds. The ways in which we are separate from others mirror the ways in which we are divided and separate from ourselves and our essence.
Much of our dividedness lies outside of our awareness. Our perceptions, assumptions, conclusions, expectations, and beliefs about ourselves, others and the world reside in our blindspots, outside of our conscious awareness. They are the unnoticed “wallpaper” of our lives.
Another key challenge to healing the divide lies in our “identities’” desire to be “right” and our belief that we are “right” about our perceptions, assumptions, conclusions, expectations, beliefs, and motivations for our actions. Our identities are formed as a result of our survival architecture and we’ve developed defense mechanisms to protect and defend them, reinforcing our separateness and keeping our “rightness”.
Learning In Action is committed to healing the divide within and between people. We help people see the ways in which their identities have developed to define and separate themselves from others and the cost of that to their well-being. We help bring conscious awareness to the aspects of our internal experience (our emotions, assumptions, conclusions, beliefs, desires) that have been shaped in relationships and developed to protect our identities (our separateness).
With our education training and tools, we encourage the organic process of learning and growth that exists within each person. We engage each person’s own process for divining their development path.