presence practices

Peacebuilding and social change are made possible through leadership centered in imagination for the collective - a compassionate leadership in service to the human family as a whole. This kind of leadership necessitates the cultivation of a quality of presence rooted in and emergent from mindful self-reflection and self-awareness. It lives embodied from the radical center, as in radically rooted in the capacity to center oneself in the face of adversity and fragmentation. John Paul's phrase for this exploration of the membrane between the inner and outer worlds is the 'inner works' of peacebuilding and leadership. The practices shared in this gallery are invitations into this exploration from John Paul's personal practice and from fellow wanderers into the mystery of the human spirit.