the CONTEXT conversation...

Yesterday, while engaging in a fun conversation about the meaning of the word CONTEXT, my head was swirling.

I used to use ‘context’ all the time to make clear points in my work, but now… I couldn’t remember! I felt my heart rate pick up as I tried to pull up in my mind the relevance of the word ‘context’ in my world…

… and couldn’t.

Context is what determines what becomes possible.

The pH level in blood that either encourages or discourages the growth of cancer cells.

The temperature in an oven that bakes a cake or doesn’t.

The level of warmth and trust in a relational field that supports a significant agreement to exchange value or not.

In yesterday’s conversation, the context didn’t allow me access to my typical use of the word ‘context’.

If a context can make it possible for me to forget a core aspect of my work, what else is it making possible, both as individuals and as a collective, beneath our conscious awareness?

Context is the water we’re swimming in. We don’t notice it as it shapes every possibility.

Our stories are only stories because of our context.

In the world of the Story of Separation (term coined by Charles Eisenstein), we observe a particular context that allows for specific conditions to proliferate:

🔸 scarcity

🔸 extraction

🔸 fear

In the world between stories, we can observe a context as well:

🔸 curiosity

🔸 generosity

🔸 interconnection

Right now, if you’re sensing both worlds, like many are, the experience is quite conflicting.

It can feel very dissonant as these two contexts vie for our attention.

And once we see what’s actually controlling possibility, we can’t unsee it.

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