Virtual Abbess (Peggy Brown): CovenantClusters: Big on Organic Small in Organization
…And you have hit four important points about the difference between organic and organization–well done!
For me the simplest way to process the difference between the two is how they deal with the messiness and chaos of growth.
M. Scott Peck has mentioned in his books that he believes humans are inherently struggling with the draw of ease and comfort. I can see where he's coming from. Life in the last 60 years (in the West, at least) has turned in focus (both energy and imagination) from being about basic survival to looking for "value-added", since basic survival is no longer in question for the majority.
Basic survival is the realm where we must deal effectively with the messiness and chaos of growth. This is the realm of liminality…where there is a resulting communitas that make a huge impact on how persons grow and mature into those who can effectively replicate themselves.
When cultures have moved beyond basic survival (at least in the material realm…the spiritual and emotional realms are usually terribly short-changed), people tend to want to move away from the edges–places where FEAR still is an important teacher and motivator–they long for ease and comfort….
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