What’s Ecstatic Learning? It’s like ... but for learning. I began my Ecstatic Learning Journey with 2 simple commitments.
100% honesty with myself and others Do more of what gives me energy, and less of what takes my energy I followed Rilke’s compelling advice to “,” featuring questions like: Are we experiencing civilizational collapse? If so, how do I want to live? Who do I want to become in this context? What is an ethical life in this context? How much meditation is too much meditation? Is hyper-progressive climate justice activism helping anything? What's regenerative culture, and is this thing actually going to work? From October 2019-March 2021, living those questions looked like:
Designing my own curriculum and devoting 20+ hours/week to reading, watching, listening, digesting, writing about, meditating about, talking about, singing about a myriad of topics that were way more compelling than what I found in university, including: Civilizational collapse theory, , , systems science and thinking, regenerative culture design (including regenerative economics & finance), cognitive linguistics, psychology, social movement theory, metamodernism, metaphysics, jazz Volunteering as a climate justice community organizing leader in ‘s New Haven, Connecticut Hub from all that I was learning and teaching it to my fellow activists Learning in emergent COVID-era Zoom learning ecosystems like: Then, I decided to try applying some of this theory by:
Spending 3 months weaving a and digging water retention ditches in Barichara Colombia alongside one of my mentors Practicing the art of DHOing (Decentralized Holonic/Human Organizing) and helping write a book about it: . Co-facilitating the founding of , a decentralized ‘Harmonic Human Organization’ Along the way, I was:
Invited to “initiate my genius”, “activate my blueprint”, and “step into my full power as a multidimensional sovereign being” by the (IAM) Supported by and IAM to build and fund my current expression of Love-In-Action: , a multidimensional, multicapital Venture Capital Firm investing in high-impact, heart-source ventures of healing, regeneration, and cultural and economic evolution. Now, I’m:
Chief Emanating Officer of OmniHarmonic Ventures Facilitador de Flujo at , an OmniHarmonic Venture Treasurer at Samara Trust still learning ecstatically based in Lanquin, Guatemala
Tyler's Ecstatic Learning Journey - a Brief Story