Think outword 超越字面的思考-積極實際的創意之旅

在美國紐約州邊境，有個人智學啟迪下的青年運動。它們是「Think outword」。又是一個怪怪的地方，也許你會這樣想。不過不怪你會想去看看嗎？我也說不上這是哪種怪，但是怪的很有格。其實對我來說不怪，因為以前有接觸過了，但是看到一個理念以新的方式實現，仍然很有種熱血的感覺！！！！這地方也是和人智學青年部門有密切關連的網站，來吧！
（本文由Think outword 網頁而來，苦力詹轍翻譯）就像標題說的，「超越字面的思考」是個社會三元運動下的夥伴帶領的訓練。也許你不了這是在講什麼.....很好！yes!這表示我們在做些新的東東--我們不要「像舊的一樣」～這是必要的，因為現今的問題需要用我們新的思考或工作的方式來和面對。

那麼--什麼是「社會三元」？這是個在社會工作時帶入對靈性現實的思考所達到的方式。如果人不止是有身體，也有靈性一面的存在的話（雖然在這有禮的社會是不被承認的）那麼我們需要在解決一些社會問題時考量這點。我們不是在這裡說些瘋話。只擁有部分的資料是不可能找到一個解決方案的--因為你並沒有全面性的了解/圖像。

「超越字面的思考」是個社會創業的夥伴引導訓練計畫，在2008於東北大學，對象是年輕的成人，就是年輕人。課程是基於但不限於，對人類本身、社會與自然的各自三元性的了解，主要由20世紀早期的哲學家，魯道夫.史代納清晰的闡述而來。透過這訓練，參與者能對當代社會現象獲得深刻的了解，也拓展出具有創意的不同點子在促進社會轉化工作上。

這一年的課程包含個人研究與團體工作。在個人研究中，為了發展對社會結構的一般理解，我們會與顧問及一個夥伴密切工作，然後會深入至有興趣的特定領域。研究結果會口頭向團體報告並上網發佈。而團體工作的重點包含這些「夥伴報告」--這就是夥伴引導名稱的由來。當我們相聚從對方學習時，也會和指導者討論來獲得回饋或更深入於給定的主題。這指導者會是理解「大圖像」且在內在工作有相當專精，在特定領域內有傑出表現的個人。個人研究到團體工作之間的轉化，是聚焦到實踐的變化--從發展熟練的想法到互相討論到共同於開創性的專案上工作。過程中我們期待能在身上培養新的能力，思考並協同建構出新的社會形態，以及如何對我們急迫的需要的工作方式。

As stated above, Think OutWord is a peer-led training in social threefolding. Maybe that doesn't mean much to you…good! Yes! That means we're doing something new – we're not the "same old thing" – which is essential because today's problems are here today and above all else they demand new ways of thinking and working to meet them.So then - what is social threefolding? It's an approach to working within society that takes into consideration spiritual realities. If man is not just a body but also a spiritual being (which some of us actually think, though we might not admit it in polite society) then we need to factor that into our calculations when we're out there solving social problems. We're not talking fuzzy math here. It's impossible to find a solution when you're working with partial data – when you don't have the full picture.

Think OutWord is a peer-led training in social entrepreneurship for young adults that will begin in 2008 and be loosely situated in the northeastern United States. It is grounded in, though not limited to, an understanding of the threefold nature of the human being and of society, primarily as it was articulated by the early 20th century philosopher, Rudolf Steiner. Through the training, participants will gain deeper insight into contemporary social phenomena and explore different methods by which they can become increasingly engaged in socially transformative work.

Our view is that, in many respects, the social organism is sick. We feel that the overwhelming majority of political, economic and cultural leaders are entrenched in a materialistic mind set and are working with an exceedingly partial view of reality. Youth, who are instinctively idealistic and should be bringing the health-bearing impulses of the future, are having profound difficulty engaging society. There is a lack of opportunities to become involved as well as to understand the deeper causes of our social unrest. A more holistic social understanding is needed. We are hopeful that, if grounded within Anthroposophy and Steiner's social thought, we can develop such an understanding for ourselves.

The initially year-long program consists of both individual study and group work. In the individual study we will work closely with both a partner and mentor in order to develop a general understanding of the social organism and go deeper into a specific area of interest. The results of this research will be orally presented to the group as well as published online. The majority of the group work will consist of these "peer presentations"– ergo why we describe the training as "peer-led." When we gather to learn from each other we will also be meeting with instructors in order to get feedback and go further into a given topic.

 The instructors will be individuals with an understanding of the "big picture" as well as an expert knowledge of the inner workings and most cutting edge practices within their given field. In the shift from individual study to group work there will also be a shift in focus from thinking to doing - from developing our mastery of ideas to meeting each other and working together on creative projects. In this way we will seek to cultivate new capacities within ourselves as well as conceive and help build the new social forms and ways of working that our time so urgently needs.