Themes for Personal reflection:
Personal Change as a function of Social Transformation
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When the human being, rather than money or power, is the main value it is possible to work both for personal development and for social transformation. |
| Here are some tools for personal work that the Humanist Movement makes available to meditate either individually or to discuss with other people in weekly meetings or special seminars in order to strengthen ourselves in our task to create a non-violent society: |
1. About Weekly
Meetings
General
Presentation
The weekly meeting is the central point of the activities of the Humanist
Movement. It is a moment of reference where humanism is expressed first of
all in the attitudes of the participants. The joyful and confidential atmosphere
facilitates the double objective of the weekly meeting: to carry out one hour
personal work and to organize the activities of the team.
The weekly meetings are done everywhere supported by official materials that
summarize the thought of New Humanism1. These texts give orientation to all
social action of all Humanists and invite each one to discover or to reinforce
the meaning of each one's life.
The spirit of New Humanism that manifests each week in thousands of meetings
around the planet is summarized in a double proposal: To think, feel and act
in the same direction, and to treat others as you would have them treat you.
For whom IS the weekly meeting?
For every person who is
already informed about and agrees with the project of New Humanism. We therefore
invite friends, relatives, neighbours, comrades from work and school, etc.
Preparation of the weekly meeting
The weekly meeting should
be prepared jointly between the orientator, administrative and support in
their nucleus meeting (which therefore should also take place every week).
The orientator points
out the general orientation of the Humanist Movement, the priorities of the
moment, the strategy and the calendar of its council, etc. Having a global
vision of the team, the orienter's role consists primarily in the growth of
humanist actions and to take care that there is good structuring in order
to carry out these actions.
The administrative
has the opportunity at the weekly meeting to collect and distribute information
and materials (from other countries, other councils, other teams). In agreement
with the orienter, the administrative defines, prepares and coordinates the
organization of the member cards (of the structure and the adherents) and
the semester fees.
The support - in agreement
with the orienter - prepares and guides the personal work of the weekly meeting.
The support can clarify the people on the topics of New Humanism and the meaning
of the action which the team is carrying forward, and he also organizes the
calendar for Gatherings I and II.
Development of the weekly meeting
1. Welcoming the participants
and opening of the meeting (according to the preferences of each team this
can be a common song, a dance, a game or simply a short presentation of what
is a weekly meeting of the Humanist Movement).
2. 1st part: present and do personal work.
3. 2nd part: organization of the activities and calendar.
1st Part of the meeting: Personal Work
The Support, in agreement
with the orientator, prepares and guides the personal work part of the weekly
meeting, which should not exceed 45 minutes. The following are examples of
personal work to be carried out in the weekly meeting.
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