The Tribe Concept
From Prototribe to Archetribe.
A team optimizes outcomes. A tribe optimizes belonging. When loyalty shifts from "as long as it serves the project" to "as long as we are alive," every incentive in the system shifts. The work becomes play. The cost of betrayal gets unthinkable. The reward becomes a life worth living.
Why a tribe?
We are all parts of one. We are inextricably connected with other people, animals, plants, with our ancestors and descendants. Our connections stretch across space and time.
But now we are in a time of division. We have forgotten this state of belonging to community. Our connection with nature and kin has weakened. We live separately — alone or in closed families. Our actions are individual and most of us do not feel a sense of belonging to a community or tribe. We are experiencing a crisis of meaning. Who am I? Where am I? Why am I? We look for answers to these questions on our individual level and do not find them.
This state of separation and resulting actions have led to critical damage to the ecosystem of our common planetary home. But the state of community, the experience of 'we', the feeling of being part of the unity of all living beings in this universe, is in our memory and (we believe) in our future. With willpower, we are able to manifest it in the present moment.
My impression is that many of us share the vision of decentralized, conscious, community-based cultures embedded in nature. But how to make them real? How do we weave new social fabrics? The proposal is to form small, local tribes aligned with the cultures we wish to co-create. And not just aligned at the practical, physical, creative level of permaculture, eco-construction, local food production, alternative economics and so on. I believe we need to study the subtle yet simple art of becoming "non-biological extended families" – of learning to love each other and be loved by each other "universally". I believe we need to learn to travel through the Great Mystery in deep intimacy with each other, while we're in the process of creating new cultures.
The moment is NOW. We stand between two worlds—one, a luminous realm of magic, synchronicity, and wholeness, and the other, a fragmented time loop of shattered worlds and forgotten dreams.
Most people on this planet are wounded and not in a loving state. ‘Loving’ actually means they love themselves first, and they see the truest essence of beauty in every person they encounter. These people are rare. Most are stuck in trauma and pain, and see others through that lens. By remembering who we truly are and becoming whole again (= healing), we can start to see our own uniqueness and that of others.
This process is greatly accelerated by the stable presence of other individuals who share similar goals and levels of commitment. They can hold up a mirror to each other's shadows, allowing these to be seen, illuminated, and ultimately overcome.
Moreover, a tribe—or crew, clan, guild, whatever you want to call it—where everyone fully sees and accepts each other in their individuality, creates synergy and increases the potential to have a positive impact on the type of paradigm we live in and the level of planetary healing that can be accomplished before it's too late.
The conscious tribe requires a great leap of commitment — to ourselves, to our most heartfelt values, and to life itself. All the workshops. All the retreats. All the therapy. All the ceremonies. All the meditation — or whatever practices we have devoted ourslves to for years. All of the eco-awareness and alternative living. It all leads to becoming "one more sibling" within the conscious tribe — to giving our lives to each other.
A journey to Game B
We're shifting from the individualistic, competitive game A (a game of growth, rivalry, control and accumulation) to the co-creative, cooperative Game B (a game of wholeness and regeneration). Watch the insightful video about Game B below.
And the music played the band
Do you feel the enthusiasm to be part of this transitional experiment, to see how we can be stewards of the best possible Earth?
Do you feel the call to start walking on a new path, with more connection and meaning?
Are you ready to be the author of a new story? Oúr story, not 'his-story'?
When you feel a YES, then you could be ready to board the ship, which we'll be sailing on together towards a new paradigm, where we'll be playing a new game. Cococooning is the first step.
