Hi TOK Folks,

 

  Please check out Jewel Kinch-Thomas’ latest from the Jazz Leadership Project on “antagonistic cooperation,” which I think is a fascinating concept:

https://www.tuneintoleadership.com/blog/antagonistic-cooperation-advancing-through-challenge

 

Among other things, It talks about how challenges are opportunities for growth, and at one point frames them as “dragons.” I like this frame especially. Folks sometimes ask me about the Garden, and whether it is too focused on the “light” and wisdom and positive being. When that comes up, I remind folks its origin, which is in the clinic room, facing human psychological suffering, angst, and crises in meaning and mental health. To which I then say, the dragon (or if you like, staying with the overall metaphor, the serpent) resides just behind the Tree of Life. It is there and central to the Garden’s essence. Indeed, the Garden is positioned in relationship to the dragon, perhaps in a way that can be framed as a kind of “antagonistic cooperation.”

Best,
Gregg

 

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Gregg Henriques, Ph.D.
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