MBT Fireside Chats

Special edition of the Fireside Chat with guests Marla Frees, Jürgen Ziewe and Jim Elvidge - Recorded March 22, 2020

Time stamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction by Tom, putting the crisis into a big picture perspective
• 0:36:40 Positive environmental aspects of the crisis
• 0:37:55 Pressing the reset button on civilization / The way we treat the Earth / the "Earth sent us to our room to think about what we did to the planet"-thesis
• 0:49:30 Toilet paper stockpiling / bringing out the two extrems of fear and love
• 0:55:15 We get what we need and deserve, when we need it and as we deserve it
• 0:56:10 Online teaching / Seeing patients online - Scary experiences
• 0:57:55 Transforming companies, X vs. Y theory in business, feedback mechanisms in society
• 1:02:25 Zoom-meetings vs. face to face experience
• 1:05:15 The evening effect in evolution / avoiding catastrophies / end-of-the-world fears
• 1:06:50 Managing life by crisis is typical for humans / The importance of physical contact
• 1:10:30 People (not) thinking in the bigger picture / suffering of poor children depending on food they get at school
• 1:13:40 The sad component of love -> The suffering of poor and vulnerable people
• 1:17:30 Stepping up to the plate during the crisis of 2020
• 1:19:05 People overcoming disappointment about other people's actions / Self-centeredness / Our judgement of others
• 1:25:00 Experiencing the chaos in Los Angeles, being thankful
• 1:26:25 The virus as an intelligent tool of the LCS? Creating our own reality through our intents
• 1:32:20 We are not separated we only think that we are, becoming more aware of the aspect of love and reducing fear
• 1:34:30 Unified reality theory by Steven Kaufman / Why do we feel so individuated? Seeing commonalities leads to a more integrative mindset
• 1:36:15 What is the meaning of conspiracy theories? The need to be in control / Dealing with what is / Blaming others / Not taking personal responsibility
• 1:42:40 The usefulness of taking the position of uncertainty / Becoming one with reality removes all fear / Taking responsibility
• 1:50:10 Is a virus a reflection of our collective consciousness or simply a part of the ruleset?
• 1:51:55 Will we really learn from this crisis? Will there have to be more crisis so we actually learn something?
• 1:57:30 Crisis showing nations not cooperating well at a global level / getting together to fix problems / identification at the nation level not at a global level
• 2:03:00 Analyzing the crisis from the perspective of different reality models / Optimizing our contribution to this crisis from all angles / Behavioural level changes versus contributing by changing our consciousness
• 2:12:00 Sitting at home with a victim-hood mentality, the effects of changing our attitute from negative to positive
• 2:14:25 Treating animals with more respect
• 2:17:10 Accessing the probable future database to find out a positive probable future that we should focus on
• 2:25:30 Could this crisis be a collective dark night of the soul experience?
• 2:43:25 The messages we can give to others to give them hope, staying positive
• 2:47:05 Closing words