Visionaries see possibilities and promise. Excellent visionaries see real and significant possibilities, not simply the utopian variety.
Vision Spa Retreat take the first part of it's name seriously, though that's certainly an ongoing process of exploration. In fact, a friend recently commented that Sara 'seems to be trying to work something out' though this website and sharing. That's true! No definite answers or opinions but a call to wonder, to envision how things could be better - specifically in the world of spa.
Please join me in sharing your vision for a new spa culture.
Meanwhile, others are visioneering in many and broader spheres. Here is an extract from the home page of The Vision Project, where you can peruse the inspiring thoughts of 67 visionaries. And perhaps contribute your own (especially called for are perspectives from non-English speaking parts of the world: Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle-East, Africa, and South America).
[Visionaries] are not the mystics, prophets, or forecasters. These are not the ones who tell us what will, probably will, or should happen. Visionaries see possibilities and promise. Excellent visionaries see real and significant possibilities, not simply the utopian variety. The vision they see is not one to which others must be persuaded. When they show us how to see it, we instantly see it as our future. It makes a connection with some esoteric circuit in us that knows it is seeing the truth of our existence more fully revealed. A true vision points the way to our purpose for existence, and it gives a glimpse of how our lives could be if we lived in the context of that purpose. It imbues how we live with the power of why we live.
A vision, like all else in time and space, is limited. It will have its time, it will stir the activity of those it touches towards its fulfillment, and then it will fade in the face of the new vision. If there is an ultimate, all-encompassing vision, we must not be ready to see it, because we (apparently) can only see a small portion at a time. Vision inspires us to expand, evolve, and elevate; it causes us to change the way we think, what we expect, and who we believe ourselves to be. Vision reveals a light in which we can change our world and ourselves for the better. The change itself is the construction of a new step on the ladder, and from that higher step we can see farther still. The change is the seed for the new vision, and thus we grow. In it all, vision is integral to the process. It is in this light that the ancient proverb, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18) derives its meaning.
Old visions sometimes live beyond their usefulness. Looking at the world today, many are becoming convinced that humanity is at war with itself, something like an autoimmune disease a human might have. One explanation of this disorder is that we seem to be applying older, nearly used up visions in ways that are inappropriate for an increasingly interdependent, globalized humanity—a humanity waking up to itself. Segments of humanity are seeing that all others should become what their individual group is or holds dear. We have just come through a millennium where we killed great numbers of humans in the name of competing visions of religions, economic and political systems, not to mention the competing national, racial, tribal, ethnic, and gender visions.
In these confusing, often dangerous times, we need a new vision for a new humanity, and we need it yesterday. This urgency demands that we know if this vision exists, and if not how we can aid in its formulation.
The new vision is becoming visible, but certainly not in crystal clear completeness. We have a wealth of visionary thought and writing in the world today, but not one thinker or writer has resonated with of all of humanity, and for obvious reasons. Six and a half billion viewpoints create much diversity within humanity and form great barriers to anything resonating with everyone. Any visionary faces the problem of his or her own viewpoint: each is a specific gender, age, nationality, and race; each has been taught in a specific educational system, and colored by the traditions and mores of his or her own culture. All of this colors the vision regardless of how essential it is intended to be. And this coloring is a hurdle for others because each of us must work through our own unique viewpoint.
Another obstacle is that the new vision is humanity’s vision; and it may not be possible (yet) for any human to contain the vision in its completeness simply because of scale. If humanity is a great being (even if immature and only semi-conscious) living through human beings, it may be impossible for a single human to contain the vision for the greater being. How many of us truly identify with the greater being over and beyond our own individuality? This complicates the work of both the visionary and those potentially affected by the vision.
Please join me in sharing your vision for a new spa culture! Comment below or Subscribe or Email.A vision, like all else in time and space, is limited. It will have its time, it will stir the activity of those it touches towards its fulfillment, and then it will fade in the face of the new vision. If there is an ultimate, all-encompassing vision, we must not be ready to see it, because we (apparently) can only see a small portion at a time. Vision inspires us to expand, evolve, and elevate; it causes us to change the way we think, what we expect, and who we believe ourselves to be. Vision reveals a light in which we can change our world and ourselves for the better. The change itself is the construction of a new step on the ladder, and from that higher step we can see farther still. The change is the seed for the new vision, and thus we grow. In it all, vision is integral to the process. It is in this light that the ancient proverb, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18) derives its meaning.
Old visions sometimes live beyond their usefulness. Looking at the world today, many are becoming convinced that humanity is at war with itself, something like an autoimmune disease a human might have. One explanation of this disorder is that we seem to be applying older, nearly used up visions in ways that are inappropriate for an increasingly interdependent, globalized humanity—a humanity waking up to itself. Segments of humanity are seeing that all others should become what their individual group is or holds dear. We have just come through a millennium where we killed great numbers of humans in the name of competing visions of religions, economic and political systems, not to mention the competing national, racial, tribal, ethnic, and gender visions.
In these confusing, often dangerous times, we need a new vision for a new humanity, and we need it yesterday. This urgency demands that we know if this vision exists, and if not how we can aid in its formulation.
The new vision is becoming visible, but certainly not in crystal clear completeness. We have a wealth of visionary thought and writing in the world today, but not one thinker or writer has resonated with of all of humanity, and for obvious reasons. Six and a half billion viewpoints create much diversity within humanity and form great barriers to anything resonating with everyone. Any visionary faces the problem of his or her own viewpoint: each is a specific gender, age, nationality, and race; each has been taught in a specific educational system, and colored by the traditions and mores of his or her own culture. All of this colors the vision regardless of how essential it is intended to be. And this coloring is a hurdle for others because each of us must work through our own unique viewpoint.
Another obstacle is that the new vision is humanity’s vision; and it may not be possible (yet) for any human to contain the vision in its completeness simply because of scale. If humanity is a great being (even if immature and only semi-conscious) living through human beings, it may be impossible for a single human to contain the vision for the greater being. How many of us truly identify with the greater being over and beyond our own individuality? This complicates the work of both the visionary and those potentially affected by the vision.
