Open your “mouth” in a blog, and you may affect not only the refinement and growth of individuals who respond to your “vibe,” but ultimately stimulate development of aspirations and ideals. Writers of conscience and communicators in general are emerging through the blogosphere, driving our awakening and encouraging us to participate in our own best survival simply by their presence there.
Blogging Develops Communities
Emerging natural communities are filled with support, enthusiasm, and the growth that comes from individuals sharing their experience with a group mind (pro or con), giving birth to a kaleidoscope of ideas and information. How much can each of us learn and implement in a lifetime? As the years go by, there is the longing to know more, do more, and be better - and yet what we can absorb as just one is miniscule compared with the leap humanity takes as an organism or group mind.
Despite the fact that our culture is embracing collaborative community, intending to change a culture can be a challenge and often meets with resistance. No matter what, we don’t like people telling us what to do or what ought to be done. When we become the change we wish to see, as Gandhi so aptly put it, rather than trying to persuade others, we organically persuade through the quality of our own life and action.
Out of the dream to be, grow, know, do, and become more has been born the reality of the worldwide web and the journaling of everyday people in the blogosphere. Millions of people can be found daily engaged in writing on or searching for topics, from one end of the full range of human consciousness to the other: from “green” and “organic” to “sex”, “politics”, “art and music”, you name it! People are creating change and community, simply by living and expressing their truth.
Accessing our Genius via Collaborative Thought
What began with television and radio, has taken a giant leap with the web, an outer reflection of the immensity of the hu-man/woman/youth mind expressing and reflecting itself. Perhaps one day we will evolve beyond the electronic medium, but for now it serves us well. As the great sea of humanity expresses itself, exploring previously forbidden places, and making mega-jumps in growth, understanding and accessing new frontiers via pooled thought, collaboration, dialogue, discussion, and criticism and conflict, perhaps we begin to access our genius potential.
Article comments
1 - writerkols
Long post but great one. Blogging is indeed the best way to rise social awareness. Numerous bloggers are doing it online.
Blogging has indeed become a way of life with many. It paves way for expression and reflection of self. And if you/your thoughts vibe with others, a community is created and sharing becomes indispensable in such a network. Once your community grows, new thoughts, more vibrancy and real change begins to happen.
2 - Eric Olsen
very nice indeed Cary, thanks!
3 - Duane Barlow
Excellent article!
4 - Ginae B. McDonald
Very nice! I find blogging to be MY most effective medium.
5 - Mongo
I think it would be interesting to also talk about how Twitter is changing the Blogosphere. While a lot of people used to blog "I just went to Taco Bell", now they're more apt to Tweet it. I think overall Twitter's making content in the Blogosphere more valuable by cannibalizing many of the would-have-been-inane blog posts.
6 - The Recipe
To expand on Mongo's point, another bit of technology that has drastically changed our daily life is starting to feed into the blogosphere growth - mobile phones. The best ones these days have internet connectivity and apps to facilitate things like tweeting, facebook updates and now even blogging. Anyone with an iPhone may have seen the wordpress app. Blog from anywhere, anytime using a device you're likely to have with you at all times. The possibilities...