{"id":39611,"date":"2024-11-21T17:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T01:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=39611"},"modified":"2024-11-22T07:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:19:58","slug":"everything-is-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/everything-is-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything is Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019ve been fascinated by quantum physics and consciousness studies for a while, that is, once I started to <em>somewhat <\/em>understand it. \u00a0The double-slit experiment Margaret Wheatley mentions in <em>Leadership and the New Science<\/em> has made its way into the general population, so it\u2019s easy to find videos of physicists or Youtubers attempting to explain its weirdness. If you\u2019re unfamiliar with the double-slit experiment, I recommend looking it up. As Margaret mentioned, the big takeaway that has people talking is how the experiment&#8217;s results seem to be directly impacted by those <em>observing <\/em>the experiment. Yeah, weird.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.42.57\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39614 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.42.57\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"824\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.42.57\u202fPM.png 824w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.42.57\u202fPM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.42.57\u202fPM-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.42.57\u202fPM-150x102.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This messes with classical assumptions that things are either one way or another, regardless of whether they are being looked at. The material world is supposed to be fixed. The value of this experiment and other quantum and consciousness findings is the radical implications that things are much more connected, dynamic, and in relationship with one another than we could have imagined. Should it surprise us that we have, yet again, discovered something new about our universe and reality? Wheatley talks about stepping back and finding patterns amid chaos. If we zoom out to get a 10,000-foot view of scientific discoveries over Western history:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aristotelian Physics<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Copernican Revolution<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newtonian Physics<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theory of Relativity<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evolutionary Theory<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quantum Physics<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Consciousness Studies<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not only is there a pattern of constant learning and discovery with people, but there is also a pattern of initial rejection, chaos, and the new norm regarding <em>legitimate<\/em> advancements. Wheatley says, \u201cA pattern has been defined rather succinctly as any behavior that occurs more than once.\u201d What keeps happening in history?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Order:<\/strong> The world and universe work a particular way: systems and technology emerge from this framework, this information is taught and shared in educational and religious institutions, and the world operates from this paradigm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disorder:<\/strong> A groundbreaking discovery comes along: Society\/tradition pushes against it, things are in a state of chaos, debates happen, more people get on board, and casualties occur.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reorder:<\/strong> Society reaches a critical mass of accepting <em>the new thing<\/em>, a new norm emerges, the prevailing worldview is taught, and the world operates from this paradigm. Repeat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">I say all that to pinpoint where we are in the tides of history. If it\u2019s quantum physics and consciousness studies, then Wheatley and others believe we should better align our communities, organizations, and priorities with how reality works. Wheatley sums up this emerging theory by quoting James Jeans, \u201cThe universe looks more like a great thought than like a great machine.\u201d<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> Is this why so many of our leadership models are advocating to make fundamental shifts? Are we intuitively \u201cresonating\u201d with interconnectivity, level 2 relationships,<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[ii]<\/a> values, and collaboration over cold hierarchies, divided compartments, policies, and machine-like organizations due to older and early-stage models reflected in Newtonian physics and the Industrial Revolution rather than molecular realities?<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[iii]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>How does all this science speak to me as a leader?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One aspect of quantum physics that has always intrigued and spoken to me is energy. In fact, everything seems to be energy; it just vibrates at different rates and frequencies. Wheatley mentions something worth chewing on: \u201cIf we succeed in generating energy in one area, then we can watch what our networks do with our work. Who lit up and took notice? Where have our ideas traveled to? If we answer these questions, we learn who might be ready to take up this work next.\u201d<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[iv]\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0It reminds me of a conversation I had during my first near-death experience interview in Ohio with an atheist turned-pastor many years ago. After we discussed his experience and the mysteries of the universe, we got into practical day-to-day conversation. I felt my season at a specific church was coming to a close, but I wasn\u2019t sure. He asked me, \u201cAre you enthusiastic about being there?\u201d I thought about it and reluctantly said, \u201cNot really, and I have not been for a while.\u201d Then he said it was time to go, and his reasoning was from the word \u201centhusiasm,\u201d which has meanings rooted in the divine presence\/energy, \u201ctheos\u201d being within something. Whether you agree or not, it was excellent advice for both my wife and I, and I probably wouldn\u2019t be where I am in life or in this program without it. There are times when seasons are hard, and we need to push through because God has called us there, but there are also times when we need to follow \u201cthe energy\/presence\u201d because God is shifting us or showing us where our attention needs to go in life or in an organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where is the enthusiasm? Who is being lit up by our work?<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39617 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM-1024x523.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-21-at-7.43.20\u202fPM.png 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Energy also correlates with \u201cbeing\u201d or who we are at the deepest level, which reminds me of Edwin Friedman\u2019s emphasis on <em>being <\/em>a non-anxious presence.<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn5\" name=\"_ednref5\">[v]<\/a> When we are a non-anxious presence, we carry a certain energy into a space or room that affects everyone and everything else. The opposite is true as well, and I think most of us have felt \u201cthe vibes\u201d when someone is upset, passionate, happy, nervous, excited, angry, or anxious, and its impact on the room. We can feel it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our being is not something that we can necessarily fake or manufacture in times of stress, which correlates with what Marcus Warner and James Wilder say in <em>Rare Leadership<\/em> concerning crucial spiritual\/ psychological habits and relationships we need to cultivate stability, health, and emotional intelligence.<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn6\" name=\"_ednref6\">[vi]<\/a> Wheatley stresses, \u201cThe leader\u2019s task is first to embody these principles and then to help the organization become the standard it has declared for itself. This work of leaders cannot be reversed, or either step ignored.\u201d<a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_edn7\" name=\"_ednref7\">[vii]<\/a> The first step is embodying, which seems to be the pattern we consistently see throughout our readings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> Wheatley, Margaret Joan. <em>Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World<\/em>. Kindle edition, page 33 of 228.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[ii]<\/a> Schein, Edgar H., and Peter A. Schein. <em>Humble Leadership, Second Edition: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust<\/em>. Second Edition. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[iii]<\/a> Polanyi, Karl. <em>The Great Transformation<\/em>. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[iv]<\/a> Wheatley, <em>Leadership and the New Science, <\/em>Kindle edition, page 153 of 228.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref5\" name=\"_edn5\">[v]<\/a> Friedman, Edwin H., Margaret M. Treadwell, and Edward W. Beal. <em>A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix<\/em>. 10th anniversary revised edition. New York: Church Publishing, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref6\" name=\"_edn6\">[vi]<\/a> Warner, Marcus, and E. James Wilder. <em>Rare Leadership: 4 Uncommon Habits for Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead<\/em>. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2016.=<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F0E12AA2-76AB-499C-A3C3-DAABA7DEB889#_ednref7\" name=\"_edn7\">[vii]<\/a> Wheatley, <em>Leadership and the New Science, <\/em>Kindle edition, page 130 of 228.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been fascinated by quantum physics and consciousness studies for a while, that is, once I started to somewhat understand it. \u00a0The double-slit experiment Margaret Wheatley mentions in Leadership and the New Science has made its way into the general population, so it\u2019s easy to find videos of physicists or Youtubers attempting to explain its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2310],"tags":[2489,3375,3377],"class_list":["post-39611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-of-leadership-3","tag-dlgp02","tag-wheatley-dlgp02","tag-leadership-and-the-new-science","cohort-dlgp02"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39611"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39654,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39611\/revisions\/39654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}