Temenos

Temenos is a different approach to social interaction. For the most part it is a system, but it can also be focal points on the internet or physical meeting places. The idea around which Temenos is centered is fairness. Fairness has far reaching personal and social consequences, especially relative to social interaction and to communication. Fairness goes a long way toward minimizing conflict, promoting trust and facilitating openness.

There is no word that I can find that names the idea and derivatives that I am working with in this company and on this website. The closest word that I have found with a similar meaning is an ancient Greek word, temenos. In my usage, altered from the original, I am removing the context of being located within a Greek temple and using just the idea of a secular place for open exploration of ideas. In fact there might not be any location at all.

The intention is to create insight into production of flexible, benevolent, creative, and innovative environments. How can we produce innovative personal mental environments and social team environments for conceiving and nurturing possibilities for whatever intent? Can we produce an atmosphere that allows creative exploration even for no preconceived intent at all? We can improve our mental frameworks to create fair-minded and open patterns of functionality to replace habits of adversarialism and conflict. We can certainly work toward those goals by being more attuned to fairness. This allows the openness necessary for integrative thought and creativity in any social interaction. Open mindedness is a personally satisfying first step. Interaction with others of like mind, with attention to growth and maintenance of social skills is a pleasantly surprising experience and will allow 'Temenos' to emerge.

In one's own life and with improving rapport with others, Temenos will facilitate and support creativity, innovation, communication, teamwork and much more. A commitment to developing one's own mind by discovering more open and benevolent attitudes, tools, and methodologies of internal functionality will begin to have an effect. Enthusiasm for exploration and the thrill of discovery within oneself changes the way life feels. Anything approaching Temenos during open pursuit of team efforts is a rare occurrence. Once experienced, it will likely create a desire for encouragement of recurring occasions. There are many possibilities for designing social team environments that conceive and nurture exploration of possibilities with particular or general intent. No preconceived intent at all other than exploration can be great fun.

There are advantages to both direct personal contact in face to face discussions and the anonymity of internet minimization of direct association with questions and possibilities verbalized beyond personal assumptions. I would like help in creatively exploring both.

Designing your own mind's environment for facilitating original thought is a critical process if you are a creative personality or choose to become one. Understanding what you need in order to be creative, personally and some experience in facilitating those conditions is necessary for developing the empathy required for creative group activities. The openness, flexibility, courtesy, curiosity, benevolence, etc. required by all creative participants makes it immediately obvious that 'Roberts Rules of Order' cannot be the basis of interaction.

The extended complexities of the same integrative and creative processes developed/developing for groups leads to use of new methods and standards of structure and interaction. Exploration of these means of creating flexibility and openness of internal and social integrative structure is a strong interest of this website and of mine personally.