The Community of Thoughts

Jonas von der Gathen

Workshop description:

Thinking, nowadays, is sometimes considered to be something abstract - just cold concepts rushing through our brains.

Many people who awake to the manifold of problems on this planet feel an urge straightaway to "do" something practical, instead of "just" thinking or talking about it.  But there might be an unknown and unseen potential in our capacity to think and truly meet the beautiful world of good beings, which we call "our" ideas.  Great Philosophers like Plato or Aquinas said that ideas are alive and have a uniting force.  What happens if a group of subjective individuals connect in the realm of universal thoughts?  Feelings and physical activities bring people together, but there is also a life-giving strength if we discover and share similar ideals.

In this workshop we will study a spiritual-philosophical text, followed by discussion and sharing in hopes of creating this experience.