Craig Chalquist, PhD

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"I want to add Dorene's idea of a general note to everyone for a monthly contribution--say, $10--with a thanks to them by name if they want and letting them know how their money helps the Alliance. We could roll this out as part of a fundraiser. I've…"

"I'm glad to see this. I grew up in two military families and have seen the absolutely dreadful consequences, psychological and otherwise, of men trying to squeeze themselves into the Warrior and Hero archetypes on a literal level. Images of the…"

Listen to interview. enjoyed. The comment about the freeway behind your school. That's what caught me. I'm very fortunate here in Boulder Colorado (20 yrs) that I only ride my bicycle. Been about a year now since I've driven. I used to drive for a job ( years ago) big and small rigs. And I'll be honest sometimes I do miss my pickup (25 yrs old) which I gave away to Mexicans. My Daughter lives on 2nd and Anza. Only rides her bicycle. Kinda freaks me out ( traffic) but she doesn't bicycle to much and is cautious. I'm sure she love San Francisco ( that part of it) because it doesn't have freeways. Plus she grew up here in Boulder which is to small potatoes for her. California is to crowded for me with the exception of the feather river of death valley ( just kidding). But as my Grandad ( rancher) used to say about California: " to many dam people". Take care buddy, Jeff

Hi Craig, I just listened to your discussion with Bonnie Bright and was really captivated by your clarity--it was such a learning. You are really working at the edge of what is known. I was especially interested in the section on Deep Education and your talk about working with the guardians of big corporations. I have to tell you a story from many years ago. You may not know, but concurrent with developing my corporate career in human resources, I was also developing my abilities as a seer with many different teachers over the years from various shamanic traditions. If I had not gotten this kind of help in my teens and 20's, I believe that I would be institutionalized today. Anyhow, in the early 80's, I was the corporate manager for human resources at Industrial Indemnity Company, which was a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation. Our headquarters operation was in San Francisco and we owned the 14-story building at the corner of California and Battery. We were a company of 1400 employees and 17 field divisions throughout the 10 western states. My office was on the sixth floor. I was responsible for setting HR policy for the whole company, plus my department handled the human resources duties for the 700 employees in the headquarters, plus those in two smaller subsidiaries located down Battery Street. I was in that job for six years. Again, privately, I was learning to work with energy and see and work with beings without bodies in my off hours (since 1977). At some point, it became very clear to me that there were two huge beings that oversaw this company. I never, of course, told anyone about them, but I experienced their presence whenever there were conflicts or shake-ups in the high echelon. Because I was involved in all the staff changes and performance issues with even the highest positions, I began to draw direct correlations between the success (or failure) of higher-ups and knew that these beings were "pulling the strings."

What is Deep Education?

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
-- John Dewey

I am English by birth, but I am Early World Man. And I live in exile from the world community of my desire.
-- H. G. Wells

What if, as depth psychologically-minded cultural workers, we labored against falsely separating the…

Comments

Mr. Jeffery J. Rahn June 14, 2013 at 5:32pm

Listen to interview. enjoyed. The comment about the freeway behind your school. That's what caught me. I'm very fortunate here in Boulder Colorado (20 yrs) that I only ride my bicycle. Been about a year now since I've driven. I used to drive for a job ( years ago) big and small rigs. And I'll be honest sometimes I do miss my pickup (25 yrs old) which I gave away to Mexicans. My Daughter lives on 2nd and Anza. Only rides her bicycle. Kinda freaks me out ( traffic) but she doesn't bicycle to much and is cautious. I'm sure she love San Francisco ( that part of it) because it doesn't have freeways. Plus she grew up here in Boulder which is to small potatoes for her. California is to crowded for me with the exception of the feather river of death valley ( just kidding). But as my Grandad ( rancher) used to say about California: " to many dam people". Take care buddy, Jeff
Dorene Mahoney February 8, 2011 at 8:20am

Anyhow, back to you--your eloquent discussion with Bonnie about being reflective before jumping into action and, perhaps, paying homage to these guardian beings before trying to annihilate them or the corporation makes sense to me. It is scoping up to a finer order of "seeing" things. There are mythic wars being fought that are outside our intellectual range of thought and certainly beyond our own learning edge that are better fought with depth methods than intellectual might and brawn. I'd love to hear more about your thoughts. Thank you for the wonderful and tireless work in this field. I miss having you as an instructor. I'm jealous of your Kennedy students.
Dorene Mahoney February 8, 2011 at 8:12am

I was cut off, so I'm going to leave the second part of my comment: It was about this time that I became very interested in a firm's "story." I realized that every successful company has a compelling story to tell--one that is rooted deep in its beginnings. For example, HP and starting in Packard's garage. I believe that it is the company's story (its strength or weakness) that most determines its success or failure. And I think that this goes back to the guardians themselves. Anyhow, when I later went into management consulting and got to engage with numerous companies in every industry, I began to look at the strength of my clients' stories as one dimension of my consulting inquiry. If a company's only story is to make boatloads of money, the story will not be strong enough to sustain the workforce or community. Perhaps a weak or strong story implicates in some way the guardians.
Dorene Mahoney February 8, 2011 at 8:07am

Hi Craig, I just listened to your discussion with Bonnie Bright and was really captivated by your clarity--it was such a learning. You are really working at the edge of what is known. I was especially interested in the section on Deep Education and your talk about working with the guardians of big corporations. I have to tell you a story from many years ago. You may not know, but concurrent with developing my corporate career in human resources, I was also developing my abilities as a seer with many different teachers over the years from various shamanic traditions. If I had not gotten this kind of help in my teens and 20's, I believe that I would be institutionalized today. Anyhow, in the early 80's, I was the corporate manager for human resources at Industrial Indemnity Company, which was a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation. Our headquarters operation was in San Francisco and we owned the 14-story building at the corner of California and Battery. We were a company of 1400 employees and 17 field divisions throughout the 10 western states. My office was on the sixth floor. I was responsible for setting HR policy for the whole company, plus my department handled the human resources duties for the 700 employees in the headquarters, plus those in two smaller subsidiaries located down Battery Street. I was in that job for six years. Again, privately, I was learning to work with energy and see and work with beings without bodies in my off hours (since 1977). At some point, it became very clear to me that there were two huge beings that oversaw this company. I never, of course, told anyone about them, but I experienced their presence whenever there were conflicts or shake-ups in the high echelon. Because I was involved in all the staff changes and performance issues with even the highest positions, I began to draw direct correlations between the success (or failure) of higher-ups and knew that these beings were "pulling the strings."
Gina Thomas May 29, 2010 at 9:58am

Hi Craig. Nice to "see" you here. I'm looking forward to staying connected via this alliance.
Dorene Mahoney May 21, 2010 at 11:42am

Hi Craig! What a treat to see your name on this site. Didn't Bonnie do a wonderful job? I hope you are well. Bonnie and JulieP are going to be pulling together a gathering of our cohort in the next couple of months--I hope you'll feel like joining us. I'll keep you posted!
Bonnie Bright May 14, 2010 at 10:20am

Hey Craig! Welcome to the online Depth community! So glad to see you here and I'm grateful for your support. The community has taken off nicely and Iook forward to seeing it grow into a rich resource for all who are interested in the field.

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