{"id":3695,"date":"2020-10-31T11:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T11:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2020-12-26T18:04:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T18:04:37","slug":"coming-of-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/coming-of-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming of Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">People, Organisations, Countries, the World.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>An exposition of progressive thinking for positive change.<br>8 December 2020, 1600 GMT<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cycleoflife.jpeg?resize=200%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3696\" width=\"200\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cycleoflife.jpeg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cycleoflife.jpeg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>The Cycle of Life<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Astraea turns 21 on 8 December 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many the 21<sup>st<\/sup> birthday is the threshold between childhood and adulthood, between innocence and maturity. Whatever age or ceremony marks \u201cgrowing up\u201d, people from all over the world follow a similar path of physiological development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But emotional development can vary greatly among people in the same community, depending on situation, environment and opportunities far more than than biological programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/businesscycle.gif?resize=254%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3697\" width=\"254\" height=\"206\"\/><figcaption>Cycle of Life Reflected in Organisations<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What encourages or retards emotional development? What encourages consciousness to develop? Can decay be avoided?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"196\"> he development cycle is not just seen in individuals, but also in organisations, communities, countries and the whole of humanity. This emergence of innate potential and the implications for humanity will be explored and a map of potential futures based on physiological and emotional resources shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lifecycle.jpeg?resize=234%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3698\" width=\"234\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lifecycle.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lifecycle.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lifecycle.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>What does it mean to come of age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the world progressing or not?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How is tension overcome?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does the future hold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To join the conversation please <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZctf-mvrjwjHtFjL3nWYOPJ3pVM8Xg3ttCH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">register<\/a>.<\/strong><br>The event will be livestreamed on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"113\">YouTube channel <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfRK0ilN-oZyPfVcVy7XFMA\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfRK0ilN-oZyPfVcVy7XFMA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BreatheThinkFlow<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People, Organisations, Countries, the World. An exposition of progressive thinking for positive change.8 December 2020, 1600 GMT Astraea turns 21 on 8 December 2020. For many the 21st birthday is the threshold between childhood and adulthood, between innocence and maturity. Whatever age or ceremony marks \u201cgrowing up\u201d, people from all over the world follow a &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/coming-of-age\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coming of Age<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[36,15,32],"tags":[320,312,185,318,316,317,315,313,102,319,322,104,273,323],"class_list":["post-3695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perspective","category-holonics-and-life","category-mediaandgatherings","tag-business-cycle","tag-coming-of-age","tag-consciousness","tag-decay","tag-development","tag-enlightenment","tag-eq","tag-future","tag-holonics","tag-lifecycle","tag-spiral-dynamics","tag-system-change","tag-systemchange","tag-world-history"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cycleoflife.jpeg?fit=400%2C368&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hwcd-XB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3735,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3695\/revisions\/3735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}