We all live in a bubble A self created story Based on our experience A story of who we are in relation to others and in relation to our deeper self Rien van Leeuwen, Carvoeiro, 2016
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Rien van leeuwen
The deer is here
The spirit of the deer The deer is here A spirit known by many Strong gentle and caring For the souls of many For the soul of all A spirit strong as trees A spirit gentle as the morning breeze A spirit caring like a tropical sea No more fear The deer is here One of...
More than a broken branch
More than a broken branch More than a broken branch Or leaves falling to the ground More than the wispering of the wind And the ever changing shade More than than eyes see The heart of the matter It is the ecosystem of a three Rien van Leeuwen, Toscane 2012 Dit...
The unthought thought
In 2011 me and my wife spent some time in California. This is what I wrote while at the campus of UCSC looking over the beautiful Pacific. The unthought thought See the unseen Listen to the silence Hear the words behind the words Feel the unfelt Sense now what is...
Slowly the fire dies
Slowly the fire dies The last flame, the last sparkle It is all gone Even the last laugh No more gathering around the fire No more wood to feed the fire No reason to lit the fire As all fires do, It started, it spread and it slowly died It all was And that is ok What...
Clouds
Clouds Even when clouds are around the mountain and the mountain cannot see it’s self Still others will see the mountain and it’s clouds Rien van Leeuwen, Santa cruz, 13/7/2008 Geschreven aan de kust van California
Being your Self is Beauty
Experiencing your Self is like innocence Feeling your Self is oneness Loving your Self is life Knowing your Self is wisdom Being your Self is Beauty Rien van leeuwen February 2003
Inspiration
Inspiration Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us...
Inspirational, inclusive and authentic mindset
Intent and ecology
Using Mindsonar for team creativity
Imagine you are the leader of a multidisciplinary team and you want to boost your team ability to innovate in response to the dynamic business competition. How would you approach that? One of our customers, a local sales and support organization for a global...
Outperform to serve the business ecosystem
Recently we* facilitated a two day learning event for executives from companies around the globe. The purpose of this event was to create collective awareness across various disciplines and to establish initiatives for sustainable innovation. This is a global company...
Human success factors for sustainable innovation
Innovation thrives on human interaction. Everything we use or will use in our daily life is the result of combined knowledge, experience and labor of others. Therefor human factors determine to a large extent what level of sustainability we are able to reach. These...
Making a difference by embracing differences
More then the eye sees.. A pond in summer. Patches of yellow duckweed seem to be different and separated from each other. Everything in the pond is part of a delicate ecosystem, connected at a deeper level than is visible to the eye. Sympathetic weather A sunny day in...
Authentic inspiration
Seven states of beauty The Authentic Inspiration Model © is a model for the realization of intention, potential and talent. It enables us, in an effective and ecological way, to face life challenges, to bring out the best of our intentions and to give meaning to the...