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Cultural context remains in descriptions. Titles now uniformly use the practice name without prefixing the culture, country, religion, or people. e.g. 'Quaker Meeting for Worship' -> 'Meeting for Worship', 'Moroccan Jmaa Village Assembly' -> 'Jmaa Village Assembly', 'Aboriginal Yarning Circle' -> 'Yarning Circle'. 43 titles updated across the seed library.
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41 lines
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id: quaker-clearness-committee
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title: Clearness Committee
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description: >-
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A Quaker practice for discerning a personal decision through a small
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committee that asks honest questions rather than offering advice. Originating
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in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in the 17th century.
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source: Parker J. Palmer, "A Hidden Wholeness"
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source_url: https://www.couragerenew.org/clearness-committee/
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tags: [quaker, discernment, listening, decision-making]
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forked_from: null
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image: null
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steps:
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- headline: Form the committee
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description: >-
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The focus person invites five or six trusted people to serve as a
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committee for a two-hour meeting devoted to a specific question or
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decision they face.
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- headline: Share the question
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description: >-
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The focus person reads a short written statement describing the issue
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and the context, without seeking advice.
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- headline: Ask only questions
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description: >-
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Committee members ask honest, open questions — no advice, no leading
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questions, no stories from their own life. The focus person may decline
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to answer any question.
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- headline: Silence between questions
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description: >-
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After each question and response, the group sits in silence to let the
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answer settle before the next question is posed.
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- headline: Close with reflection
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description: >-
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In the final twenty minutes the committee offers any observations, and
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the focus person reflects on what has emerged.
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outcome: >-
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The focus person gains clarity about their own discernment without being
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steered by others' opinions or agendas.
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practice: >-
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The discipline of questions-only is the hardest part. If someone slips into
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advice, the clerk gently interrupts. Prepare a written statement in advance;
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the act of writing often begins the clarity. |