DISCOVERY MODELS

WHAT ARE DISCOVERY MODELS?

1. RELATIONSHIPS: The Path to Self Discovery
   A model that shows the real reason we are in our relationships, and how to heal our minds and hearts through them.
2. FORGIVENESS: The Only Approach to Problem-solving
   The way we usually attempt to solve problems makes things worse, not better. This model reveals what really and permanently works.
3. ACCEPTANCE: The Gateway to Transformation
   This model aids in explaining what acceptance really means, as there is great confusion about that , and how change for the better is immediately activated through it.
4. GUIDANCE: The Dance that Leads Us Home
   A model that depicts the omnipresence of our own loving guidance and what is required to access it.
5. CHOICE: The Truth About Cause and Effect
   Finally get past the idea that what happened "then" is keeping us limited "now."
6. BELIEFS: The Lens Through Which We See
   A model to reveal that our current state of mind affects our remembrance of the past, experience of the present, and possibilities for the future.

NONVERBAL LEARNING
We are very happy to have this opportunity to introduce our "Life Works" teaching models series and how they might be of service to you.

Do you remember how it felt to play in the mud as a small child, or the taste of your first olive? If you were asked to accurately describe those feeling experiences, you
could not.  Much of our valid experience lies outside our ability to accurately describe it verbally. It is only by playing in the mud or eating an olive that we can have our own unique indescribable experiences.

In recognition of the fact that much of our learning is nonverbal, we have built a series of models that can be seen and touched. They help move people to their own insights and answers and, ultimately, to the love that is within them. They address the part of us that learns without words. 

Just as olives must be tasted to be experienced, our models must experienced to be appreciated.  We hope you'll soon join us for your own experience in person or through our video and audio tapes-- to see how Life Works!
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HISTORY
Several years ago I felt a very strong urge to, quite literally, build a model--something visual to be an adjunct to the words that we use--to help with revealing how and why we find ourselves in our particular universe of personal relationships.

This building enterprise idea was triggered by a sentence from A Course In Miracles
that states, "Salvation can be seen as nothing more than the escape from concepts."

The primary "problem" concept it refers to is the self-concept or self-image, also known as the ego. Therefore, the task in creating these Discovery Models was to convey  visually as well as verbally that our self image, on which we lavish so much attention, is the problem and not the solution.

Thus, after trying several model versions using various materials, we arrived at our finished product made of wood, Plexiglas, plastics and other craft materials-- and it works!
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BREAKTHROUGHS!
This relationship model has been presented many times and always with the same results. So very many people have breakthroughs about how they participate in the dysfunction of their relationships and what to do about it, bringing healing to all concerned.

The class discussion and presentation of the physical model combine to encourage the process of remembering what we have always known, accessing the love we always have available from within.  Very clear and very practical!
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MORE ANSWERS
In the beginning I had no idea I would create a series of Discovery Models, only a strong intuition that what may be self-evident to us about relationships was still a mystery to a great many and that we could help.

We could take abstract ideas about the workings of our own minds and illustrate them in a concrete manner.

Some time later, I was presenting this Relationship Model in a workshop when someone asked a question that called for a metaphor or parable as the clearest response.

When I returned home the next day, a very clear vision of the next model appeared in my mind.  And thus, the series of models continued to evolve.

Each new model was born in response to a question where the best answer would be  illustrated by a physical, visual model.  A nonverbal answer!
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THE VALUE OF JOINING
A very important principle was at work here. My desire to join with participants in workshops and classes allowed my own intuitive process to bring forth these ideas for models.  My joining with Robert White, truly a man of genius, allowed them to be built in physical form. These models would not be the helpful aids they are without a desire for joining in many areas.

Robert and I would have lengthy conversations about:

• What a Model was to convey
• All the points that had to be made
• All the elements that had to move, change or disappear in order to make those points.

After our design conversations, he would build the structures with literally nothing for a plan except my internal pictures. An amazing feat!  Several of us then added the many and varied types of arts and craft work required to complete the models.  Primary among those who helped with art work are Sarah Whalen, Gregory Howe and Jane Harrington.

Truly, this has been a collaborative effort-- the fruit of the decision to join.
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