Sourced Design
The source is within you.
And this whole world is springing up from it.
Rumi
Most of us have learned to adapt to a culture in trouble. We now live with the consequences of this: addiction, an epidemic of loneliness, suicide, racism and mass incarceration, poverty, the climate crisis, globalization, and oppressive systems that perpetuate the status quo. If we are to live in a world where all life thrives, we cannot continue to deny these circumstances.
We must learn a new way to live that is in greater alignment with all life.
After ten years of practice, Springhouse has learned a lot about what it takes to create a learning community that thrives. In 2019, Springhouse articulated Sourced Design – principles that we practice at Springhouse and use to support others to create vitality-centered learning communities in their respective places.
Sourced Design: The Five Principles
Take Care of Vulnerability
Cultivate Personhood
Build Beloved Community
Learn from the Earth
Love and Serve Others
The Sourced Design principles support people to live life more fully and create the conditions for all life to thrive. These principles are older than the Earth and have been practiced for centuries. At Springhouse, we practiced these principles long before we called them Sourced Design.
We stumbled onto something that many have stumbled upon before us – principles to guide us as we learn to come alive.
