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Receptivity (K'un)
Metaphors: Field / Primal structuring / Earth
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Social A sustainable community may respond to the actions and opportunities of its environment through which it may then bring about change.
Sub-conditions:
1. The sustainable community may take heed of the first signs of deterioration in its environment. (Resulting in: Recovery).
2. The sustainable community may respond naturally to its environment. (Resulting in: Controlled threat).
3. Care should be taken to avoid premature public attention to the maturing work of the sustainable community. (Resulting in: Unpretentiousness).
4. The strictest reticence is required by the sustainable community to avoid both the enmity of antagonists and the dangers of misplaced acclaim. (Resulting in: Enthusiasm).
5. The sustainable community may express its qualities indirectly and discreetly as its actions emerge into prominence. (Resulting in: Solidarity).
6. The sustainable community may make an inappropriate attempt to take the leading role, thus causing a struggle destructive to all concerned. (Resulting in: Deterioration).
Transformation sequence Initiatives emerging in a receptive environment first experience difficulties. (Resulting in: Initial difficulty).
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Earlier version in 2nd edition of Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (1986).
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