On September 14, we held a Possible World session in Kamata, Tokyo, using physical cards. It came about after a participant from the August 24 session said, "There's someone in Kamata I really want to share this with." Nine people gathered to co-create one possible world. Finite cards, yet infinite possibilities — shaped by the people in the room and how they connect. Once the host let go, something shifted: "This world is up to us." The nine became "Possibees."

There are dialogues where we do not need to make ‘understanding one another’ the goal. Beyond the binary of preserving one’s centre versus opening to the world, the two are, in truth, the front and back of a single life. Letting go of Cartesian division and guided by the Japanese heart, we drop beneath the logic of the head to recall the ‘connection before the division’ in our hara. A supple way of being for the era ahead.

What is the value of "blank space" (Yohaku) that tends to be overlooked in today’s busy world? Looking back on the process of our intensive residential training programme for a small group of four in Sydney. It is a record of reflection by a practitioner who realised she had been letting external circumstances cloud her commitment. By drastically shifting the way the programme was offered, miraculous connections with multinational participants and a precious companion began t