The circle is an organizational structure that locates leadership along the rim and provides an inclusive means of consultation. Circling is a useful structure for learning, governance, creating community, providing services and observing ritual. Both the circle and the triangle have influenced each other. They work best when allowed to occur in combination. A council may be called in which every person has a voice and then a group of elders takes all these voices into consideration when they make a decision.
Seekers has valuable experience with circles in a hierarchical world.
Widening the ways we use these will enhance our decision making. The fourth movement of the dance inspires insight. Here those with greatest compassion practice the art of discernment. Out of the silence they seek a consensus that mediates disputes and settles disagreements within the community. These are people willing to shoulder the blame without insisting on the credit.