THE FOOL METHOD REVOLUTION

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Exploring Happiness. Designing Life. Being Human.

 

Come as you are. Being human is quite sufficient.

Welcome to a rather unusual place.

A place where we are not trying to turn you into a better version of yourself.

We are simply curious about the version you already are.

The one who thinks, worries, loves, remembers, imagines, gets angry, changes her mind, makes plans, loses the plans, finds new plans, and occasionally wonders what on earth is going on.

The one we call I.

Who is this I?

How did it come to be the way it is?

And might there be other ways of being I?

These questions are at the heart of The Fool Method Revolution.

And the person asking them is a Fool.

 

MEET THE FOOL

Satee Bhave Hall — The UnCounsellor Fool

 

Hello. I am Satee.

I call myself the Fool.

Not because I know nothing, although that possibility remains wonderfully open.

But because, after many years of learning, teaching, questioning, creating and observing, I have become increasingly interested in everything I do not know.

My journey has wandered through education, theatre, child psychology, human behaviour, philosophy, meditation and the endlessly surprising business of being human.

Along the way, I have found wonderful companions in Tao, Zen, Gregory Bateson's Ecology of Mind, the Systems View of Life, and the understanding that living things cannot be understood in isolation from their relationships.

I have spent much of my life exploring how we create our ideas about ourselves and the world — and how those ideas, once created, begin to shape our lives.

Somewhere in all this wandering, The Fool Method Revolution began to take shape.

Not as a collection of answers.

As a different way of asking questions.

And because I have spent a good part of my life in theatre, the questions eventually found their way onto a stage.

The stage of the I.

 

THE FOOL METHOD REVOLUTION

What if the person you think you are is not the whole story?

 

We usually think of ourselves as rather fixed characters.

I am shy. I am angry. I am successful. I am a failure. I am sensitive. I am difficult. I am this. I am that.

And slowly, these descriptions begin to feel like facts.

But what if they are stories?

What if the I we know so well is a character shaped by memories, relationships, habits, beliefs, expectations, culture and circumstance?

And what if this character is not quite as permanent as it appears?

The Fool Method Revolution is an invitation to explore these questions.

Drawing on Tao, Zen, Ecology of Mind and the Systems View of Life, it looks at human experience through patterns, relationships, interdependence and change.

Rather than asking, "How can I fix myself?" we might ask:

"How did I come to be this way?"

"What happens when I see things differently?"

"What else might be possible?"

There is no ideal person waiting at the end of this exploration.

No perfect I to become.

Only the possibility of becoming a little more curious, a little less certain, and perhaps a little more comfortable with the extraordinary adventure of being alive.

 

THE FOOL'S I THEATRE

Meet the many characters who call themselves you.

 

We all play many roles.

The confident I. The frightened I. The angry I. The responsible I. The rebellious I. The I who wants to be loved. The I who wants to be left alone.

Sometimes these characters cooperate.

Sometimes they argue.

Sometimes one of them takes over the entire theatre.

The Fool's I Theatre is a playful way of exploring these characters.

Through imagination, observation, storytelling, dialogue and theatrical experiments, we can begin to notice how our different I's appear, what they believe, how they respond, and what happens when we give them a little room to move.

We are not trying to destroy the characters.

We are learning to recognise them.

And perhaps discovering that we need not believe every line they speak.

 

COURSES & WORKSHOPS

Different doors into the same exploration.

 

The Fool Method Revolution has grown into courses, workshops and experiences for people who enjoy questioning, experimenting, discovering and occasionally laughing at themselves.

THE FOOL METHOD REVOLUTION — THE TWELVE-WEEK COURSE

Our central exploration of the I, its stories, its relationships, and the possibilities of designing life with greater awareness, freedom and curiosity.

THE FOOL METHOD WORKSHOP

A ten-day journey of observation, imagination and practical experiments with the characters of the I.

SWAPASHYANA — THE RASA WORKSHOP

A ten-day exploration of the emotions through the nine rasas, the I Theatre, and the many ways we experience and express our feelings.

THE FOOL METHOD REVOLUTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Playful, thoughtful experiences for school students and young people, exploring emotions, self-image, relationships, friendship, curiosity and the remarkable possibility of becoming a friend to one's own mind.

More courses and workshops will grow from this exploration, including journeys into parenting, education and the questions that accompany different stages of life.

Each has its own character.

All share the same curiosity.

Explore Courses & Workshops

 

THE UNCOUNSELLOR

A personal conversation with the Fool.

Sometimes, after exploring these ideas, we want to sit down and talk.

Not necessarily because something is wrong.

Perhaps there is a decision to make. A relationship to understand. A familiar pattern to examine. A question that will not go away.

Or perhaps we are simply curious.

The UnCounsellor offers one-to-one conversations that draw on The Fool Method Revolution, Tao, Zen, Ecology of Mind and the Fool's I Theatre.

It is not conventional counselling or therapy.

There is no diagnosis, no prescription for happiness, and no perfect life to achieve.

Instead, we explore the question together.

We look at the stories, assumptions, relationships and patterns surrounding it.

And sometimes, in looking at an old question from an unfamiliar angle, we discover a possibility we had not noticed before.

UnCounselling sessions are available to participants who have completed the twelve-week Fool Method Revolution course.

Discover The UnCounsellor

 

A LITTLE INVITATION

Perhaps you have come here looking for a course.

Perhaps you are interested in Tao or Zen.

Perhaps you enjoy theatre, philosophy, psychology or the strange workings of the human mind.

Perhaps you have a question.

Or perhaps you clicked on something by accident.

Never mind.

You are welcome.

There is nothing you need to believe before entering.

Nothing you need to become.

You may bring your questions, your doubts, your contradictions, your laughter, your confusion, and your ordinary, extraordinary human self.

We can begin there.

After all, the Fool has a rather simple suspicion.

Life may be much larger than the stories we tell ourselves about it.

And wouldn't it be interesting to find out?

Welcome to The Fool Method Revolution.

Nothing left but to laugh.

Satee Bhave Hall
Creator of The Fool Method Revolution
The UnCounsellor Fool

The Fool Method Revolution is an educational and experiential exploration. The UnCounsellor is not a psychotherapy or medical service, and these programmes do not replace professional mental healthcare.