How Circular Dialogue Came to Be

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”  ― Thomas Paine At the onset of the Financial Crisis of 2008, the flashpoint of the global crisis, I recognized in the unprecedented world developments qualitative markers expounded upon throughout the wisdom of Kabbalah.  I had been a serious student of Kabbalah for more than 20 years, […]

The Circular Dialogue: An Educational Tool for Expanded Collective Perception

Theory  The Circular Dialogue technique is an experiential-emotional learning tool where individuals transform their perception of reality from egoistic self-focus to altruistic collective-focus, to later attain a pan-civilization consciousness and emotional field constructed from the desires of participants to connect that is necessary for survival and thriving within the tightly interconnected global reality of the […]

Grow Green with Envy

Envy is one of the most potent forces on the planet. It has the capacity to catalyze or kill. The purpose of this article is to show you how to balance your growth equation using envy as the catalyst that propels you to critical mass for explosive growth in business and personal excellence… https://medium.com/@benzi.giertz/grow-green-with-envy-654af3964457

Use Desire as your “Gateway Drug” to Lasting Relationship

Who hasn’t stood on the brink of relationship disaster where the emotional investment of your heart teeters on the verge of a nosedive into the dumpster? Relationship failure almost always boils down the fact that your needs and desires are not being met. I will share a way to take the power of your desires […]

Are You Playing the Absurd Hero? Check Yourself

Chasing endless desires and battling problems makes life feel futile and absurd, like Sisyphus pushing the same boulder up the mountain over and over. Is this happening to you? We fight a losing battle in a world of finite resources, time, energy, and health. And eventually, we die trying, yet unfulfilled. The good news is […]

Independence Against All Odds

Like my homeland Israel, my personal road to independence was long and rough. Fate struck its most dramatic blow while I traveled at high-speed to Beit-El near Jerusalem when, without warning, a minibus rocketed across the median and smashed head-on into our car…  Click here

In Depth Look at the Rules of the Dialogue Circle

“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.” —Albert Schweitzer During Circular Dialogue training participants learn and implement a specific set of interpersonal guidelines referred to as the Rules of the Dialogue Circle. Depending on the Dialogue Circle situation, the Rules of the Dialogue Circle […]

Individual and Social Benefits of Circular Dialogue Education

“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” – Margaret J. Wheatley The Circular Dialogue technique is the primary educational tool employed in the framework of a life-altering educational curriculum for the integral 21st Century world, life-altering on both the individual and societal levels.  Application of the Circular […]

Theoretical Framework of the Circular Dialogue

You can do almost anything with soup stock, it’s like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good. — Martin Yan Every pressing issue and crisis humanity now feels can be traced directly back to human egoism. In order to provide a completely effective system-wide cure for these ego-based ills, new […]

6 Applications of Circular Dialogue for Peak Performance

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” –Henry Ford The greatest impediment to peak performance in any project or undertaking is dissonance and friction between competing parts that creates drag against forward momentum. When considering the smooth operation of a well-oiled machine, the need for precision harmony is obvious. The […]