Share understanding of the natural emergence of escalating complexity and its application to organisational development. Members have backgrounds from the sciences to knowledge management. Theoretical background includes non-linear systems, general evolution, self-organised criticality and philosophy of science. Applications include narrative studies, urban planning, climate change, planetary and materials sciences.

Tounji is a Zen Practice Community on the Mornington Peninsula   Our practice is in the tradition of Dogen Zenji ( founder of the Soto Shu, the largest Zen Buddhist tradition in Japan). The monk in residence has trained within the Soto Shu tradition. We each create ideas in our mind about what everyday life is, and about who we are and what we do. We try to fit the world into those ideas rather than seeing the world as it is. Zen practice allows us to come into oneness with each moment and r …