And everyone experiences this differently. For example, I need to relate to people on a professional level before I'm comfortable relating to them on a personal level. Others need to connect personally before they connect on matters of content/learning, etc.

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connection, contact and sense of reality, and immediate social presence are strong influences as well as the sense of community (Melrose & Bergeron, 2006; Rettie, 2003, Sallnäs, 2004).

How does this correspond with the social, economic, and political as it relates to the qualities of love and the unified quantum field of consciousness: connection, energy, and power?

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Colleagues. connection. mutualisation.

Network colleagues

Yearning to reach out and be really present with the people on line.

Modeling reflective practice.

Narrative connected

Learning the power of open.