NALM
New Adult Learning Movement
Applications of 'new learning' are also being found for particular fields, such as:
In the 'Information Age' each person must find their way to bring life
and creative forces to abstract knowledge. NALM has worked out a renewing
way of learning for adults that can be applied in many different fields of
life and professions. Its learning path appeals to the natural life forces
of the human being. Learning enlivens again, makes enthusiastic and
rejuvenates our soul and body. Our spirit is challenged, the will awakens.
We found new ways to absorb, to individualize and to make the knowledge
operational in daily life. Learning becomes a living process that generates
life energy instead of consuming it. These basic processes can be applied to
every field of learning.
The learning processes are taken on by:
The Karma work is the most central and also the newest field
worked out by the NALM.
Here we look at life experiences as learning opportunities in trying
to find karmic backgrounds of daily life events and their hidden
learning tasks. The aim is to free imprisoned forces that we need
for our development, our projects and our creativity.
There are 3 main stages, with specific exercises for each stage to
keep a healthy balance and positivity while going on a journey of
self discovery. The 3 stages are:
Destiny Learning I
The aim is to perceive experiences of your own life as learning
material, to understand their hidden meaning. Karmic knots from the
past are recognized as positive elements for your journey of self
realization. Your learning task may be revealed, with a new sense of
your place at this moment in the stream of time.
Destiny Learning II
The aim is to learn tools and methods to take on your destiny as
your own concern. Gradually you can transform your self, especially
where you felt imprisoned or as a victim, setting free the bound or
consuming energies to actively create your life style.
Destiny Learning III and iv
As you change, your relationships with other people and your view on
the environment also change. The aim is to extend our horizon and
learn tools and methods to let free the karmic knots or patterns
that hinder relationships. This is an individual inner learning
process that grows through the night and has social consequences.
In the final stage you find a new significance for your life journey
and your life intentions.
The destiny work is taken on by:
This path of learning aims to develop the faculties everybody
needs to create new answers to the challenges of our time. Your
research quest is accompanied by your self transformation path,
becoming the research instrument with the faculties it needs.
The work in stage 3 will guide you to find your way back into your
life circumstances with new possibilities, to realize yourself and
your contribution to the world. There are 3 main stages:
Creativity became a central field of investigation and application. Art is used to give the whole more substance. Out of this research new fields are growing that contribute to the whole of the NALM. Old ways are constantly improved.
Is taken on by individual people.
This 3-fold learning path was developed by Coenraad van Houten and his colleagues. A broad network of people work with this 'renewing learning', all over the world. Thanks to individual research of many colleagues it is continuously developing.