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Explore relational humanity alongside boundaries and difference.
More Than Therapy’s motto offers a starting point for Ubuntu reflection. Ubuntu is associated with southern African languages and relational philosophies, and it has multiple interpretations. It must not be presented as one belief held by all African people. Connection can include responsibility to others while preserving autonomy, dissent, and protection. This module invites community mapping, receiving care, and identifying barriers to belonging; it does not borrow closed cultural ceremonies.
Excerpts preserve the named source’s wording; translations differ. The studio’s activities and interpretations are original reflections, not additional scripture.
Ubuntu · READING EXCERPT
I am because we are.
Organizational motto · Ubuntu reflection, not an ancient scripture quotation
Ubuntu is a family of relational ideas associated with southern African traditions. Tutu is one influential interpreter. It is not a single African religion, and belonging does not erase individual boundaries.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Map reciprocal care using roles instead of names.
Ubuntu & mutual careExpress a wish for connection and a limit together.
Ubuntu & mutual careNotice structural barriers rather than blaming participation.
Ubuntu & mutual carePair a bounded contribution with permission to receive.
Ubuntu & mutual careWhat fits? What needs adaptation? What question would you bring to someone qualified in this tradition?
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