Extraordinary Experiences Defined

Experience has three meanings:
(Noun) = the experience 
(Verb) = to experience 
(Outcome) = lived experience vis a vis to experience the experience

Experience is about the "practical contact with and observation of facts and events that leave an impression"
- my experience of the Taj Mahal at sunrise was a painting in action 

Experience is about encountering and participating an event 
- I set up my visit to the Taj Mahal to experience the sunrise painting the building

Experience is about the feeling, the livedness of the event 
- years later, I still remember the sunrise painting the Taj Mahal as I walked the grounds that morning (the lived experience)

The Blueprint, The Actions, The Nurturing, the Knowledge Useful to the Delivery of Extraordinary Experiences (EX²⁾

As a Natural Educator who delivers Extraordinary Experience (EX2) You Ease Into the World of Celebrant.  

As a Celebrant: Extraordinary Experiencees you offer a customized service (where a service is a customized product) that involves 9+1 elements of which three are listed here:

1. experience-based learning and educating – use experience-based learning, and educating tools and techniques in the delivery of the EX² in full disclosure of learning outcomes, objectives and activities
2. emergence – to leverage what each other learns from from the EX² individually and collectively via eco-creation (ecological co-creation)
3. extension – to continue beyond what was experienced during the EX² re: what is useful for life via work, health voluntarism and/or leisure

The features of the EX² are

• Workable … practical, feasible, realistic
• Dramatic … considerable, noticeable, sensational
• Novel … original, fresh, imaginative
• Consequential … relatable, far-reaching, significant
• Metaphoric … figurative, symbolic, representative
• Transferable … interchangeable, assignable, negotiable
• Safer … protected, secure, shielded

And at its core EX2 involves a person (a participant of the EX2) or persons (your community) with each person as an individual or each person in a grouping) who is aware of what happens to her/him within, without, between, together, and beyond.

• Within … Aware of what shifted personally
• Without … Aware of how s/he participated
• Between … Aware of the resistance he/she overcame to involve himself/herself with others
• Together … Aware of the co-emergence that occurred with others
• Beyond ... Aware of its remembrance as a guiding light, a touchstone for decision making

A sample of the outcomes/benefits of an EX2 are:

• customized programming that meets the needs and desires of the community where they are and taken to where they decide to journey
• enhanced motivation, inspiration, concentration, problem inquiry, appreciative inquiry, performance, productivity, achievement, accomplishment through invigorating and memorable activities
• improved understanding of personal development and growth, and camaraderie within an increasingly collaborative world
• increased ability to move beyond barriers and obstacles to achieve personal and group targets/results/outcomes
• enhanced transfer of metaphorical concepts and practices to practical application
• enhanced valuing and appreciation of one’s own capabilities and competence, and talents and gifts shared with others

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