Since time immemorial, philosophers have addressed the central questions of humanity - the meaning of life, the reason for our existence, and the good way of living. In NVC philosophizing, a team addresses these overarching questions, but for the context of their community. What is the life track of each person? What is the reason for their being here? What is the purpose of the community and its good way of existing and working? Most people prefer to get started in a concrete and practical way rather than to reflect in a deep and general way. But for some of a community this is just not true. These people are predestined to gain both a broader overview and a deeper understanding. In conventional structures, we would expect to find these people at the nexus of politics, economics, science and society and, if they devoted themselves entirely to this art, we would call them philosophers. They prefer to work generally rather than specifically and abstractly rather than concretely and it has a special meaning and value for a team to have such people among them. In NVC philosophizing, the yin forces or the essence forces also apply. We know people who connect a community and hold it together. They are also important for NVC-philosophizing and the realization who we do not want to do only head work. We need the heart forces with us, because awareness always needs connection and connectedness. At NVC-plus we are aware that it is a great value to become aware of togetherness in all aspects, so that the metaorganism "team" can become a self- aware metaorganism. We are also aware that human beings have a lot of inner knowledge and inner wisdom that they may find difficult to access on their own. So we suggest that the team begin to philosophize as a whole or in parts. But how is this practical? People have, in principle, the ability to distinguish what is generally true and specifically right from what is untrue and wrong, especially when they are in contact with the matter at hand. In a philosophizing team this ability is strengthened. We are not focusing here on absolutely true and right as the intended outcome of philosophizing. It is about the common maturing process and about the maturing process of the team, which is stimulated by this consciousness work. Here qualities are formed that develop steadily over many years. Here it behaves with a team like with a good wine, which becomes better with the years, however only if an appropriate process is stimulated. This is what we try to achieve with the NVC philosophy.

In order to make NVC philosophizing practically possible, we have developed the key propositions. They are several statements that we can call assumptions. They do not have to be true or correct at all. They are only meant to focus the philosophical conversation on important aspects that the team can then become more aware of over time. We have taken this method from yoga philosophy, which also works with key phrases. These are commonly referred to as sutras. In yoga, it is assumed that the aspirant cannot simply take the truth from someone. She will have to acquire it gradually on her own. In the same way, a team will have to work out the truth about the team and its members, and this truth will not remain the same - it will mature. The key phrases are our suggestion, which we have chosen carefully. Here you can find them