Your First 90 Minutes Together
You have read Welcome to LIONSBERG. You have gathered your circle of 3 to 12 resonant souls. You are sitting together — in person or connected by video.
This guide will walk you through your first 90 minutes together — what to read aloud, how to sense-make as a group, and how to choose your first quest.
By the end of today, you will have:
Let's begin.
One person facilitates. Rotate this role in future meetings.
Welcome (~2 min):
Opening Round (~8 min, ~1 min per person):
Go around the circle. Each person briefly shares:
"My name is _____, and I'm here because _____."
Keep it short. This is connection, not explanation.
One person reads aloud while others listen with full attention. Don't rush. Let the words land.
Reading order:
Don't worry about understanding everything. Let the story and the game wash over you. Sensing comes before understanding. Some will resonate immediately, some will need time to unfold.
A note for the facilitator: The Story contains a passage on death and transformation that strikes like lightning when read aloud. When the group reaches it, let the reader slow down. After the passage, allow a brief silence. No one needs to explain it. Simply breathe together and continue when the group is ready. Let it land.
Round 1: Individual Reflections (~15 min, ~2-3 min per person)
Go around the circle. Each person shares:
No cross-talk during this round—just listen and witness each person's sharing.
Round 2: Forming the Circle (~15 min)
Now discuss together and decide:
1. Circle Name (~5 min)
Choose a name for your circle—or use a placeholder until one emerges.
Examples:
Or simply: "Our Circle" until something better emerges.
2. Simple Agreements (~10 min)
Agree on 2-5 core commitments that will hold your circle together.
Suggested starting agreements:
Add any others that matter to your specific circle, but keep it simple—2-5 maximum. You can always add more later as needs arise.
What is a Quest?
A Quest is a tangible act of goodwill you'll accomplish together before the next solstice or equinox (~90 days from now max depending on when you begin).
It should be:
Quest Brainstorm (~10 min)
Go around the circle. Each person suggests one possibility:
Example First Quests:
Choose ONE Quest (~7 min)
Discuss which quest resonates most with the group. Look for:
Choose your first quest. Keep it simple—you're learning to play.
Set Your Rhythm (~3 min)
Decide together:
Pass the Flame (~5 min)
Before closing, each person answers one question:
"Who are the 2 or 3 people I already know who are ready for this?"
Write the names down. This is not optional — it is the heartbeat of everything. Within one week, each person shares The Invitation with their 2 or 3. Those who resonate gather their own circle. Those circles pass the Flame forward. This is the ancient organic pattern by which 3 become 13 become 144 become 250 million — not through campaigns, but through trust passed from hand to hand.
You are now part of two Circles: the one that invited you, and the one you form with the 2 or 3 you invite. This is the double helix through which the DNA replicates and the movement becomes unstoppable.
Close with Gratitude (~2-3 min)
Go around one final time. Each person completes this sentence:
"I'm grateful for _____."
Use The LIONSBERG Playbook for detailed guidance on circle practices. Your typical meeting structure will be something like:
Opening Ritual (5 min)
Check-In Round (10-15 min)
Quest Coordination (30-40 min)
Harvest (10 min)
Closing Ritual (5 min)
Every solstice and equinox (~every 90 days):
1. Complete Your Quest
2. Retrospective
3. Choose Your Next Quest
4. Join Seasonal Gatherings (as they emerge)
This is not a later step. It begins now — in the first gathering.
Each person in your circle already named 2 or 3 others who are ready. Within one week:
Each person you invite becomes a carrier of the full DNA. They don't need to be convinced. They need to be found.
This is how The First Three Percent emerges — through the ancient organic pattern of flame passed from hand to hand, Circle to Circle, community to community. Not through campaigns. Not through central control. Through trust.
The mathematics are the mathematics of life itself — the Fibonacci sequence. In just months, not years, the sacred organism shelters and nourishes the world.
For those desiring deeper community, connection, and guidance, a first living instance of The Game is already underway — the nameless emergence.
Commitment: The first tenth of your time — several hours per week
Structure: Your sovereign circle, connected to the larger emerging body
How to join: Let the person who invited you know you're in and ask them to communicate word back to the center.
You have everything you need to play — you are sovereign, self-governing, and free to adapt the patterns to your context. And by connecting to this first instance, your circle becomes part of something larger from the start.
You have everything you need to begin.
The Golden Seed is in your hands.
Your circle is formed.
Your quest awaits.
The rest will emerge through living it together—week by week, quest by quest, season by season.
Heaven On Earth is not a distant dream.
It is the Game you are now playing.
Right here, right now, together.
The Great Game has begun.
It is now your move.
Proceed to your first quest with courage and joy.
The world awaits what your circle will co-create.