" While we have seen the enemy and it IS us, at the same time, we ARE light."
That's optimistic enough, OM ! We are dark, too. On Jul 29, 10:57 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Of course, reality is neither optimism nor being cynical….however, in > a way, one must know both poles well in order to clearly see things as > they are…the middle way. > While we have seen the enemy and it IS us, at the same time, we ARE > light. > > On Jul 29, 5:39 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Reconciling the world. This is a very broad topic. Within it, you > > bring up myriad other topics to support a cynical and pessimistic > > view. I too have moments of feeling like this but, lucky for me, they > > are brief and a broadening of view is where I find relief. > > > I think that for each of us, reconciling the world is the life long > > learning of reconciling the tree of the knowledge of good and evil > > (duality) with the tree of life (non dual). This one, age old, > > change in perspective makes all the difference in reconciling the > > world. It can also take a lifetime to understand and accomplish. The > > gift of duality is given so that we can learn from a very early age to > > give meaning and value to our lives. The joy of discovering what is > > good and overcoming what is not is called, for most of us, growing > > up. Reaching the age of maturity and understanding true unity > > consciousness comes at various ages, sometimes various lifetimes. > > Somehow, when we no longer see the world in terms of good and evil, we > > look back on others like children at play and wonder at the joy and > > pain of their play. But there is not much time for that, because the > > non dual opens worlds within worlds for us again, all inviting us into > > the becoming. > > > On a social level, or how we live with others, there is again a marked > > difference between the dual and non dual. Those with a duality > > perspective tend to see resources as limited, and fear not having > > their share. The world is full of it. Fear and domination are > > central to it. I found this brief explanation > > here:http://www.cnvc.org/en/what-nvc/articles-writings/anger-and-dominatio... > > > The Powers That Be and Engaging the Powers, theologian Walter Wink > > talks about domination systems being ones in which a few people > > control [many] to their own advantage. In domination systems you have > > to train people to think in ways that support the system, so they fit > > the system. > > > Domination systems require: > > 1. Suppression of self > > 2. Moralistic judgments > > 3. Amtssprache (This expression was used by Nazi officials to > > describe a bureaucratic language that denies choice, with words like: > > “should,” “have to,” “ought.”) > > 4. The crucial concept of deserve > > Now anger is the result, it’s a fire alarm that tells us we are > > thinking in a way that supports domination systems; you are thinking > > in a way that contributes to the oppressive world order and you are > > part of it. > > > If we are truly interested in reconciliation, we begin with ourselves > > and then move onto the bigger world, knowing that there is enough for > > everyone. There are terrific efforts in unity going on all around us > > that can tame our cynicism and present a good case for optimism: > > > The Center for NonViolent Communicationhttp://www.cnvc.org/ is an > > enormous global effort > > > The Buckminster Fuller Institutehttp://www.bfi.org/ is based on > > design science but is also founded on creative problems solving, > > social living strategies and global communication > > > The Future by Design Community Framework > > :http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/de... > > > Anyone else know of some good ones? > > > On Jul 26, 6:22 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are we losing the ability to reconcile in the world? Have we slipped > > > so far from the understanding of brotherhood, of forgiveness that we > > > have simply become a world of hatred and revenge. We are literally > > > mortified by the specter of terrorism that is plaguing the world. The > > > mindset of terrorism is anchored in the inability to allow forgiveness > > > to override anger and instead caters to hatred, anger and violence > > > towards those deemed the wrongdoers without regard for the harm > > > imposed upon the innocent bystanders. > > > Aside from that our culture seems entrenched in the business of > > > revenge, we rather employ legal means to inflict suffering upon those > > > who we think have done us wrong before we would sit down directly and > > > discuss the problems. Politics seems to be leaning more toward > > > instilling anger and fears among us which leads to a polarization of > > > society while most media seem devoted to divisive and anger driven > > > reporting with a general attitude of who is to blame. > > > Can we ever stop sending messages attached to missiles, bombs and > > > bullets? Our attempts to establish peaceful means of resolution have > > > failed miserably because there is never a general consensus on any > > > issue. We sanction and punish to no end in order to force change but > > > to no avail. People are at war in every quadrant of the planet while > > > new agitations are festering in the background waiting to emerge as > > > full scale skirmishes.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
