It is not easy - to love ALL people in this situation, but thank you, Ruth, we need to keep our love and don't do more cruelty then it is already exist.
how to do this? - the only question I learn to pray, and I'm with all my friends, collegues and all americans in this very hard days take care hope for the best elena ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Karzel" <r.kar...@web.de> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:17 PM Subject: occidentorient > Dear all, > > let me, an OS-apprentice with Michael in Berlin, tell you that I feel deep grieve for what has happened > > my first sorrow after the news was, "I hope, I hope that not revenge will be the main thought in Amerika", because violence is the seed for further violence > > your voices are moving and comforting me, speaking about love > > what I thought than was, > this cruel attack sounds like desperation, > it might be the result of the seed of violence, > planted through years and centuries, the result of hurted, > humiliated souls, and - if it really comes from this > eastern part of the world - it is the fruit of a century-old > struggle between Orient and Occident,never resolved since > the times of the cruisades > this old lack of respect on the side of Occident > in front of other civilizations > > all these sounds theory in this moment, I know, > but it should not be forgotten because history > is the backbag of us all (if we want to understand) > > and so > your warm voices are so important now > to help to stop the spiral of hatred, even if it seems difficulty, now (and maybe against certain interests) > > looking at the example of the irish terrorist and the priest, > understanding and transformation are possible, > and the first step to understand is > to understand ourselves and to admit our own abysses > and that they take part of ourselves, as you wrote > > just in this moment writing this the strange thought crossed my head, that these cruel and desperate murderers did a thing that in reality may be one face, one expression, the dark side of a whole we are all part of, seeing world like one organism. Perhaps here lies a point to begin to understand the "why???"? > > and so we are concerned as well, we suffer with you in America > and feel deep grieve with you > > warmest blessings > > Ruth Karzel > Berlin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > 1.000.000 DM gewinnen - kostenlos tippen - http://millionenklick.web.de > ihrn...@web.de, 8MB Speicher, Verschluesselung - http://freemail.web.de > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
