Birgitt..........Thank you for your insights..........truly helpful..........Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Birgitt Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:57 PM Subject: Re: WAR IN IRAQ and other difficult realities
> John, > I too am perplexed by these life mysteries around suffering. At times in my > life, I also placed myself in positions where I was immersed in people > suffering. For me, I was not strong enough to keep dealing with it on a > daily basis. I had attended one funeral too many that could have been > prevented. I ended up in a state of total emotional collapse because I > thought there must have been something more I could have done especially > regarding the corruption that led to so much of the abuse. My collapse took > a few months to recover from, and eventually and much to my relief I > finally could do up my buttons again, read again and so on. I had wonderful > teachers through that time, as I have had through all of my life--just the > right ones for what I needed at the time. One of them was Harrison who made > a phone call to me and was the first to discover what shape I was in (I was > home alone at the time) and who gave me lots of sage advice and friendship. > A lot of the advice was about detachment from outcome even in the most awful > of circumstances. And you know Harrison so you know he was also in tears as > he gave the advice. > > Another teacher was a spiritual advisor who said that my heart broke from > compassion and that if I continued, I was likely to lose my life. He also > suggested that I learn detachment. He said that I was in this for the long > haul and had to learn to take care of me so that I could really make the > difference that I am here to make. > > That was in 1994. I have since learned a lot about loving all of humanity > and doing so with detachment from outcome, what it means to hold space for > "opportunities for harmony" such as we are doing with our Harmony Project in > holding space for harmony in the world. I have learned to BE the change I > seek in the world and I know I am still becoming that change. I am convinced > that this is very very important work for us all to do, who care to do so. > > Blessings to you, > Birgitt > > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of john > engle > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: WAR IN IRAQ and other difficult realities > > > thank you, for your response, birgitt. > > it helps me to better understand your previous message. i appreciate that > you took the time to explain in more detail your thoughts. > > i frequently find myself perplexed by these life mysteries around suffering. > > john > > http://www.beyondborders.net/experiment.htm > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Search, le moteur de recherche qui pense comme vous ! > http://search.msn.fr/worldwide.asp > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
