and thus we are then in the arena of the heart, dwelling in the One Heart, open to All.
Toni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Smith" <jsm...@mosquitonet.com> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: Re: Space Invaders? by Julie > Dear Paul, > > One of my dearest friends often sends me the same message..... take care to > open up to ALL voices, even those with which you disagree. I agree with him > and with you. It is only by listening deeply to all voices that we will > ever understand all that needs to be understood. > > Some on this list have talked about the three arenas in which we operate: > thought, word, and deed. I hear Florian and Birgitt and others inviting us > to operate from the arena of thought. This is the most powerful and elegant > arena that is available to most of us, especially when we aim our thought on > ideas that can be shared by all and therefore amplified by all. The one > thought capable of being shared by everyone is love. > > For many of the rest of us, the dialogue is about whether we should operate > in the arena of word or deed. I think the discussion you and I are now > having, Paul, is that one. From those who choose the arena of deeds, of > physical retalitation, I hear many ideas with which I agree: compassion for > victims, a desire to protect and nurture, a desire to prevent future harm. > When I listen deeply for the truth coming from those who would retaliate, > this is what I hear. I respect and admire those who care so deeply for so > many. > > Others on this list have talked about Einstein's comment that we cannot > solve problems at the level at which they occured, that we must move to a > higher level. The problem in this case manifested in the arena of deed, > culminating in the death of the physical bodies of thousands of people. If > Einstein was right, we need to move up a level. To the arena of words, and > to the arena of thought. > > And how can I resist, Paul, this comment from you: > > > I am saying this because one of the premises of Space Invaders is that > those > > excluded had Hate in their hearts. Now, you may have reached a point in > your > > personal development where you can shift someone's Hate, assuming it is > truly > > Hate.... > > I find myself smiling, even though the topic is so grim. I don't have the > power to shift anyone. But sometimes I can open myself wide enough to see > what is already there. When I'm open enough to see the good and reflect > back what I see, the good becomes stronger, better, wiser. > > Julie > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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
