Meg, Thanks for translating my muddledness into coherent thought. Nicely done and much appreciated.
Julie -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Meg Salter Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 5:43 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: A First Step From Rome Harrison, Julie and OS friends Conflict resolution and peace making (with references to Ken Wilber); Wasn't it Einstein who said that a true problem can never be solved from the same state in which it was created? I think conflict resolution is about "translation" - finding more effective ways of being/ doing, while essentially still in the same paradigm. Peace making is about transformation - developing/ growing to a new place from whence the old conflicts dissolve. And in fact, both are our natural state. It's just that they do different things. And the facilitator as a tuning fork / being fully present - evokes and embodies a subtle reminder of these transformative passageways. Of course passageways, like birth canals, aren't easy. Hence conflict may be magnified, at least for a time. After all, that is what is going on. I wonder if one of the greatest gifts of the facilitator is their appearance of confidence/ faith in the participants. Going through that birth canal, you may not be sure if you can make it. Having someone else provide that sense gives one the hope that their might just be something at the other end! Meg Salter MegaSpace Consulting 416/486-6660 meg.sal...@sympatico.ca www.megaspaceconsulting.com
