Dear Friends
The eerie, unimaginably sad news reached us around midnight our time
and we listened long through the night.
Our loving thoughts and sympathy go to all the people most personally
affected. Their horror is beyond comprehension.
All the postings above give heart and hope that the huma
Dear Friends
You may find this helpful.
It's from my friend Ken Homer who works closely with people deeply
passionate about nurturing our human spirit.
With much love
Alan
Adelaide
- Original Message -
From: "Ken Homer"
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: Seven Days o
It is 12:45 a.m. here in Nova Scotia. thank you for the meditation tonight it
helped. Since late afternoon I have been co-ordinating the effort to house
over 1000 air travellers at a Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College. I
am taking a break and a few deep breaths. Prayers were answere
Dear all,
yesterday I was on a business meeting in the northern parts of Sweden when
a woman came in to the room crying, telling us the world had gone crazy.
Her son had called her really upset and asked, Mom what is actually
happening to us?
And I have been thinking of that the whole way home on t
Dear Friends
Yesterday I did a workshop with 3 groups. Goal of the meeting was
teambuilding: to give the three groups one common and shared feeling towards
a number of topics.
Yesterday's disaster had a great impact: due to misery of others the feeling
of being one group was reached even without
I wish to join you all in my thoughts of comfort towards all the people
affected directly or indirectly of the horrific attac of blind rage, in USA.
I am on my way to open space for 130 municipal leaders. I will start the two
days OST meeting tomorrow morning by asking the participants to raise and
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
What struck me yesterday was not only the surreal experience of this
tragedy but also how the younger generation was reacting to it. The
shock was beyond the event; it brought home in a deep way never felt
before, the fundamental fears and questions about life and how our
society is recklessly igno
Dear friends of the list,
with disbelief and still numbed I look back at the last 24 hours. More than once
tears came out of my eyes. The thought of this horrifying act is nearly
unbearable. We lived for such a long time in th US, surrounded by people who had
loved and welcomed us - we feel the p
Dear all,
this are one of the darkest days in our world! My family and I are so
deep shocked! We want to let you know that your sorrows are our sorrows.
Yesterday afternoon I sat, beside my partner Rolf in our car on the way
to the train station in the city of Berlin. I looked so much forward to
dear friends,
allways and everytime
there is a bad in a good and a good in a bad
there is a dark on the other side of light
there is a grief as pathway to the rise of joy
and a lot of joy hiding hidden grief
what is rising up there
since the yesterday fall
of the two-towered
trade center of the w
Ruth Karzel schrieb:
> 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
>From a friend. Seemed to belong here.
- Original Message -
From: "Halim Dunsky"
To: "Distribution"
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: 9/11
> Friends -
>
> At this terrible time, we have the choice to respond in a backlash to
> pain -- or in ways that reflect, support
Who are these people that act so unspeakably and celebrate it as
righteousness?
I want to eat their stories and fully digest them
so that I can look myself in the mirror of their souls and love us all.
Peggy
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Please note new address: pe...@opencirclecompa
If anything will prevail for the wholesome, it will be love and compassion
And also understanding and clarity. How am I part of the problem?
"What ancient ethnic sores are belching fire, while transnational companies
linked by satellites conduct their business oblivious to the feudal past
below?"
So much of our public discourse today plays out through the media and their
broadcasting of politicians. I have been sitting with the question of what
happens from here? It occurs to me that rather than watching with great
frustration as the politicians and media foment discord and speak of
punis
friends and colleagues...
thanks to all who've posted here lately, your messages have been
wonderful to receive here, especially those coming from so far away and
making it so clear that this is an event that touches the future of
humanity, beyond the future of any one nation or city. when the n
Hi all!
I have watched the wonderful words of love flowing out of the events of
yesterday. The loving perspective that each of you bring to this tragedy
gives me hope that we collectively will hold the space of love and hope
in this dark night of the human soul. You inspire me with your service,
yo
Some thoughts I wanted to share with friends. -- Kenoli
I want another reaction than retaliation! I want another kind of healing.
Today I heard an interview on TV between three young interviewers and
a member of Reagan's cabinet. The (Reagan!) cabinet member was
trying to say that there was a
Peggy -- Thanks. I wash just thinking that it made sense to say what
i really felt to these folks as well as friends. -- Kenoli
So much of our public discourse today plays out through the media and their
broadcasting of politicians. I have been sitting with the question of what
happens from he
Dear friends..
I forward this to you with love.
It is from my teachers RainbowHawk and WindEagle who hold the space for us
all through the EHAMA Institute (Earth Wisdom Teachings).
There is clearly much reflection here of the words that are being spoken on
our list right now.
we here at Roffey
Richard, thank you. Your words sing through me. May I share them with my
friends?
Julie
- Original Message -
From: Richard Schultz
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: A poem to share...
Hi all!
I have watched the w
A couple of years ago I was in a training for mediators called "Sustainable
Reconciliation in divided societies".
Participants came from Chechenja, The Balcans, The African Great Lakes Region,
Northern Ireland, ... and a majority of people like me from the western welfare
societies.
One of the
Julie,
If these words just sing through one person, then I am blessed to have
shared it. Yes, please send it on. This poem is a gift & my hope is that
it sings loud and far. Richard
-Original Message-
From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Julie
Smith
Sent: Sept
It could be Lake Wobegone -- but that is just a fiction. But Megunticook is
for real, and it has been the one place in the whole world that I have
always come back to. Ungrammatical as usual. But none-the-less, Megunticook
is a beautiful Maine lake, just 2 miles from the Bay, and close to the
smal
Another perspective from a friend and long time OS practitioner.
Peggy
- Original Message -
From: "Prasad Kaipa"
> Dear friends:
> Here are my reflections from what is happening in US.
>
> Only from a place of power can bring the peace not from a place of
weakness.
> It takes real cour
I agree with the comments about "Hearing our voices for today... and tomorrow"
being the more "gut grabbing" of the two. There is something in that (or in the
story of how your group came to that), however, that loses some power because it
is dependent upon others doing the hearing. If there is a w
Thank you everyone from everywhere for all of the wisdom flowing through
this listserve. I am truly touched by the outpouring from around the world .
. . and I have learned much about the world's perspective of the united
States (both positive and else).
Tuesday, I drove my 12 year old son to sch
I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of wisdom, compassion, courage and love that
I have experienced from all of you. Each time I read another message, my
entire being says "yes."
You are a remarkable group of people. You fill my heart with hope. Thank
you.
Julie
Yes!
I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of wisdom, compassion, courage
and love that I have experienced from all of you. Each time I read
another message, my entire being says "yes."
You are a remarkable group of people. You fill my heart with hope.
Thank you.
Julie
--
Kenoli Oleari, H
Florian wrote:
"but
what happend today also is part of humanity. it is.
we are they, they are we. we are together part of the human unic whole.
holding space including every possibility is hard to accept. we must."
Your messages touch me deeply florian - thank you for sharing your heart and
your
In a message dated 9/12/01 12:26:15 AM, on.the.e...@sympatico.ca writes:
<< Today, I am jolted into reflecting on the ways I have contributed to
terror. Small looks, feelings, actions, angry outbursts, and
rejections. I am moved to see my pain, from which they arose, and the
cost for humanity. >
THat was my thought too Harrison. No planes in the sky. Usually we are
inundated with airliners making the big journey north to Asia, or coming
in over our island to land at Vancouver International. We see contrails
too, and hear the buzz of seaplanes and helicopters.
But yesterday, and again t
Anne--
Would the Irish then have some wisdom to bring these two sides together?
:-Doug. Germann
d...@footprintsinthewind.com
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osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
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Barry, Joelle,
It is a sweet sentiment, but I think naive.
My view of why: http://www.smsys.com/wtc.txt
It will take a lot more than "getting to know each other".
We have pre-empted their future. We must allow them the
space to create their own.
Best,
Rhodes
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