Re: Seeking volunteer to co-facilitate a short OS in Seattle for Earth Charter

2001-09-17 Thread Susan Partnow
Hello dear OS community... I am working on the Earth Charter Citizen Summit -- for the Seattle site, Saturday September 29. This is a wonderful cause and important event: help make it happen! It is more important than ever, given the events of 9-11. Much of the day is structured with down linke

From Paul to Julie Smith

2001-09-17 Thread J. Paul Everett
Dear Julie, Thank you for your thoughtful and caring reply. Guess I'm still too much the engineer in this world of reality to deal with the truly Hating person. Vigorous disagreement I can handle. Hate is very tough, at least for me. Maybe the Giraffe guy can do it. It hurts my body when I come

A subtle change in the news?

2001-09-17 Thread Artur F. Silva
Hello all: I have noticed yesterday a very interesting change of "focus" in the news about the terrorist attack in the Portuguese newspaper I normally read ("O Publico"). Until Saturday, the news were the ones you all have seen on most newspapers and TV news. But yesterday many articles were tryi

A repository of inspiration

2001-09-17 Thread Chris Corrigan
Hi folks: Here is a link to a collection of inspired writings of peace in the light of the events of 9-11 http://www.openheart.com/peace/ Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology http://www.chriscorrigan.com cor...@interchange.ubc.ca RR 1 E-3 1172 Miller Road

Your view to the Prime Minister of Canada.

2001-09-17 Thread Michelle Cooper
I am attaching a request for input to Prime Minister Jean Chretien from the Head of Policy for the Liberal Party of Canada (Our ruling party) below my signature. I am on the Party e-mail list. While this may be of primary interest to Canadians, I thought many of you would be interested (and perha

Re: YOU ARE INVITED to a Community Conversation

2001-09-17 Thread Chris Weaver
Christine, my admiration and prayers go out your way. consider me a long-distance participant in your meeting Tuesday night. blessings, chris -- From: Christine Whitney Sanchez To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: [OSLIST] YOU ARE INVITED to a Community Conversation Date: Sat, S

Re: A subtle change in the news?

2001-09-17 Thread Winston Kinch
Artur and Chris, let me add another small voice of hope. I turned on my computer this evening to send just such a message regarding what I percieve to be a subtle but apparently real (so far, one day,) shift in emphasis in news coverage from revenge to justice, from "hit hard now" to "consider

a very new year

2001-09-17 Thread florian fischer
dear friends the new neighbours in our house are just leaving to go to the synagogue to celebrating the new year. never ago the human familiy had so much reasons to stay together for to welcome every new part of time, new part of thinking, new part of grounding. so let us celebrate together every o

Re: A subtle change in the news?

2001-09-17 Thread Chris Corrigan
Artur: I have noticed a change in the news too...and a lot of sentiment has been expressed regarding peace and responses to the tradgedy that are least disruptive as far as innocent people are concerned. A good source of thinking, with a great collection of links to media around the world is the

Re: Space Invaders? by Julie

2001-09-17 Thread Meg Salter
Hello All Deeds, words, and thoughts. I think these are all inter-connected. The level of thought ( or consciousness) from which we operate will show in our words and deeds. And vice-versa. Our words and deeds already show our thoughts. We can think our way into a new way of acting - Florian and o

Longfellow

2001-09-17 Thread Julie Smith
"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each person's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility." Longfellow

Dealing with September 11, 2001

2001-09-17 Thread BJ Peters
I want to deeply thank everyone on this list - those who have contributed with messages and those who have contributed by being in and holding the sacred space of our collective grieving. Until now, I needed to be one of the latter. Like many, I have been staying with my confusion while attempting

Re: A unique opportunity

2001-09-17 Thread BJ Peters
Peggy-- The world is very blessed to have you doing this work with this population at this time. You have received wonderful suggestions for reframing the theme, and I have nothing to add to their wisdom. I have only positive energy to send your way, and I do send it. . . Blessings --BJ * * =

Re: Dealing with September 11, 2001

2001-09-17 Thread David Athons
BJ, Thanks for sharing your questions and your wisdom. The three words that stand out strongly for me in your message are listen, love and light. As a spiritual novice I find myself struggling the hardest to embody listening, loving and light in response when the issues or the people are close t

Re: Space Invaders? by Julie

2001-09-17 Thread Toni Petrinovich
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" To: 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

Re: Taliban

2001-09-17 Thread Chris Corrigan
Here is a link people may find interesting. It is from Jane's Defense Weekly and it explains quite well the history of the Taliban and the mujahideen, and why the USA supported them for so long. http://www.janes.com/regional_news/americas/news/jdw/jdw010914_1_n.shtml Cheers, Chris -- CHRIS COR

[Fwd: FW: Roger Ebert: A Green Field]

2001-09-17 Thread florian fischer
i friend of mine sent this. florian --- Begin Message --- Herzliche Grüße von Irene sieben -- Von: "Mariana Blum Versiglia" An: "R Elena Blum" , "Adriana Stadecker" , "Alicia Trigubo" , "byron gifford" , "Debbie Spitz" , "Irene Sieben" , "Mabelle Sonnenschein" , "Kranzberg, Marti" , "Mars

Re: the American way: We can solve anything

2001-09-17 Thread florian fischer
Julie Hotard schrieb: > .. Many people here had gotten so > insulated and isolated-- that we thought, until last Tuesday, that we were > magically safe from many of the kinds of pain that the rest of the world > experiences. Time to wake up. > Julie > > > > - may i add: > time to w

Re: the American way: We can solve anything

2001-09-17 Thread florian fischer
relating to solving problems let me quote what had become a flag of my thinking and working: Any problem, big or little requires a great humility - to let it tell you what it wants. rather than your telling the problem how it should be resolved. it will develop from its own inner concept which mus

Re: poems

2001-09-17 Thread Sullivan, Tim J. MCF:EX
I believe we spell it: Entropy. But "entrophy" is interesting too. Could be related to catastrophy. ---TIM -Original Message- From: Agneta Setterwall [mailto:agneta.setterw...@swipnet.se] Sent: Saturday September 15, 2001 5:04 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: poems "The La

Thought, Words, Action

2001-09-17 Thread Don Ferretti
Some perspectives are timeless Buddha said: The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit, and habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And, let it spring from love born out of concern for all things. All t

MLK

2001-09-17 Thread Judi Richardson
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. --Dr. Martin Luther King-- * * == osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu -- To subscribe, unsubscribe, change

Re: Space Invaders? by Julie

2001-09-17 Thread Julie Smith
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 thi

Re: The answer, according to my daughter

2001-09-17 Thread Diane Gibeault
Thanks Aine and Chris, In light of the insights provided by the Afghani-American writer in the other message we received today, that seems like a pretty good strategy. Worth passing on to the decision-makers. Diane Gibeault > <>

Fw: spangler

2001-09-17 Thread skaparlust
Hello friends, I just received a mail that I like to share, in which David Spangler expresses the spiritual causes behind the catastrophy as he has received it from his inner guidance. Agneta Falk skaparlust Väddö, Sweden > Subject: FW: SPANGLER/Message from inner being > > > > Over the past few