It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a
sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in
all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too,
shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of
pride! How
In a message dated 9/25/01 9:27:49 PM, sac...@anacortes.net writes:
<< I am not sure what this means.
Toni
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From: "J. Paul Everett"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: Enough resources for each Being on Earth, alternatives to war
> Ton
We are not in a time of clean response but gray areas to deepen the
conversation and open the space to all perspectives is perhaps the clearest
hope.
I am not saying by any means that the terrorist attacks were justified or
forgivable however terror has often been the response of the powerless to
Dear Friends
This has been passed on from Tom Atlee, who has the connectings and
the wisdom to find the essence of humane matters, as these postings
reveal IMO.
Whoever Jack Barnard is I am proud to be a member of his family (as well
of members of this list! :-) )
As you may be too once you have
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>As Americans we justify our terror because the British were
so powerful and oppressive. The Islamic Fundamentalist Movement has set
the
US in exactly the same frame and not simply as economically repressive but
in a religious and cultural context.<
There is a lot o
Dear all,
I learned from a friend, Paula Underwood, whose Native American name was
"Turtle Woman," that wisdom lives in the center of the circle. Turtle
grows in the center while the ways of the four directions cycle about
(warrior, visionary, healer, teacher). She said to walk the circle
clockw
Dear All,
I awoke this morning with a piece of a Mary Oliver poem in my mind.
Letting go is not easy for me -- I don't know about you.
I'd like to share it with you.
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To live in this world
you must do three things,
to love what is mortal,
to hold it against your bones
knowing y
John's post made me think: maybe it's time we shared some more of these
uplifting thoughts/poems/aphorisms in addition and maybe even relevant to our
ongoing ruminations on current affairs. For instance; I am put in mind of a
quote from Greg Levoy's great book, "Callings"...
"I have heard it sa
Hi Lisa,
It is Wed. and I was away on business during your original request. I have
worked in open space and in other areas with the Confederacy of Mainland
Mi'kmaw here in Nova Scotia. And I'd be pleased to talk to your friend.
She is lucky to have a friend like you.
Judi
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Hi Erich,
there is plenty of material on my website in Hungarian, here is the
direct link:
www.michaelmpannwitz.de/o_hungarian_inhalt.htm
In fact, it is a translation of all the German material.
viel Spass
michael
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From: Erich Kolenaty
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:06:37 +020
Thanks to Lisa, György and Michael for the hints, I think we are well off now.
We will give a little report to all how we did, when it's over.
Bye from lovely Vienna
Erich
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Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:01 PM
Subject: Re
I keep seeing polls that say something like 70-90% of Americans believe
going to war is the right answer. I haven't heard that voice expressed
here. Can someone speak that perspective from their heart? And can the
rest of us be courageous enough to hold the space open for it? Who speaks
for wol
i think we have to be careful what we assign that percentage to, peggy. i have
not heard "70-90% favor *going to war*"...what i have heard is "70-90% favor
*retaliation against those who have done these terrible acts*" or something to
that effect. very different things. in such a complex situati
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Peggy,
Your request triggered me to share the poem that is on my door, one that
my friend and I were reading aloud to one another up in the Olympics on
the morning of the 11th before coming down the mountain to discover a
changed world. Not sure if it answers your questions, but
The Bloody S
The voice of wolf was missing in the council circle. Without that voice, a
decision was made that led to great difficulty. Had wolf's voice been heard
from the start, a different result would have occurred. My sense is there
are a number of voices that we haven't heard from on this list. One th
If you look hard enough, you will find some of those someones here. But, I can
almost guarantee, not a majority. Perhaps you are interpreting the voice of
"wolf" in a different way than others of us?
Winston
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Hopefully an easy question. What's an NGO?
:-Doug. Germann
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In a message dated 9/26/01 7:19:31 PM, 76066@compuserve.com writes:
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Hopefully an easy question. What's an NGO? >>
Non-Governmental Organization. e.g., non-profits, research institutes,
associations, anyone who is basically tax exempt doing some kind of work
outside of government. They
This is amazing. I guess it shows what a sheltered life I lead. I
have not talked to one person about this issue who supports war.
Even my mother who is quite conservative opposes war. Are these
figures really accurate?
Can anyone who has read 1984 (which was after all a best seller) not
imagi
While the actual wording of this is vague, I was quite pleased that
such a thing was coming out of the United Nations. I received it
from a colleague working in a UN agency in Jakarta, Indonesia. --
Kenoli
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> > >The UNO (United Nations) is
"We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right
major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order." David
Rockefeller, speaking at the Business Council for the United Nations,
September 14, 1994
Toni Petrinovich
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