This is beautiful - so many wisdom voices. The challenge may be to hear the need for justice and order, dressed in fear, anger and retaliation. To bring the word AND, not OR, into our conversations.
> > When justice speaks alone, it is the voice of retaliation I hear. > When mercy speaks alone, it is the voice of surrender I hear. > When truth speaks alone, it is fanatism I hear. > When peace speaks alone, it is the voice of conformism I hear. > Would it be possible to bring the perpetrators to international courts of justice, speak the truth of the pillage that our western democracies are still comitting, be mercyfull by condoning the debts of the undeveloped countries and build peace by expending in real peace operations as much money and training as we spend in our military? > > Here in Canada, 100,000 people have attended a memorial service at Ottawa, with 3 minutes of silence. Our governor general talked of listening to the humanity of all people. In Toronto, the prayer we heard from our provincial legislature was "Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace." The subway sytem stopped for 5 mintes - of silence. More than half the people got out of their cars at 12:20 on major super-highways - to stand in silence. Prayers, candles and meditations for peace are springing up - spontaneously - all over the place. The silence is awe-inspiring. Our words support each other, our actions are critical - but maybe the most important, difficult thing we can do - indeed know how to do - is to create an active, positive space for silence - and let go...... A resource - for those who would like a simple meditation for peace, see www.friendsoftheheart.com and click on the Meditation for Peace box. with so much gratitude to you all......... Meg Salter MegaSpace Consulting 416/486-6660 meg.sal...@sympatico.ca www.megaspaceconsulting.com > > > > > * > * > ========================================================== > 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