You didn’t include the Korean tensions

You didn’t include the Korean tensions

We can learn not to be distracted by what the MEDIA chooses to focus on that week. There are horrors much worse happening every day in the Amazon or in Africa. We need to stay steady and do our part right where we are living. We can eat less meat, buy and shop locally, walk/bike/use mass transit, catch rain water — and promote peace in our own homes, community and state.

We can learn not to be distracted by what the MEDIA chooses to focus on that week. There are horrors much worse happening every day in the Amazon or in Africa. We need to stay steady and do our part right where we are living. We can eat less meat, buy and shop locally, walk/bike/use mass transit, catch rain water — and promote peace in our own homes, community and state.

Correct. That’s certainly an area of conflict, but I am not aware of civil unrest associated with it. Come to think of it, is there a common quality to all conflict? Might it be the idea that we are separate?

Correct. That’s certainly an area of conflict, but I am not aware of civil unrest associated with it. Come to think of it, is there a common quality to all conflict? Might it be the idea that we are separate?

Interessanter Beitrag, der Blog ist generell auch sehr gut geschrieben. Werde bestimmt wieder mal vorbeischaun.

Interessanter Beitrag, der Blog ist generell auch sehr gut geschrieben. Werde bestimmt wieder mal vorbeischaun.

Danke, Samuel!

Danke, Samuel!

Good point, Ellie. And perhaps we need to change the media, or create our own, in ways that make the Shift and the steps we are taking towards it the main story, not the latest crisis. That said, SOME horrific events, such as the Oil Spill, are worth the emphasis they receive, in my view.

Good point, Ellie. And perhaps we need to change the media, or create our own, in ways that make the Shift and the steps we are taking towards it the main story, not the latest crisis. That said, SOME horrific events, such as the Oil Spill, are worth the emphasis they receive, in my view.

A Golden potential is that ever-more people begin to understand that everything is *connected.* Contemporary/Western culture insists in many ways that we perceive everything as binary — something is either this or that, true or not, good or bad, etc. — while Old/indigenous cultures teach connectedness and layeredness. Things like the volcano in Iceland early this year — surely there were some people waiting for days in airports who began to understand how connected we, and our world, are.

Sometimes the fact that we live in a sea of metaphor can be a useful beginning.. like sitting with the question of how the bleeding in the Gulf in the U.S. related to the bleeding in the Persian Gulf… oil and people, people and oil… hmmm.

Ancient Druid prayer: All the gods are one god / All the goddesses are one goddess / All the faiths are one faith / All things are interconnected / And Truth is whole.

A Golden potential is that ever-more people begin to understand that everything is *connected.* Contemporary/Western culture insists in many ways that we perceive everything as binary — something is either this or that, true or not, good or bad, etc. — while Old/indigenous cultures teach connectedness and layeredness. Things like the volcano in Iceland early this year — surely there were some people waiting for days in airports who began to understand how connected we, and our world, are.

Sometimes the fact that we live in a sea of metaphor can be a useful beginning.. like sitting with the question of how the bleeding in the Gulf in the U.S. related to the bleeding in the Persian Gulf… oil and people, people and oil… hmmm.

Ancient Druid prayer: All the gods are one god / All the goddesses are one goddess / All the faiths are one faith / All things are interconnected / And Truth is whole.

I’ve found it valuable to think in terms of healing. Even in cases where people are in active conflict things can be done to ameliorate its impact. There is always an opportunity for people to leave hate and mistrust behind and build on the things they have in common.

Perhaps many parts of the world would benefit from looking at different ways to heal. It is an approach that works at many levels but it starts with individual. If an individual heals his or her hurts he can then reach out to others and help them do the same. Each person who heals can touch others and it can grow exponentially.

It takes someone to suggest that the cycle of tension be interrupted and that people can move in a more positive direction.

I’ve found it valuable to think in terms of healing. Even in cases where people are in active conflict things can be done to ameliorate its impact. There is always an opportunity for people to leave hate and mistrust behind and build on the things they have in common.

Perhaps many parts of the world would benefit from looking at different ways to heal. It is an approach that works at many levels but it starts with individual. If an individual heals his or her hurts he can then reach out to others and help them do the same. Each person who heals can touch others and it can grow exponentially.

It takes someone to suggest that the cycle of tension be interrupted and that people can move in a more positive direction.