We are the powers that be
We are
the powers that be
but mainly
let the powers be
to others
:- Doug.
I’d like to live in a human-shaped world, not one overly Dollar-shaped.
:- Doug.
Archive for June, 2016
Footprints in the Windsm # 1605–Arguments scream around us
Footprints in the Windsm # 1605
Arguments scream around the world between radical fundamentalists. What brings that about? Some speak of a dialogue of the deaf.
Whence the deafness? Hate is one source. Hate feels good. Hate establishes false superiority. Love feels better: and we do not reach it.
Fear is another. The opposite of love. We fear the other might be right. Let us clean the world of all who are not the same as us. Then we can live in peace.
How to break through that? Somehow we have to unstop our ears. If we can hear one another, we can discover our common humanity. Even our common wonder at what creation holds.
That requires willingness, and again we are back to finding a path to our heart of hearts. If we have armored that away, how then?
Maybe that armor is dissolved by tears. Maybe there are other things to open the armored heart.
Please pass it on.
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We can get the world we want if
We can get the world we want if we help enough others nurture their significant conversations.
:- Doug.
What conversations would you start?
What conversation would you like to start in our community? Maybe we can see to it!
:- Doug.
My interests
My interests in conversations are running toward kairos, end of life, Internet of Things, Israeli-Palestinian peace, storytelling….
:- Doug.
Asynchronous dancing
With the Internet we have learned to do things together on asynchronous time.
:- Doug.
Assist others in starting
Assist many others in getting their conversations rolling and twining.
:- Doug.
Don’t conserve your energy
Don’t worry about how long your energy will last—or try to conserve it—expend it on what’s worthwhile.
:- Doug.
Good to invite conflict
Conflict, if it gives way to openness, allows complexity … diversity … novelty to arise, and from them peace and a sense of hope. Conflict does not have to lead to war nor even clashes nor rivalry. So it can be good to invite conflict if we make sure complexity is on people’s expected guests list.
:- Doug.
Axis in conversation
Axis in conversation is not necessarily nor frequently a straight line: it often does not connect only two points or even all points to each other. All that may be true is that many of the conversations flow in similar directions. In fact more energy may be generated—and progress—from diversity and complexity.
:- Doug.
Align along the same axis
The more we align the conversations along the same axis, the more work gets done.
:- Doug.
Footprints in the Windsm # 1604–Don’t you know?
Footprints in the Windsm # 1604
Don’t you know what it will take to get for the world the changes we want is for our generation to die out?
Please pass it on.
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What we have learned
What we have learned in a long life can inform what we do for our world and our grandchildren.
:- Doug.
