Fw: Re: Space Invaders? (Inclusion -- Chris Corrigan)

[Meg Salter]

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From: "Meg Salter" <meg.salter at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Space Invaders? (Inclusion -- Chris Corrigan)


> Good to hear your voice, John (on both your messages)
>
> A few thoughts:
> - re over-inclusiveness - a good question to ask is "is the inclusiveness/
> respect reciprocal?" We may be open to including many perspectives, but we
> kid ourselves if we think everyone shares this perspective. e.g. I think
we
> all know the Taliban's position on women - and if you want to find out
more,
> one good site is www.rawa.org  (Revolutionary Association of Women of
> Afghanistan).
>
>  Another question - in OS language - is the nature of "the givens". One of
> our contemporary/Western givens (and yes, sometimes more an aspiration
than
> a given) is the right to speak your voice, provided you don't engage in
> hatred/slander or violence. And a facilitator has the obligation to note
and
> guard those givens. The space is open, within a container/structure, and
the
> facilitator role is to hold the container.
>
> I too, like so many, am praying/meditating daily for peace, truth, justice
> and mercy for all of humanity, for our hearts and minds to open. Yet we
need
> to see ourselves, and others, as we truly are, not as we wish them to be.
In
> that way, we can "feed them" in a truly meaningful, nourishing way. There
is
> a real problem with the  relativistic perspective, that holds that all
views
> are equally valid and socially constructed. And that is that we hold this
> view to be inherently better than others! - i.e. a built in logical
> contradiction.
>
> Re leadership, the role of the US, and being tired (and this is
particularly
> relevant from a Canadian perspective!). We should remember that one of the
> shadow functions of leadership is to take on the projections of others,
e.g.
> those responsibilities that we would rather not take on ourselves (parents
> of teens will know what I mean!) You know the old saying "people get the
> government they deserve"?! If globally we are going to devolve the
> reponsibility for guarding the givens onto the US alone, we are in for big
> trouble.
>
> ....................thinking of you all, and ready to hold space tomorrow
> am!...............
>
> Meg Salter
>
> MegaSpace Consulting
> 416/486-6660
> meg.salter at sympatico.ca
> www.megaspaceconsulting.com
>
>
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