What I have learned of terrorism - by At de Lange

[Artur F. Silva]

Dear all:

I would like to share with you a series of reflections on terrorism,
available in the
Archives of the LOlist. They have been written by At de Lange and I am sharing
them here with permission from the Author. You can reproduce them in other
lists if you wish.

At is from South Africa and has been for years a major contributor to the
lo-dialogue. In these posts, At reflects on the terrorist attacks to the USA,
based on his experience of terrorism in South Africa and on a profound
reflection
on terrorism in the world. He shows how the apartheid regime generated
terrorism,
and how the occidental countries helped terrorism in SA to combat apartheid,
hence generating the crisis South Africa is still suffering.

At claims that to understand and face terrorism one has to try to
understand how our world system creates and supports terrorism and
to undertake a profound paradigm shift. He recommends that we try
to see the whole and don't continue to see the world as a Great Divide
of any sort.

At's posts come from a very profound Christian position and are perhaps
more clear to many of you in this list than the analysis that - like my own
- are
based on an atheist position.

The first post is a sort of preface and introduction to the series of 4
that follow.

Regards

Artur

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At de Lange's posts


Condolences

http://www.learning-org.com/01.09/0002.html

What I have learned of terrorism (Part 1 to 4):

http://www.learning-org.com/01.09/0004.html

http://www.learning-org.com/01.09/0005.html

http://www.learning-org.com/01.09/0006.html

http://www.learning-org.com/01.09/0007html

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Open Space report, 21 September 2001, 1230 UK time

Convenor and reporter: Martin Leith
Participant: Maria Canney

We formed a circle of six chairs. One was occupied by Maria, the other five
were empty.

I stated the theme: Opportunities and choices for nurturing life as though
creation is precious and our Creator matters.

We discussed the theme and amended it to: Opportunities and choices for
nurturing life because creation is precious, and for harnessing human wisdom
and creativity for the greater good.

We discussed the similarities between this theme and our company’s vision,
which is for a world in which co-creating is the norm.

I reminded us of the four principles and one law of Open Space Technology,
and we talked about basing our business, and our whole lives, on these. The
words ‘Be here now’ seemed to be important to us.

Our matrix of times and places had times on the horizontal axis, reaching
from 2001 to infinity, and places on the vertical axis, reaching from the UK
to the entire cosmos to infinity.

We imagined an Open Space facilitator, invisible and infinitely wise, doing
nothing and holding the space.

We reminded ourselves of all the other people around the world opening space
at this time (1230 UK time) and throughout today.

Our conversations included the book Talking With Angels
(www.daimon.ch/Mallasz4.htm) which has been a profound influence on my life
(see below), A Course in Miracles (likewise) and The Transformation Game,
which for many years featured in my work.

The ‘angels’ say that there are seven souls of life:

CREATED WORLD (matter)

1. Mineral

2. Plant

3. Animal

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4. Man (sic)

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CREATING WORLD (glory)

5. Angel (peace, silence)

6. Seraph (radiating force, pure joy, shining power)

7. The Seventh (mystery)

The task of humans is to live on the fourth level and become a conscious
link between the created and the creating world, so that the seven souls are
united. To do this requires love, freedom, giving, awareness and living our
individual tasks.

Imagine a menorah with seven candle holders. The fourth level is the central
candle holder. When humans live up to their full potential, the first candle
holder connects with the seventh, the second with the sixth, and the third
with the fifth. The seven chakras and the seven rays seem to be significant
here too. We should not focus solely on matter (lower chakras), or on spirit
(higher chakras), but on an integration of matter and spirit.

I noticed how Open Space gives people a taste of living on the fourth level.
(Here at The Innovation Agency our code word for this is co-creating.)

The space was declared open. We moved on to the next session.

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Martin Leith

www.theinnovationagency.com
www.martinleith.com

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