Peace, Truth, Justice and Mercy

[Peggy Holman]

Eugenio,

Thank you for your messages.  The 4 voices you named have been in my thoughts since you spoke them.  They lend a powerful insight as I examine my own words and actions.

Peggy

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Eugenio Moliní 
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU 
  Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:03 AM
  Subject: Re: Peace, Truth, Justice and Mercy


  Dear all and Diane S. Menedez:

  I thank you from the deepest of my soul for your acknowledgement of my message. It helped a lot to open my inner Space again. It took a great effort to force myself out of shock and write my first message. After that I was receeding again back into shock when your message asking for more information came through showing that any voice, even mine, counts. I share whatever needs to be shared if it can help anybody anywhere. And by sharing  also help myself to JUST DO IT! as Harrison Owen exhorts us to do.

  This morning I was supervising at a psychiatric hospital here in Stockholm, Sweden. The session became something different than what it usually is. It became an Open Space for sharing whatever needed to be shared. I didn´t do anything to open it. The need was just there. The space kept closing and opening during three hours. The feelings of powerlessness made some people utter  terrible things about inmigrants in general, muslims and jews in particular. The space closed, but opened again in miraculous ways. I don' t get it, but I imagine that that' s what we are going to see once and again in the months to come. Responsibility and passion for keeping it open wherever we go is the task.

  For some minutes ago I saw President Bush crying on TV and at the same time saying : I have a job to do. Well, we cry, despair and shout, ... and we also have a job to do. I join my voice with H.Owens. JUST DO IT! 

  You question Diane:
  The training was organized by the Norwegian Peace Center, in Lillehamer, Norway. The facilitator/trainer was John Paul Lederach, from the Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA. He has written some wonderful and useful books. Two of them are:

  "Building Peace: Sustainable reconciliation in divided societies"
  United States Institute for Peace Press 1997
  ISBN 1-878379-73-9

  "Preparing for pace: Conflict transformation across cultures"
  Syracuse University Press 1995
  ISBN 0-8156-2656-8


  Moliní - Managing Complexity
  Eugenio Moliní
  eugenio.molini at telia.com
  Mobil: +46 (0)70 5644668
  Brunbarsvagen 8
  11421 Stockholm
  Sverige

    -----Original Message-----
    From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Diane S. Menendez, Ph.D.
    Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:24 PM
    To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
    Subject: Re: Peace, Truth, Justice and Mercy


    Hi to all and Eugenio,

    Can you share the name of the person or firm who did the training?  I'm participating in a collaborative here in Cincinncati that is led by Jay Rothman, of the ARIA group, who specializes in mediation for Identity Based Conflicts.  The four voices are a wonderfully memorable way of guiding our hearing and perceptions for what is, and for what is missing and needed.

    Thank you so much.

    Blessings,
    Diane

    At 03:44 PM 9/12/01, you wrote:

      A couple of years ago I was in a training for mediators called "Sustainable Reconciliation in divided societies". 
      Participants came from Chechenja, The Balcans, The African Great Lakes Region, Northern Ireland, ... and a majority of people like me from the western welfare societies. 
      One of the most impacting learnings was that for reconciliation to take place, four voices have to be heard and allowed to permeate all actions. Those are the voices of Peace, Truth, Justice and Mercy. 
      In the media and political speeches I hear the voice of Justice clear and loud, maybe the whispers of Truth.
      In this list/space I can read what Mercy and Peace have to say.
      Let´s keep the space open so that all four can be expressed and acted in the same Space and at the same Time.
      I pray that president Bush hears the four voices and allows them to permeate all the actions that he will have to order.
      My deepest condoleances to all those that are directly affected by this terrorist action and to all of us (and them whoever they are) that are too.
       
      Moliní - Managing Complexity
      Eugenio Moliní
      eugenio.molini at telia.com
      Mobil: +46 (0)70 5644668
      Brunbarsvagen 8
      11421 Stockholm
      Sverige
       
       
    Diane S. Menendez, Ph.D.                   Master Certified Coach 

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