speaking 'truth'/creating language

[michael dobbie]

  So often it's only when we're finally up against the
wall that we say what should have been said long ago.
  Seems like increasing numbers over there in
Israel/Palestine are finally doing this amongst
themselves, attempting to say what they most fear to
say, to speak 'truth', put words together that have
never been placed before...it's almost like creating
(a new) language, it's not just awkward, it can be
painful. It doesn't come easy for most of us...
   Michael.



> Date:    Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:28:34 -0800
> From:    kenoli Oleari <kenoli at igc.org>
> Subject: Re: Glory & Storytelling
>
> Yes.  The power of being fully speaking our actual
> experience and how much we compromise that -- think
it inappropriate, or somesuch -- and the cost of doing
that, even as we know the power and significant
> positive consequences of "telling the truth".  When
> we can be truly in alignment with our experience and
speak it (this seems to be an important step) we truly
bring the universe in alignment with ourselves.  I
suppose the truth is that we are always in alignment
> and only now and then choose to open to it.
>
> Ah, the pain of spending so much time in hiding.
>
> Kenoli
>
> >    Glory, if you want another view I didn't take
> it as
> >a personal letter. I thought it was great. To me it
> >just seemed to be the story that you needed to tell
> at
> >that moment. The ones with those kind of meaning
> and
> >power are the ones we should all somehow be able to
> >tell...
> >    ...and it's just so often that we
> don't...because
> >the Story is never the 'stories' we've trained
> >ourselves so well to tell...but it is the one that
> we
> >always carry, simply here in each moment. We
> ourselves
> >are that greatest Story each moment but just seem
> so
> >confused about telling, or knowing how to.
> >    Ah, to be true those moments, to be able to
> listen,
> >to just simply Live and Be the Story we know has to
> >told.
> >    But what a struggle and pain it so often ends
> up
> >being, yes, mainly for words...and so we have our
> >poets...and storytellers...
> >          ...that each ONE OF US IS!
> >    So lead the way girl!
> >
> >    I like that saying about the Tao that seems to
> also
> >apply to the Story...the Story (the Tao) that you
> >think you can tell is not the true story (Tao).
> >    Like the Tao, the Story that needs to be told
> is
> >always one step ahead of what our minds perceive,
> or
> >would like it to be. All we can hope as
> storytellers
> >is, also be storylisteners, surrender ourselves to
> the
> >moment, surrender our plans and what we think (one
> of
> >the OS principles) and just embrace more fully who
> we
> >already are.
> >    The Story (our Life) is right here, no need to
> make
> >it anything more, something bigger or other than,
> >accept it the way it is and chooses to come out.
> >
> >    Isn't that OS? There is nothing for us as
> >practitioners to do except to listen for the space
> and
> >be that space, be in our moment...accept and Be who
> >need to be, not a lot of explaining (which a lot of
> >'telling stories' and putting a spin on things ends
> up
> >being these days).
> >
> >       all the best,
> >            Michael.
> >
> >
> >
> >Date:    Sun, 27 Jan 2002 19:32:34 -0500
> >From:    Glory Ressler <on.the.edge at sympatico.ca>
> >Subject: Re: ERROR!  Please delete my last message
> >
> >Thank you Florian. And let me take this opportunity
> to
> >let everyone know that the story continues... no
> >mistakes - 'whatever happens...'  has been the
> result.
> >
> >A self-made opportunity to trust the spacious
> universe
> >and all of you!
> >For all of you:
> >Thanks for deleting.
> >Thanks for peeking :-)
> >Thanks for reading before knowing to delete.
> >Thanks for the new (and less egocentric)
> perspective.
> >Thanks for responding so compassionately. I needed
> it
> >and still do.
> >Don't we all need each other so profoundly?
> >
> >with love and gratitude,
> >glory
> >
> >florian fischer wrote:
> >
> >>  don¥t worry glory i, for example, deleted it
> promply
> >without reading. florian
> >>
> >>  Glory Ressler schrieb:
> >>
> >>>  Everyone,
> >>>  I am mortified to realize that I just sent a
> >private email intended for Chris Weaver to the
> entire
> >list!!! I am horrified that I clogged this
> bandwidth
> >with such a personal sharing!
> >>>  Please delete... Geez, I feel incredibly
> exposed
> >and vulnerable!
> >>>  best,
> >>>  glory
> >>>  'If it isn't a happy ending, our story isn't
> over yet.'
> >


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