difficult realities

[GraceAnn]

Birgitt..........Thank you for your insights..........truly
helpful..........Grace
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From: "Birgitt Williams" <birgitt at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: WAR IN IRAQ and other difficult realities


> John,
> I too am perplexed by these life mysteries around suffering. At times in
my
> life, I also placed myself in positions where I was immersed in people
> suffering. For me, I was not strong enough to keep dealing with it on a
> daily basis. I had attended one funeral too many that could have been
> prevented. I ended up in a state of total emotional collapse because I
> thought there must have been something more I could have done especially
> regarding the corruption that led to so much of the abuse. My collapse
took
> a few months  to recover from, and eventually and much to my relief  I
> finally could do up my buttons again, read again and so on. I had
wonderful
> teachers through that time, as I have had through all of my life--just the
> right ones for what I needed at the time. One of them was Harrison who
made
> a phone call to me and was the first to discover what shape I was in (I
was
> home alone at the time) and who gave me lots of sage advice and
friendship.
> A lot of the advice was about detachment from outcome even in the most
awful
> of circumstances. And you know Harrison so you know he was also in tears
as
> he gave the advice.
>
> Another teacher was a spiritual advisor who said that my heart broke from
> compassion and that if I continued, I was likely to lose my life. He also
> suggested that I learn detachment. He said that I was in this for the long
> haul and had to learn to take care of me so that I could really make the
> difference that I am here to make.
>
> That was in 1994. I have since learned a lot about loving all of humanity
> and doing so with detachment from outcome, what it means to hold space for
> "opportunities for harmony" such as we are doing with our Harmony Project
in
> holding space for harmony in the world. I have learned to BE the change I
> seek in the world and I know I am still becoming that change. I am
convinced
> that this is very very important work for us all to do, who care to do so.
>
> Blessings to you,
> Birgitt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of john
> engle
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:25 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: WAR IN IRAQ and other difficult realities
>
>
> thank you, for your response, birgitt.
>
> it helps me to better understand your previous message. i appreciate that
> you took the time to explain in more detail your thoughts.
>
> i frequently find myself perplexed by these life mysteries around
suffering.
>
> john
>
> http://www.beyondborders.net/experiment.htm
>
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