Fw: Opening a Space for Peace in Burundi & Central Africa

[Funda Oral]

Therese and Sue,

I guess for me, relationship among humans is a "sacred" thing by itself.
Of course we enter into relationship with all our identity traits (religion,
sex, profession, nationality,culture so on)

I have nothing against identity....how i can have? we all have some...

But what i don't like is to see that these identity traits impede or modify
a "direct and natural" relationship
(conversation, dialogue, help etc.).......forget that they even  create
hostility in some (many) cases.

Funda

 ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sue Scott" <msscott1 at mindspring.com>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:25 AM
> Subject: Re: Opening a Space for Peace in Burundi & Central Africa
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > About religion and compassion, I can only speak for myself : I am one
> whole
> > person and my motivations are complicated and hard to know, such as, do
I
> > help someone because I love them *or* because I love God? It is not
> > either/or methinks. These cannot be separated in me personally. I seek
to
> be
> > compassionate in the way that is best for the person I help. I hope I do
> it
> > because I feel their suffering and want to alleviate it. If God also
tells
> > me to do that, then that is only further confirmation of how I should
act.
> >
> > Open space: the space to be me in my
complexities/culture/religion/filters
> > and the space to be you in your complexities/culture/religion/filters
> *and*
> > the wonderful opportunity to learn from each other.
> >
> >
> > Sue
> >
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