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<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hallo
Harrison.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">With
regard to your post, mebbie so... and on the other hand mebbie
not.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For
instance, it is not obvious to me that Arrien speaks about the Way of the
Warrior in the same way you are doing here - at least not in the piece
below (ref. my underlined italics).</SPAN><SPAN
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<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As
for the writer of Ecclesiastes, good on him/her; but as we all know one can find
support for anything in the bible, including in the old testament some of
the worst "terrorist" acts perpetrated on mankind (viz: the flood).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps the New Testament would be less
supportive of “a time to kill”.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And
is the Gita about war in the sense you infer? Or about war as a metaphor
for the interior journey?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am
beset, as I expect many of us are, by conflicting feelings about the calls to
“rout them out” etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I remain
unconvinced that the Way of the Warrior is the way of
War.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So
let the “great conversation”, as you say, continue.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I tell my truth and remain open to
outcome…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Transcript from talk by Angeles Arrien at
"Dreaming the New Dream Conference", Sun Valley, Idaho
1988)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Showing Up</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> --The Way of the Warrior<BR>This is the capacity to
Honor and Respect our Self in equal proportion to how we Honor and Respect other
people, the way of Honoring our limits and boundaries and also Respecting other
people's limits and boundaries is an unlimited resource within. Respect means
the willingness to look back with care. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The way of the Warrior Honors three
Universal Powers: </SPAN></P>
<P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Power of Presence</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--Charisma and magnetism.<BR><B>The Power of
Communication</B><BR><B>The Willingness to take a stand</B> --to stand up for
oneself--to know what it is we can stand up for. </SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We could say that Mother Theresa, Martin
Luther King and Gandhi had all three powers</SPAN>. <EM><U><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The actual archetype of the Warrior is to honor and
respect--not to kill! If we develop our concepts of Honor and Respect, there
would not be the warrior that needs to protect and defend -- with "peacekeeper"
missiles.</SPAN></U></EM></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">....It is not, I think, that one way is
right and all others wrong. From the deep wisdom of the First Nation People
comes the Medicine Wheel, and as Angie Arrien reminds us (The Fourfold Way) the
ways are four: The Way of the Warrior, The Way of the Visionary, The Way of the
Healer, and The Way of the Teacher. All are necessary, none are sufficient, and
the health of a people, the health of a person, is dependant upon the continuing
(sometimes contentious) dialogue amongst the Ways. Should that dialogue cease,
we will cease, but even in dialogue, there is a time for speaking and a time for
listening. It may well be that this is the time in which The Warrior must speak,
not to the suppression of all other voices, for their time will surely come as
well. <BR><BR>The writer of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 3) understood all this very
well --<BR><BR><I>To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heavens.<BR>A time to be born, and a time to die: a time to plant, and
a time to puck up that which is planted.<BR>A time to kill, and a time to heal:
a time to break down, and a time to build
up.<BR>............................................<BR>A time to love, and a
time to hate; a time of war and a time of peace.<BR><BR></I>I tremble to know
that it is the time of the Warrior, but if it is such a time, I prey that The
Warrior speaks with strength. It is one of The Ways, and it may be the way of
the moment. Those of you who have read The Bhagavad Gita will remember the core
story of the great Warrior Arjuna's anguish as a he seeks to realize himself as
he is -- a warrior, even though that necessitates killing members of his
family.<BR><BR>If in fact it is time for the Way of the Warrior, so be it. To
all those young men and women who will be set in harm's way, I pray that you
follow your chosen path with pride and competence. And I pray that you may
return. But live or die, please be fully what you are. Warriors. It seems that
you are needed. <BR><BR>I have fears for sure, but my greatest fear is NOT that
it is the time of the Warrior. My greatest fear is that in the heat of the
moment, our space becomes closed so that there is no room for the necessary,
ongoing conversation between The Warrior, The Visionary, The Healer, and The
Teacher. This closure of space begins the moment we conclude there is only one
Way, and all others must be demonized. It is so easy for Warriors to condemn
Healers as softheaded and gutless. And the Healers to scorn Warriors as being
beyond the moral pall and pariahs in the land of the civilized. <BR><BR>The
great conversation must continue, and I believe we in this community have the
special obligation to keep the Space open for that continuance. It won't be
easy, for sure, and especially difficult will be our peculiar task of holding
the space without blame or judgement -- letting go of any attachment to
particular outcomes. We won't always succeed, but fortunately there are a lot of
us, and when one space closes, another can be opened. Good
Luck.<BR><BR>Harrison
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