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<div> Harrison and Jon,</div>
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<div>A personal note of thanks for your notes. I recently returned from Beirut (less than two weeks before the conflict). When I read your <SPAN class=correction id="">emails</SPAN> tonight, I had just completed one of my own to one of my <SPAN class=correction id="">Lebanese</SPAN> colleagues, and was feeling quite helpless. In fact, I have felt quite helpless over the past few weeks as I communicate with my Lebanese colleagues and friends by phone and email.</div>
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<div>Jon, your words regarding demonstrating "huge respect" and the power of just "connecting" brought such comfort at this moment. It makes me think that what I offer my Lebanese friends just might have some real value after all. And while it does not involve a typical open space and large circles - I hope that as I try to <SPAN class=correction id="">exhalt</SPAN> THEM, and connect with passion, "maybe human love can be seen at its highest" - even if just for a fleeting moment.</div>
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<div>Harrison, I now feel less helpless. And I know you are right, the fever has to run its course - it is sometimes just so hard when it hits so close.</div>
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<div>Many thanks,</div>
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<div><SPAN class=correction id="">Argene</SPAN></div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both"><SPAN class=correction id="">Carswell</SPAN> and Associates<br>
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From: hhowen@adelphia.net<br>
To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
Sent: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:57 AM<br>
Subject: Re: A Note from a Young Friend<br>
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<div><FONT face=Arial>Jon -- thanks for the note. I presume you also meant this for OSLIST, so I will send onwards.</FONT></div>
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<div>Harrison Owen<br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=only.connect@virgin.net href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('only.connect@virgin.net');">Jon Harvey</A> </div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 07, 2006 10:57 AM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: A Note from a Young Friend</div>
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Thank you for sharing that with us, Harrison.<br>
<br>
It has never been more important than now to create the spaces for people to<br>
come together, and through dialogue, be reminded that we are all human and<br>
what joins us is so much much more than what divides us. Like <SPAN class=correction id="">Dania</SPAN> I<br>
sometimes despair and hear with disbelief the <SPAN class=correction id="">vacuuous</SPAN> statements by our so<br>
called leaders. But then I get back in my saddle - believing that if I can<br>
help just two people to really hear and listen to each other - and<br>
rediscover their common humanity - then it is still worth carrying on.<br>
<br>
So - here's to large circles and deep listening, wide openness and huge<br>
respect! <SPAN class=correction id="">Defragging</SPAN> the world may take time - but we can get there!<br>
<br>
"Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and<br>
the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its<br>
highest. Live in fragments no longer" (E M <SPAN class=correction id="">Forster</SPAN>)<br>
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Jon Harvey<br>
Oxford, UK<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: OSLIST [<SPAN class=correction id="">mailto</SPAN>:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Harrison<br>
Owen<br>
Sent: 07 August 2006 15:28<br>
To: <A href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU');">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A><br>
Subject: A Note from a Young Friend<br>
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Some of you may remember that during the Congress of <SPAN class=correction id="">Rabbis</SPAN> and <SPAN class=correction id="">Imans</SPAN> I met<br>
a <SPAN class=correction id="">wounderful</SPAN> young lady from Indonesia. I heard from her again today and<br>
thought our exchange might have some relevance for OSLIST.<br>
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<SPAN class=correction id="">Dania</SPAN> wrote:<br>
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Dear Mr. Owen,<br>
How are you? I'm <SPAN class=correction id="">Dania</SPAN> from Indonesia. I was a participant of the world<br>
congress of <SPAN class=correction id="">Imams</SPAN> and <SPAN class=correction id="">Rabbis</SPAN> for Peace in Seville, Spain, as a student of<br>
Children of Abraham. I met you there. I hope you're still remember me<br>
Mr. Owen, I'm very concerned about the war between <SPAN class=correction id="">Hezbollah</SPAN> and Israel in<br>
Lebanon.. I read the news about it everywhere. Yesterday, I found a<br>
newspaper on my boss' desk. I stole it (<SPAN class=correction id="">hihihihi</SPAN>) while she was having lunch<br>
and read the news about <SPAN class=correction id="">Hezbollah</SPAN> and Israel. People died in Lebanon, most<br>
of them are children and old people. They bombed houses, buildings.. oh my<br>
God, I couldn't stand read it. I saw the news on the TV, too. They showed<br>
the picture of the victims in <SPAN class=correction id="">lebanon</SPAN>, the children, the <SPAN class=correction id="">amunitions</SPAN>, people<br>
suffered...<br>
On my way back home from the office, I turned my radio on and heard the news<br>
about <SPAN class=correction id="">Hezbollah</SPAN> and Israel (again and again and again!).after the news, they<br>
played one of my <SPAN class=correction id="">favourite</SPAN> songs, Imagine, sang by 2 singers, an <SPAN class=correction id="">arabic</SPAN> man<br>
and a <SPAN class=correction id="">french</SPAN> woman. they sang the song in 3 languages: <SPAN class=correction id="">arabic</SPAN>, <SPAN class=correction id="">french</SPAN>, and<br>
<SPAN class=correction id="">english</SPAN>. it was beautiful. <SPAN class=correction id="">i've</SPAN> heard this song many times, but when I heard<br>
it yesterday, I cried.. I was very upset about this war and all. <SPAN class=correction id="">whjat</SPAN> is<br>
wrong with this world?? why do they do that? what for? Can't they stop the<br>
war, make peace, and live happily together? what's wrong with peace? why do<br>
they reject peace? what do they want now? when is it going to be over?<br>
Can we do something to stop the war, Mr. Owen? Me, you, and the <SPAN class=correction id="">Imams</SPAN> and<br>
<SPAN class=correction id="">Rabbis</SPAN> who attended the congress in Seville? Can we take action? What can we<br>
do to stop the war? what can we do to make them realize that war won't do<br>
any good?<br>
I can't find any answer for these questions.. I feel hopeless.<br>
<SPAN class=correction id="">Dania</SPAN><br>
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I replied:<br>
Of course I remember you! And with great affection!! As for <SPAN class=correction id="">Hezbollah</SPAN> and<br>
<SPAN class=correction id="">Isreal</SPAN>. . . I am afraid that this may be one of those times in Human history<br>
when all the things we should done and did not, along with all the things we<br>
should not have done and did -- now come due. It is rather like the<br>
situation when we do not take care of our health and suddenly we find that<br>
we have a bad infection and a fever. That fever will now run it's course.<br>
Sooner or later it will break but whether that break occurs before major<br>
damage has been done, or after, remains to be seen. Being a Human Being is a<br>
constant learning process, and sometimes that learning can be very painful.<br>
But the greatest tragedy would be not to learn. So for my self, I feel<br>
neither helpless nor hopeless. To be sure I do not have the power to<br>
separate Israel and <SPAN class=correction id="">Hezbollah</SPAN>, nor do I think that those who may think they<br>
have the power (Presidents, Kings, <SPAN class=correction id="">Imams</SPAN>, <SPAN class=correction id="">Rabbis</SPAN>, etc) could do any better.<br>
And even if they were to be successful in Lebanon -- the underlying causes<br>
would remain, and the fever would break out again. So what to do? Speaking<br>
only for my self, I intend to keep opening space so that wonderful people<br>
such as you can experience that "playground" (as you called it) in which<br>
real people with real differences can meet each other with respect. And if<br>
you are looking for something to do right now -- you could try the same<br>
thing.<br>
<br>
God Luck! And thank you for remembering me!!<br>
<br>
Harrison<br>
<br>
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Harrison Owen<br>
7808 River Falls Dr.<br>
Potomac, MD 20854<br>
USA<br>
301-365-2093<br>
207-763-3261 (summer)<br>
<SPAN class=correction id="">website</SPAN> <A href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target=_blank>www.openspaceworld.<SPAN class=correction id="">com</SPAN></A><br>
Personal <SPAN class=correction id="">Website</SPAN> <A href="http://www.ho-image.com" target=_blank>www.ho-image.<SPAN class=correction id="">com</SPAN></A><br>
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