Replying to LO24880 --
Dan repeats an other's question on dialogue:
> "Anonymous" made some comments recently and, among other
> things, wrote:
>
> >If this is meant to be a dialogue, might it be a time for a concise
> >description of the meaning of dialogue?
A Snip of large proportions
> I thought it easily might be possible that some of these things would
> emerge in dialogue with "Anonymous," but I wasn't wedded to
> that outcome.
>
> Any thoughts?
I don't know if I have any thoughts on the original child question, but I
do want to talk about dialogue....
One of the most satisfying things about dialogue for me, is the sense that
it's happening. When a conversation or an argument turns the corner to
becoming a true (or shall I say authentic) learning experience in which
there is group participation resulting in synergy and an altered state of
consciousness resulting in a lack of defensive reasoning and a resultant
win-win attitude towards the learning process, I think you might have a
dialogue going on.
Pontification is not dialogue. Sophistry MAY be dialogue. Withdrawal from
engagement could be dialogue. Sitting zazen is not dialogue but it is
dialogue.....
John F. Zavacki
jzavacki@greenapple.com
OR (depending on my location in the space time continuum)
systhinc@msn.com
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