I just want to express my position about dialog here that has a religious
element:
- I like Donald's expression (quoted just below). Yes, dialog about
learning organizations should include soul, spirit, mind, and body, and
this may include religious elements at times.
- I do want to insure that dialog here remains connected to org learning
and does not branch off into a discussion that is purely religious. When I
feel that this is happening, I'll return msgs to their authors (I did so
in a few cases recently). My inclination is to err on the side of letting
things go on a bit rather than cutting off too early.
- "...flaming..." was mentioned. Well, if you want to see *real* flaming,
I could suggest a few other sites on the net! My policy is to decline any
msg which makes a high-level negative attribution about any person or
group. I also decline any msg which (in my judgment) does not reflect
respect for the other parties in the discussion. Please understand that my
application of these priniciples may be faulty and inconsistent at times.
Thanks to all for your contributions to the dialog here.
-- Rick
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Kerr, Donald A wrote:
> ...Quite
> frankly, I'm disappointed at the need for some to resist building a shared
> vision of learning organizations that includes the possibility of
> spiritual dialogue. The very title of this thread concerns me. I don't
> know how we can engage in dialogue about learning organizations and
> justify fragmentation of soul, spirit, mind, body, etc. I love hearing
> your perspective and the persepectives of other's spirituality, religions,
> philosophies. ...snip...
>
> Looking forward to more *Religious dialogue* here. My hope is we can
> learn from each other, how to grasp the deeper meaning of metanoia and
> thus the deeper meaning of learning and how to facilitate it.
--
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