Mnr AM de Lange wrote:
> Winfried Dressler <winfried.dressler@voith.de> initiated a thread
> which I think is most important. However, I have reason to think that
> very little will come of this thread.
I enjoyed reading the conversation between At and Winnfried. It's quite
interesting to note the intricate interweaving of ideas, thoughts, fears
and hopes. We certainly cannot deny our heritage--and that includes the
continuing improvement in the art of conflict (competition, strategy,
winning and losing, acquiring, controlling, managing). The art of peace
requires different thinking and the language to support it. The leaders
who modeled peace through love (as I recall) didn't speak of competition
or strategy, acquisition, control or management. They seemed to live
primarily in the present, well-differentiated as individuals acting for
themselves while remaining connected to others. Foresight and vision
(senses beyond the five you mentioned, At) frequently came were mentioned
in their language.
We live in both worlds, that of conflict and of peace. That seems
natural, and the learning organization can perhaps best integrate both
worlds by balancing competition, strategy, acquisition with profound
respect and love (philos? agapos?) for their world and a highly defined
sense of the differentiated self.
Doc
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