http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/comment-page-1/#comment-58018 Scott Morrison Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:38:58 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/#comment-58018 <p>When Joanna says "that love is behind grief, that passion for justice is behind the anger", it made me stop and think how the 2nd part of this might describe "a terrorist" or an enemy. And that those involved in conflict negotiations, be it meeting with government heads in the Middle East or on a more personal level, could do well to remember this phrase. And when we speak at a council meeting, that if we go in seeing the officials in the room as indifferent or ignorant, that "I trip all over myself in effortfulness and condescension. "</p> When Joanna says “that love is behind grief, that passion for justice is behind the anger”, it made me stop and think how the 2nd part of this might describe “a terrorist” or an enemy. And that those involved in conflict negotiations, be it meeting with government heads in the Middle East or on a more personal level, could do well to remember this phrase.
And when we speak at a council meeting, that if we go in seeing the officials in the room as indifferent or ignorant, that “I trip all over myself in effortfulness and condescension. “

]]> http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/comment-page-1/#comment-57178 Stephen Watson Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:19:41 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/#comment-57178 <p>Thank you for that Rob. That connection of opening up to my grief and anger was touched on lightly in Sophy's Heart & Soul workshop and I can feel how important it is to explore that so that I can better serve the process. There's a part of me for the moment that's still clinging to security more than is helpful. It's all such a journey ...</p> Thank you for that Rob. That connection of opening up to my grief and anger was touched on lightly in Sophy’s Heart & Soul workshop and I can feel how important it is to explore that so that I can better serve the process. There’s a part of me for the moment that’s still clinging to security more than is helpful. It’s all such a journey …

]]> http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/comment-page-1/#comment-57177 Lucy Skywalker Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:28:04 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/04/21/exclusive-to-transition-culture-an-interview-with-joanna-macy/#comment-57177 <p>Thank you, thank you my friends. So next time I feel the terrible fear, "who am I, to stand like this, to speak like this", born of being disbelieved so many times, I shall try to remember the Bodhisattvas around me, of which I'm one - the little plants that are only just starting to poke their bright green noses out of the primeval mud - and the little warm furry animals, the warm ideas running around, too tiny and too many to destroy - while the multinational dinosaurs still roam wild.</p> Thank you, thank you my friends. So next time I feel the terrible fear, “who am I, to stand like this, to speak like this”, born of being disbelieved so many times, I shall try to remember the Bodhisattvas around me, of which I’m one – the little plants that are only just starting to poke their bright green noses out of the primeval mud – and the little warm furry animals, the warm ideas running around, too tiny and too many to destroy – while the multinational dinosaurs still roam wild.

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