[Dialogue] Sufficient unto the day is the contradiction there of

[James Wiegel]

Seems like we can sort of add the current President to our team  :) based on his comments last night.   Of course, the hidden assumption that the way to solve any problem is to pass a law and spend public money on it may need to be questioned

 I keep experiencing that folks like the NRA, conservative republicans, etc. seem in this for the long haul, they have a sort of long term, movemental focus -- see the ground work laid for the dissolution of labor unions, then when the opportunity presents, like one of this Japanese wrestlers, wham they move, like the right to work legislation.  We are members of the Southern Poverty Law Center who track hate groups, etc.  There are thousands, and they are off training on weekends

The progressive side seems split between sort of meditation on higher consciousness and protests and short term mobilizations when something happens . . .

Jim Wiegel



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--- On Mon, 12/17/12, Randy Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Randy Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] Sufficient unto the day is the contradiction there of
To: "Colleague Dialogue" <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
Date: Monday, December 17, 2012, 6:27 AM

Paula, that's a really good insight. We used to identify individualistic over-emphasis as a contradiction. But perhaps it's really the de-emphasis of community that we need to focus on. Randy

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On Dec 17, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Paula Philbrook <paula.philbrook at gmail.com> wrote:

Sufficient unto the day is the contradiction there of. . . . 


I have carried this phrase in my head since Town Meeting days.  What is the contradiction?  In the Fifth City process we identified the VICTIM IMAGE as the underlying spirit problem or contraction, has that changed in our life times?


Daughter, Rebekah, writes and is the content editor of Dictionary.com.   They selected bluster as the word of the year for 2012.  (follow this link if you want to read about it- http://hotword.dictionary.com/bluster/)  In the article, she says you cannot solve a problem until you articulate it.  Is that right?


The culture of drugs, guns, domestic violence, excess consumption, and bullying, all point to a similar underlying contradiction-deep personal isolation coupled with a vacuum or absence of community has produced a mindset of  "super" power individuals.   The individual is more important than the whole. 


The victim image was from the Freedom section of RSI, I keep thinking this contradiction is related to the last section, the CHURCH.  There is no WE.


Paula  
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Melody Beattie

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