[Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day "Where and how did your body react?"

[John Epps via OE]

I keep a cartoon on my desk depicting a cat with its tail in its mouth. The
cat is reading a book entitled "You've Caught Your Tail: Now What?"

That's a perfect question for Republicans, whether primarily Trump
 supporters or Clinton haters.

It's also a good question for Democrats, whether primarily Clinton
supporters or Trump haters.

There seems to be enough hatred and fear of the Other to go around. As the
sensitive and responsive Ones, our job is to "increase the love of God and
Neighbor" to quote H.R, Niebuhr. Recalling this is helping me deal with the
regrets about yesterday and trying to avoid finding fault and placing
blame. The Mystery has struck again! Now what?

John

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Ken Fisher via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

>
> On Nov 9, 2016, at 1:49 PM, via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> What I noticed in myself was how visceral the feelings were as it became
> clear that Trump was winning the electoral race. One question might be,
> "Where and how did your body react?"
>
> Jann
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> Jann, David et al,
> I would like to respond to Jann’s proposed question. I’d be interested in
> any other person’s experience.
>
> Here’s mine.
>
> When I went to bed some time before midnight, yet knowing that Trump had
> won, I was in shock, unable to sleep and experiencing great bodily stress.
> Might I have a heart attack? (I have never had any heart problems.) Part of
> this was a deep sense of helplessness, being infinitely puny in the face of
> this new reality of America and the world. To self-soothe, I moved into my
> current meditative/contemplative practice of, on the one hand listening to
> whatever words my ego was muttering to get a sense of where I was at in
> this world; and on the other hand, attentively breathing – ‘we’ on the
> in-breath and ‘us’ on the out breath evoking the eternality of the other
> world.
>
> Soon I moved into sleep.
>
> Upon waking, I was aware of being in a cool, vibrantly alive state of
> being aware that I had been delivered into a completely new self-awareness
> of my world.
>
> Well I know that my ego and one’s collective ego can produce wonderful
> illusions!
>
> Calmly, I embrace this new reality symbolized by the Trump presidency.  I
> am committed to finding whole new ways of engaging with this
> disenfranchised cohort, as I am committed to engaging with the marginalized
> anywhere.
>
> Here’s a version of the Lord’s Prayer written by Joyce Marshall that I try
> to read daily.
>
> O Holy One, we look to you that you may find us and shine your light on
> our soul.
>
> Fill us with your holy spirit of love and truth.
>
> May we trust in the absolute goodness of what is and not fight it.
>
> We ask for your spirit and we open ourselves to receive it this moment.
>
> Forgive us as we forgive all claims that we have imagined are our due.
>
> May we renounce our ego and live ever aware of our dependence on you to
> keep us free.
>
> Ken
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Flowers via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> To: oe <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Wed, Nov 9, 2016 7:26 am
> Subject: [Oe List ...] art form conversation - election day
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I teach a Leadership Studies class at a Milwaukee Institute of Art and
> Design - traditional age students getting their degree in fine arts.
>
> I'm thinking tomorrow's class will be an art form conversation on their
> experience of Tuesday.
>
> I'd be very interested in this groups wisdom and suggestions for questions
> and format.
>
> I have introduced them to the ORID method and facilitated conversations is
> already an established norm.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Grace and Peace,
>
> David Flowers
>
> "Whatever the problem, community is the answer.  There is no power greater
> than a community discovering what it cares about."  Margaret Wheatley
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