<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dharma,</div><div>Thanks for reminding us that the SP is a system of interrelated, interdependent parts. And as with all systems, the whole is greater than and other than the parts. In our time the E and the P are interacting as if the C did not exist, and that's a problem. Perhaps Armstrong is suggesting that the lines should be more blurred and the dynamics more blended in order to achieve balance. Appreciate your insights. </div><div>Randy<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Nov 24, 2014, at 7:26 PM, Dharmalingam Vinasithamby <<a href="mailto:dvinasithamby@yahoo.com">dvinasithamby@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:24px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9385"><span>Hi Randy,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9386"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9150"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9151">I think her view would be that this has always been the situation. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9149"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9148">The insight of the SP is that economics, politics and culture are dynamical relations not separate territories.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_10122">I suppose her insight would be that the practice of </span><span style="font-size: 24px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_11937">isolating religion for blame as the culprit behind today's injustice is simplistic. So, actually, the problem is that, in terms of perception, the lines are not getting blurred they are getting more sharply defined so that people don't see the interactions between the three ie: the imbalances.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147">The problem that I see is that established religions are still trapped in a silo and <span style="font-size: 24px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_12927">unable to deal with the pluralistic world they have on their hands. This aggravates the injustice we see around us. </span><span style="font-size: 24px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_13897">My question: what is it about the imbalances that prevents them from coming out of these silos? </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span style="font-size: 24px;">regards,</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span style="font-size: 24px;">Dharma</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1416876933705_9147"><br></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 12:00 AM, Randy Williams via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4274347639"><div><div>Jim,</div><div>This is a very interesting interview. One of the messages I get from Armstrong is, were she to organize society as we do in the SP, she would likely say that the lines separating the economic from the political from the cultural are becoming very blurred, maybe even to the point is seamlessness. I certainly see some of this in the ways of the world. What say you? Are these lines disappearing and, if so, is this a good thing or something responsible people should try to counteract? </div><div>Randy<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv4274347639yqt2550292685" id="yiv4274347639yqt89718"><div><br clear="none">On Nov 24, 2014, at 8:26 AM, James Wiegel via OE <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yiv4274347639yqt2550292685" id="yiv4274347639yqt22639"><div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.salon.com/2014/11/23/karen_armstrong_sam_harris_anti_islam_talk_fills_me_with_despair/">http://www.salon.com/2014/11/23/karen_armstrong_sam_harris_anti_islam_talk_fills_me_with_despair/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>Jim Wiegel</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;">We have to fall in love if only to provide an alibi for the random despair we were going to feel anyway. 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