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Re: [Dialogue] Charles Moore Memorial
by George Holcombe via Dialogue 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

We spoke briefly with Pat Moore last night. She and her two sons, Guy and Steve will be at the memorial service on Saturday. In speaking with William Renfro, son in law to Barbara, the service will have opportunity for statements about Charles to be made. At this point we know that Sarah Buss, Mary Hampton, the McCabes and Holcombes will be there. Renfro suggested we stand as a group while one of us makes a comment. If others are planning to be there please let me know. We are planning to give a printed copy of our remarks (ICA & OE list serves) about Charles to Pat and Barbara. I have assembled (first run) the comments from our list serves. Please read and edit your comments if needed. If other comments have been made that I missed, or if you wish to add one, please forward it to me. Make it quick because I will try to make a final copy and dress it up a bit Saturday morning. The comments I have so far are attached in MSWord document form. I can also send it in Mac Pages or PDF. The Service will be at 2:00 PM, Faith Presbyterian Church, 1314 E Oltorf St, Austin, TX, this Saturday, July 12. George Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Tr. Austin TX 78728 Mobile 512/252-2756 grholcombe(a)gmail.com "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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Charles Moore
by R.Salvatore Caruso via Dialogue 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

>>> Dear colleagues: >>> >>> Like all of those who have responded here and those who have not, when I first read the news of Charles I was shocked,tears flowed, and a meditation on Charles began and continues mindfully in my consciousness. Charles has always been and continues to be part of my meditative council... >>> >>> Just one Charles story to add to those this event has given us for reflection as part of in our contemplative life. I think we were living in Oak Park in the late 60's and early 70's so we were with Charles & Pat a lot during that time. Recruiting courses and the LCX were front and center. Our regional cadre helped support these efforts. I remember one time during that stretch when we were presenting something relative to the LCX at a new church...We were there with Charles & Pat and others. As we were leaving the church, I turned to Charles and asked him how he felt the meeting went ( I must have been a little invested in the outcome). He said: "Did you hear the singing, great harmony, beautiful!". That's all he said. It's then I learned how to read a group. It's not what they say but what is their emotional response. This simple lesson was adapted into my business screen at the time and later as a facilitator. He made a difference in my life...As human beings we tend to make decisions emotionally and then later or simultaneously rationalize them with our minds...What a profound life lesson.. >>> >>> During most of the month of June this year I was in Plum Village monastery( France) to participate in a Thich Nhat Hahn( Thay) led retreat that focused on the theme of: "What happens when we die/What happens when we are alive"? ( the Zen approach)...Thay is one of my spiritual teachers. He's a Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk whose lifelong efforts to generate peace and reconciliation moved Martin Luther King,Jr. to nominate him for Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. >>> >>> While I was at this retreat Thay, in a dharma talk, shared his reflections on what he shared with MLK. During the 1965-66 period he was in communication with Martin on the war, Martin asked him to share his thinking on the self immolation that monks were taking to protest the war. Thay said it was not an act out of despair but a clear intention to bring attention to the horrible war that the people did not want. It was a way to express for the voiceless the horrors of war brought about by two super powers. He said this was an act on B 1/2 of those without a voice and compared these acts to Jesus' death ( act) on the cross. In the end he said it was an act of compassion. >>> >>> So where do I take this understanding as it applies to Charles's act? From all that I've read here on this list serve from Charles and others who were close to him ( I hadn't seen him in many years), his final act of living appears to be an offering on B 1/2 of all... A protest around the foundational social issues of our time...He continues now in all of us. His act is not one I would choose. I am involved in Mindfulness practices/training and Permaculture regenerative living systems here in Colorado, Nebraska and Mexico. While the vision I once held to save the world has been lost, I do now work where I am to be/do the necessary deed locally to leave behind a trail of demonstrations where mindful & regenerative living goes on for others to see and practice. This unfolds as we speak. >>> >>> I take away for myself that the unintended (or intended?) consequence of this profound act on community ( ours in particular) and others we are a part of: is to draw us together at a time when many of us continue to be engaged in social activism and spiritual transformation. It requires that I pay more attention to relationships and take care of strong emotions when they signal that healing is needed. >>> >>> Charles as you continue in the vast cosmos and in our hearts I say thank you for all you shared with us in your life and in your passing.. Continue on! > > Salvatore ( aka Ray) Caruso

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How many lives?
by Sunny Walker via Dialogue 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

Perhaps it's a little like Christmas and we're watching "It's a Wonderful Life." I only knew Charles Moore for a very intense 44-hours in April of 1971. He was the "first teacher" of my RS-1 in the basement of a rather obscure little Methodist church on the outskirts of Bartlesville, OK. And I am forever changed. And on it goes. We have been blessed, Sunny Sunny Walker SunWalker Enterprises 303-587-3017 (cell); 303-671-0704 (office) sunwalker(a)comcast.net Aurora, Colorado "What is it that you want to do with the one, wild, precious thing called your life?" ~Mary Oliver

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Fwd: GMCA July5
by David Zahrt via Dialogue 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

*SAT Jul 05* I was given the breakfast prep assignment for a week. That means getting up at 4 AM. It was dark so I wore a headlamp. I had already set up the stoves and the tables the night before. I turned on the stoves to heat water and set out the coffee and tea prep, the lunch prep materials and the breakfast cereal. I must have gotten up early because Lala didn’t do Wake Up until 5:15. Ed Fallon has written a song about the March. There’s a line in the chorus that says…”get your lazy ass out of bed…” I rode John J’s bicycle to Karrer Park, on the east side of McCook, NE another 15 mile day. It was better on my tailbone but it required using a different set of muscles from riding the recumbent. The route was mostly flat so it was not a problem. I did some jounaling and set up the solar panel and the big tent. In the afternoon Chris, the CO coordinator, conducted a repeat of the ‘Discover the Best of What Is’ session we had done 2 days ago. There were 5 new participants. I found the process unhelpful. We spent and hour and ½ and I couldn’t identify how we would benefit from the end product or what we would do with it. During dinner the group made plans to visit the RR station first thing after breakfast tomorrow and demonstrate against the railroad hauling oil tankers. As I understood it, it was an attempt to join 350.org’s protest. I went to bed early because I had 4 AM breakfast/lunch set-up again. We hadn’t observed the sprinkler system for the park. At midnight the sprinklers went off. Our tent, the big tent, and many others, got wet. -- Peace, David -- Peace, David

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Charles Moore
by Louise Singleton via Dialogue 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Greetings: I am very distressed to hear of Charles Moore’s death, and very sad for his family. He was my prior for four weeks in Summer ’71. I had little knowledge of EI except for an RS-I in George Yost’s church in February, and no context for being there except for the enthusiastic recruitment of Tim Lush – this is a chance to change the world. My first contact with Charles was on the falling-off-the-wall porch of South House where John and I were trying to decide whether to stay at Summer ’71 or decamp for home. I had been assigned to a women’s dorm on the fourth floor next to the central atrium in this falling down, wooden building; John to a men’s. No responsible mother of four would stay with that risk of fire. I was in tears (not all that usual for me) when Charles happened by and asked what was the problem. I let him have it. He said to wait here. In a few minutes he was back with a new room assignment for both John and me: the room off the porch over the kitchen. I later learned it was his and Pat’s room. Summer ’71 was a major shock to my system, and Charles was both a patient and inspiring prior, with a wonderful wry humor. He suggested at one point, that at the age of 39 I should pick up my bed and walk, the instructions given another woman of that age by Jesus. From him I learned that I too, perhaps, could be a spirit woman. We kept in touch. He called one day in the late 70’s from Grand Saline to say that he was very depressed and had been unable to get out of bed for two weeks. I suggested he come to Denver. He was talking then of self-immolation. I think he always thought of himself as a monk and the monks in Tibet were very visible in their fiery protests. John set up an appointment for Charles with a psychiatrist at the medical school and he was admitted to Denver General Hospital Psychiatric Ward. He was angry with me, but accepted library books, etc. I called on the next Friday to tell him that John and I were going to San Antonio for the weekend to see my brother. He was not there. He had just walked out, left no message. We went to the airport to catch our flight and came home because I felt I needed to know what had happened. John called DG and they said, yes, he had left. No, the doctor did not think he was in imminent danger. He had left the bag of library book for me to return. We lost touch over time, but I was very happy to hear that he had married and had a church in Texas. I wish he had chosen other ways to be the very powerful spirit that he was. However, I am not totally surprised that he would take this step. He had been thinking about it a long time. I regret that I did not talk with him about our journey with our gay son Will. He married his partner of twelve years in August 2012 in upstate New York. Ken Barley a one-time Order member, past minister of Montview Church, and friend, was celebrant. I would have liked to tell Charles about that extraordinary event. It would have given him hope. I was talking to my pastor today about the Institute and Charles, and said that in 1972, EI had made the turn to the world because of the belief that great social change would happen through secular structure, not through the church. That seems to be the case with acceptance of homosexuality. The Presbyterians are just putting their toe in the water to change their stand. We’ll see how all those Presbyteries vote. I am clear that if it were not for Charles, I would not have been associated with ICA for over forty years – a blessing indeed. Thank you, Charles, for being a great spirit and for being part of my life. Louise Louise R. Singleton MSPH 4 Calle Aguila Santa Fe, NM 87503 Tel: 505-983-7077

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Charles Moore Memorial date and time
by George Holcombe via Dialogue 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

Sorry forgot the time: The Memorial Service for Charles Moore will be held Saturday, July 12 at the Faith Presbyterian Church, 1314 E Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-1314 2:00 PM George Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Tr. Austin, TX 78728 Mobile 512/252-2756 geowanda1(a)me.com "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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Memorial for Charles Moore
by George Holcombe via Dialogue 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

The Memorial Service for Charles Moore will be held Saturday, July 12 at the Faith Presbyterian Church, 1314 E Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-1314 George Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Tr. Austin, TX 78728 Mobile 512/252-2756 geowanda1(a)me.com "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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Fwd: GMC July 4
by David Zahrt via Dialogue 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

*FRI July 4th* It was a lazy day. I got up by 7:30 and heard that the Culbertson Fire Dept was serving a biscuit and gravy breakfast with orange juice and cinnamon roll. The pastor’s wife volunteered to do laundry for us. So first thing in the morning I put my laundry in a bag on her back porch. Then I went down to the fire station and had breakfast. When I got back to the church I discovered that the Marchers that didn’t want the Fire Dept’s breakfast were cooking scrambled eggs and fried potatoes. I added some scrambled eggs to my breakfast. We identified our place in the town’s 4th of July parade, lined up and waited for the parade to start. There were 2 guitarists and we sang Izzy’s repertoire of songs: one of them was *This Land Is Your Land.* We also handed out NE Interfaith Power and Light flyers that emphasized our stand against Keystone Pipeline. A woman who was at least my age, stopped me. She said, “China is the biggest polluter. We won’t be able to stop climate change if China continues polluting.” I discovered that I didn’t have a response. I agreed and moved on in the parade. Later I reflected: 1. We’ve set the example and China has adopted/copied our Consume-and-Throw-Away-Lifestyle. 2. The US—Walmart as an example—imports a massive amount of goods manufactured in China, because of low prices. 3. So first of all the US must change our lifestyle in order to give China a new lifestyle to copy. 4. And then the US must put a tariff on things manufactured in China and begin building our own economy with new jobs. Izzy is strong on Buddhism. He’s spent a lot of time at Omega Institute. He's invited me to bring Lin and visit the Omega Institute in NY. When we got back from the parade, I asked him if he was aware of the times when he practiced “compassion” and aware of the times when he was without compassion. He indicated that he was aware of some times when he practiced compassion. I told him that I wondered about compassion when he sang *This Land Is Your Land.* And that I found myself refusing to sing that song after I spent some time with Native Aborigines in Australia, and Kikuyu tribesmen in Kenya. And when I returned to W. IA, I realized that we had stolen *This Land* from the Native Americans living near us. After the parade we had an impromptu lunch at the church then I checked with the pastor’s wife about my laundry. She indicated that she had seen the bag and then it disappeared before she got it inside. I checked the campsite and discovered that someone had moved it from the porch to the campsite. I got it back to her and she got it done by mid-afternoon. I hung my laundry on the line and it dried by late afternoon. The rest of the day was a Rest Day. We had a lovely evening meal and got ready for the next day’s March. Those sleeping outside had to deal with a sudden thundershower. I don’t know how long it lasted but they got wet. -- Peace, David

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Fwd: GMCA July 2-3
by David Zahrt via Dialogue 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

*WED Jul 02* About 3:30 AM there was a 5-minute downpour. Everyone sleeping outside on the ground got wet. I was in the tent. Today the March was from Max, NE to Macklin Bay campground. It was not clear how to take a swim in the lake because it was a reservoir. But I was delighted that there were showers at the new campground. I’ve felt some discomfort on my bottom since I’ve been biking every day. While showering I discovered that my bike seat gave me a blood blister on the bottom of my backbone. So I had the first aid staff attend to it. We choose a large room in the commode and they recommended that I not ride my bike tomorrow. I haven’t been Marching for a month or more so I arranged with Izzy to help him load up and be a passenger in the Food truck. Today we crossed out of the Mountain Time zone into Central Time and lost an hour. After dinner another step in the March planning, that Chris was facilitating, was scheduled. The next step was *Visualizing What Could Be*. There were only 10-12 of us at the meeting. I expected it to be a workshop that the whole camp should participate in. We reviewed the data we had collected at the first meeting. There was nothing printed out for us to review. There was a statement on the white board and then Chris moved on to the next step. Once again it took longer than expected and people found they had to leave. It did not seem to me to be a productive meeting so I left, prepared the solar trailer for the morning, and went to bed. *THU Jul 03* Today we set off from Macklin Bay Park to Trinity Methodist Church in Culbertson. This evening there is a Potluck dinner at the church, and tomorrow we participate in the 4th of July Parade. I couldn’t get my computer to connect to the WiFi at the church. I went to the Café on Hwy 34, next to the park, and it connected immediately without a password. I spent some time sending my journaling and ‘cleaning up’ my email. When I got back to the church there was a meeting going on. It was an attempt to share the discussion that John A and Jeffrey had with Ed. I was not able to discern what the end result was. After the meeting I asked Jerry, a member of the March city council, what the conclusion was and he said he didn’t know! I wonder if the original estimate on the amount of money each participant should raise, $5,000, was inaccurate? The best information we can get from our bookkeeper is that the March will run out of funds by the time we reach the demonstration against the Keystone Pipeline, July 19, in NE. The supper was a potluck in the church. We did a lot of cooking in the church kitchen. The pastor’s wife brought meatballs and slices of steak. The pastor and his wife plus a local newspaper reporter were the only guests at the meal. Anna, the NE coordinator, led the mealtime conversation. She led us through a series of questions on how we can promote interfaith awareness of the need for changing the way we’re using up the climate. Once again only 12 of the Marchers remained for the conversation. Her last question was meant for church members who were marchers: What can you do in the next 3 months in your church/community? If I’ll be on the March I don’t have any way to answer that. I’ve referred my local congregation in Carson City to Interfaith Power and Light and Lenten practices. Nothing happened. Maybe they’re waiting for me to start the program. -- Peace, David

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Global Buzz July 2014 Edition
by ICA International via Dialogue 06 Jul '14

06 Jul '14

Enjoy catching up with what is happening in ICAs across the globe.....If you wish to SEND a report...send to your ICA contact person OR...go to the members section on the ICA International website Please click the link below for the July issue of the Global Buzz Global Buzz Report: July 2014 or copy and paste this URL into your browser's address bar http://ica-international.org/buzz/7dayreport-14/2014-07-01.php ICAI Communications

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