Thanks, Gordon, I watched it all the way through. By the end, I was reminded of Margaret Wheatley's comment from our study tonight Too Tired to Think We live on this beautiful planet, this indivisible whole where everything depends on everything else. As we do our work, focused on meaningless minutiae, it is increasingly hard to remember that we are participating in something “bigger than both of us.” And we have more than enough to do just attending to our lists and tasks. We don’t want to know that we’re interconnected; this would be just one more demand on our already exhausted brains. We may feel terrible for the suffering of other people, but we have no time or brain power to think about why something has happened, what might have caused this problem or situation. Even though everything arises from multiple causes and conditions, stressed and overwhelmed people can’t think. We don’t want to hear about multiple causation. It is much simpler to blame one person or one cause and be done with it. Jim Wiegel Charlie Brown: (paraphrase) " Late last night, I called out,'does anyone out there know I exist?" And a voice replied, "Don't worry, Frank, we all remember you." 401 North Beverly Way, Tolleson, Arizona 85353 Tel. 011-623-936-8671 or 011-623-363-3277 jfwiegel@yahoo.com www.partnersinparticipation.com Upcoming public course opportunities click here http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=10 For online registration go to http://www.top-training.net The AZ ToP® Community of Practice meets the 1st Friday, 1-4 pm, starting again on Sept 5th at ACYR, 648 N. 5th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003 AICP Planners: 14.5 CM for all ToP® courses
On Apr 6, 2015, at 16:52, Gordon Harper via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
This won't be to everyone's taste--perhaps not even of the slightest interest to some--but it strikes me as important for several reasons.
Here in the U.S., the law known as the Patriot Act comes up for renewal soon, and it has implications not only for Americans but for people all around the world. Edward Snowden, featured in this clip, has taken his place at my own meditative council table, and here he has the chance to say some things in a way he never has before.
Whatever you may think of John Oliver, British host of our humorous (yet dead serious) review of the week's news, he makes brilliant use of imaginal education to get through to an audience that most of us don't have a clue how to address. (Perhaps in this case, we should rename it graphical education.)
You're likely to find this thirty minute segment sadly humorous as it slowly develops and builds. If you stick with it to its conclusion, you will have to deal with what many will find outrageously offensive in terms of polite discourse. Then again, it may be that you'll also experience the offense somewhat in the way we've used that word in our community.
Enough said.
WATCH: John Oliver Employs Brilliant Tactic to Get Edward Snowden to Explain Why NSA Surveillance Matters
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