<div dir="auto">Attenborough is one of MY heroes! What an amazing man and amazing life.</div><div dir="auto">Kathryn </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <<a href="mailto:chataction@communitymagic.org">chataction@communitymagic.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_5520834193085546530WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi again.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I just now flipped on the TV here, to the PBS New Hour – and the host was interviewing fabled filmmaker David Attenborough.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In his last words, in answer to a question from the interviewer about whether he is a “optimist”, and speaking of what to him is very obviously an acute global crisis, he said very emphatically<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">“If we are going to solve it WE MUST ACT AS ONE!”<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">That’s my mantra as well. Don’t screw around with lesser ideas, it’s a waste of time on a dangerously sluggish learning curve.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">His Wikipedia page states that he is an agnostic.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We can strongly and absolutely assert ONE and unity, without being hung up in religion. Or – because it is a very plausible argument – we can vitalize and rejuvenate religion – it can be pretty good stuff when it’s tuned in. Tuned up the right way, it could be a major global power-vector for aligning collaborative work across all cultures and traditions. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh, and now on KCET, the oriental news program NHK is saying that “Collaboration provides a path out of the pandemic”. People working together in smoothly coordinated harmony. Where does that resonant understanding come from?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I think it comes from people getting cool and real. Poor people always figure it out first. They have to love each other to stray alive. Arrogant backbiting is a luxurious feature of too-comfortable cultures.<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_5520834193085546530WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bruce Schuman<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Santa Barbara CA USA<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:bruceschuman@cox.net" target="_blank">bruceschuman@cox.net</a> / 805-705-9174<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.origin.org" target="_blank">www.origin.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225)"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Shannon McArthur <<a href="mailto:sparklingwithall@gmail.com" target="_blank">sparklingwithall@gmail.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 4, 2020 12:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Bruce Schuman <<a href="mailto:bruceschuman@cox.net" target="_blank">bruceschuman@cox.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> ChatAction List <<a href="mailto:chataction@communitymagic.org" target="_blank">chataction@communitymagic.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ChatAction] Metamorphosis and transformation<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Beautiful, Bruce; thank you. I've witnessed some of Troy's work and been attracted by the World Summit - <u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">so much work by <u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">so many <u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">aligns... and the form of the butterfly / phoenix / dragon comes in formation...<u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">(through and in) Love,<u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Shannon<u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 12:22 PM Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <<a href="mailto:chataction@communitymagic.org" target="_blank">chataction@communitymagic.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left-width:1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi People –<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thought you might find this graphic interesting.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This emerged a couple of years ago when I was working closely with a group called “World Summit” – I think Troy Wiley drew or designed much of this, and I have always really liked it.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This, too, is a “12 sectors of the wheel” model, and it shows the all-important convergence process as categorical differences tend to merge into unity.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">And of course, it builds on the famous butterfly/metamorphosis images.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m inclined to diagram this kind of social transformation in much more detail – but it’s great to have a good image of the big picture. I don’t if I have seen an image I like better.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" src="cid:176362f286dad7999131" style="width:764px;max-width:100%"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bruce Schuman<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Santa Barbara CA USA<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:bruceschuman@cox.net" target="_blank">bruceschuman@cox.net</a> / 805-705-9174<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.origin.org" target="_blank">www.origin.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>ChatAction mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ChatAction@communitymagic.org" target="_blank">ChatAction@communitymagic.org</a><br><a href="http://communitymagic.org/mailman/listinfo/chataction_communitymagic.org" target="_blank">http://communitymagic.org/mailman/listinfo/chataction_communitymagic.org</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div>-- <br>
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