[ChatAction] Metamorphosis and transformation

[Bridge To Partnership Kathryn Alexander, MA]

Attenborough is one of MY heroes! What an amazing man and amazing life.
Kathryn

On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 4:16 PM Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <
chataction at communitymagic.org> wrote:

> Hi again.
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> I just now flipped on the TV here, to the PBS New Hour – and the host was
> interviewing fabled filmmaker David Attenborough.
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> 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
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> “If we are going to solve it WE MUST ACT AS ONE!”
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> 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.
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> His Wikipedia page states that he is an agnostic.
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> 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.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Bruce Schuman
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> Santa Barbara CA USA
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> bruceschuman at cox.net / 805-705-9174
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> www.origin.org
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> *From:* Shannon McArthur <sparklingwithall at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 4, 2020 12:48 PM
> *To:* Bruce Schuman <bruceschuman at cox.net>
> *Cc:* ChatAction List <chataction at communitymagic.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [ChatAction] Metamorphosis and transformation
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> Beautiful, Bruce; thank you. I've witnessed some of Troy's work and been
> attracted by the World Summit -
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> so much work by
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> aligns... and the form of the butterfly / phoenix / dragon comes in
> formation...
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> (through and in) Love,
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> Shannon
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> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 12:22 PM Bruce Schuman via ChatAction <
> chataction at communitymagic.org> wrote:
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> Hi People –
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> Thought you might find this graphic interesting.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> And of course, it builds on the famous butterfly/metamorphosis images.
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> 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.
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> Bruce Schuman
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> Santa Barbara CA USA
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> bruceschuman at cox.net / 805-705-9174
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> www.origin.org
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