Re: [pf] Vision

by Nan Hildreth

29 December 2000 16:21 UTC

A just, sustainable, moral, kind world.  That means personal and social
transformation.  

We are well on the way, according to Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson in their
new book, Cultural Creatives: How 50 million People Are Transforming the
World.  The peace, justice, human rights, environmental, self-help,
spirituality and other citizen movements are converging.  For example, the
Battle at Seattle. 

Do we have the faith to believe others have the wisdom to give up the
cynicism and power politics of our times and leap to the compassionate era? 

Nan

At 10:01 PM 12/28/00 -0800, Kaleopono wrote:
>Jill, I hear you.  Perhaps we could shift our focus and concentrate our
>attention on describing our visions of the living conditions we would prefer
>to have now and in the future.  Finding a consensus concerning fundamental
>elements that none of us want to be without, might point to really promising
>value areas that we could test in our local communities.  Comparing notes,
>we might stumble upon the trigger that launches the popular movement we are
>yearning for.
>
>I'm thinking along the lines of the Pied Piper, here.  Not the
>self-interested issue points that the right-left political hacks test with
>focus groups and then use to position candidates just enough right or left
>of center to get elected.  Rather, stepping outside the box of this
>knee-jerk, for-or-against dualism into a unitary, spiritual, life affirming
>view that gives priority to ho'oponopono, making things right.  Expressed
>with confidence, anticipatory excitement, sincerity, passion and conviction,
>I wouldn't be surprised if LOTS of people would start clamoring for a seat
>on the bandwagon!
>
>What is worthwhile in your life today?  What do you want to preserve,
>strengthen and sustain?
>
>What is so valueless and troubling in your life today that you want to get
>rid of it immediately, if you can?
>
>What falls in the category of trials and tribulation?  Things you don't want
>to eliminate, but need to be structured and carried out differently to be
>manageable and emotionally/psychically/spiritually rewarding?
>
>Answers to these questions might begin to map out the territory ahead.  Can
>you (anyone on the list) write a short essay outlining the life YOU want to
>have in the future.  What would it look like?  What would it feel like?
>What would it BE like?
>
>Kaleopono
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jill Taylor Bussiere" <jdt@itol.com>
>To: "pf" <positive-futures@igc.topica.com>
>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 6:40 AM
>Subject: [pf] A new list serve
>
>
>> After a discussion of the pf posts this morning with Merritt, he suggested
>> that we start an Actually Positive Futures list.:^)
>>
>> Looking at a pretty grim past and a pretty grim future really helps one
>live
>> in the moment, though, don't you think?
>>
>>                             Jill
>>