tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post6704924409745990121..comments2023-03-26T01:02:06.760-07:00Comments on The Fearless Heart: Why Victory Wouldn't Be Enough - Notes about the Occupy Movement, Nov 11thMiki Kashtanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-52390266911196266462011-11-16T13:52:10.923-08:002011-11-16T13:52:10.923-08:00After reading one of your blog posts earlier, Miki...After reading one of your blog posts earlier, Miki, I've been puzzling over what IS the core of beliefs that could be the center of an effective leaderless movement for justice and compassion toward all. <br /><br />Here is one effort to envision that...which, if it became widespread enough, with lots of dissemination of NVC concepts, could resolve some of the issues you're describing. <Judy Morganhttp://www.buildingpeacebypeace.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-34496924822184045432011-11-14T08:13:34.589-08:002011-11-14T08:13:34.589-08:00Here is a great blog post about all of the intense...Here is a great blog post about all of the intense stuff - police crack-downs, in-fighting, violence on-site or nearby - that is currently taking place at the different Occupy locations across the country: http://cbmilstein.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/occupation-in-philly-day-38-november-13/#more-378Ian Mayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08624133872487044679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-71578361279142212602011-11-13T04:54:17.170-08:002011-11-13T04:54:17.170-08:00Thank you Miki. You expressed some of my same con...Thank you Miki. You expressed some of my same concerns. I am hopeful that we can overcome them. Here's why:<br /><br />I came to learn the language of NVC after a series of Community Building workshops back in the late 80's. These workshops, designed to provide an experience of "Community," were described in "The Different Drum" by M. Scott Peck. (Community being Jeff Joslinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783495854642329853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-14835685455536580332011-11-12T14:15:09.278-08:002011-11-12T14:15:09.278-08:00“Prioritizing social transformation without attend...“Prioritizing social transformation without attending to the ways in which all of us have internalized the very systems and habits of heart and mind that we aim to transform runs the risk of re-creating these systems and habits. “<br /><br />Miki and Sarah, your points raise something so key to real and lasting transformation. It is for these same reasons that so many behaviors and attitudes Ron Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-4636294494904113312011-11-12T13:33:07.835-08:002011-11-12T13:33:07.835-08:00yes, thank you miki. i love the clarity and conten...yes, thank you miki. i love the clarity and content because i think it's essential. the means are the ends. we end up where we're heading.<br /><br />that's why i want us to be aware of the paradigm choice out of which our attitudes and actions flow. may that choice be conscious!<br /><br />my hope lies in creating from a restorative paradigm - where everyone's needs matter, Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04367073169665912953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-75987092706995647172011-11-12T00:37:23.179-08:002011-11-12T00:37:23.179-08:00In 1989-90 I had the unique experience of living f...In 1989-90 I had the unique experience of living for several months in a country that was ending a 10-revolution and moving into what was a U.S. supported "democratic" leader and system. That was Nicaragua. For that brief time I saw and lived day to day the results of 10 years of battling the underhanded contra war funded by my government. My friends and peers were all "lefties&sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-32070123205317534912011-11-11T20:05:18.215-08:002011-11-11T20:05:18.215-08:00Thank you so much for this post. You have articula...Thank you so much for this post. You have articulated many of my concerns and help me have greater clarity about how I want to think (and speak) about these issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com