7. GROWING GOOD CORN & THE DALAI LAMA From The Millionaire Eagles www.milleagles.com Growing Good Corn There was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked. "Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn." He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must help their neighbors to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all. The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn. --Author Unknown The Dalai Lama At the end of a talk someone from the audience asked the Dalai Lama, "Why didn't you fight back against the Chinese?" The Dalai Lama looked down, swung his feet just a bit, then looked back up at us and said with a gentle smile, "Well, war is obsolete, you know." Then, after a few moments, his face grave, he said, "Of course the mind can rationalize fighting back...but the heart, the heart would never understand. Then you would be divided in yourself, the heart and the mind, and the war would be inside you." Millionaire motto: Friendship, generosity and harmony are always more productive than conflict. ******************************************************************** 8. WIRED TO COOPERATE I think the following article is more evidence that we humans are designed to love and care for each other. All of my work is premised on this fact. For me this research tracks the observation by the biologist Humberto Maturana that on the evolutionary scale humans are designed for compasion. Biologically, because of the development of our oppositional thumb joint, we can caress any part of ourself, or each other. No other creature can do that. Try caressing with a hoof or a claw. Why We're So Nice: We're Wired to Cooperate July 23, 2002 By NATALIE ANGIER Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/23/health/psychology/23COOP.html?ex=1028525120&ei=1&en=2b3ec1cf2a86a246 9. ETHICS OF REVENGE [The ethics of revenge--by a father who lost his son to terror. If he can have compassion we all can. I believe this came from Eryn Kalish. It is definitely worth the read.] A speech made by Yitzhak Frankenthal, Chairman of the Families My beloved son Arik, my own flesh and blood, was murdered by My beloved son Arik was murdered by a Palestinian. Should the I would rather have the finger that pushes the trigger or the button Ethics are not black and white - they are all white. Ethics have to be It is unethical to kill innocent Israeli or Palestinian women and A nation that cannot draw the line is doomed to eventually apply We lost sight of our ethics long before the suicide bombings. The My son Arik was murdered when he was a soldier by Palestinian I know these are concepts that are unpalatable, but I must voice The Palestinians cannot drive us away - they have long ac I do not mean to absolve the Palestinians and by no means justify
10. MINDFULLNESS AND MEDIATION For me the following link says a great deal about the kind of exploration being done in the traditional bastions of legal culture. Professor Len Riskin is the chair of the ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) program at the the University of Missouri, Columbia School of Law, considered the top ranking program in the country. In the spring his scholarly article about mindfulness meditation and mediation was published in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. Check out http://www.pon.harvard.edu/news/2002/video_riskin_mindfulness.php3 to see the streaming video of over 2 hours of a conference at Harvard Law School centering on mindfulness meditation and mediation presented by the Harvard Negotiation Law Review. This is very exciting! ************************************************ FYI... WE, THE WORLD A message from Earl James (Campaign for UN Reform, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, We, The World Advisory Board): "Dear Friend, Something remarkable is happening that I want you to know about. Dozens of individuals around the world, some of whom have spent years or entire careers establishing new and profound ways of understanding and shaping our world have come together to support and help guide a new global network for change called We, The World. "Individuals as diverse in experience and accomplishments as Jane Goodall, Daniel Ellsberg, Patch Adams, Riane Eisler, Angaangaq Lyberth, Hazel Henderson and Paul Ray have realized that working alone, the fruits of their uncommon labors will not have the impact upon global society necessary to begin to turn us toward true sustainability and peace. Working together, however, they, we and you can help create the global political will necessary to really make a difference." We, the Governing Board of We, The World, invite you to participate with this extraordinary international team to dramatically increase public involvement in the vital work being done locally and globally to create a peaceful and sustainable world. The next email you receive from us describes the compelling vision, strategy, the exceptional people working with We, The World, writeups of our current projects (such as Interdependence Day) and how to get involved. While reviewing that email, please consider the following ways that you and your organization/affiliation can participate with us: --> Become an Interdependence Day Sponsor or Co-Sponsor --> Become an Individual and/or Organization Member of We, The World Also, we would be most appreciative if you forward the next message to people you know that haven't given up hope that the destructive direction the world is now headed in can be changed. That's what our international team is working towards! We look forward to working with you to create a world where people live in harmony with each other and with the rest of nature! We, The World Phone: 212 867-0846 ********************************************************************** ENJOY THE WANING DAYS OF SUMMER. HAVE A SAFE LABOR DAY. SAFE TRAVELS! ********************************************************************** Stewart Levine, Resolutionary Building Communities of |
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