Waging peace seems to be the natural outcome of seeing what is and practicing kindness. Just as getting a sunburn is the natural outcome of sitting out in the sun too long, or smiling is the natural outcome of playing with a baby, so waging peace seems to be the natural outcome of seeing things… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
Don’t you just love (or possibly hate) the things we can do with language? A person can be arrested for possessing a minute amount of some recreational drug, get thrown into jail, and henceforth be known as a “hardened criminal.” Of course, to other people he might be known as Joe, or son, or daddy.… [Read more…]
July 3, 2011
The basic idea behind “the opposites of terrorism” is that we don’t want to respond to terrorism or the threat of terrorism in a manner that advances the terrorists’ aims. Rather, we want to respond to terrorism by doing the “opposite” of terrorism, whatever that may be. This morning I found the following post on… [Read more…]
July 1, 2011
Waging peace is one of the three fundamental opposites we focus on. From our point of view terrorism is a tactic of warfare based on creating fear in their enemies with no concern for the loss of “innocent” lives. It is a way of solving the problems through the unbridled use of force. In contrast… [Read more…]
July 15, 2011
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