tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post6170576865491580786..comments2023-10-26T14:24:47.978+01:00Comments on (Old) Musings of a Quaker Witch: The growth of political violence in the United StatesMorganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-50059142603178454952009-07-06T16:59:17.606+01:002009-07-06T16:59:17.606+01:00Thanks, Mary Ellen. And thanks for letting me kno...Thanks, Mary Ellen. And thanks for letting me know this challenged you in good ways. Sometimes, looking someone else in the eye and seeing That-Which-Is-Sacred there -- the Goddess-Within, or That of God, however we name it -- can be challenging. But it's part of living fully, and perhaps it's a place to start raising your eyes... <br /><br />Grace and peace.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-39566483143584376592009-06-20T05:04:50.921+01:002009-06-20T05:04:50.921+01:00Thanks for writing this piece, staśa. It challeng...Thanks for writing this piece, staśa. It challenges me - in the way that good queries do. I think my besetting sin is lukewarmness - just averting my gaze - not falling into hatred.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476814211173076515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-4732854058655766062009-06-19T22:58:59.694+01:002009-06-19T22:58:59.694+01:00Hystery, your comment brought tears to my eyes. T...Hystery, your comment brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-19776034365747771812009-06-19T20:52:18.148+01:002009-06-19T20:52:18.148+01:00Stasa, as an eco-feminist and a pacifist, what you...Stasa, as an eco-feminist and a pacifist, what you write here is all very familiar, but you have written it in a way that renews me. I had not realized how much I had let my anger push me insidiously and unconsciously toward hatred. Your words brought me up short. Thank you for the reminder that creating a peaceful society requires consciousness and willful, uncompromising love.Hysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-80197941213948525862009-06-19T19:19:26.201+01:002009-06-19T19:19:26.201+01:00Thank you, Clare.
But honestly, it's not al...Thank you, Clare. <br /><br />But honestly, it's not <i>all</i> doom-and-gloom. This is why it's so important to talk about, and write about, the times when non-violence has worked, when those sacred human connections have been made. Like Friends Center in Philadelphia during the Republican National Convention in 2000 that I wrote to you about. Friends made connections with police in unexpected ways. Friends made connections across generations with radical young protestors in unexpected ways. <br /><br />The police couldn't believe we'd give just anybody water, regardless of "side." And the protestors couldn't believe religious people gave them (the protestors) shelter. <br /><br />And folks in the Meeting talked, both in conversation and in worship, about how it had been hard work but also wonderful grace.<br /><br />We don't have to give in to that either/or thinking. Especially not as Pagans and/or Friends.Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-76132631978510920992009-06-19T07:53:05.646+01:002009-06-19T07:53:05.646+01:00Excellent peice, S. Here in the UK polarisation is...Excellent peice, S. Here in the UK polarisation is occuring everywhere too. I feel it in myself and when it's happening it's not entirely unpleasant. This way of being seems instinctive, we see it in every society in every period of history and it takes such energy to combat it! The problem I have with it is that all the writing on the issue is fundamentally depressing. Reading Zimbardo is enough to make me take to my bed in despair!Clare Slaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937627339653914404noreply@blogger.com