Introduction to Sacred Activism
April 17, 2006
The Sunday edition of the Seattle Times, Opinion Section, had an article that grabbed me hard. The title was "Sacred Activism" by Victor Bremson, and in the article Victor talked about a new kind of activism, one that stresses engagement and reconciliation.
In the article he said that "sacred activists seek a major transformation in the way our society deals with the future. They share a common value that focuses on the long-term well-being of future generations." He noted that the Iroquios Confederacy instructs its chiefs to consider the impact of each decision they make on the seventh generation. Imagine for a moment or two how this might change our world. How might scientific discoveries be treated differently? What choices would our politictians make differently from those they make now? How would your decisions be different?
Additionally, Victor shared that Carl Anthony of the Ford Foundation teaches that the primary way to create successful change within a community is to bring all interested parties together to simply share their stories. As each story is told and heard, a connection grows within the group. Once each person has been heard, everyone is more willing to work together in the search for truth, to find ways of creating harmony and unity.
To further this work, I offer this blog for you to tell your story in order to create a community of people working together to find the truth, and thus ways to create harmony and unity.
The Sunday edition of the Seattle Times, Opinion Section, had an article that grabbed me hard. The title was "Sacred Activism" by Victor Bremson, and in the article Victor talked about a new kind of activism, one that stresses engagement and reconciliation.
In the article he said that "sacred activists seek a major transformation in the way our society deals with the future. They share a common value that focuses on the long-term well-being of future generations." He noted that the Iroquios Confederacy instructs its chiefs to consider the impact of each decision they make on the seventh generation. Imagine for a moment or two how this might change our world. How might scientific discoveries be treated differently? What choices would our politictians make differently from those they make now? How would your decisions be different?
Additionally, Victor shared that Carl Anthony of the Ford Foundation teaches that the primary way to create successful change within a community is to bring all interested parties together to simply share their stories. As each story is told and heard, a connection grows within the group. Once each person has been heard, everyone is more willing to work together in the search for truth, to find ways of creating harmony and unity.
To further this work, I offer this blog for you to tell your story in order to create a community of people working together to find the truth, and thus ways to create harmony and unity.
posted by Kathy Wilson @ 8:31 AM
1 Comments:
At 12:47 PM,
Kathy Wilson said…
4/25 - My story is too long for this short blog. Too convoluted, too. If my life were a game board, it would need to be at least three dimensions, not just a flat board. The one thread of continuity throughout my life has been betterment by way of learning. Learning is the most important thing to me, which is probably why I've crammed so much of it into this lifetime. Currently I'm learning about standing in my truth. Other's truths are sometimes very alluring, with their promises of wealth untold. What I'm coming to realize is that I don't want to be a millionaire. It takes a lot of courage for me to say that, being married to a Capricorn whose most important life value is financial security. As with any learning, I need to wallow in the experience before I can come to any judgement about it. I wallowed in classes, workshops, seminars, books, teleclasses, and newsletters from people who had become fabulously wealthy and promised me that if I just copied what they did I, too, could become wealthy beyond my wildest dreams. What I got out of this latest wallowing is that I don't want to put my focus on acquiring vast sums of wealth and then holding on to it or growing it even further. It's not my bag, baby. What is my bag? Becoming comfortable with who I am and how I value myself and my work.
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