Bill writes:
>Silence too can be a meditation -- not an escape from the world, but a
>thoughtful consideration of it.
>
>A watching.
>
>A way to make space for others.
>
>A way to make oneself differently than others.
>
>A determination.
>
>And yet all the while, still a complicity.
thank you, bill, for persistently reminding of the value of silence.
silence as tool,
a tool can be helpful, beneficial
a tool can be a weapon
(i am remembering diane's sig).
if i accept the unavoidability of complicity,
how can i accept responsibility for that
and not be blinded by guilt, or denial of guilt?
and i propose an answer that has to do with learning,
(a human nature, perhaps?)
with a willingness to try to participate in the system, in the activity,
in a different way,
never knowing for certain if what i am doing is something better
(better for whom? how will i know? how long do i wait?)
and also doubting that i can ever escape complicity,
but something (or someone) calls out for the change, the learning, the new
way of understanding and participating.
then there's always the brick wall of tradition, of resistance to change.
kathie
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