School materials
Reading
for Friday's Session 1 of the Study Series:
Detailed study outline
What messages in the "The Hopi Letter" have meaning for me? What does "We are the ones we have been waiting for' mean to me?
Please read over at least these first two articles
Process of Social Change Page 27
Questions to think about:
In reading about the movements to end slavery, women's suffrage and the civil rights movement, what do they have in common? How are they unique?Optimism of Uncertainty Page 21
Zinn says that change agents mus be patient and persistent
because change comes not as large events, but as an endless succession
of small acts participated in by millions of people. Do I think this is
so? How or how not?
Optional Reading:
Dancing with Systems Page 35
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Session 2 Part I :War is Obsolete
What does it mean to say, "What is obsolete?"
The short quotes by Pope John Paul II and Jonathan Schell talk about " conscious choice." Whose choice? How does this relate to the personal implications pf Beyond War?
War Will Not End Terrorism Page 11
In the article “War Will Not End Terrorism” the author asserts that the war model is the wrong one to defeat terrorism. Do you agree? Why?
What do you think is a better approach?
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Destiny and War P 13
In ‘Destiny and War’ Mac Lawrence explains the recipe or formula of war that is used in the beginnings of wars.? Describe it. What other ingredients would you add?
Lawrence says that if we change the way we think about the realities of war, we would come up with better ways to resolve conflicts. What kind of “conventional thinking” – that ignore the human face of war – does he outline that perpetuate war.?
Session 2 Part II We are all One on the Planet
Link to online materials
What was your earliest realization that 'we are all one on this planet and/or "we are one"?"
In the article below, what new threats do we face today What changes in our thinking and actions are required to respond to these threats?
Survival and Change Page 11
What new threats to our survival do we face today? What changes in our thinking and actions are required to respond to these threats?
We Are One p 13
The essay “We Are One.” discusses the Unity Principle as it manifests in physics, ecology, biology and psychology. What did you find most interesting in each section of that discussion?