Re: STIA- The Natural Step LO3286

Jesse W. White (jwhite@comp.uark.edu)
Thu, 19 Oct 1995 09:13:44 -0500 (CDT)

Replying to LO3240 --

Barry:

I'll bite.

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>
> Ego is no doubt a stumbling block to group planning.

Gender roles can be a stumbling block and called ego problems. I like the
book, "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray (Harper
Collins Press). Acknowledging that men and women *are* different, Gray
suggests that (the collective) we have forgotten that we are different.
He has some suggestions about building relationships. I think these are
applicable outside love and marriage.

> At a gathering some dozen years ago, a wise person spoke about
> visualizations. He said that if you work backwards from where you wish to
> physically be in the future (let's say after a half hour walk, or at the
> end of a car trip) by visualizing the route you may know already, then the
> actual trip "takes less time". We actually practiced on a beautiful fall
> afternoon in the Vermont hills along trails we knew.

I tend to identify where I want to be, look to where I am, and plan by
referenceing both points. This interpolation allows me to continually
check on where I am in the time continuum and establish go/no go points
along the way.


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> I have another story about the ten commandments related to this, but I
> won't tell it now, except to ask, does anyone recollect which of the
> commandments is the only one to offer a "reward"? What does it mean? I
> have heard a reasonable and provocative explanation. Takers?
>

Okay, the commandment is do not worship false idols. The promise is
eternal love to those in obeyance. Are you suggesting that there is an
organizational worship apart resembling idol worship?

--
Jesse White
jwhite@comp.uark.edu