We Live Our Stories
"Persia"
In National Geographic Marguerite Del Guidice (Aiki Extensions) opens the reality of Iran living out its history/fiction* in the Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran - National Geographic Magazine
Deepak Chopra would use $100 Billion to circulate transformative stories
from http://www.bigthink.com/philanthropy/408
[video Recorded on: 08/17/07 transcript excerpt] I think $100 billion could be used to just focus on one idea. And that idea is well being – well being of the individual; well being emotionally; well being of our relationships; well being of our businesses; well being of our economy; well being of our ecosystem; and well being of the world at large. It’s a broad term, but it . . . all it means is restoring balance. And if you can think of all the ways that we can harness the collective intelligence and the collective compassion . . . And one of the ways to do that, by the way, is through story telling. There is nothing more transformational than storytelling. So I would create a huge network – information network – which would take everything into account: educational institutions, entertainment, music, news networks, information technologies, the Internet, and saturate this network and these technologies with stories that have the power to transform us.
Had to pull this out of the comments area here and into this more visible post...
Living The Greek/Christ/Wesleyan Mythos
Paula Craig was "incredibly grateful to learn from John Sanford that 'perfection' in the modern sense of 'being totally without fault' is a poor translation of the N.T.Greek word we would understand as 'completion'." She understands that is what John Wesley meant when he said, "We are going on to perfection." "How heavenly," says she, "not to feel partial anymore."
I've always been partial to my Mom, sparkly carrier of the mythos mentioned above, to/in which I am also partial. I suppose I am partial to feeling partial. How delightful, I would like to suggest, it is to feel that being partial creatures and partial to creatures is not un-heavenly. Even defined as completion, perfection is problematic for a naturally (blessedly?) incomplete humanity, by definition stretched during life between the extremes of limited scope and vast capacity.
* In case there is any doubt by fiction I mean the opposite of falsehood. For instance, the literature and resulting imagination that suggest the historical reality that was "Persia" is the only container sufficient to leave room for its truth (beauty, mysteries, dilemmas) and continuing potential to shape the future of a dynamic people. "Fiction" is not a dig. It's my religion.
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"Persia"
In National Geographic Marguerite Del Guidice (Aiki Extensions) opens the reality of Iran living out its history/fiction* in the Persia: Ancient Soul of Iran - National Geographic Magazine
Deepak Chopra would use $100 Billion to circulate transformative stories
from http://www.bigthink.com/philanthropy/408
[video Recorded on: 08/17/07 transcript excerpt] I think $100 billion could be used to just focus on one idea. And that idea is well being – well being of the individual; well being emotionally; well being of our relationships; well being of our businesses; well being of our economy; well being of our ecosystem; and well being of the world at large. It’s a broad term, but it . . . all it means is restoring balance. And if you can think of all the ways that we can harness the collective intelligence and the collective compassion . . . And one of the ways to do that, by the way, is through story telling. There is nothing more transformational than storytelling. So I would create a huge network – information network – which would take everything into account: educational institutions, entertainment, music, news networks, information technologies, the Internet, and saturate this network and these technologies with stories that have the power to transform us.
Had to pull this out of the comments area here and into this more visible post...
Living The Greek/Christ/Wesleyan Mythos
Paula Craig was "incredibly grateful to learn from John Sanford that 'perfection' in the modern sense of 'being totally without fault' is a poor translation of the N.T.Greek word we would understand as 'completion'." She understands that is what John Wesley meant when he said, "We are going on to perfection." "How heavenly," says she, "not to feel partial anymore."
I've always been partial to my Mom, sparkly carrier of the mythos mentioned above, to/in which I am also partial. I suppose I am partial to feeling partial. How delightful, I would like to suggest, it is to feel that being partial creatures and partial to creatures is not un-heavenly. Even defined as completion, perfection is problematic for a naturally (blessedly?) incomplete humanity, by definition stretched during life between the extremes of limited scope and vast capacity.
* In case there is any doubt by fiction I mean the opposite of falsehood. For instance, the literature and resulting imagination that suggest the historical reality that was "Persia" is the only container sufficient to leave room for its truth (beauty, mysteries, dilemmas) and continuing potential to shape the future of a dynamic people. "Fiction" is not a dig. It's my religion.
Labels: Iran, media, myth, mythology, Persia, story, transform
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