From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 00:02:04 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 01:06:33 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] robust dialogue and the middle way
In-Reply-To: <0C2F46E3-3805-4F36-A69C-A0C98F3FFB53@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F10E2150BCA6B501A0B4D5FA5F60@phx.gbl>

D: You have done your job - very well indeed.

K: Thank you.  Just wanted to be sure I hadn't messed up on any of the 
steps.  Yes, I've done what I can.  Also, wasn't sure how you're receiving 
mail in California.  Don't know if, in all the flying messages, you saw the 
one where I offered to help you in any way I could, too.  That offer stands. 
  k




>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] robust dialogue and the middle way
>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:55:32 -0800
>
>I received Zoe's letter and I have forwarded it to William for his  
>comments before I post it to the list. But I have to ask why are you  still 
>worrying about it? What is your self-perceived role in all  this.  Zoe has 
>done her bit. Why not just let it play out as it needs  to.
>You have done your job - very well indeed.
>don
>
>On Nov 11, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>
>>She sent you her statement at 1:53 PM to this address:  dfactor@dc.rr.com. 
>>  If you don't receive it for whatever reason,  please let me know, and 
>>I'll see that she resends it.  Did I give  her the right email address?
>>
>>best, k
>>
>


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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 02:40:13 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 04:47:02 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
Message-ID: <20061111.214055.2236.20.ae.dropper@juno.com>

Anyway, it seems that this phenomenon is wide-spread. And therefore, it
is certainly worth inquiring into. What does it mean? What do such people
hope to achieve? In what way are we implicated?  (don)

People are smart like foxes (as well as being smart like people). 
They know how to access energy from other people. They (we) can
sense which people are available energy sources. They (we) can "smell"
it." It's not really a "smell" thing necessarily - although it can be,
but it is a "sensing" thing.

I used to have a friend who would have to remember to put on her
"white light" around certain people. For her this was literal. For me it
was 
metaphorical for something similar I had learned to "do." Although
it wasn't really something I "did" but something I "understood."

I had another friend who used to say "Don't give it any energy."
Now SHE was one who could actually smell it.

pat
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 03:12:00 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 04:47:03 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] moderation/mediation/middle way
Message-ID: <20061111.214055.2236.23.ae.dropper@juno.com>

> Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
> myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we  
> all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
talk are concerned? (J)
 
That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated  
themselves very well and within reason. (D)

I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.

pat
From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 02:56:35 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 04:47:04 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] moderation/mediation/middle way
Message-ID: <20061111.214055.2236.22.ae.dropper@juno.com>

> I still don't get the difference between actual "dialogue" and  
> talking "in the spirit of dialogue"  (J)
> 
Neither do I. I think it's just a fancy way of justifying establishing
Dialogue "customs."  (F)

I think the way to clarify this is to see if the reasons can be
remembered
and then clearly stated, in the intro, why it should not be called a
dialogue. 
Then, the reminder that "this is not a dialogue" could be matched up
with what was said in the intro. If the reasons are not clearly given,
"this is not a dialogue" could be used for reasons that are not clear.
This has happened more than once. That David used the term "spirit of
dialogue" does not automatically clarify how the term applies to this
list.

pat
 
From donlay at gte.net  Sun Nov 12 04:18:28 2006
From: donlay at gte.net (Don Lay)
Date: Mon Nov 13 05:23:14 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
References: <20061111.214055.2236.20.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <00a901c70609$3bf78ce0$f945153f@DL01>

Don F:  What do such people hope to achieve? In what way are we implicated? -- don F

dbl:  Maybe we're implicated in the sense of not knowing exactly what to do, in being uncertain.  Is there some way to be certain?  Maybe ATTENTION is what they "hope to achieve", and they're getting it.

Pat:  ...  it is a "sensing" thing.

dbl:  I agree.  Maybe what is 'sensed' is the subtle.  It is a subtle thing that, seems to me, is usually lost when attention is directed to the self. -- dbl


From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival


  Anyway, it seems that this phenomenon is wide-spread. And therefore, it is certainly worth inquiring into. What does it mean? What do such people hope to achieve? In what way are we implicated?  (don)

  People are smart like foxes (as well as being smart like people). 
  They know how to access energy from other people. They (we) can
  sense which people are available energy sources. They (we) can "smell"
  it." It's not really a "smell" thing necessarily - although it can be,
  but it is a "sensing" thing.

  I used to have a friend who would have to remember to put on her
  "white light" around certain people. For her this was literal. For me it was 
  metaphorical for something similar I had learned to "do." Although
  it wasn't really something I "did" but something I "understood."

  I had another friend who used to say "Don't give it any energy."
  Now SHE was one who could actually smell it.

  pat




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From donlay at gte.net  Sun Nov 12 04:25:21 2006
From: donlay at gte.net (Don Lay)
Date: Mon Nov 13 05:30:05 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] moderation/mediation/middle way
References: <20061111.214055.2236.22.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <00ac01c7060a$321b2d70$f945153f@DL01>

There's the common idea of the "spirit of the law" and "the letter of the 
law".  Maybe we can extrapolate and say there's dialogue using language and 
directing attention to language, etc., and there's dialogue using language 
directing attention to the spirit.

Problematic of course is that spirit cannot be seen, cannot be well defined 
so that we say it cannot be limited.

Then, what use is it if it cannot be limited? -- Don L


>> I still don't get the difference between actual "dialogue" and
>> talking "in the spirit of dialogue"  (J)
>>
> Neither do I. I think it's just a fancy way of justifying establishing
> Dialogue "customs."  (F)
>
> I think the way to clarify this is to see if the reasons can be
> remembered
> and then clearly stated, in the intro, why it should not be called a
> dialogue.
> Then, the reminder that "this is not a dialogue" could be matched up
> with what was said in the intro. If the reasons are not clearly given,
> "this is not a dialogue" could be used for reasons that are not clear.
> This has happened more than once. That David used the term "spirit of
> dialogue" does not automatically clarify how the term applies to this
> list.
>
> pat
>
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From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 07:14:40 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 08:19:09 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
In-Reply-To: <20061111.214055.2236.20.ae.dropper@juno.com>
References: <20061111.214055.2236.20.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <B5B2E45E-5C7B-415F-8EC4-FF023132E2A8@dc.rr.com>

We said that this is not a dialogue because we didn't think it was  
possible to have a dialogue in the Bohm sense of the word online. But  
now I would say that this has become a dialogue, often clumsy,  
sometimes marvelously uplifting, endlessly surprising and always  
intriguing. Speaking personally, it makes me think a lot more than is  
comfortable.  It has the spirit of dialogue much more than it has,  
say, the spirit of debate or argument but there is more, and that is  
something new. David Bohm had no first-hand experience of the  
internet, and this sort of forum had barely emerged by the time he  
died. So I think that this is a new phase of the experiment that he  
first proposed, and now we are stuck with the job of finding our way  
in this new domain.

don
On Nov 11, 2006, at 5:40 PM, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:

> Anyway, it seems that this phenomenon is wide-spread. And  
> therefore, it is certainly worth inquiring into. What does it mean?  
> What do such people hope to achieve? In what way are we  
> implicated?  (don)
>
> People are smart like foxes (as well as being smart like people).
> They know how to access energy from other people. They (we) can
> sense which people are available energy sources. They (we) can "smell"
> it." It's not really a "smell" thing necessarily - although it can be,
> but it is a "sensing" thing.
>
> I used to have a friend who would have to remember to put on her
> "white light" around certain people. For her this was literal. For  
> me it was
> metaphorical for something similar I had learned to "do." Although
> it wasn't really something I "did" but something I "understood."
>
> I had another friend who used to say "Don't give it any energy."
> Now SHE was one who could actually smell it.
>
> pat
>
>
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From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 07:18:35 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 08:23:04 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] moderation/mediation/middle way
In-Reply-To: <20061111.214055.2236.23.ae.dropper@juno.com>
References: <20061111.214055.2236.23.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <AA21D3DF-7167-4553-B19A-15298534440E@dc.rr.com>

In truth this may be one of the special features of an online  
dialogue. In a live group, it is difficult to sit back and reflect,  
because the dialogue has moved on and there is no paper trail to hook  
onto. But here we can actually take the time to think through this,  
to use our imagination and intelligence and then, even it its a day  
or two later add something that might unfold from a more subtle level.

don

On Nov 11, 2006, at 6:12 PM, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:

>> Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>> myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>> all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
> talk are concerned? (J)
>
> That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
> themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>
> I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
> an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
> when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
> of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
> with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>
> pat
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From stephen.devlin3 at btinternet.com  Sun Nov 12 09:24:19 2006
From: stephen.devlin3 at btinternet.com (STEPHEN DEVLIN)
Date: Mon Nov 13 10:28:47 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival(online no-one hears you scream!!!!)
In-Reply-To: <00a901c70609$3bf78ce0$f945153f@DL01>
Message-ID: <20061112082419.80520.qmail@web86501.mail.ird.yahoo.com>

I don't think theres too much subtlety in the people we've mentioned (not giviing them anymore namechecks). It's not too hard to spot someone who's taking the p*##. For them it works because they are playing on the good hearts of certain individuasls, taking advantage of some peoples beliefs that everyone has a right to free speech. And of course they have a right to say whatever they wish, but the  odd thing about the internet is knowing when/if you have been listened to.
In a regular dialogue one could cough, laugh or any number of things to get attention or show ones dissatisfaction.Online no-one hears you scream. If you get personal you will probably get attention for a while, but many close their ears (and dont read that persons posts),so that means you then have to get personal about the people who are sure to respond (eventually). Maybe some of these people need help, maybe they use this place as an outlet for frustrations develped elsewhere in their lives.I don't care. I couldnt care less about them. I care about the people here that I've got to know, especially the ones I often disagree with, but I couldnt care less about people who's aim is disruption and pulling things apart. Ask yourself how long some of these people would last behaving in such a way at work.Most companies have a trial period these days where they can legally let you go if you arent quite what they're looking for.They'd be out on their arse (ass) straight away in
 most firms.Most circles of friends wouldnt accomodate them either. I think they know just how to treat people in real life but see this place as somewhere they can have a moan at Don and just try to disrupt what has worked successfully and seems to be growing. I think its what has happened here that bugs the crap outa these people.From what ive seen of their pages/groups I'm not surprised they have a small number of readers(if any).When we react they win, thats why I have no issue to the moderator involvement amping up a little. I know the moderator is immensely wise and sage like,handsome beyond compare and probably smells like cookies,so my posts will arrive unedited.

;~)

Have a great day people


Don Lay <donlay@gte.net> wrote:       Don F:  What do such people hope to achieve? In what way are we  implicated? -- don F
  
 dbl:  Maybe we're implicated in the sense of  not knowing exactly what to do, in being uncertain.  Is there some way  to be certain?  Maybe ATTENTION is what they "hope to achieve", and they're  getting it.
  
 Pat:  ...  it is a "sensing" thing.
  
 dbl:  I agree.  Maybe what is 'sensed' is  the subtle.  It is a subtle thing that, seems to me, is usually lost when  attention is directed to the self. -- dbl
  
  
 From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org    
   Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:40    PM
   Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue]    survival
   

   
      Anyway, it seems that this phenomenon is wide-spread. And therefore, it    is certainly worth inquiring into. What does it mean? What do such people hope    to achieve? In what way are we implicated?  (don)
    
   People are smart like foxes (as well as being smart like people). 
   They know how to access energy from other people. They (we) can
   sense which people are available energy sources. They (we) can    "smell"
   it." It's not really a "smell" thing necessarily - although it can    be,
   but it is a "sensing" thing.
    
   I used to have a friend who would have to remember to put on her
   "white light" around certain people. For her this was literal. For me it    was 
   metaphorical for something similar I had learned to "do." Although
   it wasn't really something I "did" but something I "understood."
    
   I had another friend who used to say "Don't give it any energy."
   Now SHE was one who could actually smell it.
    
   pat
    
    

   
      

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From davidmillions at gmail.com  Sun Nov 12 10:19:42 2006
From: davidmillions at gmail.com (David da Costa)
Date: Mon Nov 13 11:24:13 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Second post
Message-ID: <ed6f2a2c0611120119t23e083bdy76f19f5a205c1d10@mail.gmail.com>

"God is perfect" - God as the primary subject. The pseudo paradoxical energy
that engages all perspectives. An ambiguously perfect existence. Every
single detail is god itself.

"All and Nothing infer" - The concepts are the same. Good is Evil, High is
Low, Everything is Nothing. If faced through a perfect logic. The ultimate
understanding and epitomal insight, were all the forces of existence subdue
by a pure thought that logically and simultaneously connects them all.

"In paradox there is no conflict. It is magic" - Everything is connected by
the same force that sets them appart. This is the logic that enables all
others. The divine symbiose between the substance that crosses our beings.

Those were emotional quotes. At times averse to literal meaning.

I wonder if Arthur C. Clarke would think that technology is more impressive
than biology?

I was lured here by the holographic vision, after knowing it would be
impossible to meet Bohm. Even if I already did.

Love and hapinness for you all.
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 12:54:07 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 13:58:43 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
In-Reply-To: <B5B2E45E-5C7B-415F-8EC4-FF023132E2A8@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F1601A18A1D360FC27D2C3BA5F50@phx.gbl>

Hear, hear, Don!   k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:14:40 -0800
>
>We said that this is not a dialogue because we didn't think it was  
>possible to have a dialogue in the Bohm sense of the word online. But  now 
>I would say that this has become a dialogue, often clumsy,  sometimes 
>marvelously uplifting, endlessly surprising and always  intriguing. 
>Speaking personally, it makes me think a lot more than is  comfortable.  It 
>has the spirit of dialogue much more than it has,  say, the spirit of 
>debate or argument but there is more, and that is  something new. David 
>Bohm had no first-hand experience of the  internet, and this sort of forum 
>had barely emerged by the time he  died. So I think that this is a new 
>phase of the experiment that he  first proposed, and now we are stuck with 
>the job of finding our way  in this new domain.
>
>don
>On Nov 11, 2006, at 5:40 PM, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:
>
>>Anyway, it seems that this phenomenon is wide-spread. And  therefore, it 
>>is certainly worth inquiring into. What does it mean?  What do such people 
>>hope to achieve? In what way are we  implicated?  (don)
>>
>>People are smart like foxes (as well as being smart like people).
>>They know how to access energy from other people. They (we) can
>>sense which people are available energy sources. They (we) can "smell"
>>it." It's not really a "smell" thing necessarily - although it can be,
>>but it is a "sensing" thing.
>>
>>I used to have a friend who would have to remember to put on her
>>"white light" around certain people. For her this was literal. For  me it 
>>was
>>metaphorical for something similar I had learned to "do." Although
>>it wasn't really something I "did" but something I "understood."
>>
>>I had another friend who used to say "Don't give it any energy."
>>Now SHE was one who could actually smell it.
>>
>>pat
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>info:
>>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>admin@david-bohm.net
>>
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>>
>>
>
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From DStulberg at msw-law.com  Sun Nov 12 14:56:49 2006
From: DStulberg at msw-law.com (Dorothy Stulberg)
Date: Mon Nov 13 15:58:16 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Subject: moderating
Message-ID: <0D25D6CD52646E4B992A5CAED007D1695D0664@msw2k.msw.local>

I am grateful to the moderator for keeping this group of people going
on.  I can only wonder how many goofs I would make.  It would explode.
d.

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Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:50 PM
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Subject: moderating



Rodger __Are WE really so small, our ego so large, that WE attribute so
much importance to a POSSIBLE mistake, heaven forbid, made by our
moderator?

Is this mistake an invasion of Iraq? Genocide in the Congo? Or maybe
something even more significant and horribly subtle?  
Or is it simply an opportunity to fine-tune moderation in a virtual,
internet bohm_dialogue.? _R

Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] robust dialogue and the middle way
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 According to William it was NOT because he thought Zoe was Peter or
even 
that he felt Zoe was being disruptive, but because he felt that Zoe had 
clearly stated that she rejected the idea of being on a list that had
any 
kind of moderation or structure of any kind.

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From: DStulberg at msw-law.com (Dorothy Stulberg)
Date: Mon Nov 13 15:59:49 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Subject: altered states
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Real meaning "the natural state is one that is consantly being altered".

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Rodger.Hyodo@dialogos.com
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:33 PM
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Subject: altered states



Rodger __thats funny, my father also prefered his so called natural
state of consciousness over altered states. Unfortunately, neither
strong intellect, genuis IQ, or natural state, saved him from dying with
more regret than fulfiment about his life.

Also Chinese medicine and/or nutritionalists can tell us how our natural
state is produced and altered by our diet. 
I.e. aluminum in table salt = altzheimers = memory erosion // sugar = x,
wheat = y // minerals or lack of, in water = w // and so on, and so on.

I tend to think the natural state is one that is constantly being
altered._R
.
.
From: "Owen Thomas" <oenthomas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Suffering/Consiousness
.
I trust my natural state of consciousness to serve me better than
altered states.
.
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 16:50:57 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 17:57:46 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Chapter 2, On Dialogue, p. 10
Message-ID: <20061112.105121.2144.0.ae.dropper@juno.com>

The point is: thought produces results, but thought says it didn't do it.
And that is a problem. The trouble is that some of those results that
thought produces are considered to be very important and valuable.
Thought produced the nation, and it says that the nation has an extremely
high value, a supreme value, which overrides almost everything else. The
same may be said about religion. Therefore, freedom of thought is
interfered with, because if the nation has high value it is necessary to
continue to think that the nation has high value. Therefore you've got to
create a pressure to think that way. You've got to have an impulse, and
make sure everybody has got the impulse, to go on thinking that way about
his nation, his religion, his family, or whatever it is that he gives
high value. He's got to defend it. 
You cannot defend something without first thinking the defense. There are
those thoughts which might question the thing you want to defend, and
you've got to push them aside. That may readily involve self-deception -
you will simply push aside a lot of things you would rather not accept by
saying they are wrong, by distorting the issue, and so on. Thought
defends its basic assumptions against evidence that they may be wrong. 
In order to deal with this, we have got to look at thought, because the
problem is originating in thought. Usually when you have a problem, you
say, "I must think about it to solve it." But what I'm trying to say is
that thought is the problem. What, therefore, are we going to do? 
From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 17:07:54 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 18:12:39 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Chapter 2, On Dialogue, p. 10
References: <20061112.105121.2144.0.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <000601c70674$bc1c9030$ed78480c@HOME>

I'm really glad you posted this chapter the way you have Pat.  This brings 
up my thoughts on value.  This idea about value that Bohm is clarifying here 
is a major one to my point of view.  What values are, how we adopt them can 
give us clues as to how resolve some of these problems.

Exploring values also ties in with ideas of passion.  Our values are at the 
heart of our passion.  Without strong value there is no passion.  But if we 
insist that others adopt or hold similar values to our own, then we're 
trouble.  Learning how to clear up any values I hold that are in conflict 
and adopt a system that is congruent without insisting (or needing) anyone 
else 'must' adopt the same values has been at the heart of my explorations 
this past year or so.

Susan

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Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Chapter 2, On Dialogue, p. 10


> The point is: thought produces results, but thought says it didn't do it.
> And that is a problem. The trouble is that some of those results that
> thought produces are considered to be very important and valuable.
> Thought produced the nation, and it says that the nation has an extremely
> high value, a supreme value, which overrides almost everything else. The
> same may be said about religion. Therefore, freedom of thought is
> interfered with, because if the nation has high value it is necessary to
> continue to think that the nation has high value. Therefore you've got to
> create a pressure to think that way. You've got to have an impulse, and
> make sure everybody has got the impulse, to go on thinking that way about
> his nation, his religion, his family, or whatever it is that he gives
> high value. He's got to defend it.
> You cannot defend something without first thinking the defense. There are
> those thoughts which might question the thing you want to defend, and
> you've got to push them aside. That may readily involve self-deception -
> you will simply push aside a lot of things you would rather not accept by
> saying they are wrong, by distorting the issue, and so on. Thought
> defends its basic assumptions against evidence that they may be wrong.
> In order to deal with this, we have got to look at thought, because the
> problem is originating in thought. Usually when you have a problem, you
> say, "I must think about it to solve it." But what I'm trying to say is
> that thought is the problem. What, therefore, are we going to do?
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 17:27:44 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 18:34:33 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
Message-ID: <20061112.112750.2144.2.ae.dropper@juno.com>

We said that this is not a dialogue because we didn't think it was  
possible to have a dialogue in the Bohm sense of the word online. But  
now I would say that this has become a dialogue, often clumsy,  
sometimes marvelously uplifting, endlessly surprising and always  
intriguing. Speaking personally, it makes me think a lot more than is  
comfortable.  It has the spirit of dialogue much more than it has,  
say, the spirit of debate or argument but there is more, and that is  
something new. David Bohm had no first-hand experience of the  
internet, and this sort of forum had barely emerged by the time he  
died. So I think that this is a new phase of the experiment that he  
first proposed, and now we are stuck with the job of finding our way  
in this new domain.
 
don

I don't find anything about face to face bohm dialogue that is not
'overly
compensated for' by the online version. They are like two breeds of dog,
but still dog. It growls, it barks, its tail wags. What else matters?

And I think there is a disadvantage in not calling this a full blown
Bohmian
Dialogue. It can still be qualified as "Online Bohm Dialogue." 

And for those who participate in both, the differences are quite
interesting
to notice, but if I have noticed any fundamental difference it might lean
toward "Online" as being "fundamentally better." Take that with the usual
grain of salt. A completely convincing "case" can be made either way. And
THAT
fact is reason enough for beginning here a total legitimization -
articulating
it in the introduction as well as realizing it - of the process here as a
Bohm
Dialogue process.

pat
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 17:36:01 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 18:40:35 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
References: <20061112.112750.2144.2.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <001701c70678$a46f7ac0$ed78480c@HOME>

Here! Here! and Hallelujah!

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:27 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival


  We said that this is not a dialogue because we didn't think it was  
  possible to have a dialogue in the Bohm sense of the word online. But  
  now I would say that this has become a dialogue, often clumsy,  
  sometimes marvelously uplifting, endlessly surprising and always  
  intriguing. Speaking personally, it makes me think a lot more than is  
  comfortable.  It has the spirit of dialogue much more than it has,  
  say, the spirit of debate or argument but there is more, and that is  
  something new. David Bohm had no first-hand experience of the  
  internet, and this sort of forum had barely emerged by the time he  
  died. So I think that this is a new phase of the experiment that he  
  first proposed, and now we are stuck with the job of finding our way  
  in this new domain.
   
  don

  I don't find anything about face to face bohm dialogue that is not 'overly
  compensated for' by the online version. They are like two breeds of dog,
  but still dog. It growls, it barks, its tail wags. What else matters?

  And I think there is a disadvantage in not calling this a full blown Bohmian
  Dialogue. It can still be qualified as "Online Bohm Dialogue." 

  And for those who participate in both, the differences are quite interesting
  to notice, but if I have noticed any fundamental difference it might lean
  toward "Online" as being "fundamentally better." Take that with the usual
  grain of salt. A completely convincing "case" can be made either way. And THAT
  fact is reason enough for beginning here a total legitimization - articulating
  it in the introduction as well as realizing it - of the process here as a Bohm
  Dialogue process.

  pat


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 17:52:55 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 18:57:30 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spores?
In-Reply-To: <0D25D6CD52646E4B992A5CAED007D1695D04D8@msw2k.msw.local>
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Maybe we are asking for too perfect a dialogue?  Maybe Peter should be a 
part of the group.  Would we protect him if someone tried to harm him? D.

This is what got me started on mediating for Zoe!  Is she Chinese?  Or is 
her way of using language, Chinese or not, so shocking and jarring that we 
have trouble suspending our immediate reactions to it?  I think dialog has a 
lot to do with vulnerability, and vulnerability to language.  Any other 
thinkgs on this?   k


>From: "Dorothy Stulberg" <DStulberg@msw-law.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spores?
>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:15:47 -0500
>
>I agree they ought to be investigated.  I think that is the real issue.
>How do people who come from different "ground" learn to dialogue.  I'm
>thinking of killing Hussein.  Could there ever be dialogue?  I think of
>Bush.  I'd like to see him impeached because of the disaster he has
>brought to the world and our country.  Could a Republican and I learn to
>dialogue about that?  I think we must learn to.  My very best friend is
>a Republican.  We talk but we are far from dialogue.  I tell him and he
>tells me and there we sit on our own ground.
>If we can't, who can.  We do remain friends and I wouldn't harm him.  So
>maybe that is what we are after.  I see a lot of good in him but think
>he is blind.  He wouldn't hurt me either and would fight to protect me
>from harm.  Maybe we are asking for too perfect a dialogue?  Maybe Peter
>should be a part of the group.  Would we protect him if someone tried to
>harm him? D.
>
>________________________________
>
>From: bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org
>[mailto:bohm_dialogue-bounces@david-bohm.org] On Behalf Of Don Factor
>Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 9:56 AM
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] spores?
>
>
>But there is something else that has occurred to me. Bohm was always
>keen to have the dialogue groups big enough so that the socio-cultural
>levels of the thought process would come out. He also called this level
>"the general" which he pointed out derives from the same root as
>generate, generative. genesis and so on. It has to do with beginnings or
>starting points. He said a number of times that the "pollution was
>generated at  this level. The eddies in the stream were not the cause
>but an effect of the flow of the stream. His metaphor was always about
>"the pollution upstream.
>
>Now when I look back at the Peter, Gas. Kirsten, Zoe saga I begin to see
>it in these terms If we here are, as he suggested, a kind of
>microculture than we ought to expect that some of the stuff that causes
>difficulties in the larger culture might be seen and better understood
>here in close-up. Out in the big culture we have political parties that
>are at each other's throats, we have nation states that try to force
>their value systems down the throats of others, or failing that, murder
>them all, especially if those others have something that they want or
>need, There are religions that battle against one another and on and on.
>On the other hand if, along with Bohm, we define a culture as  "shared
>meaning" then we must have this too. We know what we mean by western
>culture, and most of us here would consider ourselves a part of it. Thus
>we share enough meaning to know more about one another than we might if
>we were dealing with a Sudanese tribesman for example, or Peter Krauss.
>
>Now, if the above mentioned peter, gas, kirsten, zoe group represented
>something of a sub-culture or more than one sub-culture here we might be
>able to get a greater insight into the whole thing. Although we have
>banned them as dangerous illegal aliens, I think we gave them enough
>time to give us something to work with. Our attempts to get them to
>behave as we wished didn't work, so what have we learned? I mean, not
>only about what happens here in this little micro-culture but about the
>bigger one of which we are, possibly, only a peripheral part?
>
>These are questions to which I have no ready answers, but I do think
>they ought to be investigated.
>
>And I am also curious as to how long it will take for this post of mine
>to make its way back to peter and then back here to us.
>
>don
>
>
>On 5 Nov 2006, at 01:17, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:
>
>
>	I'm not sure exactly. It might have been Robyn's second post
>(where I decided that Robyn wasn't peter). I just remember laughing and
>picturing an orange with spores growing on it - don't ask me why - I had
>just gotten up. Maybe I had been dreaming of oranges. But remember this
>in the context of my process that occurs when there is a new voice here
>that doesn't like something about what they have been reading. This
>seems to trigger the "is it or isn't it [peter]" process.
>
>	pat
>
>	On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 21:10:48 +0000 Don Factor
><donfactor@donfactor.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>
>
>	Pat. what inspired you to writ this post at this particular
>time?
>
>	I am asking for a particular reason that I am not yet at liberty
>to revea
>
>	don
>
>
>	On 4 Nov 2006, at 19:05, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:
>
>
>		Ever since after peter spent his first incarnation with
>us several years ago, and was with us intensively for a couple of years,
>AS peter (or as pit, etc.), a few of us who have been here long, have
>mentioned that they had thought a certain newcomer was  peter again
>(with a new name) and were interested when finding this suspicion either
>wrong or right. This continues. No one has mentioned it for awhile. But
>I brought it up because I noticed it happening with the new voices. With
>each one of them. There seems to be this easy, automatic process that
>occurs in thought, regarding this. It's VERY fun. And it is based on an
>assumption (which could be wrong - or turn wrong at any time) that peter
>		REALLY REALLY wants to be involved here.
>
>		I remember both Matti [pretty sure it was Matti]
>		and I flashed on a possibility that Mr. Frantisek Plessl
><mailto:frantisekplessl@yahoo.com>
>		might be peter when he first came on. But it wasn't long
>
>		before we were certain that he wasn't.
>
>		pat
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 17:54:20 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 18:58:55 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Chapter 2, On Dialogue, p. 10
In-Reply-To: <000601c70674$bc1c9030$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F183E878E6526D49019E78DA5F50@phx.gbl>

yes to all this.  k


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Chapter 2, On Dialogue, p. 10
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:07:54 -0700
>
>I'm really glad you posted this chapter the way you have Pat.  This brings 
>up my thoughts on value.  This idea about value that Bohm is clarifying 
>here is a major one to my point of view.  What values are, how we adopt 
>them can give us clues as to how resolve some of these problems.
>
>Exploring values also ties in with ideas of passion.  Our values are at the 
>heart of our passion.  Without strong value there is no passion.  But if we 
>insist that others adopt or hold similar values to our own, then we're 
>trouble.  Learning how to clear up any values I hold that are in conflict 
>and adopt a system that is congruent without insisting (or needing) anyone 
>else 'must' adopt the same values has been at the heart of my explorations 
>this past year or so.
>
>Susan
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: <ae.dropper@juno.com>
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:50 AM
>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Chapter 2, On Dialogue, p. 10
>
>
>>The point is: thought produces results, but thought says it didn't do it.
>>And that is a problem. The trouble is that some of those results that
>>thought produces are considered to be very important and valuable.
>>Thought produced the nation, and it says that the nation has an extremely
>>high value, a supreme value, which overrides almost everything else. The
>>same may be said about religion. Therefore, freedom of thought is
>>interfered with, because if the nation has high value it is necessary to
>>continue to think that the nation has high value. Therefore you've got to
>>create a pressure to think that way. You've got to have an impulse, and
>>make sure everybody has got the impulse, to go on thinking that way about
>>his nation, his religion, his family, or whatever it is that he gives
>>high value. He's got to defend it.
>>You cannot defend something without first thinking the defense. There are
>>those thoughts which might question the thing you want to defend, and
>>you've got to push them aside. That may readily involve self-deception -
>>you will simply push aside a lot of things you would rather not accept by
>>saying they are wrong, by distorting the issue, and so on. Thought
>>defends its basic assumptions against evidence that they may be wrong.
>>In order to deal with this, we have got to look at thought, because the
>>problem is originating in thought. Usually when you have a problem, you
>>say, "I must think about it to solve it." But what I'm trying to say is
>>that thought is the problem. What, therefore, are we going to do?
>>_______________________________________________
>>info:
>>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
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>>
>
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 17:56:00 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:00:34 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
In-Reply-To: <20061112.112750.2144.2.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F9376EEB56A3302021EA5BA5F50@phx.gbl>

And THAT
fact is reason enough for beginning here a total legitimization - 
articulating
it in the introduction as well as realizing it - of the process here as a 
Bohm
Dialogue process.

Absolutely, Pat.  k


>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:27:44 -0500
>
>We said that this is not a dialogue because we didn't think it was
>possible to have a dialogue in the Bohm sense of the word online. But
>now I would say that this has become a dialogue, often clumsy,
>sometimes marvelously uplifting, endlessly surprising and always
>intriguing. Speaking personally, it makes me think a lot more than is
>comfortable.  It has the spirit of dialogue much more than it has,
>say, the spirit of debate or argument but there is more, and that is
>something new. David Bohm had no first-hand experience of the
>internet, and this sort of forum had barely emerged by the time he
>died. So I think that this is a new phase of the experiment that he
>first proposed, and now we are stuck with the job of finding our way
>in this new domain.
>
>don
>
>I don't find anything about face to face bohm dialogue that is not
>'overly
>compensated for' by the online version. They are like two breeds of dog,
>but still dog. It growls, it barks, its tail wags. What else matters?
>
>And I think there is a disadvantage in not calling this a full blown
>Bohmian
>Dialogue. It can still be qualified as "Online Bohm Dialogue."
>
>And for those who participate in both, the differences are quite
>interesting
>to notice, but if I have noticed any fundamental difference it might lean
>toward "Online" as being "fundamentally better." Take that with the usual
>grain of salt. A completely convincing "case" can be made either way. And
>THAT
>fact is reason enough for beginning here a total legitimization -
>articulating
>it in the introduction as well as realizing it - of the process here as a
>Bohm
>Dialogue process.
>
>pat


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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 18:06:44 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:14:14 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
Message-ID: <20061112.120654.2144.4.ae.dropper@juno.com>

Another way that "self - moderation" happens here. 
Does anyone else put HUGE amounts to the stuff they 
write into the black hole of their "draft file?" Even really
"good" stuff. Very interesting to note the "why" thoughts
with each of these occurrences.

There are the times when the writing feels perfect
but the timing seems not quite right.

Or, when the writing is excellent and very insightful
but it might just hurt someone's feelings at a moment
where that might not be a good idea. Timing again.

Or, the writing is perfect but irrelevant.

Or, maybe mostly, the writing is lousy.

Lousy writing AND irrelevant?

Just plain nasty?

pat
From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 18:14:05 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:18:44 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] spores?
References: <BAY22-F952E5D9D25027EDC78506A5F50@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <004401c7067d$f8867af0$ed78480c@HOME>

I really don't think whether we would protect someone from harm is enough of 
a criteria for deciding whether to keep someone like Peter in a Dialogue 
circle.  We have discussed the nature of purpose in regards to Dialogue a 
number of times.  It seems to me that one of the most important aspects of 
purposes within Dialogue is to create a new form of communication where 
shared meaning emerges from the process.

It seems to me that Peter wants exactly the opposite.  He seems only to want 
to disrupt the process and ensure that no shared meaning can ever emerge. 
I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt and second chances.  But 
Peter seems to have worn out his second and third chances.

I do feel that we need something in place for cases like Peter and Zoe where 
they are given the chance to rejoin the group if they are willing to commit 
to the intention of Dialogue.  But as we have mentioned before.  This 
intention needs to be clearly spelled out.  And perhaps intention is a 
better word than purpose.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Morgan Jett" <griffyn23@hotmail.com>
To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spores?


> Maybe we are asking for too perfect a dialogue?  Maybe Peter should be a 
> part of the group.  Would we protect him if someone tried to harm him? D.
>
> This is what got me started on mediating for Zoe!  Is she Chinese?  Or is 
> her way of using language, Chinese or not, so shocking and jarring that we 
> have trouble suspending our immediate reactions to it?  I think dialog has 
> a lot to do with vulnerability, and vulnerability to language.  Any other 
> thinkgs on this?   k
>
>
>>From: "Dorothy Stulberg" <DStulberg@msw-law.com>
>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] spores?
>>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:15:47 -0500
>>
>>I agree they ought to be investigated.  I think that is the real issue.
>>How do people who come from different "ground" learn to dialogue.  I'm
>>thinking of killing Hussein.  Could there ever be dialogue?  I think of
>>Bush.  I'd like to see him impeached because of the disaster he has
>>brought to the world and our country.  Could a Republican and I learn to
>>dialogue about that?  I think we must learn to.  My very best friend is
>>a Republican.  We talk but we are far from dialogue.  I tell him and he
>>tells me and there we sit on our own ground.
>>If we can't, who can.  We do remain friends and I wouldn't harm him.  So
>>maybe that is what we are after.  I see a lot of good in him but think
>>he is blind.  He wouldn't hurt me either and would fight to protect me
>>from harm.  Maybe we are asking for too perfect a dialogue?  Maybe Peter
>>should be a part of the group.  Would we protect him if someone tried to
>>harm him? D.
>>

From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 18:25:46 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:30:22 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
References: <20061112.120654.2144.4.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <004701c7067f$9801b350$ed78480c@HOME>

I've been thinking a lot about this and it just doesn't sit well with me.  I 
personally think we need much less self moderation.  To me, the problem with 
Peter is not about self moderation but about intentions.  Are the intentions 
of the post to learn a new form of communication and to create shared 
meaning?

The so called "controversial" posts have been the ones that, for me, many 
times have helped me to realize something new.  And, no, I don't have a file 
full of posts that I have never sent.  The ability to be spontaneous is one 
of the main draws to Dialogue for me.  There are occasions when I start a 
post and realize that it doesn't really say what I'm feeling or what I want 
to say and so I will abort the post.  But if there's something I'm feeling 
the desire to express, then I allow myself to believe that it's important 
enough to post.  Doing this has been a major break through for me in 
communication.  To have that kind of freedom is the most precious gift I can 
think of that could come out of Dialogue.

I appreciate the posts like the one to me from Gill saying he felt I was 
trying to teach and from Joachim about older white males.  They are openly 
and honestly expressive of what someone is feeling in the moment.  And 
making those kinds of posts gives us the opportunity to see our own thoughts 
and feelings and see that we can go beyond those thoughts.  Too many times 
we simply bury those kind of thoughts and never bring them up for 
examination.  I think it is a treasured gift to have a place where we can 
look at all of our thoughts, not just the ones that we approve of.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ae.dropper@juno.com>
To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:06 AM
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation


> Another way that "self - moderation" happens here.
> Does anyone else put HUGE amounts to the stuff they
> write into the black hole of their "draft file?" Even really
> "good" stuff. Very interesting to note the "why" thoughts
> with each of these occurrences.
>
> There are the times when the writing feels perfect
> but the timing seems not quite right.
>
> Or, when the writing is excellent and very insightful
> but it might just hurt someone's feelings at a moment
> where that might not be a good idea. Timing again.
>
> Or, the writing is perfect but irrelevant.
>
> Or, maybe mostly, the writing is lousy.
>
> Lousy writing AND irrelevant?
>
> Just plain nasty?
>
> pat
> _______________________________________________
> info:
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>
> post to: dialogue@david-bohm.net
>
> dialogue facilitator:
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>
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>
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>
> 

From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 18:46:48 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:51:31 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
In-Reply-To: <20061112.120654.2144.4.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F9A2F9B79DD4BDE95DB3DDA5F50@phx.gbl>

Just plain nasty?

Does our vulnerability decide whether no not it's nasty?

What if the writing that feels nasty to us is percieved by the writer as 
honestly expressing his/her feelings, his/her thoughts, hopes, and vision, 
with no intent to hurt?
Can we/should we hear beyond the perceived nastiness to the imbedded 
content, or do they shut us down?
If so, are we playing with developing/demanding/modeling a language style 
that will reflect group rather than individual mind, in order to comminucate 
with the rest of the group?
Is that really communication?  Particularly BD communication?



>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:06:44 -0500
>
>Another way that "self - moderation" happens here.
>Does anyone else put HUGE amounts to the stuff they
>write into the black hole of their "draft file?" Even really
>"good" stuff. Very interesting to note the "why" thoughts
>with each of these occurrences.
>
>There are the times when the writing feels perfect
>but the timing seems not quite right.
>
>Or, when the writing is excellent and very insightful
>but it might just hurt someone's feelings at a moment
>where that might not be a good idea. Timing again.
>
>Or, the writing is perfect but irrelevant.
>
>Or, maybe mostly, the writing is lousy.
>
>Lousy writing AND irrelevant?
>
>Just plain nasty?
>
>pat
>_______________________________________________
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>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>
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>
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From joachimfaust at earthlink.net  Sun Nov 12 18:47:24 2006
From: joachimfaust at earthlink.net (Joachim Faust)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:52:01 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <20061113110002.7CE6C24882@web.internal.van-den-heuvel.org>
References: <20061113110002.7CE6C24882@web.internal.van-den-heuvel.org>
Message-ID: <F7145103-4825-4B1C-8FF4-7A536A45C98A@earthlink.net>

Hi Pat,

Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very  
important factor, since
this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold.  
Great question: is
"delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility  
("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?

In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  
reminds a bit of
knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...")  
without showing much care to
reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  
think Gill has said
something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)

I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  
posts is: aren't we all trolls in some
form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least  
right now, in that I am being critical
of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  
get heard, etc. The difference between
me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  
the same thing:
trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be  
understood; to feel connected...

All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)

Joachim



On 13.11.2006, at 05:00, bohm_dialogue-request@david-bohm.org wrote:

>
>> Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>> myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>> all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
> talk are concerned? (J)
>
> That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
> themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>
> I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
> an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
> when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
> of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
> with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>
> pat
>

Joachim Faust
joachimfaust@earthlink.net


From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 18:53:03 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:57:38 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
References: <BAY22-F9A2F9B79DD4BDE95DB3DDA5F50@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <005001c70683$679f8b20$ed78480c@HOME>

Well, this is exactly my point.  Whether something is "nasty" or not is in 
the eyes of the beholder as well as beauty.  And yes, sometimes someone is 
going to say something that is nasty to both the poster and to others on the 
list.  But so what?  Are these kinds of thoughts to be ignored?  Can we 
really look at thought as a system if only allow the "nice" thoughts to come 
out?  I don't think moderating ourselves to being "nice" is necessarily in 
the spirit of Bohm at all.  Bohm was about exploring thoughts and thinking 
as a whole.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Morgan Jett" <griffyn23@hotmail.com>
To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:46 AM
Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation


> Just plain nasty?
>
> Does our vulnerability decide whether no not it's nasty?
>
> What if the writing that feels nasty to us is percieved by the writer as 
> honestly expressing his/her feelings, his/her thoughts, hopes, and vision, 
> with no intent to hurt?
> Can we/should we hear beyond the perceived nastiness to the imbedded 
> content, or do they shut us down?
> If so, are we playing with developing/demanding/modeling a language style 
> that will reflect group rather than individual mind, in order to 
> comminucate with the rest of the group?
> Is that really communication?  Particularly BD communication?
>
>
>
>>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:06:44 -0500
>>
>>Another way that "self - moderation" happens here.
>>Does anyone else put HUGE amounts to the stuff they
>>write into the black hole of their "draft file?" Even really
>>"good" stuff. Very interesting to note the "why" thoughts
>>with each of these occurrences.
>>
>>There are the times when the writing feels perfect
>>but the timing seems not quite right.
>>
>>Or, when the writing is excellent and very insightful
>>but it might just hurt someone's feelings at a moment
>>where that might not be a good idea. Timing again.
>>
>>Or, the writing is perfect but irrelevant.
>>
>>Or, maybe mostly, the writing is lousy.
>>
>>Lousy writing AND irrelevant?
>>
>>Just plain nasty?
>>
>>pat
>>_______________________________________________
>>info:
>>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>>
>>post to: dialogue@david-bohm.net
>>
>>dialogue facilitator:
>>facilitator@david-bohm.net
>>
>>Administrator of the mailing list:
>>admin@david-bohm.net
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>
>>
>
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>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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>
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 18:53:52 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 19:58:26 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <F7145103-4825-4B1C-8FF4-7A536A45C98A@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F649A15891F1786889AB17A5F50@phx.gbl>

Deep down, I am doing  the same thing: trying to get a response by pushing 
some buttons

So we connect with vulnerability through language!  And once someone has 
responded with the knee jerk instead of the imbedded meaning, we know that's 
the hook.

Sounds like this whole idea of suspension is more important than I realized. 
  Keep it coming, y'all.

Sounds like I'll learn more on the periphery than at the core.  On the other 
hand, I'll learn even more if I can integrate the two in myself.    k


>From: Joachim Faust <joachimfaust@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:47:24 -0600
>
>Hi Pat,
>
>Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
>It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
>I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very  
>important factor, since
>this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold.  Great 
>question: is
>"delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility  
>("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?
>
>In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  reminds a 
>bit of
>knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...")  without 
>showing much care to
>reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  think 
>Gill has said
>something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)
>
>I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  posts 
>is: aren't we all trolls in some
>form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least  right 
>now, in that I am being critical
>of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  get 
>heard, etc. The difference between
>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  the 
>same thing:
>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be  understood; 
>to feel connected...
>
>All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)
>
>Joachim
>
>
>
>On 13.11.2006, at 05:00, bohm_dialogue-request@david-bohm.org wrote:
>
>>
>>>Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>>>myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>>>all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
>>talk are concerned? (J)
>>
>>That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
>>themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>>
>>I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
>>an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
>>when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
>>of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
>>with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>>
>>pat
>>
>
>Joachim Faust
>joachimfaust@earthlink.net
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>info:
>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>
>post to: dialogue@david-bohm.net
>
>dialogue facilitator:
>facilitator@david-bohm.net
>
>Administrator of the mailing list:
>admin@david-bohm.net
>
>_______________________________________________
>
>

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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 18:59:26 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:04:02 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
References: <20061113110002.7CE6C24882@web.internal.van-den-heuvel.org>
	<F7145103-4825-4B1C-8FF4-7A536A45C98A@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <005501c70684$4b97ae70$ed78480c@HOME>

I don't think responding in an open and honest fashion in a spontaneous 
manner has anything to will being a troll, spamming or flaming.  I think it 
has to do will allowing our thoughts to come up and be exposed for 
examination.  Again, I think being a troll, etc. has to do with intentions. 
Are your intentions in being a member of this list to look at thought and 
allow new meaning to emerge through this new process, are you willing to 
look at your own communication to see what style you are using (debate, 
defending, etc.) for the purpose of creating dialogue ?  That is the 
difference to me.

Susan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joachim Faust" <joachimfaust@earthlink.net>
To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:47 AM
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way


> Hi Pat,
>
> Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
> It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
> I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very 
> important factor, since
> this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold. 
> Great question: is
> "delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility 
> ("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?
>
> In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  reminds a 
> bit of
> knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...") 
> without showing much care to
> reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  think 
> Gill has said
> something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)
>
> I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  posts 
> is: aren't we all trolls in some
> form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least 
> right now, in that I am being critical
> of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  get 
> heard, etc. The difference between
> me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  the 
> same thing:
> trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be 
> understood; to feel connected...
>
> All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)
>
> Joachim
>
>
>
> On 13.11.2006, at 05:00, bohm_dialogue-request@david-bohm.org wrote:
>
>>
>>> Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>>> myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>>> all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
>> talk are concerned? (J)
>>
>> That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
>> themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>>
>> I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
>> an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
>> when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
>> of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
>> with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>>
>> pat
>>
>
> Joachim Faust
> joachimfaust@earthlink.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> info:
> www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>
> post to: dialogue@david-bohm.net
>
> dialogue facilitator:
> facilitator@david-bohm.net
>
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> admin@david-bohm.net
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> 

From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 19:08:28 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:13:04 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
References: <BAY22-F9A2F9B79DD4BDE95DB3DDA5F50@phx.gbl>
	<005001c70683$679f8b20$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <006001c70685$8ed13200$ed78480c@HOME>

I think what I'm trying to talk about here is the idea that self moderation 
means that you are keeping your "thoughts as a whole" to yourself and not 
allowing the group to participate.  How are we going to look at thought as a 
whole if the individuals are not willing to share them "as a whole" with the 
group?  If the thoughts aren't shared (because they're designated, mean, 
nasty, ugly, etc.)  but only looked at by the individual and self moderated 
where some are thrown out and only the "acceptable" ones are shared, then 
it's no longer group (Bohm) Dialogue but personal Dialogue.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation


> Well, this is exactly my point.  Whether something is "nasty" or not is in 
> the eyes of the beholder as well as beauty.  And yes, sometimes someone is 
> going to say something that is nasty to both the poster and to others on 
> the list.  But so what?  Are these kinds of thoughts to be ignored?  Can 
> we really look at thought as a system if only allow the "nice" thoughts to 
> come out?  I don't think moderating ourselves to being "nice" is 
> necessarily in the spirit of Bohm at all.  Bohm was about exploring 
> thoughts and thinking as a whole.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Morgan Jett" <griffyn23@hotmail.com>
> To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:46 AM
> Subject: RE: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
>
>
>> Just plain nasty?
>>
>> Does our vulnerability decide whether no not it's nasty?
>>
>> What if the writing that feels nasty to us is percieved by the writer as 
>> honestly expressing his/her feelings, his/her thoughts, hopes, and 
>> vision, with no intent to hurt?
>> Can we/should we hear beyond the perceived nastiness to the imbedded 
>> content, or do they shut us down?
>> If so, are we playing with developing/demanding/modeling a language style 
>> that will reflect group rather than individual mind, in order to 
>> comminucate with the rest of the group?
>> Is that really communication?  Particularly BD communication?
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:06:44 -0500
>>>
>>>Another way that "self - moderation" happens here.
>>>Does anyone else put HUGE amounts to the stuff they
>>>write into the black hole of their "draft file?" Even really
>>>"good" stuff. Very interesting to note the "why" thoughts
>>>with each of these occurrences.
>>>
>>>There are the times when the writing feels perfect
>>>but the timing seems not quite right.
>>>
>>>Or, when the writing is excellent and very insightful
>>>but it might just hurt someone's feelings at a moment
>>>where that might not be a good idea. Timing again.
>>>
>>>Or, the writing is perfect but irrelevant.
>>>
>>>Or, maybe mostly, the writing is lousy.
>>>
>>>Lousy writing AND irrelevant?
>>>
>>>Just plain nasty?
>>>
>>>pat

From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 19:15:07 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:19:42 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
Message-ID: <44923C45-98E0-4F8B-BB66-1FF455D02E68@dc.rr.com>

This a note from Zoe requesting that she be re-subscribed to the  
list. Following this  letter is some further relevant communication  
so please scroll down, if you are interested.
Don -

Let me be very simple, clear, and speak only to the point I  
understand is the issue.  I do not reject moderation and structure.  
It is very necessary to protect our process, as my present situation  
shows.   I do reject unlimited power invested in and wielded by a  
single person, or any combination thereof, that isn?t empowered by  
the thinkgs of the entire group.  I will not go back and rehash all  
the things K has already posted.  I will underscore that I was  
unsubscribed without any warning, and without the list being  
informed, immediately after asking who had unsubscribed Kirsten (also  
without warning, and without notifying the list).  I was absolutely  
stunned when I tried to post, and it bounced.  I literally didn?t  
know at first, what was wrong.  The information got back to you only  
because K contacted me, then spoke up.  I respect and appreciate  
that, as I do the fact that you, the Bohm group, have expressed your  
desire to hear directly from me.

If I had truly done anything that indicated to the entire group that  
I refused to accept membership with a moderator, this should have  
been brought to my attention which I first subscribed.  If later on,  
as I participated, it seemed that I refused to accept a moderator,  
that should have been brought up to me and the group, rather than  
suddenly, without a word even to me, making it impossible for me to  
post.

I see/saw exciting, wonderful things happening in a group that has  
great potential.  I feel that the members and I have a great deal to  
offer each other in this beautiful process of working together  
towards a larger, deeper understanding as Bohm envisioned it.  In  
that spirit, I request to be reinstated so that I may become once  
again an active participant in the dialogue process that holds so  
much promise.

If you feel I have left questions unanswered, please ask them.  I  
will be happy to respond.



From: donald factor
Date: 11.11.2006 20:55:36
To: william
Subject: Fwd: Bohm Dialogue

Willliam, I am about to forward this to the list and then, let her  
back on. If you have any objections please let me know quickly.
don



No, I have no principle objections to take her back if her request is  
genuine. Would it be too much to talk to it on the phone first just  
to make sure it's not a male voice with a German accent?


admin


--- Zoe

HI Zoe,

  I'm afraid I have to send you this. Since this is  not a one man  
band.  Please let me have your phone number or give it directly to  
William at:

W@david-bohm.net

If I had his phone number I would have given it to you. But I don't.
When I hear from him and find that you are not a male with a
German accent, I will re-subscribe you.

regards

don


And now these two from Zoe

The first is a graphic of  two drug sniffer dogs her comment is:

One could be called "Don", the other "William". But which one would  
be which? Could we tell? Talk to you later --- Zoe

This is the second, followed by my reply

Don Factor - I am not inclined to provide you with my
phone-number. But, as it appears, you want to hear my voice
so badly, let us do it this way: you give me your number,
and I shall ring you - at my convenience. But do not expect
any chit-chat or lengthy conversation, since whatever I
have to say and want to say is meant for the group, not
some old men feeling they need to sniff up on me via phone.
It is, by the way, rather interesting and revealing that I
am obviously by far not the only one who considered remarks
and thinking by you as sexist. It is also amazing that you
"need" to check the identity of a person keen to
particiapte in a dialogue group. Is that in the "spirit of
David Bohm"? I read a fair amount by Bohm, yet never ever
did I encounter something even remotely as, how can I say:
creepy, controlling. What a profoundly embarrassing and
shameful situation, I at least feel that way. But, alright,
if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu


Zoe, so far as I can see from this and some of your other posts, your  
participation in this group would be pretty useless and detrimental  
to what some of us are trying to do here. But that's just my opinion.

This dialogue is about fellowship and shared meaning. It is about the  
possibility that a new and creative kind of mind might emerge from  
this shared meaning. It is not about attitude, accusations, name  
calling or winning points.

So, so far as I am concerned, I've got better things to do than mess  
with you. So I will forward this to the list and see how others feel.

don






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From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:20:35 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Fwd: 
References: <93758.96853.qm@web55006.mail.re4.yahoo.com>
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Zoe Chu <zoechuzero@yahoo.com>
> Date: November 12, 2006 6:27:14 AM PST
> To: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>
> One could be called "Don", the other "William". But which one would  
> be which? Could we tell? Talk to you later --- Zoe
>
> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.?
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From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:25:44 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Second post
In-Reply-To: <ed6f2a2c0611120119t23e083bdy76f19f5a205c1d10@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ed6f2a2c0611120119t23e083bdy76f19f5a205c1d10@mail.gmail.com>
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Very interesting post. Welcome.

While reading it I wanted to add this

"Do what thou wilt is the whole of the law"

so I did.

Don

On Nov 12, 2006, at 1:19 AM, David da Costa wrote:

> "God is perfect" - God as the primary subject. The pseudo  
> paradoxical energy that engages all perspectives. An ambiguously  
> perfect existence. Every single detail is god itself.
>
> "All and Nothing infer" - The concepts are the same. Good is Evil,  
> High is Low, Everything is Nothing. If faced through a perfect  
> logic. The ultimate understanding and epitomal insight, were all  
> the forces of existence subdue by a pure thought that logically and  
> simultaneously connects them all.
>
> "In paradox there is no conflict. It is magic" - Everything is  
> connected by the same force that sets them appart. This is the  
> logic that enables all others. The divine symbiose between the  
> substance that crosses our beings.
>
> Those were emotional quotes. At times averse to literal meaning.
>
> I wonder if Arthur C. Clarke would think that technology is more  
> impressive than biology?
>
> I was lured here by the holographic vision, after knowing it would  
> be impossible to meet Bohm. Even if I already did.
>
> Love and hapinness for you all.
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 19:33:28 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:38:07 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
References: <44923C45-98E0-4F8B-BB66-1FF455D02E68@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <009a01c70689$0cbce260$ed78480c@HOME>

I have to say Don, if I was Zoe I think I probably would have felt fairly unhappy also.  There was nothing in your message to her saying that there were concerns about her identity and apologizing for the inconvenience if you're wrong.  You and William sound every bit as combative as some of Zoe's posts have sounded in the past.  You do sound like the Gestapo in your posts to her.  PROVE who you are and then we might consider you for Dialogue.  Is that going to be a requirement for every new comer to Dialogue or everyone who meets with disapproval over some of their posts?  

Are people to be allowed into Dialogue based on whether some people like them or not?  Are you and William THAT frightened that Peter might sneak back into Dialogue again?  

Is this a Dialogue to look at "thought as a whole" including people who might have values that are in conflict with our own, or simply a new cult of "like minded people"?

Susan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: donald factor 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:15 AM
  Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


  This a note from Zoe requesting that she be re-subscribed to the list. Following this  letter is some further relevant communication so please scroll down, if you are interested.
  Don -


  Let me be very simple, clear, and speak only to the point I understand is the issue.  I do not reject moderation and structure. It is very necessary to protect our process, as my present situation shows.   I do reject unlimited power invested in and wielded by a single person, or any combination thereof, that isn?t empowered by the thinkgs of the entire group.  I will not go back and rehash all the things K has already posted.  I will underscore that I was unsubscribed without any warning, and without the list being informed, immediately after asking who had unsubscribed Kirsten (also without warning, and without notifying the list).  I was absolutely stunned when I tried to post, and it bounced.  I literally didn?t know at first, what was wrong.  The information got back to you only because K contacted me, then spoke up.  I respect and appreciate that, as I do the fact that you, the Bohm group, have expressed your desire to hear directly from me.


  If I had truly done anything that indicated to the entire group that I refused to accept membership with a moderator, this should have been brought to my attention which I first subscribed.  If later on, as I participated, it seemed that I refused to accept a moderator, that should have been brought up to me and the group, rather than suddenly, without a word even to me, making it impossible for me to post.


  I see/saw exciting, wonderful things happening in a group that has great potential.  I feel that the members and I have a great deal to offer each other in this beautiful process of working together towards a larger, deeper understanding as Bohm envisioned it.  In that spirit, I request to be reinstated so that I may become once again an active participant in the dialogue process that holds so much promise.


  If you feel I have left questions unanswered, please ask them.  I will be happy to respond.






        From: donald factor
        Date: 11.11.2006 20:55:36
        To: william
        Subject: Fwd: Bohm Dialogue


        Willliam, I am about to forward this to the list and then, let her back on. If you have any objections please let me know quickly.
        don 







        No, I have no principle objections to take her back if her request is genuine. Would it be too much to talk to it on the phone first just to make sure it's not a male voice with a German accent?


          

        admin

       



  --- Zoe


  HI Zoe,


   I'm afraid I have to send you this. Since this is  not a one man band.  Please let me have your phone number or give it directly to William at:


  W@david-bohm.net


  If I had his phone number I would have given it to you. But I don't.
  When I hear from him and find that you are not a male with a 
  German accent, I will re-subscribe you.


  regards


  don




  And now these two from Zoe


  The first is a graphic of  two drug sniffer dogs her comment is:


  One could be called "Don", the other "William". But which one would be which? Could we tell? Talk to you later --- Zoe


  This is the second, followed by my reply


  Don Factor - I am not inclined to provide you with my
  phone-number. But, as it appears, you want to hear my voice
  so badly, let us do it this way: you give me your number,
  and I shall ring you - at my convenience. But do not expect
  any chit-chat or lengthy conversation, since whatever I
  have to say and want to say is meant for the group, not
  some old men feeling they need to sniff up on me via phone.
  It is, by the way, rather interesting and revealing that I
  am obviously by far not the only one who considered remarks
  and thinking by you as sexist. It is also amazing that you
  "need" to check the identity of a person keen to
  particiapte in a dialogue group. Is that in the "spirit of
  David Bohm"? I read a fair amount by Bohm, yet never ever
  did I encounter something even remotely as, how can I say:
  creepy, controlling. What a profoundly embarrassing and
  shameful situation, I at least feel that way. But, alright,
  if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
  phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu




  Zoe, so far as I can see from this and some of your other posts, your participation in this group would be pretty useless and detrimental to what some of us are trying to do here. But that's just my opinion. 


  This dialogue is about fellowship and shared meaning. It is about the possibility that a new and creative kind of mind might emerge from this shared meaning. It is not about attitude, accusations, name calling or winning points. 


  So, so far as I am concerned, I've got better things to do than mess with you. So I will forward this to the list and see how others feel. 


  don














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From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:42:08 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
In-Reply-To: <BAY22-F9A2F9B79DD4BDE95DB3DDA5F50@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY22-F9A2F9B79DD4BDE95DB3DDA5F50@phx.gbl>
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On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:46 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:

> If so, are we playing with developing/demanding/modeling a language  
> style that will reflect group rather than individual mind, in order  
> to comminucate with the rest of the group?

Yes. More or less. The intent is not so much about communicating with  
the rest of group but to see the source of the blocks to such  
communication. It is how this effects communication beyond the  
boundaries of the group that is what is being called for.

> Is that really communication?  Particularly BD communication?

Yes.

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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 19:37:42 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:42:25 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <005501c70684$4b97ae70$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F81F28E0D2F4348B450BFAA5F50@phx.gbl>

I absolutely agree.  But how do we determine that simply from the writing 
style?  What "pushes" my buttons isn't what pushes everybody else's.  And I 
think button pushing has to do with vulnerability.  How do we progress 
through these stages into being able to accept that we're in a difficult 
transitional spot, then move beyond it?  That often really hurts.  k


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:59:26 -0700
>
>I don't think responding in an open and honest fashion in a spontaneous 
>manner has anything to will being a troll, spamming or flaming.  I think it 
>has to do will allowing our thoughts to come up and be exposed for 
>examination.  Again, I think being a troll, etc. has to do with intentions. 
>Are your intentions in being a member of this list to look at thought and 
>allow new meaning to emerge through this new process, are you willing to 
>look at your own communication to see what style you are using (debate, 
>defending, etc.) for the purpose of creating dialogue ?  That is the 
>difference to me.
>
>Susan
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Faust" 
><joachimfaust@earthlink.net>
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:47 AM
>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>
>
>>Hi Pat,
>>
>>Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
>>It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
>>I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very 
>>important factor, since
>>this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold. Great 
>>question: is
>>"delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility 
>>("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?
>>
>>In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  reminds a 
>>bit of
>>knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...") without 
>>showing much care to
>>reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  think 
>>Gill has said
>>something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)
>>
>>I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  posts 
>>is: aren't we all trolls in some
>>form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least right 
>>now, in that I am being critical
>>of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  get 
>>heard, etc. The difference between
>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  the 
>>same thing:
>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be understood; 
>>to feel connected...
>>
>>All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)
>>
>>Joachim
>>
>>
>>
>>On 13.11.2006, at 05:00, bohm_dialogue-request@david-bohm.org wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>>>>myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>>>>all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
>>>talk are concerned? (J)
>>>
>>>That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
>>>themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>>>
>>>I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
>>>an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
>>>when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
>>>of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
>>>with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>>>
>>>pat
>>>
>>
>>Joachim Faust
>>joachimfaust@earthlink.net
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>info:
>>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>admin@david-bohm.net
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>info:
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>
>post to: dialogue@david-bohm.net
>
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>
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>
>_______________________________________________
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 19:41:42 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:46:20 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
In-Reply-To: <ECFAF202-F082-4E8D-BEB8-270D20FB056E@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F33DA25274F99F396DD705A5F50@phx.gbl>

Thanks for hearing me, Don.  k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:37:32 -0800
>
>
>On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:46 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>
>>If so, are we playing with developing/demanding/modeling a language  style 
>>that will reflect group rather than individual mind, in order  to 
>>comminucate with the rest of the group?
>
>Yes. More or less. The intent is not so much about communicating with  the 
>rest of group but to see the source of the blocks to such  communication. 
>It is how this effects communication beyond the  boundaries of the group 
>that is what is being called for.
>
>>Is that really communication?  Particularly BD communication?
>
>Yes.
>
>don
>


>_______________________________________________
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>
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>
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>
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>
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 19:45:24 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:50:00 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <44923C45-98E0-4F8B-BB66-1FF455D02E68@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F16105E7496B55F0A5BF520A5F50@phx.gbl>

Thanks, Don.  k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:15:07 -0800
>
>This a note from Zoe requesting that she be re-subscribed to the  list. 
>Following this  letter is some further relevant communication  so please 
>scroll down, if you are interested.
>Don -
>
>Let me be very simple, clear, and speak only to the point I  understand is 
>the issue.  I do not reject moderation and structure.  It is very necessary 
>to protect our process, as my present situation  shows.   I do reject 
>unlimited power invested in and wielded by a  single person, or any 
>combination thereof, that isn’t empowered by  the thinkgs of the entire 
>group.  I will not go back and rehash all  the things K has already posted. 
>  I will underscore that I was  unsubscribed without any warning, and 
>without the list being  informed, immediately after asking who had 
>unsubscribed Kirsten (also  without warning, and without notifying the 
>list).  I was absolutely  stunned when I tried to post, and it bounced.  I 
>literally didn’t  know at first, what was wrong.  The information got back 
>to you only  because K contacted me, then spoke up.  I respect and 
>appreciate  that, as I do the fact that you, the Bohm group, have expressed 
>your  desire to hear directly from me.
>
>If I had truly done anything that indicated to the entire group that  I 
>refused to accept membership with a moderator, this should have  been 
>brought to my attention which I first subscribed.  If later on,  as I 
>participated, it seemed that I refused to accept a moderator,  that should 
>have been brought up to me and the group, rather than  suddenly, without a 
>word even to me, making it impossible for me to  post.
>
>I see/saw exciting, wonderful things happening in a group that has  great 
>potential.  I feel that the members and I have a great deal to  offer each 
>other in this beautiful process of working together  towards a larger, 
>deeper understanding as Bohm envisioned it.  In  that spirit, I request to 
>be reinstated so that I may become once  again an active participant in the 
>dialogue process that holds so  much promise.
>
>If you feel I have left questions unanswered, please ask them.  I  will be 
>happy to respond.
>
>
>
>From: donald factor
>Date: 11.11.2006 20:55:36
>To: william
>Subject: Fwd: Bohm Dialogue
>
>Willliam, I am about to forward this to the list and then, let her  back 
>on. If you have any objections please let me know quickly.
>don
>
>
>
>No, I have no principle objections to take her back if her request is  
>genuine. Would it be too much to talk to it on the phone first just  to 
>make sure it's not a male voice with a German accent?
>
>
>admin
>
>
>--- Zoe
>
>HI Zoe,
>
>  I'm afraid I have to send you this. Since this is  not a one man  band.  
>Please let me have your phone number or give it directly to  William at:
>
>W@david-bohm.net
>
>If I had his phone number I would have given it to you. But I don't.
>When I hear from him and find that you are not a male with a
>German accent, I will re-subscribe you.
>
>regards
>
>don
>
>
>And now these two from Zoe
>
>The first is a graphic of  two drug sniffer dogs her comment is:
>
>One could be called "Don", the other "William". But which one would  be 
>which? Could we tell? Talk to you later --- Zoe
>
>This is the second, followed by my reply
>
>Don Factor - I am not inclined to provide you with my
>phone-number. But, as it appears, you want to hear my voice
>so badly, let us do it this way: you give me your number,
>and I shall ring you - at my convenience. But do not expect
>any chit-chat or lengthy conversation, since whatever I
>have to say and want to say is meant for the group, not
>some old men feeling they need to sniff up on me via phone.
>It is, by the way, rather interesting and revealing that I
>am obviously by far not the only one who considered remarks
>and thinking by you as sexist. It is also amazing that you
>"need" to check the identity of a person keen to
>particiapte in a dialogue group. Is that in the "spirit of
>David Bohm"? I read a fair amount by Bohm, yet never ever
>did I encounter something even remotely as, how can I say:
>creepy, controlling. What a profoundly embarrassing and
>shameful situation, I at least feel that way. But, alright,
>if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>
>Zoe, so far as I can see from this and some of your other posts, your  
>participation in this group would be pretty useless and detrimental  to 
>what some of us are trying to do here. But that's just my opinion.
>
>This dialogue is about fellowship and shared meaning. It is about the  
>possibility that a new and creative kind of mind might emerge from  this 
>shared meaning. It is not about attitude, accusations, name  calling or 
>winning points.
>
>So, so far as I am concerned, I've got better things to do than mess  with 
>you. So I will forward this to the list and see how others feel.
>
>don
>
>
>
>
>
>


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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 19:46:17 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:50:52 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
References: <BAY22-F81F28E0D2F4348B450BFAA5F50@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <00a901c7068a$d6e23170$ed78480c@HOME>

But isn't vulnerability about allowing ourselves feel hurt and allowing the 
group to know that and allowing ourselves to see that by sharing it with the 
group we can get beyond it?  At least that's been my experience with this 
group.  I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could 
get over it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't 
think Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt. 
Feeling hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal 
with that without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Morgan Jett" <griffyn23@hotmail.com>
To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way


>I absolutely agree.  But how do we determine that simply from the writing 
>style?  What "pushes" my buttons isn't what pushes everybody else's.  And I 
>think button pushing has to do with vulnerability.  How do we progress 
>through these stages into being able to accept that we're in a difficult 
>transitional spot, then move beyond it?  That often really hurts.  k
>
>
>>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:59:26 -0700
>>
>>I don't think responding in an open and honest fashion in a spontaneous 
>>manner has anything to will being a troll, spamming or flaming.  I think 
>>it has to do will allowing our thoughts to come up and be exposed for 
>>examination.  Again, I think being a troll, etc. has to do with 
>>intentions. Are your intentions in being a member of this list to look at 
>>thought and allow new meaning to emerge through this new process, are you 
>>willing to look at your own communication to see what style you are using 
>>(debate, defending, etc.) for the purpose of creating dialogue ?  That is 
>>the difference to me.
>>
>>Susan
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Faust" 
>><joachimfaust@earthlink.net>
>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:47 AM
>>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>
>>
>>>Hi Pat,
>>>
>>>Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
>>>It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
>>>I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very 
>>>important factor, since
>>>this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold. 
>>>Great question: is
>>>"delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility 
>>>("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?
>>>
>>>In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  reminds 
>>>a bit of
>>>knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...") 
>>>without showing much care to
>>>reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  think 
>>>Gill has said
>>>something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)
>>>
>>>I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  posts 
>>>is: aren't we all trolls in some
>>>form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least 
>>>right now, in that I am being critical
>>>of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  get 
>>>heard, etc. The difference between
>>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  the 
>>>same thing:
>>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be 
>>>understood; to feel connected...
>>>
>>>All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)
>>>
>>>Joachim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 13.11.2006, at 05:00, bohm_dialogue-request@david-bohm.org wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>>>>>myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>>>>>all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
>>>>talk are concerned? (J)
>>>>
>>>>That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
>>>>themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>>>>
>>>>I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
>>>>an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
>>>>when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
>>>>of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
>>>>with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>>>>
>>>>pat
>>>>
>>>
>>>Joachim Faust
>>>joachimfaust@earthlink.net
>>>
>>>
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From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 19:50:42 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:55:16 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <F7145103-4825-4B1C-8FF4-7A536A45C98A@earthlink.net>
References: <20061113110002.7CE6C24882@web.internal.van-den-heuvel.org>
	<F7145103-4825-4B1C-8FF4-7A536A45C98A@earthlink.net>
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On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:

> The difference between
> me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  
> the same thing:
> trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be  
> understood; to feel connected...

Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and differences.  
If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and Creativity. One  
thing specifically about this topic is, I remember Bohm saying that  
it is worth suspending our impulse to speak in the dialogue to see  
what might lie behind it. So, the thought  that we are all trying to  
be understood, to feel connected and to be noticed is what we all do.  
Mikhael Bakhtin wrote that the fundamental necessity of  
communiciation lies in the process of utterance and response. Not one  
or the other but both. However, trolling has a quite specific sort of  
intent and that, using, a British expression, is to put a spanner in  
the works. Peter was rather successful at accomplishing this purpose.  
But it seems to me that the primary difference between what the troll  
or spammer does and what you or I might do is that the troll has a  
fixed purpose and ours tend to be fluid. The troll wants the dialogue  
to end, but we want it to continue.  In Bakhtin's words, the dialogue  
must never end. If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
(not a direct quote)
don

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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 19:54:14 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 20:58:50 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <00a901c7068a$d6e23170$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F18E36FF2543D342E02DBDDA5F50@phx.gbl>

I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get over 
it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think 
Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt. Feeling 
hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with that 
without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.

Again, we're on the same page.  k


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:46:17 -0700
>
>But isn't vulnerability about allowing ourselves feel hurt and allowing the 
>group to know that and allowing ourselves to see that by sharing it with 
>the group we can get beyond it?  At least that's been my experience with 
>this group.  I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I 
>could get over it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I 
>don't think Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling 
>hurt. Feeling hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to 
>deal with that without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
>
>Susan
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Morgan Jett" <griffyn23@hotmail.com>
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:37 AM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>
>
>>I absolutely agree.  But how do we determine that simply from the writing 
>>style?  What "pushes" my buttons isn't what pushes everybody else's.  And 
>>I think button pushing has to do with vulnerability.  How do we progress 
>>through these stages into being able to accept that we're in a difficult 
>>transitional spot, then move beyond it?  That often really hurts.  k
>>
>>
>>>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:59:26 -0700
>>>
>>>I don't think responding in an open and honest fashion in a spontaneous 
>>>manner has anything to will being a troll, spamming or flaming.  I think 
>>>it has to do will allowing our thoughts to come up and be exposed for 
>>>examination.  Again, I think being a troll, etc. has to do with 
>>>intentions. Are your intentions in being a member of this list to look at 
>>>thought and allow new meaning to emerge through this new process, are you 
>>>willing to look at your own communication to see what style you are using 
>>>(debate, defending, etc.) for the purpose of creating dialogue ?  That is 
>>>the difference to me.
>>>
>>>Susan
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joachim Faust" 
>>><joachimfaust@earthlink.net>
>>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:47 AM
>>>Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Pat,
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
>>>>It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
>>>>I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very 
>>>>important factor, since
>>>>this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold. 
>>>>Great question: is
>>>>"delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility 
>>>>("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?
>>>>
>>>>In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  reminds 
>>>>a bit of
>>>>knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...") 
>>>>without showing much care to
>>>>reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  think 
>>>>Gill has said
>>>>something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)
>>>>
>>>>I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  
>>>>posts is: aren't we all trolls in some
>>>>form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least 
>>>>right now, in that I am being critical
>>>>of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  
>>>>get heard, etc. The difference between
>>>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  the 
>>>>same thing:
>>>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be 
>>>>understood; to feel connected...
>>>>
>>>>All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)
>>>>
>>>>Joachim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 13.11.2006, at 05:00, bohm_dialogue-request@david-bohm.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Do I, perhaps, first and foremost need to "moderate"
>>>>>>myself? What would happen if we all moderated ourselves? Or:  If we
>>>>>>all were more moderate,  as far as both quality and quantity of our
>>>>>talk are concerned? (J)
>>>>>
>>>>>That is the ideal state and here on this list people have moderated
>>>>>themselves very well and within reason. (D)
>>>>>
>>>>>I am hearing J differently.  I am hearing, among other things,
>>>>>an idea of "suspension" of immediate response. There are lots of times
>>>>>when this is necessary because of time constraints. During many
>>>>>of these times, a feeling of "response to the whole" comes
>>>>>with the delayed posting. It's a nice feeling.
>>>>>
>>>>>pat
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Joachim Faust
>>>>joachimfaust@earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>info:
>>>>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>>>>
>>>>post to: dialogue@david-bohm.net
>>>>
>>>>dialogue facilitator:
>>>>facilitator@david-bohm.net
>>>>
>>>>Administrator of the mailing list:
>>>>admin@david-bohm.net
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>info:
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 19:58:59 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:03:35 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <E3330A25-EE54-4866-AB24-3995316BF11A@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F239EF02844E93CB1A3425BA5F50@phx.gbl>

. If the dialogue ends, everything ends.

Looks like we're pretty healthy, then.  k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:42 -0800
>
>
>On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:
>
>>The difference between
>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  the 
>>same thing:
>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be  
>>understood; to feel connected...
>
>Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and differences.  If 
>memory serves me it was in Science, Order and Creativity. One  thing 
>specifically about this topic is, I remember Bohm saying that  it is worth 
>suspending our impulse to speak in the dialogue to see  what might lie 
>behind it. So, the thought  that we are all trying to  be understood, to 
>feel connected and to be noticed is what we all do.  Mikhael Bakhtin wrote 
>that the fundamental necessity of  communiciation lies in the process of 
>utterance and response. Not one  or the other but both. However, trolling 
>has a quite specific sort of  intent and that, using, a British expression, 
>is to put a spanner in  the works. Peter was rather successful at 
>accomplishing this purpose.  But it seems to me that the primary difference 
>between what the troll  or spammer does and what you or I might do is that 
>the troll has a  fixed purpose and ours tend to be fluid. The troll wants 
>the dialogue  to end, but we want it to continue.  In Bakhtin's words, the 
>dialogue  must never end. If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
>(not a direct quote)
>don
>


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From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 20:02:19 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:06:55 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <BAY22-F239EF02844E93CB1A3425BA5F50@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY22-F239EF02844E93CB1A3425BA5F50@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <A2354CDF-8A0F-4478-8406-4C3974E6068A@dc.rr.com>

BTW, how is your live action dialogue project coming along?
don
On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:

> . If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
>
> Looks like we're pretty healthy, then.  k
>
>
>> From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>> Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:42 -0800
>>
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:
>>
>>> The difference between
>>> me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am  
>>> doing  the same thing:
>>> trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be   
>>> understood; to feel connected...
>>
>> Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and  
>> differences.  If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and  
>> Creativity. One  thing specifically about this topic is, I  
>> remember Bohm saying that  it is worth suspending our impulse to  
>> speak in the dialogue to see  what might lie behind it. So, the  
>> thought  that we are all trying to  be understood, to feel  
>> connected and to be noticed is what we all do.  Mikhael Bakhtin  
>> wrote that the fundamental necessity of  communiciation lies in  
>> the process of utterance and response. Not one  or the other but  
>> both. However, trolling has a quite specific sort of  intent and  
>> that, using, a British expression, is to put a spanner in  the  
>> works. Peter was rather successful at accomplishing this purpose.   
>> But it seems to me that the primary difference between what the  
>> troll  or spammer does and what you or I might do is that the  
>> troll has a  fixed purpose and ours tend to be fluid. The troll  
>> wants the dialogue  to end, but we want it to continue.  In  
>> Bakhtin's words, the dialogue  must never end. If the dialogue  
>> ends, everything ends.
>> (not a direct quote)
>> don
>>
>
>
>> _______________________________________________
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From MarkHarmer at aol.com  Sun Nov 12 20:12:33 2006
From: MarkHarmer at aol.com (MarkHarmer@aol.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:17:12 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
Message-ID: <c53.7ec16e9.3288cc21@aol.com>

 
Hi all,
 
This reminds me too of Bateson, who talked about similarities - that we see  
differences but that the similarities are there to be explored too, if we care 
 to. Take any two dissimilar things (chalk and cheese?) and you can have a 
lot of  creative fun in working out the connections. 
 
I like the word "necessity" - Bohm would have defined that as "that which  is 
absolutely necessary" when you are in conflict with someone. 
 
The Kirsten / Peter thing is interesting in this respect, because in some  
ways it connects these two ideas of "similarity" and "necessity". Perhaps with  
Kirsten / Peter and others in the group there were two conflicting 
necessities:  that the dialogue should stop and that it should continue. Bohm I think 
says  that to (re)engage in dialogue when we come to these "clashes" we need to 
keep  on testing our assumptions, our impulse to thought, until we find common  
necessities, something both "parties" in a conflict can agree to. It looks 
like  this process might be difficult with K / P. I joined in this group 
thinking he /  she was perceptive, but gradually came to be unsure whether he / she 
was  perceptive or just being downright awkward.
 
Mark

>>  Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and  
>>  differences.  If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and   
>> Creativity. One  thing specifically about this topic is,  I  
>> remember Bohm saying that  it is worth suspending  our impulse to  
>> speak in the dialogue to see  what  might lie behind it. So, the  
>> thought  that we are all  trying to  be understood, to feel  
>> connected and to be  noticed is what we all do.  Mikhael Bakhtin  
>> wrote that  the fundamental necessity of  communiciation lies in  
>>  the process of utterance and response. 


 
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From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:19:37 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
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So far, I'm infiltrating Bohm principles into Socrates Cafe, and FIONS; 
making more contacts, and certainly learning what to expect from what's 
happening here!  We'll start meeting in midtown, public, rent free space - 
Sony atrium.  Also, gathering URLs for a list I'll email to participants.  
No money, so they'll have to download and print their own materials.  We'll 
find a way to share the printing chores for those who can't afford computers 
- like one very unique gentleman who's on a fixed income, but very 
stimulating.  And we'll definitely start with reading Bohm.  It's impossible 
to do Bohm Dialog unless you know Bohm.   By the way, my group is very 
interested in exploring imagery in dialog.  We have a bunch of visual 
artists.   k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:02:19 -0800
>
>BTW, how is your live action dialogue project coming along?
>don
>On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>
>>. If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
>>
>>Looks like we're pretty healthy, then.  k
>>
>>
>>>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:42 -0800
>>>
>>>
>>>On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:
>>>
>>>>The difference between
>>>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am  doing  
>>>>the same thing:
>>>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be   
>>>>understood; to feel connected...
>>>
>>>Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and  differences.  
>>>If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and  Creativity. One  thing 
>>>specifically about this topic is, I  remember Bohm saying that  it is 
>>>worth suspending our impulse to  speak in the dialogue to see  what might 
>>>lie behind it. So, the  thought  that we are all trying to  be 
>>>understood, to feel  connected and to be noticed is what we all do.  
>>>Mikhael Bakhtin  wrote that the fundamental necessity of  communiciation 
>>>lies in  the process of utterance and response. Not one  or the other but 
>>>  both. However, trolling has a quite specific sort of  intent and  that, 
>>>using, a British expression, is to put a spanner in  the  works. Peter 
>>>was rather successful at accomplishing this purpose.   But it seems to me 
>>>that the primary difference between what the  troll  or spammer does and 
>>>what you or I might do is that the  troll has a  fixed purpose and ours 
>>>tend to be fluid. The troll  wants the dialogue  to end, but we want it 
>>>to continue.  In  Bakhtin's words, the dialogue  must never end. If the 
>>>dialogue  ends, everything ends.
>>>(not a direct quote)
>>>don
>>>
>>
>>
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 20:45:59 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:52:09 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] self moderation
Message-ID: <20061112.144601.2144.7.ae.dropper@juno.com>

Another way that "self - moderation" happens here. 
Does anyone else put HUGE amounts to the stuff they 
write into the black hole of their "draft file?" Even really
"good" stuff. Very interesting to note the "why" thoughts
with each of these occurrences.
 
There are the times when the writing feels perfect
but the timing seems not quite right.
 
Or, when the writing is excellent and very insightful
but it might just hurt someone's feelings at a moment
where that might not be a good idea. Timing again.
 
Or, the writing is perfect but irrelevant.
 
Or, maybe mostly, the writing is lousy.
 
Lousy writing AND irrelevant?
 
Just plain nasty?
 
pat

I've been thinking a lot about this and it just doesn't sit well with me.
 I 
personally think we need much less self moderation.  To me, the problem
with 
Peter is not about self moderation but about intentions.  Are the
intentions 
of the post to learn a new form of communication and to create shared 
meaning?
 
The so called "controversial" posts have been the ones that, for me, many

times have helped me to realize something new.  And, no, I don't have a
file 
full of posts that I have never sent.  The ability to be spontaneous is
one 
of the main draws to Dialogue for me.  There are occasions when I start a

post and realize that it doesn't really say what I'm feeling or what I
want 
to say and so I will abort the post.  But if there's something I'm
feeling 
the desire to express, then I allow myself to believe that it's important

enough to post.  Doing this has been a major break through for me in 
communication.  To have that kind of freedom is the most precious gift I
can 
think of that could come out of Dialogue.
 
I appreciate the posts like the one to me from Gill saying he felt I was 
trying to teach and from Joachim about older white males.  They are
openly 
and honestly expressive of what someone is feeling in the moment.  And 
making those kinds of posts gives us the opportunity to see our own
thoughts 
and feelings and see that we can go beyond those thoughts.  Too many
times 
we simply bury those kind of thoughts and never bring them up for 
examination.  I think it is a treasured gift to have a place where we can

look at all of our thoughts, not just the ones that we approve of.
 
Susan
 
Just plain nasty?
 
Does our vulnerability decide whether no not it's nasty?
 
What if the writing that feels nasty to us is percieved by the writer as 
honestly expressing his/her feelings, his/her thoughts, hopes, and
vision, 
with no intent to hurt?
Can we/should we hear beyond the perceived nastiness to the imbedded 
content, or do they shut us down?
If so, are we playing with developing/demanding/modeling a language style

that will reflect group rather than individual mind, in order to
comminucate 
with the rest of the group?
Is that really communication?  Particularly BD communication?

(Kathy)

[new pat] The difference between trying to find words for "what actually
happens"
[in my thought process] and speaking words about "what we might 'do' 
differently" is an important distinction. Both are equally fine. 
The first of the two was my intention. Kind of speaking about 
the "notings" that occur when there is not the immediate 
sending of a posting on my part. Incidentally, I don't think 
I've ever actually typed out anything I considered "nasty."
I just vocalize that stuff to whoever might be in
the room at the time. And for me, to "draft" something
is, effectively 99.9% of the time, to "abort" it, and, at this
stage of the game, is the intention as well as the effect. 

(pat)

Hi Pat,
 
Thanks for arranging the statements below in this specific sequence.
It reveals an interesting layer of meaning.
I think you are right, "suspension of immediate response" is a very  
important factor, since
this is/seems to be a necessary condition for "awareness" to unfold.  
Great question: is
"delay of response" closely associated with "responsibility  
("response-ability")  for/to the whole"?
 
In my experience, the dominant response style here on this list  
reminds a bit of
knee-jerk reactions: quick, apodictic ("this is the way it is...")  
without showing much care to
reveal awareness of possible cultural and personal assumptions (I  
think Gill has said
something similar a few days ago, if I recall correctly.)
 
I think the essence of what I have been trying to say in my recent  
posts is: aren't we all trolls in some
form or fashion, at least some of the time? I am sure I am, at least  
right now, in that I am being critical
of what others do, and I am repeating myself, insisting on trying to  
get heard, etc. The difference between
me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am doing  
the same thing:
trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be  
understood; to feel connected...
 
All right, enough of this. Time to go back to the periphery...  :)
 
Joachim
 
[new pat] Interesting now to consider the juxtapositioning of
"spontaneity" and "suspension" [of what has been called
 "premature articulation"]. 

What will perhaps be seen as contradictions within the BD process,
are highlighted in this type of juxtapositioning of concepts but,
in time, can spark insight.

Same with the 'intention' issue Susan raises. Trying to
pin down [in writing] BD intention is the best exercise I could possibly
think of myself [because of the potential multiplicity and complexity
in the concepts} to reveal the differences between concept and insight 
[in insight's singularity and utter simplicity]. 

As for Joachim's seeing the 'tiny troll' in Joachim ...
I would just say that it is Joachim who
enjoys the ultimate dialogical harvest ... 
and harvests are explosive with seeds.

And as that 'tiny troll in Joachim' gets tinier and tinier,
it is also either fully there or fully gone in the only
sense that really matters. So, to give respect to what
really matters, why look elsewhere [for trolls].

Just for the hell of it - this [post] is a 
would be "abortion."

Later: worked on it a little more after
the idea of sending it off rather than 
"draft filing" it. Still want to "abort"
it but it seems to be a good example
of "delayed sponteniety" so - I send
the rubbish - the "punch line"
depends on it.

pat
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From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 21:57:13 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
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forgive the joke, Don -
but wouldn't it be interesting if Peter showed up at my group in drag?  Or 
just plain showed up, and everybody valued his presence?  The comparison of 
the two group reactions would be almost more than I could process!  k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:02:19 -0800
>
>BTW, how is your live action dialogue project coming along?
>don
>On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>
>>. If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
>>
>>Looks like we're pretty healthy, then.  k
>>
>>
>>>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:42 -0800
>>>
>>>
>>>On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:
>>>
>>>>The difference between
>>>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am  doing  
>>>>the same thing:
>>>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to be   
>>>>understood; to feel connected...
>>>
>>>Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and  differences.  
>>>If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and  Creativity. One  thing 
>>>specifically about this topic is, I  remember Bohm saying that  it is 
>>>worth suspending our impulse to  speak in the dialogue to see  what might 
>>>lie behind it. So, the  thought  that we are all trying to  be 
>>>understood, to feel  connected and to be noticed is what we all do.  
>>>Mikhael Bakhtin  wrote that the fundamental necessity of  communiciation 
>>>lies in  the process of utterance and response. Not one  or the other but 
>>>  both. However, trolling has a quite specific sort of  intent and  that, 
>>>using, a British expression, is to put a spanner in  the  works. Peter 
>>>was rather successful at accomplishing this purpose.   But it seems to me 
>>>that the primary difference between what the  troll  or spammer does and 
>>>what you or I might do is that the  troll has a  fixed purpose and ours 
>>>tend to be fluid. The troll  wants the dialogue  to end, but we want it 
>>>to continue.  In  Bakhtin's words, the dialogue  must never end. If the 
>>>dialogue  ends, everything ends.
>>>(not a direct quote)
>>>don
>>>
>>
>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>info:
>>>www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
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From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 21:01:09 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:05:44 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
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Actually, if peter is still in NY and if he did turn up either in or  
out of drag it could be the best thing that ever happened to him. But  
I doubt it will happen. Wiliaim has told me that he had an apartment  
in the old Brooklyn Naval Yard, or maybe it was a squat, If you would  
like I can search through some of my old black-hole file and find an  
e-mail address of one or two of his followers and you could check  
with them where he might be. But I don't really recommend it.

don


On Nov 12, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:

> forgive the joke, Don -
> but wouldn't it be interesting if Peter showed up at my group in  
> drag?  Or just plain showed up, and everybody valued his presence?   
> The comparison of the two group reactions would be almost more than  
> I could process!  k
>
>
>> From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>> Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:02:19 -0800
>>
>> BTW, how is your live action dialogue project coming along?
>> don
>> On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>>
>>> . If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
>>>
>>> Looks like we're pretty healthy, then.  k
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>>>> Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>> To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:42 -0800
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The difference between
>>>>> me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am   
>>>>> doing  the same thing:
>>>>> trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to  
>>>>> be   understood; to feel connected...
>>>>
>>>> Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and   
>>>> differences.  If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and   
>>>> Creativity. One  thing specifically about this topic is, I   
>>>> remember Bohm saying that  it is worth suspending our impulse  
>>>> to  speak in the dialogue to see  what might lie behind it. So,  
>>>> the  thought  that we are all trying to  be understood, to feel   
>>>> connected and to be noticed is what we all do.  Mikhael Bakhtin   
>>>> wrote that the fundamental necessity of  communiciation lies in   
>>>> the process of utterance and response. Not one  or the other  
>>>> but  both. However, trolling has a quite specific sort of   
>>>> intent and  that, using, a British expression, is to put a  
>>>> spanner in  the  works. Peter was rather successful at  
>>>> accomplishing this purpose.   But it seems to me that the  
>>>> primary difference between what the  troll  or spammer does and  
>>>> what you or I might do is that the  troll has a  fixed purpose  
>>>> and ours tend to be fluid. The troll  wants the dialogue  to  
>>>> end, but we want it to continue.  In  Bakhtin's words, the  
>>>> dialogue  must never end. If the dialogue  ends, everything ends.
>>>> (not a direct quote)
>>>> don
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> info:
>>>> www.david-bohm.org/mailman/listinfo/bohm_dialogue
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 21:06:17 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:16:13 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
Message-ID: <20061112.151003.2144.8.ae.dropper@juno.com>

I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get
over 
it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think 
Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt.
Feeling 
hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with
that 
without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
 
Again, we're on the same page.  k

In this room is a half knotted rubber snake hanging from
the light string. I love her. When looking at a snake (even with the
mind's eye) who is tied in a knot {metaphorically "hurt"] 
you observe the constancy, the inherent ease, the 
absolute dependability, and the total inclusion, 
cellularly, of the "untying process."

But it is thought that clings to [identifies with]
"hurt" - for a time. Exploring the reasons [and 
these reasons DO appear in thought], for such 
[perverse] "enjoyment" of the hurt, is a basic part 
of "looking at thought."

It is understanding this business about "hurt"
that makes the difference between enjoying
the dialogue process and running away from it.

pat
From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 21:19:41 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:24:17 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
References: <20061112.151003.2144.8.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <00d101c70697$e35eaed0$ed78480c@HOME>

As you know Pat, I have a lot of thoughts about the subject of hurt and pain 
and I think it's one that can always be explored again and again.  But I 
don't think too many people are ready for the place you and I have reached 
with these ideas.  I think sometimes it takes being in the process for a 
while and simply getting used to "feeling" hurt and staying with the process 
before you can go beyond that to realizing that "feeling hurt" can be looked 
at differently.  I guess I'm mellowing on this subject.

Susan


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>I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get
> over
> it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think
> Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt.
> Feeling
> hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with
> that
> without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
>
> Again, we're on the same page.  k
>
> In this room is a half knotted rubber snake hanging from
> the light string. I love her. When looking at a snake (even with the
> mind's eye) who is tied in a knot {metaphorically "hurt"]
> you observe the constancy, the inherent ease, the
> absolute dependability, and the total inclusion,
> cellularly, of the "untying process."
>
> But it is thought that clings to [identifies with]
> "hurt" - for a time. Exploring the reasons [and
> these reasons DO appear in thought], for such
> [perverse] "enjoyment" of the hurt, is a basic part
> of "looking at thought."
>
> It is understanding this business about "hurt"
> that makes the difference between enjoying
> the dialogue process and running away from it.
>
> pat
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 21:24:08 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:29:56 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
Message-ID: <20061112.152419.2144.10.ae.dropper@juno.com>

But, alright,
if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu

William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
actually  misread the purpose?

pat
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From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:35:32 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
References: <20061112.152419.2144.10.ae.dropper@juno.com>
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How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


  But, alright, 
  if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
  phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu

  William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
  find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
  number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
  actually  misread the purpose?

  pat


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From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:36:55 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <706B9E76-AED1-480F-9E72-0F177F157CF6@dc.rr.com>
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Not to worry, Don.  Thanks, anyway.  I did email Peter, and finally got a 
response from him a couple of days ago.  He's not in the country right now, 
but will be in touch when he returns.  I'm looking forward to it.  k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:01:09 -0800
>
>Actually, if peter is still in NY and if he did turn up either in or  out 
>of drag it could be the best thing that ever happened to him. But  I doubt 
>it will happen. Wiliaim has told me that he had an apartment  in the old 
>Brooklyn Naval Yard, or maybe it was a squat, If you would  like I can 
>search through some of my old black-hole file and find an  e-mail address 
>of one or two of his followers and you could check  with them where he 
>might be. But I don't really recommend it.
>
>don
>
>
>On Nov 12, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>
>>forgive the joke, Don -
>>but wouldn't it be interesting if Peter showed up at my group in  drag?  
>>Or just plain showed up, and everybody valued his presence?   The 
>>comparison of the two group reactions would be almost more than  I could 
>>process!  k
>>
>>
>>>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:02:19 -0800
>>>
>>>BTW, how is your live action dialogue project coming along?
>>>don
>>>On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Morgan Jett wrote:
>>>
>>>>. If the dialogue ends, everything ends.
>>>>
>>>>Looks like we're pretty healthy, then.  k
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>>>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>>>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:42 -0800
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Nov 12, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Joachim Faust wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>The difference between
>>>>>>me and Peter or Kirsten is only quantitative. Deep down, I am   doing  
>>>>>>the same thing:
>>>>>>trying to get a response by pushing some buttons; trying to  be   
>>>>>>understood; to feel connected...
>>>>>
>>>>>Bohm wrote some interesting stuff about similarities and   differences. 
>>>>>  If memory serves me it was in Science, Order and   Creativity. One  
>>>>>thing specifically about this topic is, I   remember Bohm saying that  
>>>>>it is worth suspending our impulse  to  speak in the dialogue to see  
>>>>>what might lie behind it. So,  the  thought  that we are all trying to  
>>>>>be understood, to feel   connected and to be noticed is what we all do. 
>>>>>  Mikhael Bakhtin   wrote that the fundamental necessity of  
>>>>>communiciation lies in   the process of utterance and response. Not one 
>>>>>  or the other  but  both. However, trolling has a quite specific sort 
>>>>>of   intent and  that, using, a British expression, is to put a  
>>>>>spanner in  the  works. Peter was rather successful at  accomplishing 
>>>>>this purpose.   But it seems to me that the  primary difference between 
>>>>>what the  troll  or spammer does and  what you or I might do is that 
>>>>>the  troll has a  fixed purpose  and ours tend to be fluid. The troll  
>>>>>wants the dialogue  to  end, but we want it to continue.  In  Bakhtin's 
>>>>>words, the  dialogue  must never end. If the dialogue  ends, everything 
>>>>>ends.
>>>>>(not a direct quote)
>>>>>don
>>>>>
>>>>
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 21:34:03 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:38:39 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <20061112.151003.2144.8.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F1842161C8E5B57D2B25547A5F50@phx.gbl>

Oh Pat!  Awesome.  I'm going to save this one for my group.   k


>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:06:17 -0500
>
>I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get
>over
>it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think
>Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt.
>Feeling
>hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with
>that
>without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
>
>Again, we're on the same page.  k
>
>In this room is a half knotted rubber snake hanging from
>the light string. I love her. When looking at a snake (even with the
>mind's eye) who is tied in a knot {metaphorically "hurt"]
>you observe the constancy, the inherent ease, the
>absolute dependability, and the total inclusion,
>cellularly, of the "untying process."
>
>But it is thought that clings to [identifies with]
>"hurt" - for a time. Exploring the reasons [and
>these reasons DO appear in thought], for such
>[perverse] "enjoyment" of the hurt, is a basic part
>of "looking at thought."
>
>It is understanding this business about "hurt"
>that makes the difference between enjoying
>the dialogue process and running away from it.
>
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 21:38:36 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:43:19 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <00d101c70697$e35eaed0$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F1111FE33EAF26C744B2561A5F50@phx.gbl>

Susan,  aren't we modeling some of that process right now?  Once I said to 
Zoe that I didn't think too many of our group were ready to go there.  
Answer: Kay, when will they be ready?  How does that happen?  Maybe just by 
seeing others stay with the places that scare them, and come out on the 
other side.  Maybe by making it a concrete, unstated assumption in BG 
dialog, that no one is here to hurt people.  If I were a moderator writing 
up acceptance terms for new subscribers, I'd put that in the terms.  The 
only problem would then be how to figure out what the real intention is.


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:19:41 -0700
>
>As you know Pat, I have a lot of thoughts about the subject of hurt and 
>pain and I think it's one that can always be explored again and again.  But 
>I don't think too many people are ready for the place you and I have 
>reached with these ideas.  I think sometimes it takes being in the process 
>for a while and simply getting used to "feeling" hurt and staying with the 
>process before you can go beyond that to realizing that "feeling hurt" can 
>be looked at differently.  I guess I'm mellowing on this subject.
>
>Susan
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: <ae.dropper@juno.com>
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:06 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>
>
>>I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get
>>over
>>it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think
>>Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt.
>>Feeling
>>hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with
>>that
>>without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
>>
>>Again, we're on the same page.  k
>>
>>In this room is a half knotted rubber snake hanging from
>>the light string. I love her. When looking at a snake (even with the
>>mind's eye) who is tied in a knot {metaphorically "hurt"]
>>you observe the constancy, the inherent ease, the
>>absolute dependability, and the total inclusion,
>>cellularly, of the "untying process."
>>
>>But it is thought that clings to [identifies with]
>>"hurt" - for a time. Exploring the reasons [and
>>these reasons DO appear in thought], for such
>>[perverse] "enjoyment" of the hurt, is a basic part
>>of "looking at thought."
>>
>>It is understanding this business about "hurt"
>>that makes the difference between enjoying
>>the dialogue process and running away from it.
>>
>>pat
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 21:44:08 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:48:50 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <20061112.152419.2144.10.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F2773AA56EF22D8258BF99A5F50@phx.gbl>

r. Sending Don's phone number to "zoe" defeats the purpose.

K:  how so? W is looking for a male voice with a German accent.  Doesn't 
matter who calls who for that!  I stayed in Boston at one of the inexpensive 
dormatory places when I went to Harvard.  We shared a single bath for the 
whole floor, and had no phones in the room.  People had to leave messages, 
and we had to return the call. When I got home, I found out people had 
called me, and the messages were never delivered.   And I don't think Zoe 
has a wireless.   k


>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:24:08 -0500
>
>But, alright,
>if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
>find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
>number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
>actually  misread the purpose?
>
>pat


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 21:45:49 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:50:29 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <00e201c70699$7596d290$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F7009D068BA068D7173518A5F50@phx.gbl>

Absolutely, Susan.  My kids used to do it when they were hanging out with 
the gang, not going to school, and wanted to cover for each other.   k


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:30:56 -0700
>
>How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling 
>whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if you 
>ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman friend 
>in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone number to 
>William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?
>
>Susan
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>   To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>   Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>   But, alright,
>   if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>   phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>   William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
>   find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
>   number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
>   actually  misread the purpose?
>
>   pat
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 21:46:23 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:51:00 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
References: <BAY22-F1111FE33EAF26C744B2561A5F50@phx.gbl>
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.................well, for me it is not so much about no one 
being here with the intention to hurt anyone.  Although that would be ideal, 
life just doesn't work that way and we can't make those kinds of assumptions 
or guarantees.

What I have found by sticking with the process is, that even if someone does 
say or do something with the intention to cause pain, I don't have to accept 
the pain they would like to inflict upon me.  I don't have to feel hurt. 
Feeling hurt is a choice that happens within thought that we no longer 
recognize as a choice.  But we can learn to recognize it with practice and 
so learn to stop feeling hurt simply because someone says something.

Susan


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To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way


> Susan,  aren't we modeling some of that process right now?  Once I said to 
> Zoe that I didn't think too many of our group were ready to go there. 
> Answer: Kay, when will they be ready?  How does that happen?  Maybe just 
> by seeing others stay with the places that scare them, and come out on the 
> other side.  Maybe by making it a concrete, unstated assumption in BG 
> dialog, that no one is here to hurt people.  If I were a moderator writing 
> up acceptance terms for new subscribers, I'd put that in the terms.  The 
> only problem would then be how to figure out what the real intention is.
>
>
>>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:19:41 -0700
>>
>>As you know Pat, I have a lot of thoughts about the subject of hurt and 
>>pain and I think it's one that can always be explored again and again. 
>>But I don't think too many people are ready for the place you and I have 
>>reached with these ideas.  I think sometimes it takes being in the process 
>>for a while and simply getting used to "feeling" hurt and staying with the 
>>process before you can go beyond that to realizing that "feeling hurt" can 
>>be looked at differently.  I guess I'm mellowing on this subject.
>>
>>Susan
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: <ae.dropper@juno.com>
>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:06 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>
>>
>>>I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get
>>>over
>>>it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think
>>>Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt.
>>>Feeling
>>>hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with
>>>that
>>>without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
>>>
>>>Again, we're on the same page.  k
>>>
>>>In this room is a half knotted rubber snake hanging from
>>>the light string. I love her. When looking at a snake (even with the
>>>mind's eye) who is tied in a knot {metaphorically "hurt"]
>>>you observe the constancy, the inherent ease, the
>>>absolute dependability, and the total inclusion,
>>>cellularly, of the "untying process."
>>>
>>>But it is thought that clings to [identifies with]
>>>"hurt" - for a time. Exploring the reasons [and
>>>these reasons DO appear in thought], for such
>>>[perverse] "enjoyment" of the hurt, is a basic part
>>>of "looking at thought."
>>>
>>>It is understanding this business about "hurt"
>>>that makes the difference between enjoying
>>>the dialogue process and running away from it.
>>>
>>>pat
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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 21:53:09 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:57:44 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Peter one more time!
Message-ID: <BAY22-F21BCFEB928D8B2514AEF5CA5F50@phx.gbl>

Really - why is there such a fixation on Peter - to the point William wants 
Zoe to prove she's not Peter in order to come back to the group?  Has 
anybody ever heard of Pope Joan?  She faked her sex to become Pope, they 
found out.  That's why, still today, the elected Pope has to submit to 
sitting on a chair and letting a representative of the Church "feel him up" 
in order to be Pope.

How is this different?

Yet, Zoe, because she values the group, is willing to be "felt up", but on 
her own terms.  Gosh - allow the girl some dignity!

At least, that's how I feel.   k

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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 21:55:19 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 22:59:57 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
In-Reply-To: <00f001c7069b$9e6e8850$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F13E5375490F7A0D18CF4E5A5F50@phx.gbl>

I don't have to accept the pain they would like to inflict upon me.

Brava!!!!!  I had forgotten that little/big item - choice.  Of course, we 
have choice.  k


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:46:23 -0700
>
>Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.................well, for me it is not so much about no one 
>being here with the intention to hurt anyone.  Although that would be 
>ideal, life just doesn't work that way and we can't make those kinds of 
>assumptions or guarantees.
>
>What I have found by sticking with the process is, that even if someone 
>does say or do something with the intention to cause pain, I don't have to 
>accept the pain they would like to inflict upon me.  I don't have to feel 
>hurt. Feeling hurt is a choice that happens within thought that we no 
>longer recognize as a choice.  But we can learn to recognize it with 
>practice and so learn to stop feeling hurt simply because someone says 
>something.
>
>Susan
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Morgan Jett" <griffyn23@hotmail.com>
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>
>
>>Susan,  aren't we modeling some of that process right now?  Once I said to 
>>Zoe that I didn't think too many of our group were ready to go there. 
>>Answer: Kay, when will they be ready?  How does that happen?  Maybe just 
>>by seeing others stay with the places that scare them, and come out on the 
>>other side.  Maybe by making it a concrete, unstated assumption in BG 
>>dialog, that no one is here to hurt people.  If I were a moderator writing 
>>up acceptance terms for new subscribers, I'd put that in the terms.  The 
>>only problem would then be how to figure out what the real intention is.
>>
>>
>>>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>>>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:19:41 -0700
>>>
>>>As you know Pat, I have a lot of thoughts about the subject of hurt and 
>>>pain and I think it's one that can always be explored again and again. 
>>>But I don't think too many people are ready for the place you and I have 
>>>reached with these ideas.  I think sometimes it takes being in the 
>>>process for a while and simply getting used to "feeling" hurt and staying 
>>>with the process before you can go beyond that to realizing that "feeling 
>>>hurt" can be looked at differently.  I guess I'm mellowing on this 
>>>subject.
>>>
>>>Susan
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <ae.dropper@juno.com>
>>>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>>>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:06 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] re:moderation, mediation, middle way
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have learned that every single time I have felt hurt that I could get
>>>>over
>>>>it and found that it was ok to feel hurt and get over it.  I don't think
>>>>Dialogue is about eliminating every single instance of feeling hurt.
>>>>Feeling
>>>>hurt is part of the nature of being human.  Learning how to deal with
>>>>that
>>>>without disconnecting is the goal in my opinion.
>>>>
>>>>Again, we're on the same page.  k
>>>>
>>>>In this room is a half knotted rubber snake hanging from
>>>>the light string. I love her. When looking at a snake (even with the
>>>>mind's eye) who is tied in a knot {metaphorically "hurt"]
>>>>you observe the constancy, the inherent ease, the
>>>>absolute dependability, and the total inclusion,
>>>>cellularly, of the "untying process."
>>>>
>>>>But it is thought that clings to [identifies with]
>>>>"hurt" - for a time. Exploring the reasons [and
>>>>these reasons DO appear in thought], for such
>>>>[perverse] "enjoyment" of the hurt, is a basic part
>>>>of "looking at thought."
>>>>
>>>>It is understanding this business about "hurt"
>>>>that makes the difference between enjoying
>>>>the dialogue process and running away from it.
>>>>
>>>>pat
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From Rodger.Hyodo at dialogos.com  Sun Nov 12 21:55:14 2006
From: Rodger.Hyodo at dialogos.com (Rodger.Hyodo@dialogos.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 23:00:05 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Subject: hi Stephen
In-Reply-To: <20061113110003.284752495E@web.internal.van-den-heuvel.org>
Message-ID: <OF79D29AB7.3AB24A02-ON85257224.0072AF4F-85257224.0072EBCF@dialogos.com>






Rodger__ Hi Stephen from Japan -- its really good to read your viewpoint
again._R
.
.
From: STEPHEN DEVLIN <stephen.devlin3@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] survival(online no-one hears you
             scream!!!!)
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
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From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Mon Nov 13 23:15:14 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
Message-ID: <20061112.160929.2144.13.ae.dropper@juno.com>

It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at
whatever time,
than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for a
call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not
obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially
considering
William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he
would 
have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster
might
look undesirable. 

What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the
suggestion
of "craziness").

pat


How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling
whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if
you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman
friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone
number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


But, alright, 
if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu

William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
actually  misread the purpose?

pat
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From Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net  Sun Nov 12 22:28:06 2006
From: Susan.Joy at worldnet.att.net (Susan Clemons)
Date: Mon Nov 13 23:32:45 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
References: <20061112.160929.2144.13.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <010e01c706a1$72b0a8f0$ed78480c@HOME>

Well, I'll tell you one thing, if Zoe is Peter I'll bet he's having one hell of a good time knowing how much he is still able to impact this group and how important we've made him to us in the process.

Susan

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
  To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


  It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at whatever time,
  than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for a call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
  might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially considering
  William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he would 
  have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster might
  look undesirable. 

  What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the suggestion
  of "craziness").

  pat


  How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?

  Susan

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
    To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
    Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
    Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


    But, alright, 
    if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
    phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu

    William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
    find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
    number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
    actually  misread the purpose?

    pat


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 22:51:14 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 23:55:51 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <20061112.160929.2144.13.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F7FCC627797A83D747B06EA5F50@phx.gbl>

Well, I'm beginning to feel a little crazy trying to keep up with your 
reasoning!  Not to mention, again, the fixation on Peter.  He's becoming a 
folk hero.  His very absence, plus Zoe's being unsubscribed is what I see 
pushing real dialog into cyberspace and the 21st Century.  How will history 
look at us?  LOL

Anyway, I understand that Peter is someplace in Europe for an extended time. 
  Zoe's here.  Don't the emails from Europe have a special designation in 
the TO, etc part that tells if you're out of the country?  Don's does.  It 
says UK.

What will we really prove by insisting that Zoe allow herself to be "felt 
up" so she can come back?


>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:09:23 -0500
>
>It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at
>whatever time,
>than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for a
>call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not
>obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
>might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially
>considering
>William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he
>would
>have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster
>might
>look undesirable.
>
>What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the
>suggestion
>of "craziness").
>
>pat
>
>
>How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling
>whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if
>you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman
>friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone
>number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?
>
>Susan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>But, alright,
>if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
>find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
>number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
>actually  misread the purpose?
>
>pat


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 22:53:41 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Mon Nov 13 23:58:22 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <010e01c706a1$72b0a8f0$ed78480c@HOME>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F13E3B3B06065E024958A31A5F50@phx.gbl>

You got that right, girl!  He and Zoe have catapulted us into a new form of 
dialog.  k


>From: "Susan Clemons" <Susan.Joy@worldnet.att.net>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: <bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org>
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:28:06 -0700
>
>Well, I'll tell you one thing, if Zoe is Peter I'll bet he's having one 
>hell of a good time knowing how much he is still able to impact this group 
>and how important we've made him to us in the process.
>
>Susan
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>   To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>   Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:09 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>   It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at 
>whatever time,
>   than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for 
>a call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not 
>obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
>   might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially 
>considering
>   William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he 
>would
>   have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster 
>might
>   look undesirable.
>
>   What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the 
>suggestion
>   of "craziness").
>
>   pat
>
>
>   How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling 
>whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if you 
>ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman friend 
>in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone number to 
>William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?
>
>   Susan
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>     To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>     Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
>     Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>     But, alright,
>     if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>     phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>     William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
>     find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
>     number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
>     actually  misread the purpose?
>
>     pat
>
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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 23:01:43 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 00:07:47 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
Message-ID: <20061112.170145.2144.14.ae.dropper@juno.com>

And William might be a "Fool me twice, shame on me" type person.

To consider as well is what can be perceived in an archetypal
alpha male/alpha male type confrontation. As much "trouble"
as Peter gives everyone, including Don, Don to him seems to
be not much more qualitatively, than an inclusion, one of the people
who he likes to attack, and who is easier to attack both because
he posts so much and because he is an authority figure.

But William? Peter's first post as Kirsten mentioned
that "William was obviously the smartest one on the list,"
and he talked about how much he LOVED Alpha males.

And Peter was vicious to William, absolutely merciless
during his first incarnation (or was it the second? Or both?).
For whatever reason, William was silent for a good long time after
Peter was ousted.

I was very excited about a year ago when there were
two (and coincidentally, even 3) "alpha males" in one of our
local groups. They both managed to stay to the end. NEVER such
electricity! It was otherworldly! I PRAYED for a month that
they would be back at the same time next month. This had been
a first. Many times I have seen such twosomes in a dialogue setting
where they only way the two could stay at the meeting place was by doing
what 
Einstein and Bohr did at that famous gathering Bohm loved to talk about.
Stay in separate corners. But they would NEVER agree to meet again. They
have, quite consistently, gone off to start their own groups (I attend
many of these groups, started by these "alpha males") and many are on
each others mailing lists but they never show up at the "other's"
dialogue groups. And, incidentally, my PRAYING
did not work.

In fact, it seems that if the "Alpha males" could get their relationships
figured out
we could combine some of these smaller groups and have getting requisite
numbers for the sustained experiment made easier..

It's expecting a lot though. Seems biologically based. But if it surfaced
as a phenomenon and an issue, that alone would be refreshing, and a
beginning.

pat
From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 23:08:49 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 00:35:29 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
Message-ID: <20061112.172909.2144.19.ae.dropper@juno.com>

Neither would we want to deny Peter a good time nor would we want to deny
peter's importance to this process.

pat


Well, I'll tell you one thing, if Zoe is Peter I'll bet he's having one
hell of a good time knowing how much he is still able to impact this
group and how important we've made him to us in the process.

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at
whatever time,
than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for a
call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not
obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially
considering
William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he
would 
have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster
might
look undesirable. 

What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the
suggestion
of "craziness").

pat


How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling
whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if
you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman
friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone
number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ae.dropper@juno.com 
To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org 
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe


But, alright, 
if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu

William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
actually  misread the purpose?

pat






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From ae.dropper at juno.com  Sun Nov 12 23:28:40 2006
From: ae.dropper at juno.com (ae.dropper@juno.com)
Date: Tue Nov 14 00:35:31 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
Message-ID: <20061112.172909.2144.20.ae.dropper@juno.com>

Well, I'm beginning to feel a little crazy trying to keep up with your 
reasoning!  (k)

I think I am assuming correctly in thinking you are going to be OK, right
K? (pat)

Not to mention, again, the fixation on Peter.  He's becoming a 
folk hero.  (k)

"Fixation" sounds strangely close to don's characterization of
"obsession"
regarding your interest, and info exchange, and comments,
and questions. (pat)

His very absence, plus Zoe's being unsubscribed is what I see 
pushing real dialog into cyberspace and the 21st Century.  How will
history 
look at us?  LOL  (k)

Aren't we GREAT! And getting better exponentially! 
That's the way it happens though, isn't it.      (Pat)
 
Anyway, I understand that Peter is someplace in Europe for an extended
time. 
  Zoe's here.  Don't the emails from Europe have a special designation in

the TO, etc part that tells if you're out of the country?  Don's does. 
It 
says UK.  (k)
 
Without "zoe" here, all we have are these technical indicators,
which require a technician to decipher. With "zoe" here, some of us will
know before long if "zoe" is peter. And all of us will know in maybe 6
months.
And what an interesting 6 months!

Meanwhile, no matter what arises in the content, no one can keep
any of us from looking at the function of thought. And the "heat"
level for quite some time has been at an optimal place.   (pat)

What will we really prove by insisting that Zoe allow herself to be "felt

up" so she can come back?  (k)

K, did Zoe ever mention to you how Kirsten was able
to send that e-mail from Zoe's e-mail address? Did
she mention anything about it at all?

pat
 
 
>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:09:23 -0500
>
>It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at
>whatever time,
>than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for
a
>call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not
>obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
>might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially
>considering
>William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he
>would
>have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster
>might
>look undesirable.
>
>What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the
>suggestion
>of "craziness").
>
>pat
>
>
>How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling
>whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if
>you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman
>friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone
>number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?
>
>Susan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>But, alright,
>if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
>find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
>number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
>actually  misread the purpose?
>
>pat
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From dfactor at dc.rr.com  Sun Nov 12 23:38:29 2006
From: dfactor at dc.rr.com (donald factor)
Date: Tue Nov 14 00:43:12 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <20061112.170145.2144.14.ae.dropper@juno.com>
References: <20061112.170145.2144.14.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <E63C4EB7-E7D5-4D6E-A1E9-6B928F6E883B@dc.rr.com>


On Nov 12, 2006, at 2:01 PM, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:

> I was very excited about a year ago when there were
> two (and coincidentally, even 3) "alpha males" in one of our
> local groups. They both managed to stay to the end. NEVER such
> electricity! It was otherworldly! I PRAYED for a month that
> they would be back at the same time next month.


Isn't this why women so love professional wrestling on TV? If you've
ever watched it you will see right before your eyes the kind of response
you describe here. And it is mostly females.

Maybe its just a bit of genetic history showing through, where the
winner gets to mate with the females egging them on. (notice the  
semantic
appropriateness of that last verb;-)

don


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 23:45:26 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Tue Nov 14 00:50:02 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <E63C4EB7-E7D5-4D6E-A1E9-6B928F6E883B@dc.rr.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F18FA518D327E3509D2E5A4A5F50@phx.gbl>

I sure don't like to watch it - or ballgames, or any of that.  k


>From: donald factor <dfactor@dc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:38:29 -0800
>
>
>On Nov 12, 2006, at 2:01 PM, ae.dropper@juno.com wrote:
>
>>I was very excited about a year ago when there were
>>two (and coincidentally, even 3) "alpha males" in one of our
>>local groups. They both managed to stay to the end. NEVER such
>>electricity! It was otherworldly! I PRAYED for a month that
>>they would be back at the same time next month.
>
>
>Isn't this why women so love professional wrestling on TV? If you've
>ever watched it you will see right before your eyes the kind of response
>you describe here. And it is mostly females.
>
>Maybe its just a bit of genetic history showing through, where the
>winner gets to mate with the females egging them on. (notice the  semantic
>appropriateness of that last verb;-)
>
>don
>
>


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 23:57:35 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Tue Nov 14 01:02:14 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <20061112.172909.2144.20.ae.dropper@juno.com>
Message-ID: <BAY22-F1EA1FA25B7FB87E8AE3C5A5F50@phx.gbl>

K:  What will we really prove by insisting that Zoe allow herself to be 
"felt up" so she can come back
P:  , did Zoe ever mention to you how Kirsten was able to send that e-mail 
from Zoe's e-mail address?
     Did she mention anything about it at all?
K:  I asked my question first!  Why did you evade my question that way?  
I'll answer yours if you'll answer mine.  And you first, because I asked 
first.



>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:28:40 -0500
>
>Well, I'm beginning to feel a little crazy trying to keep up with your
>reasoning!  (k)
>
>I think I am assuming correctly in thinking you are going to be OK, right
>K? (pat)
>
>Not to mention, again, the fixation on Peter.  He's becoming a
>folk hero.  (k)
>
>"Fixation" sounds strangely close to don's characterization of
>"obsession"
>regarding your interest, and info exchange, and comments,
>and questions. (pat)
>
>His very absence, plus Zoe's being unsubscribed is what I see
>pushing real dialog into cyberspace and the 21st Century.  How will
>history
>look at us?  LOL  (k)
>
>Aren't we GREAT! And getting better exponentially!
>That's the way it happens though, isn't it.      (Pat)
>
>Anyway, I understand that Peter is someplace in Europe for an extended
>time.
>   Zoe's here.  Don't the emails from Europe have a special designation in
>
>the TO, etc part that tells if you're out of the country?  Don's does.
>It
>says UK.  (k)
>
>Without "zoe" here, all we have are these technical indicators,
>which require a technician to decipher. With "zoe" here, some of us will
>know before long if "zoe" is peter. And all of us will know in maybe 6
>months.
>And what an interesting 6 months!
>
>Meanwhile, no matter what arises in the content, no one can keep
>any of us from looking at the function of thought. And the "heat"
>level for quite some time has been at an optimal place.   (pat)
>
>What will we really prove by insisting that Zoe allow herself to be "felt
>
>up" so she can come back?  (k)
>
>K, did Zoe ever mention to you how Kirsten was able
>to send that e-mail from Zoe's e-mail address? Did
>she mention anything about it at all?
>
>pat
>
>
> >From: ae.dropper@juno.com
> >Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> >To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> >Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
> >Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:09:23 -0500
> >
> >It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at
> >whatever time,
> >than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for
>a
> >call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not
> >obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
> >might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially
> >considering
> >William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he
> >would
> >have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster
> >might
> >look undesirable.
> >
> >What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the
> >suggestion
> >of "craziness").
> >
> >pat
> >
> >
> >How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling
> >whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if
> >you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman
> >friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone
> >number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?
> >
> >Susan
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: ae.dropper@juno.com
> >To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
> >Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
> >
> >
> >But, alright,
> >if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
> >phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
> >
> >William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
> >find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
> >number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
> >actually  misread the purpose?
> >
> >pat


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From griffyn23 at hotmail.com  Sun Nov 12 23:58:26 2006
From: griffyn23 at hotmail.com (Morgan Jett)
Date: Tue Nov 14 01:03:04 2006
Subject: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
In-Reply-To: <20061112.172909.2144.19.ae.dropper@juno.com>
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We agree on that.  k

>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>Reply-To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:08:49 -0500
>
>Neither would we want to deny Peter a good time nor would we want to deny
>peter's importance to this process.
>
>pat
>
>
>Well, I'll tell you one thing, if Zoe is Peter I'll bet he's having one
>hell of a good time knowing how much he is still able to impact this
>group and how important we've made him to us in the process.
>
>Susan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 2:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>It would be quite different if William called the "zoe" phone number at
>whatever time,
>than if the potential Master Trickster [in William's mind] arranged for a
>call to be made to Don. It could be anyone calling Don. Is that not
>obvious? Also William has met Peter.  Disguise
>might seem more difficult with William than with Don - especially
>considering
>William's skepticism. Also, if William had the "zoe" phone number, he
>would
>have potential access to "back up" information. That, to a trickster
>might
>look undesirable.
>
>What's this about "crazy?"  I notice no "craziness" (not even in the
>suggestion
>of "craziness").
>
>pat
>
>
>How does it defeat the purpose?  Isn't Don just as capable of telling
>whether she's a man or a woman?  And the whole think is really silly if
>you ask me.  If she really is Peter, he could just as easily get a woman
>friend in the US to say she's Zoe even if we request she sends her phone
>number to William.  How crazy are we going to get with this Peter thing?
>
>Susan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: ae.dropper@juno.com
>To: bohm_dialogue@david-bohm.org
>Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:24 PM
>Subject: Re: [Bohm_Dialogue] Zoe, Zoe, Zoe
>
>
>But, alright,
>if that is what you desire, Mister Factor: Send  me your
>phone-number, and I shall take it from there. --- Zoe Chu
>
>William's point in wanting the "zoe" phone number was to
>find out if zoe is peter. Sending Don's phone
>number to "zoe" defeats the purpose. Did "zoe"
>actually  misread the purpose?
>
>pat
>
>
>
>
>
>
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