[Oe List ...] [Dialogue] Legacy

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Ones,

I love this conversation!  As I think over the pieces that make a tapestry
of our notions, memories and insights, I have an additional offering.  I
think we construct, tell, share, experience and become the story; out of the
story, we create the symbols and songs that remind us of what we are about,
who we are, and where we are going.  AND, I am looking forward to other
pieces of the tapestry.

With love and gratitude,

Nancy





2010/12/20 Susan Fertig <susan at gmdtech.com>

> Interesting—for me it was always about song, which incorporated both symbol
> and story in a way, but which had the ability to stir up passion and
> commitment.
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> *Susan*
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> Behalf Of *R Williams
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> I find Nancy's (and Fred's) first point very interesting because I remember
> distinctly that we used to say that "symbol" is key, the fifth principle of
> social development.  However, I now agree with Nancy that today "story" is
> key, and I think a very good case can be made for that proposition.  In a
> word, symbol is meaningless, and potentially harmful, if the story it seeks
> to symbolize is dehumanizing, reductionist, reactionary, etc.  What
> is taking us into the future is a new story that is now emerging which we,
> of course, will have to find a way to symbolize.
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> An interesting add-on to this legacy exercise could be for us to talk about
> how our insights have modified and our minds have changed over the last
> 40-50 years.  The shift  from the primacy of symbol to the primacy of story,
> if that indeed has occurred, may be one of those changes.
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> Randy
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> --- On *Mon, 12/20/10, Nancy Lanphear <nancy at songaia.com>* wrote:
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> From: Nancy Lanphear <nancy at songaia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Legacy
> To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe at wedgeblade.net>
> Cc: "Colleague Dialogue" <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> Date: Monday, December 20, 2010, 8:59 AM
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> Dear Friends,
>
> I, too, have 2 more pieces of our Order legacy that cannot be left off of
> my list.  Someone else has mentioned them but ....
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> 1) Story is Key - this is one that kept Fred's mind sharp and happy as he
> moved toward his death.  The universe story captured his imagination and his
> heart.  Of course, in the midst of the big picture (Fred always had that)
> there were the smaller stories like:   life stories, stories of being of
> service, funny stories, etc. Beckoning others to tell their stories was one
> of the best parts of his day.
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> 2) 2 suitcases - I do not know this image came from but it did help to
> order our lives - what did you carry in your 2 suitcases?  I remember
> telling the story and it went like this  .... "we carried two suitcase and
> one was full of decor and notes".  I think the other must have been
> clothes.
>
> Nancy
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> 2010/12/12 Bill Bailey <bailey03132 at charter.net<http://us.mc593.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bailey03132@charter.net>
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> I would like to add to the list of our legacy, the understanding that we
> were living in the "no longer and not yet" building (with
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> many other voices and people of action) a bridge to a new spirituality.
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> Bill Bailey
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