On Religious Conflicts

I'll draw your attention to two intersecting Points:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3945550M/Religion_as_entertainment
and also
http://www.4shared.com/office/mi0A53Qd/Taste_the_secret_meaning_of_th.html

Thesis:
It is my considered opinion that we have been having, essentially:
Th wrong conversations on the topic of 'religion'.


For a number of years I have used the following definitions
1) Spirituality: the methodologies we use to explore and integrate the experience of the Numinous
2) Religion: the methodologies we use to Teach our Children our understandings of our experiences of 1) spirituality
3) Philosophy: the methodologies and motivations put into pragmatic use to interact with our Fellow Human Beings, as informed by 2) religion and 1) spirituality

Put in Those Terms? By These definitions?
All 'religious' disagreement comes down to a philosophical discussion.
But a philosophical discussion of a particular Kind: 

Although we can have the philosophical discussion formed and informed with logic,
or rhetoric, or even semantics & linguistics, 

these are not the central disagreement.

The Central Discussion is,
In Point of Fact:
a Question of Aesthetics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics

SEE (comments attached to):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3562811246098&set=p.3562811246098&type=1&theater

Engineering= The Gentle Art of Problem Solving w/ Limited Resources' 

-As an 'artsy' kinda guy, I didn't really understand 'Engineers',

until I came to this understanding..."Architects", Yes. Engineers, no.

Fortunately.....I do, Now: 'Understand'. I 'get' It.

Politics= 'The Gentle Art of Compromise'  Given That definition:We don't actually have many Politicians, do we?
 Lotsa Comedians and Pied Pipers playing to their Fan Base, 
but.... Politicians....?...not so much...

Politician= "The Artist of Social and Materials Engineering " and 

Religion= "The Gentle Art of Teaching our Children How We Found Meaning" 

Not much Religion in this ol' world, by that definiton, huh?

More on this Topic as I receive either Insight or Feedback.

Mat'YaHu-

The Words you have left as a Record
give Hints, ReMeZ, as to Weighty decision;
but only hints: What is it, -exactly-
that made a difference?

Bureaucracy?
Feelings of Inadequacy?
Boredom? Lonliness?
... frustration that things were not as you had hoped?

I ask because, although I am aware
Need,
the Need is Heavy on my Heart.
{Not that it is a responsibility of yours: my Heart}.

What We have Accomplished will echo
through Generations;
each Thread of significant Difference
a contrasting Colour on the Loom of Fates.

Consider Writing your Experiences as a Book.
You should develop skill with Words
for such a Book to have Import, Then:
Write the Experiences whilst Fresh in Mind.

Some will Fade, opportunity Lost.
Some will Grow in Import, and Details will Matter.
Each memory a seed of Change,
to be Planted in the Minds of Others,

Even if simply on a Blog

ישוע >>>>---->

• Semiotics
• Memory and Mind
• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Poetry
• Music
• Dance
• History
• Science
• Logic
• Grammar
• Rhetoric
• Museums
• Lex Rex

Framing the Parameters by Resolving Definition

Engineering= The Gentle Art of Problem Solving w/ Limited Resources'

-As an 'artsy' kinda guy, I didn't really understand 'Engineers',

until I came to this understanding..."Architects", Yes. Engineers, no.

Fortunately.....I do, Now: 'Understand'. I 'get' It.

Politics= 'The Gentle Art of Compromise' Given That definition:We don't actually have many Politicians, do we? Lotsa Comedians & Pied Pipers playing to their Fan Base, but.... Politicians....?...not so much...
Politician= "The Artist of Social & Materials Engineering and

Religion= "The Gentle Art of Teaching our Children How We Found Meaning" Not much Religion in this ol' world, by that definiton, huh?

Rules of Conflict : Management and Resolution

I thought I might take a moment to reflect on

my own personal set of

Normative Guidelines Regarding Conflict

to establish a BaseLine for Future Posts

1) Conflict is part of the Natural Order of Things
~

~ A) Adversary is Not Necessarily Enemy

~ B) All Conflicts are Not equally Threatening

~ C) All Conflicts are Not equally Serious

~ D) Pick Your Battles Carefully

--- 1] When it is a Matter of Life and Death

~~~~ a) You Have the Right To Live

-- 2] When it is a Question of Serious Priority

~~~ a) Remember: Not all Principle is Serious Priority
`````````` 1} You have the Right to your Priorities

-- 3] When it is a Question of Principle

~~~ a) Principles are Not a Matter of Life and Death (not even the ones you are Reading Now)
`````````` 1} You have the Right to your Principles

~ E) Don't Enter Conflict if You don't Have To

-- 1] You do No One a Favour by letting a Conflict go Unresolved

~~~ a) Your Adversary Also has the Right to have Life, Priorities, and Principles

~ F) Pyrrhic Victories are still Losses

2) Loss is Not Necessarily Defeat

~ A) There is Nothing Wrong with Winning,

--- 1 provided What you are Winning is a Contest

`````````` a] Not All Conflicts are Contests

3) The Purpose of Conflict is Synthesis~  

~ A) (Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis)

~ B) The Best Victory is one in which Nobody Loses

--- 1] What is the Best Possible Result?

`````````` a) For You?
`````````` b) For your Opponent?
``````````c) For Both of You: with your Goals Combined?

~ C) Use the Minimum Force necessary to restore a Balance

--- 1] Be the Water, not the Rock

4) In any Conflict, you must Estimate:

~ A) Time

~ B) Place

~ C) Pertinence

~ D) Available Resources

--- 1] Physical & Material

--- 2] Emotional

--- 3] Mental

``````````a) Priority

--- 4] Numinous

``````````a ) Principle

5) Unfair Fighting causes your Opponent to Fight Harder

~ A) Generalizations, Exaggerations, and False Projections are Not Helpful

--- 1] they make it easy for both you and your Adversary to lose sight of the Conflict's Goal

~ B) All Enemies are Bad Enemies

~ C) The Overcommitted Adversary is the Easiest to Defeat

--- 1] Never Fight Anyone who has Nothing to Lose

6) There Exist Six Basic Conflict Options

~ A) Doing Nothing

~ A) Doing Nothing

~ B) Fighting Back

--- 1] Immobilize

--- 2] Control

--- 3] Restore Harmony (Balance, Equilibrium)

~ C) Deception

~ D) Withdrawal

~ E) Parley

~ F) AiKi

--- 1) Accept

--- 2] Harmonize

  --- 3] Redirect

--- 4]  Lead

7) The Goal of Conflict is Harmony, Stability, ---and/or    ~~~~~> Transcendence

~ A) Focus On the Goal 

--- 1] not the Conflict

--- 2] not  your Adversary)

Feel Free to Critique, Dissect, Addend, or even Ridicule,
as you see fit:

I fully expect these Concepts to evolve Further over Time,

especially through Your Feedback.

-Primary References- AiKiDo {and the Dynamic Sphere} (1970) - A. Westbrook & O. Ratti
AiKiDo {in everyday life} (1978) - Terry Dobson & Victor Miller

-Secondary References- The Spiritual Foundations of AiKiDo (1995) --William Gleason
Tai Chi for Beginers (1996) --Claire Hooton
The Secrets of AiKiDo (1997) --John Stevens

-Tertiary References- TaoTeChing (300? B.C.E.) ---LaoTzu (attributed)
Tea Life, Tea Mind (1979) ---Soshitsu Sen XV
Bushido: the Warrior’s Code (1979) --- Inazo Nitobe
Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan (1982) ---Yang Jwing-Ming
Warrior Koans: Early Zen in Japan (1985) ---Trevor Legget
Iron Shirt Chi Kung I&II (1986) ---Mantak Chia
Fusion of the Five Elements {Taoist Inner Alchemy series} (1989) ---Mantak & Maneewan Chia
WaBi-SaBi for artists, designers, poets & philosophers (1994) ---Leonard Koren
Wisdom of Tai Chi : Ancient Secrets to Health & Harmony (1998) ---Dr. Peter Fenton PhD

( My Thanks to Bill Armintrout and the Virtual Community of ‘The Blue Fezz’ 

http://thebluefez.com/

Where The ‘rough draft’ of this was first written and discussed,

and especially to ‘JJ’ (who Really Took the Time to Think About It)

{ The Basic Concepts are

Liberally Adapted from “AiKiDo in Everyday Life” 

(1978 -Terry Dobson & Victor Miller }