New Beyond War historic videos
+ imperative to
include everyone -- no exceptions
Monday, 08 February 2010
Aesop's fable
"Androcles and the Lion" tells the story of
Androcles, who
removed a thorn from
a lions paw, and was subsequently rescued by the very same lion.
Kindness --
curing, not killing -- can sometimes turn a dangerous enemy into a great
friend.
Hugh Mann,
MD
Eagle Rock,
Missouri, USA
GREAT EXAMPLES
in video
For teachers and students
of:
Communication Technology
Cross-cultural Dialogue
Cultures of the World
Diplomacy
Ethnic Studies
Filmmaking
History
International Relations
Peace Studies
Television Production
New at http://traubman.igc.org/bwaward.htm
are historic, inspiring videos -- eight years of the Beyond War Award
(1983-1990) ceremonies honoring great examples of individuals, groups, and
nations as humankind moves to build a world beyond war.
They include pioneer broadcasting using TV satellite
"spacebridges."
VIEW the 1989 Awards honoring Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam in
the Holy Land, and Koinonia Southern Africa -- two
early citizen-models for today's 17-year-old Jewish-Palestinian Living Room
Dialogue in California.
EVERYONE IS NEEDED
for Situation Awareness
The Beyond War Award honorees are "great examples" of
inclusiveness -- people and groups who succeeded by including and listening
to others for the common good.
Failure -- as in the Middle East -- is predictable
when anyone is excluded, not brought to the table, not listened-to for needed
situational awareness.
Why?
Situation Awareness (SA) -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situational_awareness
-- is the perception and understanding of all environmental influences
that will influence events in the near and distant future.
Complete SA can maximize success, and its lack can
lead to catastrophe.
SA requires total presence to be be aware of what is happening all around, to understand how
information, events, and one's own actions will impact desired outcomes.
Incomplete SA has been identified as one of the
primary factors of tragic outcomes attributed to human error, especially in
aviation, medical practice, and other human activities requiring coordination
and cooperation.
Having complete, accurate and up-to-the-minute SA is
the foundation for successful decision-making for desired social, political,
and technological outcomes.
SA insists on considering all relevant information
resources, personal narratives, and human and technical experiences.
In the Middle East or any relationship, success
demands that no one be excluded -- everyone be at the table, heard, with
listening-to-learn. . .no exceptions.
If anyone is excluded, failure is likely.
MORE SOCIAL SCIENCE tells us how engaging,
understanding, and empathizing, and acts of goodwill help the "other"
feel safe and evoke more desirable social behavior.
NEUROCEPTION:A
Subconscious System for Detecting Threats and Safety
by Stephen W. Porges
University of Illinois at
Chicago -- May 2004
http://www.lifespanlearn.org/documents/Porges-Neuroception.pdf
Excluded, threatened, or attacked, our primitive, defensive behaviors and neuro-physiologic mechanisms reflexively organize us to
mobilize or immobilize -- fight, flee, or freeze -- before we are consciously
aware of what is happening.
When fearful, we attack, build physical and
psychological walls, and find "reasons" not to engage -- all
primitive.
In contrast, defense mechanisms are dis-enabled when neuroception
tells us that an environment is safe and the people are trustworthy.
"Social Engagement: The Preamble to a Social
Bond" is the next chapter.
To develop a social bond, it is not enough to
inhibit defense systems.
People must also be physically close to each other.
TWO EXAMPLES
in the Holy Land
The Institute for Circlework supports the use
of Circlework as a tool for fostering inner and outer
peace including among Israeli and Palestinian women.
Circlework creates a field
of love powerful enough to heal individuals and communities, awaken us to our
oneness, and help us become embodiments and agents of peace
The
Institute for Circlework
Using Circles to
Heal Ourselves and Our World
Community. Compassion.
Communion. Communication.
Voices of Eden -- http://www.voicesofeden
-- began as an informal healing music project in an Israeli neonatal intensive
care unit during the beginning of the second Intifada in 2000.
It has evolved into a healing music endeavor providing
alternative means of communication that effectively bring together a culturally
diverse population and enable cross-cultural encounters in an intensive care
setting.
The healing music project has brought together Jews,
Christians and Muslims in a rebirth of the ancient healing arts common to both
cultures -- one way in which harmony can grow.
To learn more, communicate with Eliana
Gilad ( MusicPeace@013net.net ).
Israeli
and Palestinian mothers birth a new
generation
of peace with healing lullaby music
by Eliana
Gilad
Common Ground News --
28 January 2010
http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=27171&lan=en&sid=0&sp=0&isNew=1
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These and hundreds of other success stories are preserved at http://traubman.igc.org/messages.htm