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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In the light of the last 12 postings, and a few that went
before, allow me to repeat:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>>this Camino list is becoming a shouting ground for
sometimes conflicting opinions about the atrocities on Sep 11. Is
this the best we can do? Is the way(/camino?) Where are we trying to get to? Is
there anything our experience of the Camino can show us?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Is this kind of reactiveness, 'for' or 'against'
helpful.?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What applies to trivial incidents - on a listserv, for example
- may hold good for the enormous event in which we are all plunged, and maybe
the lesson is the same, only this time the world's fate is at risk.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>The choice: an eye for an eye, or turning the other
cheek?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Those who follow Christ have the example of an innocent man
put most cruelly to death - and who chose not to defend himself. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>There is dignity, transformation, growth in absorbing the
cruelty and injustice of others - if we can do it. It takes it out of the loop,
stops the escalation. But can we do it? Some say that is what we are here for,
and doing so empowers the soul.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>A middle way lies in understanding. Ultimately, to understand
is to agree. Sometimes it is too easy and convenient to come to conclusions,
including the ones about Good and Evil.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As for justice, is it possible? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>'Know your enemy' The irony of the present moment is
that we do not. Could it be within?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>And many, looking back in their lives, see that where they
suffered most, they grew most.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>May God Bless us ALL (It probably makes the job easier if
enough of us pray for this!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Love and peace, despite - and because of -
everything Charles
Clasen</FONT></DIV>
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