as for political comment

here is one view of the problem:

” One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all.

“One is Evil – It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

“The other is Good – It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Thanks for sharing

Nick

Palden Jenkins: If the material is for Murad’s website only, yes, you can use material from here. Please just give due/clear attribution of me as photographer, or quote me if you’re using text, with a link to this page as its source. Thank you for helping Murad with this. If you will be resizing images, please get in touch with me with the dimensions you need them at, and I’ll optimise them for you and send through (if you resize these they’ll be less than ideal, as I’ve optimised them for this size, and compressed them to within an inch of their life).

David Hicks: You write: “I would love to comment- as a participant just home in Australia from Marda – but I note the clear injunction to keep ‘it’ apolitical: as though the Occupation is of no significance in Palestine & Marda exists in a neutral context….. O.K!”

Firstly, please note, I am editor as well as author of this post. Secondly, please re-read my caution at top. Nowhere is there an instruction to keep it apolitical. The instruction is purely for those tempted to comment in a way that is “non-productive, antagonistic”, that they should instead keep them “civil, well-intentioned and constructive”. I trust you can see the difference.

If you find it impossible to comment in a way that is constructive and civil, and that will work to find a solution to the very long-running problem, and can only sink to hostility and negativity (which will only make it worse), then of course it is better not to comment on the political aspects and perhaps focus your comments on the course or Marda Farm instead.

Also please be sensitive to the fact that we want to see Marda grow, rather than get stamped out. And people like myself want to be able to go there, freely, to help – with my camera gear intact. Antagonistic comments help nobody, and can in fact do quite the opposite by making it impossible for us to assist what is excellent root-cause work with a major potential to inspire peace as people concentrate on permaculture-based cooperation and land stewardship instead of resource grabs, competition and extraction.

I recognise it’s difficult not to get emotionally entangled – but we need to think with our hearts and our heads.

ingredient in our health

love it

Neri

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