Dear Sharon,

Thank you for continuing to uphold the feminine model. I'm still waiting to see if it will actually show up here, and hoping it will.

It is sad, and somewhat ironic, that someone would compare "speaking up" for the feminine and the inclusion of ALL voices, to "feeding the evil wolf." Personally, I think these comments show women are paying attention, and care about fairness and truth.

There's a quote that says "The best way to predict the future is to create it." Only if we take the current situation (not some "future one"), and be willing to discuss it, learn from it, and turn it into a positive new direction, will we EVER break the cycle and create the future we seek.

I agree with Kathie M -- I hope we will see some breakthrough actions (and attitudes) soon.

Leslie Levine
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(PS Dear Bruce -- with all respect, please do not feel you must rebut or "explain" your position on the wolf story. I understand your intention and point of view, and that's fine. I'm not writing to argue or engage. My comments are directed to Sharon and others, not toward you specifically. Thanks. )

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--- On Mon, Oct 20, 2008, in msg265383, Sharon Mijares wrote ---

I was familiar with the NA story of the two wolves. It reminded me if of other choices, particularly some of the plot in the movie Sieriana. The story revealed much of the quest for oil and riches behind the big oil companies and our government. There were two brothers, princes in a rich Middle Eastern nation.

The one brother was fairly self-centered and the other one was open to new ideas. He held his meetings in a circle, he talked about elevating the position of women as equals.

The sad thing was that the players behind the scenes chose to have the open-minded brother killed as they wanted to other one in power as he could be manipulated.

At the end of the movie there was a scene with all the big oil guys, etc., hosting the ME prince ignoring the loss of the other one (perhaps not even aware of what had happened).

Like the metaphor of the two wolves this also has meaning. It's amazing how people will ignore history. My last book was co-authored with an Egyptian Muslim Sufi woman (anthropologist) and an Israeli Jewish woman. We talked about this theme of ignoring history and how much we need to learn from our mistakes of the past.

Most of all we need to understand and discuss what are the true features of the feminine? How do women resolve issues?

Wishing you all well and looking forward to ongoing discussions.

Warmly, Sharon

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