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for "the significant problems. ..." Either ol' Al Einstein, the aphorism king, said this one about thirty different ways, or the saying is twisted even more than most to fit locutional needs (neither of which is necessarily bad). Here are a few versions I've seen: "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it." "The problems of the world will not be solved with the level of thinking that created them." "The problems of the world cannot be solved with mechanisms, but only by changing the hearts and minds of man and speaking courageously." And, "We can't solve the problems of the world from the level of thinking we were at when we created them." Not being wildly anal-retentive, and because these all mean basically the same thing, the differences don't bother me. But I'll tell you what does: a good portion of the Internet sites where I found these were promoting seminars where corporate managers will learn how to better solve problems in their businesses. I doubt that these seminars will ask the managers to question corporate dominance of the world, the profit motive, private property, or human (read Euroamerican male) supremacy. That's a problem.

"It seems to ..." is from Carl Rogers' On Becoming a Person.

Out of Mourning, Play

"The Great Way ..." is from Mitchell's Enlightened Heart.

Trauma and Recovery

"I 'he struggle of. . ." is spoken by one of the characters in Milan Kundera's novel, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.

"It is wrong ..." is from Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.

"For most cultures . . ." and "The universe is . . ." are from my book Listening to the Land.

Connection and Cooperation

"The future of. . ." is from Vine Deloria's God is Red.

"After flogging him ..." is from Tom McHugh's The Time of the Buffalo.

"The buffalo culture . . ." is from Richard Manning's Grassland.

The story about the ancient tree calling the beetles is from Richard

Manning's The Last Stand. "When you make . . ." is from a speech given on August 26, 1995. "Die while you're ..." is from Mitchell's Enlightened Heart. "Do you have . . ." is from Stephen Mitchell's translation.

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