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segunda-feira, 20 de setembro de 2010

Tom Crum

International Aiki Peace Week

Day One - September 20th

Message from Tom Crum

Shortly after September 11, 2001, I wrote about what we, as aikidoka, can bring to the world conflict resolution stage. The thoughts are as relevant now, 9 years later, as they were after that fateful day. In honor of International Aiki Peace Week, I offer these thoughts:

Only when we are centered will we be guided to the most effective actions without injuring or implicating the innocent.

We can breathe deeply and bring our awareness to center, to gain the courage and ability to let go of judgment, prejudice, and righteousness.

We can walk a new path to lead humanity to higher ground. Criminals and terrorists are grown in a soil created by revenge, fear and separation. We can plant our feet in soil based on tough love and centered connection.

We can make it our mission to listen actively to each other, to lend our prayers and our helping hands to others, and to seek and appreciate the gift of being together.

We can be centered in the possibility of ending the cycle of violence forever. In our own actions and conversations we can help others be aware that force follows force blindly, causing a never-ending cycle of suffering and revenge throughout the ages.

Our greatest contribution toward humanity lies ahead of us. May we get centered and embrace it.

Tom Crum Sensei of Colorado, author of The Magic of Conflict, The New Conflict Cookbook, Three Deep Breaths, and Journey to Center (amazon link), a leader of personal and business workshops and pioneer in the sort of work that Aiki Extensions exists to promote.

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