“The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved”
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
“Our deep desire is to be truly loved for who we are, and we are all searching for a context to make ourselves known.”
C. S. Lewis
“Knowledge should teach us both about the nature of the world around us and about our own minds.”
Matthieu Ricaud
Author, The Quantum and the Lotus
“If you are having difficulty coming of with new ideas, slow down.”
Natalie Goldberg
“…Because remembering where we’ve been is just as important as knowing where we are going…”
Anonymous
Man's ultimate destiny depends not on whether he can learn new lessons or make new discoveries and conquests, but on his acceptance of the lesson taught him close upon 2000 years ago.
As inscribed on a mural at 30 Rockefeller Plaza
DEFINITION OF AIKIDO POLITICS
BY AMORY LOVINS, FOUNDER OF
FOUNDER OF THE, ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE
"Aikido is a non-violent martial art in which you don't oppose an attacker by rigid force, but blend with the attacker's energy, helping deflect it harmlessly and harmoniously past you.
Thus, in Aikido politics you honor other beliefs as you would your own, even if you don't share them.
You remain centered in your values, but not fixed to your position.
You don't fight with an opponent, rather you dance with a partner.
You're committed to the process not outcome, in belief that from a good process will emerge a better outcome than anyone thought in the first place."
We need a values revolution in this culture. We need quality of life to be more important than the bottom line. We need a new definition of the bottom line, a purpose much larger than the self.
Betty Friedan
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