" ...Getting along does not mean harmony, after all, but rather a hreat cooperative struggle to resolve our differences with a minimum of harmful strife. Getting along is not the absence of conflict, but the strenous processing of conflict
Our present conflict based society didn't develop out of nothing. There are reasons for it to be. It is important for us to know where it comes from in order for us to change it and to oppose the view - so much accepted now - that violence
In Aikido we are attacked by another aikidoka who gives us his energy in order for us to learn all the myriads of techniques at our disposition in this art. He or she also gives us his/her body to apply them. At this moment we are the receivers of th
"A certain amount of opposition is a great help for man. Kites rise against, not with the wind."- Lewis Mumford Interesting, isn't it?. Is it somewhat related to Aikido?. With life?. Yes, and a great deal as we shall co
" ... in conflict resolution the biggest battle is our internal struggle. How we see the other, the reputation he or she may have, or the tendency to polarize into right versus wrong are all problematic for a successful resolution. "
Rando
What is this?. Does it means living dangerously?. In a way it is. And is not that I'll jump with a parachite from an airplane. The edge is a borderline...you may see it as living between what is and what it could be. Another way of expressing it is l