Helix Nebula, "Das Auge Gottes",
Fotokollage aufgenommen von der Erde /
aus dem Weltraum durch das Hubble Teleskop (2004)
Dank an: NASA, ESA, and C.R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)

Die Konfliktforschung berichtet, dass das Personalpronomen "Du" der konfliktbeladenste Begriff ist.

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Von der Mentalität des Kriegsraums zur Mentalität des Friedensraums

Sowjetisch-US-Amerikanische Friedensdialoge
Vision von Ramah Vernon während der letzten Phase des Kalten Krieges 1988

Oberster General des sowjetischen Militärs in Begleitung von 16 Militärangehörigen	Dr. Victor Vernon Woolf Holodynamics begleitet von Barbara Marx Hubbard und zwei Pastoren
Die lineare Kriegsmentalität hat keine Lösungen zu bieten.	Die nichtlineare Friedensmentalität bietet Lösungswege für sich entfaltendes Potential.
*Krieg ist unvermeidlich!* [schreiend, mit der Faust pochend – russisch sprechend, übersetzt ins Englische]	Krieg ist nicht unvermeidlich! Unvermeidlich ist, Herr, dass sich das Potential des Lebens entfalten wird. Und Ihre moralische und ethische Verantwortung, Herr, ist, sich selbst, Ihren Kameraden, Ihren Familien, Ihrem Land, Ihrem ganzen Land zu helfen, Teil der Familie der Nationen zu werden, die mithelfen, dass sich dieses Potential entfaltet, Herr! [Umschaltung auf den russischen Modus – lauter schreiend, fester mit den Fäusten pochend]
Der russische General schaut Woolf verwundert an. _____________________________________________ Er bricht in Gelächter aus. [Der Bann der Kriegsmentalität ist gebrochen.]	Woolf schaute den General an, lächelte und zwinkerte mit den Augen.
*Ach ja. Doch wie entfaltet man dieses Potential?* [Englisch sprechend]	*Nun können wir uns über diese Dinge unterhalten.* [erfreut]
*Russland braucht unbedingt und vordringlich die Integration des ganzen dynamischen Wissens.* 1990-91 wurde der Sowjet-Kommunismus friedlich aufgegeben.	Woolf wurde eingeladen, mit 14 sowjetischen Akademien zu arbeiten, die nach der stillen Auflösung des Kommunismus während der Übergangsperiode Russlands in den 90-iger Jahren von den Ministerien eingerichtet wurden. Er unterstützte sie neun Jahre lang und trainierte mehrere hundert Holodynamics Lehrer in Russland.

Woolf und General wurden gute Freunde und blieben es bis zum heutigen Tag.

Quellen (engl.):
- Artikel über The Leadership Dilemma [Das Führungsdilemma], The International Academy of Natural Science
- Videointerview mit Dr. Vernon Woolf, US-amerikanischer Erfinder der Holodynamics-Methode, Holodynamics,
präsentiert von Conscious Media Network, Gastgeberin Regina Meredith, Minuten 22:45-24:35-30:11, 54:16 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt Dezember 2005
- Audiointerview mit Dr. Vernon Woolf, US-amerikanischer Erfinder der Holodynamics-Methode, Create Your Life by Design, präsentiert vom Webradiosender Co-Creator Radio Network, Gastgeber Robert Pease, MP3, 60 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 18. November 2009
- Sammlung von Audio- und Videomedien

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Professor Friedrich Glasl, österreichischer Ökonom – Konflikteskalation

Die neun Stufen der Konflikteskalation nach Friedrich Glas – Rosenkrieg

Ebene	Konfliktstufe	Beschreibung
1. Win-Win	Stufe 1 Moderation	Verhärtung Spannungen, Aufeinanderprallen von Meinungen
1. Win-Win	Stufe 2 Moderation	Polarisation und Debatte Konfliktpartner überlegen argumentative Strategien; Streit; Druck
1. Win-Win	Stufe 3 Moderation	Taten statt Worte Druck nimmt zu; Gesprächsabbruch; Stillstand der Kommunikation, Konfliktverschärfung
2. Win-Lose	Stufe 4 Sozio-therapeutische Prozessbegleitung	Sorge um Image – Koalitionen Sympathisantensuche; Denunziation des Anderen; Sachebene verlagert sich auf Personenebene
2. Win-Lose	Stufe 5 Sozio-therapeutische Prozessbegleitung Vermittlung / Mediation	Gesichtsverlust Identitätsvernichtung, Verlust des Gesichts und der moralischen Glaubwürdigkeit des Gegners; vollständiger Vertrauensverlust
2. Win-Lose	Stufe 6 Sozio-therapeutische Prozessbegleitung Vermittlung / Mediation Schiedsverfahren / Gerichtliches Verfahren	Drohstrategien Kontrolle durch Drohungen der Konfliktparteien
3. Lose-Lose	Stufe 7 Vermittlung / Mediation Schiedsverfahren / Gerichtliches Verfahren Machteingriff	Begrenzte Vernichtungsschläge Massive Schädigung des entmenschlicht wahrgenommenen Gegners; Hinnahme eines begrenzten eigenen Schadens
3. Lose-Lose	Stufe 8 Schiedsverfahren / Gerichtliches Verfahren Machteingriff	Zersplitterung Zerstörung des Gegners durch Vernichtungsaktionen
3. Lose-Lose	Stufe 9 Machteingriff	Gemeinsam in den Abgrund Die eigene Vernichtung wird in Kauf genommen, um den Gegner zu beseitigen.

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Konfliktlösung – Mut

DAS ENDE DES KRIEGS

"Meine Augen brannten und während ich rannte und ein Polizist hinter mir herlief, hörte ich dieses laute, scharfe Geräusch. Sie feuerten in die Menge. Ich dachte, ich müsse sterben. Plötzlich wurde ich sehr ruhig. Ich wollte nicht mehr weglaufen, also wurde ich langsamer. Und der Polizist rannte an mir vorbei und verfolgte jemand anderen. Wenn ich sterben sollte, dann würde ich es mit Würde tun, bewusst und so begann ich sehr langsam die Straße wieder hinaufzugehen, den Schüssen entgegen. Alle anderen liefen weg. Um mich herum gab es nur Panik und Bewegung, aber ich war die Ruhe im Zentrum.
Ich ging geradewegs auf einen der Soldaten zu, die auf uns feuerten und sah ihn nur an, sah in seine Augen.
Ich wollte sehen, wer es war, der mich töten würde."

Maya sah sich im Kreis um. Aber keiner rührte sich.
"Er war jung und ungefähr in meinem Alter.
Seine Augen waren braun, wie meine, und ich sah, dass er Angst hatte, so wie ich auch Angst hatte.
Wir waren beide gleich. Plötzlich wusste ich das, und er wusste es auch.
Ich konnte es in seinem Gesicht erkennen. Seine Hände zitterten und er nahm das Gewehr herunter.
Da wusste ich, was wirklich einen Krieg beenden würde."

Starhawk, US-amerikanische feministische Autorin, Das fünfte Geheimnis, 1993

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Konfliktstrategien anhand des Gefangenendilemmas – Robert Axelrod

Jesus: Siehe, ich sende euch wie Schafe mitten unter die Wölfe; darum seid klug wie die Schlangen und ohne Falsch wie die Tauben.
Matthäus 10, 16 (NT)

Robert Axelrod, US-amerikanischer Professor für Politkwissenschaft und Öffentliche Ordnung, hat als Berater und Lehrer den Vereinten Nationen, der Weltbank und dem U.S.-Verteidigungsministerium gedient. 1987 erschien sein Buch Die Evolution der Kooperation, Oldenbourg, München. 1997 hat er das Buch The Complexity of Cooperation. Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration veröffentlicht.

Anhand eines Computerspiels mit der Bezeichnung Gefangenendilemma hat Axelrod eindeutig mehrere aktive Prinzipien des Wettbewerbs und der Zusammenarbeit nachgewiesen.
Er und seiner Forscherkollegen stellten fest, dass die dienlichste Spielstrategie "Retourkutschen mit Vergebung" ist. Es ist die Kreuzung der Verhaltensmaßgaben "Auge um Auge" und "die andere Wange hinhalten". Andere zu verraten und sich hinterlistig zu verhalten, hat langfristig nie zum Sieg im Spiel verholfen. Das Prinzip, den widerspenstigen Hund unverzüglich zu züchtigen, wurde von Axelrod bestätigt.

	Dienlicher Umgang mit Konflikten mit vielen unbekannten Elementen Axelrod fand in Bezug auf das Gefangenendilemma, dass sich erfolgreiche "Gefangene", die sich vor dem Dilemma sehen, ihren Gegner "zu verraten oder mit ihm zu kooperieren", entscheiden sich zum Wohl aller Beteiligten, sich freundlich zu verhalten, Angreifer sofort (kurz) zurechtzuweisen, ihnen zu vergeben und andere nicht zu beneiden.
Stufe	Günstige Strategie	Beschreibung	Biblisches Motto
1.	WICHTIGSTE EMPFEHLUNG Sei freundlich.	Verrate (hintergehe) nicht, ehe deine Mitspieler/Gegner es tun. Hüte dich vor Präventivschlägen!	Seid friedsam wie die Tauben. Matthäus 10, 16
2.	Vergelte Schläge bei Bedarf so früh und so prägnant wie möglich.	Es nicht dienlich, mit "fiesen" Mitspielern/Gegnern, die wiederholt skrupellos ausbeuten, zu kooperieren.	Seid klug wie die Schlangen. Matthäus 10, 16
3.	Vergib deinen Mitspielern/Gegnern,	sobald sie ihr negatives Verhalten einstellen. Das erspart allen Beteiligten lang anhaltende Phasen der Rache und Gegenrache.	Vergebe nicht siebenmal, sondern siebzigmal siebenmal. Matthäus 18, 21
4.	Sei nicht erfolgshungrig, habgierig oder neidisch auf andere.	Strebe nicht danach, deine Mitspieler/Gegner zu übertrumpfen, mehr Punkte als sie zu machen.	Durch ihre Gier werden die Treulosen gefangen. Sprüche 11, 6

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Liste von Merkmalen resilienter Kinder

Höherer Anteil von Mädchen
Höherer Anteil von intelligenten Kindern
Interesse an Menschen, Sachen, Literatur und Ideen
Überleister
Fähig zur Impulskontrolle (diszipliniertes Verhalten)
Bereit für Belohnungsaufschub
Interne Kontrollüberzeugung
Erfüllen Erwartungen der Erwachsenen
Sozial zugewandt
Reaktionsbereitschaft bei Aufmerksamkeit
Einfühlsam
Drücken ihre Gefühle aus
Bitten um Hilfe
Geben Schwächen zu
Sozial angepasst
Gering ausgeprägte Aggressivität
Realistische Selbsteinschätzung
Realistische Zukunftsvorstellung
Quelle: Orientiert an Wikipedia Bewältigungsstrategien

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Das Harvard-Konzept

Das Harvard-Konzept ist eine Verhandlungsmethode, die den größtmöglichen beidseitigen Nutzen anstrebt. Neben der sachlichen Übereinkunft soll die persönliche Beziehung gewahrt bleiben. Es wird darauf geachtet, zwischen zwei Ebenen der Kommunikation unterschieden:

Sachinhalt (Sachliche Ebene – dem Thema der anzustrebenden Übereinkunft) und
Verhandlungsführung (der Meta-Ebene). Auf beiden Ebenen dreht es sich um vier wesentliche Verhandlungs-Kriterien:
1. Menschen und ihre Interessen (Sachliche Anliegen / Bedürfnisse) voneinander unterscheiden
2. Sich auf die Interessen der Beteiligten, nicht auf ihre Positionen konzentrieren
3. Entscheidungsoptionen (Auswahlmöglichkeiten) entwickeln
4. Objektive Beurteilungskriterien (gesetzliche Regelungen, ethische Normen usw.) beachten

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Zitate zum Thema Konflikt / Conflict

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Bibelzitate – Konflikt

1. Mose 33, 4 (Genesis) (AT)
Sprüche 8, 33; 9, 9; 12, 1, 13, 12; 15, 1; 15, 32; 16, 24; 17, 14; 19, 20; 20, 3; 26, 20; 29, 22, 30, 22 (AT)
Prediger Salomo, Kohelet 8, 5 (AT)
Psalm 6, 1 (AT)

Römer 8, 28 (NT)
Matthäus 5, 22, 23-24; 6, 14-15; 18, 15-16 (NT)
Markus 11, 25-26 (NT)
Lukas 15, 18-24; 17, 3-4 (NT)
Epheser 4, 26-28; 4, 32 (NT)
1. Korinther 13, 4-5 (NT)

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Zitate allgemein

Liebt eure Feinde und tut denen Gutes, die euch hassen.
Jesus, laut Lukas 6, 27 (NT)

Der Ursprung aller Konflikte zwischen mir und meinen Mitmenschen ist, dass ich nicht sage, was ich meine, und dass ich nicht tue, was ich sage. Martin Buber [BW 530] (1878-1965) österreichisch-jüdischer Religionsphilosoph

Das Maß für den geistigen Standort eines Menschen ist das Ausmaß, in dem er sich im Widerstreit mit der Welt befindet. Dr. Stylianos Atteshlis [Daskalos] (1912–1995) zypriotischer christlicher Mystiker, Heiler von Strovolos

Kein Mensch kann die Konflikte seines Lebens lösen, solange die Angst vor Strafe sein Ich, seinen Entscheidungsspielraum, seine Freiheit besetzt hält. Eugen Drewermann (*1940) deutscher katholischer Theologe, suspendierter Priester, Psychoanalytiker, Schriftsteller, Redner, Jesus von Nazareth. Befreiung zum Frieden, Band 2, S. 296, Walter Verlag, Zürich, Düsseldorf, 1997

Wir hassen in anderen, seien es Einzelpersonen oder Völker, nur das, was wir in uns selbst nicht annehmen können. […] Wir benötigen unsere Feinde zur eigenen Vervollständigung. […]
Je weniger wir uns bedroht fühlen, um so eher betrachten wir unsere ehemaligen "Feinde" als "Gegner." Mit den ersten Anzeichen positiver gegenseitiger Wertschätzung werden "Gegner" zu "Rivalen", indem jeder den anderen als heimlichen Lehrer anerkennt. Wenn "Rivalen" schließlich ihre wechselseitige Abhängigkeit bestätigen, würdigen sie sich als "Partner." […]
Wir werden über den weltweiten Bürgerkrieg hinauswachsen müssen, nicht indem wir uns angesichts eines neuen Feindes mit unseren ehemaligen Feinden verbünden, sondern indem wir uns ausgiebig über unsere Gegner erkundigen, um deren Verschiedenheit, die uns bei unseren ersten hautnahen Begegnungen so verängstigt und verärgert hat, mit Nachsicht zu begegnen. Robert W. Fuller, Ph.D. (*1936) US-amerikanischer Professor in Physik, Rankismus- und Würdeforscher, Autor, Referent, A Better Game Than War. Understanding the origin of our "fear of the other" may lead us to the elimination of war, Magazine In Context, The Foundations Of Peace (IC#4), David Hoffman, S. 18, Herbst 1983

Das große Karthago führte drei Kriege.
1. Es war noch mächtiger nach dem ersten,
2. noch bewohnbar nach dem zweiten.
3. Es war nicht mehr auffindbar nach dem dritten.

Bertholt Brecht (1898-1956) einflussreicher deutscher Bühnenschriftsteller, Lyriker, Dramatiker, Theaterdirektor, Offener Brief an die deutschen Künstler und Schriftsteller, 26. September 1951, in: Schriften zur Literatur und Kunst, Berlin (DDR) Band II, S.194, 1966

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Zitate – Makrokonflikt und Krieg

Der Kommunismus wurde nicht durch Krieg besiegt, sondern durch die Gewaltlosigkeit von Gorbatschow [Pol. Einfluss BW 500]. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Das All-Sehende Auge, Kapitel 4, S. 81

Der Kommunismus in der UdSSR fiel ohne einen Schuss in sich zusammen. Er wurde nicht "besiegt" durch einen "Krieg gegen das Böse", sondern gerade durch das Auftauchen des Gegenteils davon. Evolution ergibt sich nicht dadurch, dass man das Negative unterdrückt, sondern indem man das Positive wählt und hochhält. Das wurde auch durch die friedliche Annäherung von Nord- und Südkorea demonstriert. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Das All-Sehende Auge, Kapitel 5, S. 126

Konflikt zwischen den unterschiedlichen Ebenen der Energiefelder beeinflusst die daraus resultierenden Klassenkämpfen und die Zusammenstöße in der Gesellschaft mit all ihren politischen Standpunkten. […] Auf den höheren Ebenen werden Konflikte durch Verständnis, Mitgefühl und Erkenntnis gelöst, während sie auf den niedrigeren Ebenen zu Streit, Verfolgung und Krieg führen. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Das All-Sehende Auge, Kapitel 5, S. 129

Das Denken der Zukunft muss Kriege unmöglich machen. Albert Einstein [BW 499] (1879-1955) deutschstämmiger US-amerikanischer theoretischer Physiker, Entwickler der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Nobelpreisträger in Physik

Krieg ist die Hölle. William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) US-amerikanischer Union General während des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges, Ansprache vor Absolventen der Michigan Militärakademie, 19. Juni 1879

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Zitate – Kriegskunst von General Sunzi

Sun Tsu sagt…, Zitatesammlung

Die Kunst des Krieges ist für den Staat von entscheidender Bedeutung. Sie ist eine Angelegenheit von Leben und Tod, eine Straße, die zur Sicherheit oder in den Untergang führt. Deshalb darf sie unter keinen Umständen vernachlässigt werden. Sunzi [Sun Tsu] (544-um 496 v. Chr.) altchinesischer General, Militärstratege, Philosoph, Die Kunst des Krieges, Eingangssatz, 6. Jht. v. Chr.

Dein großes Ziel im Krieg soll der Sieg sein und kein langwieriger Feldzug. So kann es heißen, dass der Anführer der Armeen der Schiedsrichter über das Schicksal des Volkes ist. Der Mann, von dem es abhängt, ob die Nation in Frieden oder in Gefahr lebt. Sunzi [Sun Tsu] (544-um 496 v. Chr.) altchinesischer General, Militärstratege, Philosoph, Die Kunst des Krieges, 6. Jht. v. Chr.

Wenn du den Feind und dich selbst kennst, brauchst du den Ausgang von hundert Schlachten nicht zu fürchten.
Wenn du dich selbst kennst, doch nicht den Feind, wirst du für jeden Sieg, den du erringst, eine Niederlage erleiden.
Wenn du weder den Feind noch dich selbst kennst, wirst du in jeder Schlacht unterliegen. Sunzi [Sun Tsu] (544-um 496 v. Chr.) altchinesischer General, Militärstratege, Philosoph, Die Kunst des Krieges, 6. Jht. v. Chr.

Sunzi [Sun Tsu] (544-um 496 v. Chr.) altchinesischer General, Militärstratege, Philosoph, Die Kunst des Krieges, 6. Jht. v. Chr.

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Zitate (engl.) allgemein

Jesus: But I say unto you,
Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you,
do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them who despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Matthew 5, 44 (NT) King James Bible, 2003

It is not very efficient or rewarding to 'battle sin' and get into a struggle to use 'will power' to overcome defects. These are already positionalities and traps that bind the mind in the dualistic error of 'opposites'. The way out of conflict is not to try to eliminate the negative but instead to choose to adopt the positive. To view that one's mission in life is to understand rather than to judge automatically resolves moral dilemmas. Dr. David R. Hawkins, The Eye of the I, Veritas Books, revised issue, pg. 103

Conflict exists in the mind of the observer and not in that which is observed. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, S. 146, 1st quote, Reflection of 1st October

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves. St. Francis of Assisi [LoC 580] (1181/82-1226) Italian Catholic friar, preacher, founder of the Franciscan Order

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Inner conflict – the two sides within

Extracted from an extraordinary letter to written at age 70 in 1945. As an organizer of conferences Jung's friend Mrs. Fröbe had asked him to comment on her great inner struggle between the demands of her career and the demands of her family. Jung pleaded to reconcile the struggle between the male [selfbased, personal, solar approach] and the female [SELF-based, impersonal, lunar approach] via patient endurance in the fire of the crucible until transformation has come about.

There can be no resolution – only patient endurance – of the opposites which ultimately spring from your own nature. You yourself are a conflict that rages in itself and against itself in order to melt its incompatible substances, the male and the female, in the fire of suffering and thus create that form which is the goal of life. Everyone goes through this mill – consciously or unconsciously, voluntarily or forcibly. We are crucified between the opposites and delivered up to the torture until this reconciling third takes shape. [...]
Do not doubt the rightness of the two sides within you and let happen whatever may happen. The apparently unendurable conflict of your life is proof of the rightness of your life. A life without inner contradiction is either only half a life or a life in the beyond which is destined only for the angels. But God loves human beings more than the angels. Carl Gustav Jung [LoC 540] (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalytist, depth psychologist

A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend. Eric Hoffer [LoC 505] (1902-1983) US American social writer, philosopher

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Siehe Gesetz 3:1

Summing up seven historic centuries and calling for the democratic and peaceful renunification of Germany, and the abolition of censorship.

The great Carthage fought three wars.
1. After the first war it continued with might.
2. After the second war it was still inhabitable.
3. After the third war it could not be found any more.

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director, Open Letter to German Artists and Writers, 1951

When a man uses profanity to support an argument, it indicates that either the man or the argument is weak – probably both. US American expression

Profanity is the attempt of a lazy and feeble mind to express itself forcefully. US American expression

If the experience of the last ten years has taught us anything, it should be this: We [USA] can bomb our enemies into the Stone Age, but we cannot bomb them into the 21st century. Kevin D. Williamson, US American deputy managing editor of National Review, The Folly of Defense Cuts, National Review online, 22. March 2011

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Zitate (engl.) – Beziehungskonflikte / Troubled Relationships

Jesus' recommendation: Pray for (your) persecutors and enemies. [Paraphrased.] Matthew 5, 43-45; Luke 6, 28 (NT)

Every form of marital therapy or couple therapy [based on deficit theories] practiced in the world today has been shown in controlled outcome studies to be hardly effective at all. Audio interview with David D. Burns, MD, adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, author of "Feeling Good Together", on Healing Troubled Relationships, presented by web radio station Shrink Rap Radio, #205, host Dr. Dave aka David Van Nuys, Ph.D., minutes 24:48 minutes out of 1:08:10 minutes duration, 9.53 MB, aired 24. April

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Three fundamental relational insights of changing one's life by Dr. David D. Burns
Stage	Insights
One	I am triggering the very behavior in the person/s I am not getting along with.
Two	I fail to see my self-deception / self-denial. I have pushed the person/s away. I am responsible for experiencing a lack of intimacy.
Three	I focus my energy on taking self-responsibility for my relationships so they may be transformed into loving ones.

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Zitate (engl.) – Kriegskunst / War strategies

We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy's balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like shit through a tin horn! General S. George Patton, General Patton's "Speech to the Third Army" on June 5th, 1944. The eve of the Allied invasion of France, code-named "Overlord", presented by TonyRogers.com

General Sun Tzu

知己知彼百戰不殆（知彼知己，百战不殆
If you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a thousand battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself. Sun Tzu (544 BCE-496 BCE) Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC
Note, knowing both sides doesn't guarantee winning.

All warfare is based on deception. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun Tzu (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
- Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

A leader leads by example not by force. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress. Sun Tzu (544 BCE-496 BCE) Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities. [...] It is best to win without fighting. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

When the leader is morally weak and his discipline not strict, when his instructions and guidance are not enlightened, when there are no consistent rules, neighboring rulers will take advantage of this. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

In all history, there is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. Only one who knows the disastrous effects of a long war can realize the supreme importance of rapidity in bringing it to a close. Sun Tzu, (544 BCE-496 BCE), Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 6th century BC

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Zitate (engl.) – Makrokonflikt Krieg / Macro conflict and War

Personal avowals

I hate war, as only a soldier who has lived it can, as only one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity. Dwight D. Eisenhower [LoC 455] (1890-1969) 34th US president (1953-1961), five-star general in the United States Army

Many people can't transcend LoC 200 if their life is calm. That's why many use i.e. war ("running into the bullets") to get over LoC 200. Dr. David R. Hawkins, source unknown

There then appears the capacity to suspend judgement, relinquish positionalities, and resolve conflict through surrender so as to be able to intuit and apprehend rather than logically comprehend. Dr. David R. Hawkins, I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 218

Human life offers the maximum opportunity for spiritual evolution. Perception sees personal as well as social/political/ideational conflicts as obstacles to peace and happiness. In contrast, the spiritual Self sees perfection in the very same world. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, pg. ?, Reflection of December 2nd

There has been war 97% of the time. Let‘s just accept that war is a natural condition. If people wanted peace, they would have peace. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Satsang Q&A, 10. January 2007

An armed conflict between nations horrifies us. But the economic war is no better than an armed conflict. This is like a surgical operation. An economic war is prolonged torture. And its ravages are no less terrible than those depicted in the literature on war properly so called. We think nothing of the other because we are used to its deadly effects. [...]
The movement against war is sound. I pray for its success. But I cannot help the gnawing fear that the movement will fail if it does not touch the root of all evil — man's greed. Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma Gandhi [LoC 760] (1869-1948) Indian Hindu sage, spiritual activist leader, humanitarian, lawyer, nonviolent freedom fighter, cited in: Non-Violence – The Greatest Force, presented by The World Tomorrow, 5. October 1926

Theoretically, one could imagine a situation where armed intervention at an early stage might prevent large-scale conflict. The problem is that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to predict the outcome of violence. That it will be just is not guaranteed at the outset – it will only become clear in hindsight. The only certainty is that where there is violence, there is always and inevitably suffering. H.H. 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso [LoC 570] (*1935) Tibetan monk, leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism, Peace Nobel Prize laureate, 1989, Facebook, comment, 24. October 2010

Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict. A Course in Miracles [LoC 550/600], source unknown

God is very quiet, for there is no conflict in Him. Conflict is the root of all evil, for being blind it does not see whom it attacks. Yet it always attacks the Son of God, and the Son of God is you. A Course in Miracles text book, pg. 198

The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. That is to say, when the individual remains undivided [not in touch with both the light AND the dark parts of themselves] and does not become conscious of his inner opposite, the world must per force act out the conflict and be torn into opposing halves. Carl Gustav Jung [LoC 540] (1875-1961) Swiss psychiatrist, psychoanalytist, depth psychologist

I have never encountered a difficulty that was not truly the difficulty of myself. Carl Gustav Jung [LoC 540] (1875-1961) Swiss psychoanalytist, depth psychologist

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say. Martin Buber [LoC 530] (1878-1965) Austrian-born Jewish religious researcher and philosopher

If women ran the world, there would be no wars. Winston Churchill [LoC 500] (1874-1965) British prime minister

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein [LoC 499] (1879-1955) German-born US American theoretical physicist, developer of the theory of general relativity, Nobel laureate in physics

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato [LoC 485] (427-347 BC) Ancient Greek pre-Christian philosopher

We only hate in others – whether in individuals or whole peoples – what we cannot accept in ourselves. […] We need our enemies in order to complete ourselves. […]
As the sense of threat diminishes, we redesignate our former "enemies" as "adversaries." With the first hint of positive mutual value, "adversaries" become "rivals," a term which acknowledges each as a secret teacher of the other. Finally "rivals," recognizing their mutual dependency, come to see themselves as "partners." […]
We'll have to transcend global civil war not by allying ourselves with former enemies in the face of a new enemy, but by learning enough about our adversaries to establish forbearance for the differences that have, during these first close encounters, so scared and agitated us. Robert Fuller, Ph.D. dignityforall.org breakingranks.net (*1936) US American professor in physics, college president, dignity and rankism researcher, author, lecturer, A Better Game Than War. Understanding the origin of our "fear of the other," may lead us to the elimination of war, Magazine In Context, The Foundations Of Peace (IC#4), David Hoffman, pg. 18, Autumn 1983

With even a modest diminution of fear, we re-conceive our enemies as adversaries. With a hint of mutual value, adversaries become rivals – a term acknowledging each party's role as a teacher of the other. Finally, by recognizing their mutual dependency, rivals begin to see themselves as partners. By this time, comity has replaced enmity, and incivility is out of fashion. […]
As fear subsides, and we gain confidence to protest against the indignities that befall us and apologize for those we ourselves commit, we deny hate the hothouse required for its gestation. Robert Fuller, US American dignity researcher, From Enmity to Comity: Restoring Civility and Pride to American Life, presented by Huffingtonpost, 20. October 2009

War is hell. William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) US American Union general during the Civil War, address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy, 19. June 1879

Collaboration is a key driver of overall performance of companies around the world.
Its impact is

twice as significant as a company's aggressiveness in pursuing new market opportunities (strategic orientation) and

five times as significant as the external market environment (market turbulence).

Collaboration can positively impact each of the gold standards of performance – profitability, profit growth, and sales growth – to determine a company's overall performance in the marketplace. [Citing a study sponsored by Verizon and Microsoft.] Stewart Levine, US American creative problem solver, practicing lawyer, Getting to Resolution. Turning Conflict Into Collaboration, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, footnote pg. 249, 1st edition 1998, 2nd edition 1. November 2009

We first kill people with our minds, before we kill them with weapons. Whatever the conflict, the enemy is always the destroyer. We're on God's side; they're barbaric. We're good, they're evil. War gives us a feeling of moral clarity that we lack at other times. Sam Keen samkeen.com, US American professor of religion and philosophy, Universities Harvard and Princeton

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it. Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) US American career military officer, best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War

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Smedley Butler, a popular speaker

War is a Racket (illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime), published in 1935, describes the workings of the military industrial complex. After retiring from service he was a speaker at meetings organized by veterans, pacifists and church groups in the 1930s.
Means to keep up the racketeering of the MIC: 1. Medals, 2. propaganda, and 3. God.
Remedies: 1. Conscript capital, industry and labor before the nation's manhood can be conscripted. 2. Restrict generals, admirals, officers, politicians, government office holders, and everyone to a total monthly income not exceeding that paid to the soldier in the trenches. 3. Allow limited plebiscite of the soldiers of the land. 4. Limit military forces to home defense purposes.

War is a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes. Smedley Butler (1881-1940) US American Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, outspoken critic of U.S. military adventurism, War is a Racket, YouTube film, minute 2:08 and 5:29, 8:55 minutes duration, posted 11. March 2009

It is important to meet people who think differently from you. I went from a man of war to a man of peace. Ted Turner (*1938) US American media mogul, entrepreneur, founder of CNN, billionaire, philanthropist, Just call me Ted, co-authored by Bill Burke, 2008

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse. Deborah Tannen (*1945) US American socio-linguist, specialized in gender-specific linguistic differences

[War is] premeditated, sanctioned violence carried out by one community (group, tribe, nation, etc.) against members of another. David Livingstone Smith Biography US American professor of philosophy, religious studies and psychology, UNE, founder of the New England Institute, The Most Dangerous Animal. Human Nature and the Origins of War, p. 16, St. Martins Press, 7. August 2007

War is mangled bodies and shattered minds. It is a stomach turning reek of decaying corpses, of burning flesh and feces. It is rape, disease, and displacement. It is terrible beyond comprehension. David Livingstone Smith Biography US American professor of philosophy, religious studies and psychology, UNE, founder of the New England Institute, The Most Dangerous Animal. Human Nature and the Origins of War, St. Martins Press, 7. August 2007

The essential catalyst for triggering, hastening, and maintaining change to a warless society – is the global empowerment of women. When women occupy roughly half of the seats of power in legislative bodies entrusted to make decisions about war and peace – whether to fight or to compromise, to contain or to conquer – men's innate urges for physically aggressive confrontation will be tempered. What will not work is token female representation – placing a few women here and there in responsible positions. This will not tip the balance against the majority of men who are too ready to be drawn into physical struggles for domination. Only when women have a roughly 50/50 partnership with men in fully mature, liberal democracies will the world permanently take its fingers off the trigger. At present (2005), none of the world's democracies, let alone oligarchies or tyrannies, have reached that fully mature point. Our most influential powers (the United States, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, Russia), continue to be patriarchal light-years from male/female parity. […]
The female preference for choosing social stability over conflict has a second, critical benefit. Judith L. Hand, US American evolutionary biologist, animal behaviorist (ethologist), novelist, pioneer in the emerging field of peace ethology, author of Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace, Questpath Publishing, 1. September 2003, The Pivotal Catalyst for Change and Longterm Stability

In a cross-cultural study sponsored by the World Bank and reported in The Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, David Dollar, Raymond Fisman, and Roberta Gatti found that governments with more women in power had less corruption. Swedes, who have a legislature that is roughly 45% women, grant paternity leave for fathers and lead the world in fighting sex trafficking. […]
When the American Senate voted to support the second Iraq war, only thirteen percent of the Senators were women, and the Senate's response speaks for itself. It is reasonable to assume that when half the individuals in a governing body are female, the shift in preference favoring nonviolence and social stability would be pervasive in all aspects of decision-making, not just in decisions about war and peace. Judith L. Hand, US American evolutionary biologist, animal behaviorist (ethologist), novelist, pioneer in the emerging field of peace ethology, author of Women, Power, and the Biology of Peace, Questpath Publishing, 1. September 2003, The Pivotal Catalyst for Change and Longterm Stability

War is caused by leaders who focus and motivate the willingness of soldiers to kill outside their group or community. Restless young males, however, do challenge the stability of all cultures. They are the single most disruptive elements in any society, and they are particularly prone to create social turmoil (and crime) when they are unmarried or unemployed and before they have children of their own. One traditional solution to "the problem of young men" across many cultures has been to put them into military service or to send them off (out of the community) to war. This keeps them occupied during the most volatile stage of their lives. Training under the discipline of older men has an additional advantage: it shapes youthful excesses into behavior acceptable for adult men. Judith L. Hand, US American evolutionary biologist, animal behaviorist (ethologist), novelist, pioneer in the emerging field of peace ethology, author, Enlist Young Men

War remains the decisive human failure. John Kenneth Galbraith, OC (1908-2006) Canadian-American economist, Keynesian, institutionalist, leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism

It is a grossly obvious fact that those who ‘abjure’ violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf. George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] (1903-1950) English writer, essayist, journalist, Notes on Nationalism, 1945

People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? […] We've just got to, just got to. We're all stuck here for a while. Let's try to work it out. Let's try to work it out. Rodney King (*1965) black US American subjected to police brutality by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on 3. March 1991, Jury Could Hear Rodney King Today, 1. May 1992, 3rd day at court, Los Angeles riots 1992, cited The New York Times, Seth Mydans, 9. March 1993

Killing Japanese [in WWII] didn't bother me very much at that time. [...] I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal. [...] Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier. Curtis E. LeMay (1906-1990) US American Air Force general

It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion – that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This truth transcends nations and peoples – a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions. It's a faith in other people. Barack Obama (*1961) 44th US president, President Obama Addresses Muslim World in Cairo, Washington Post, Thursday, 4. June 2009

It was not violence that won full and equal rights. It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America's founding. This same story can be told by people from South Africa to South Asia; from Eastern Europe to Indonesia. Violence is a dead end. It is a sign of neither courage nor power. Barack Obama (*1961) 44th US president, President Obama Addresses Muslim World in Cairo, Washington Post, Thursday, 4. June 2009

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Zitate (engl.) – The My Lai Massacre – a case study

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Book review by Kundali Dasa:

People of the Lie, undated]]

M. Scott Peck examined group evil, discussing how human group morality is strikingly less than individual morality. This is partly the result of specialization, which allows people to avoid individual responsibility and pass the buck, resulting in a reduction of group conscience.'''

Biography M. Scott Peck
Peck’s analysis of the My Lai Massacre reduces group evil to a manifestation of conscienceless behavior brought about by individual laziness and narcissism.

I was once [1972] directed by the Chief of Staff of the Army to prepare an analysis of the psychological causes of the My Lai atrocities and their subsequent cover-up, with recommendations for research that might prevent such behavior in the future. The recommendations were disapproved by the Army general staff on the basis that the research recommended could not be kept secret. "The existence of such research might open us up to further challenge. The President [Richard Nixon] and the Army don't need more challenges at this time," I was told. Thus an analysis of the reasons for an incident that was covered up was itself covered up. M. Scott Peck [LoC 475] (1936-2005) US American psychiatrist, psychotherapist, The Road Less Traveled, 1st edition 1978, Random House UK, 15. March 1990, Touchstone, 25th anniversary edition, 4. February 2003

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Genocide and narcissism:

See also more excerpts by
Arthur Silber's blogspot, The Culture of the Lie, III: Creating Hell on Earth, 29. June 2006

The fact that the American public learned about My Lai at all was due solely to a letter that Ron Ridenhour wrote at the end of March 1969 to several congressmen about the atrocities more than a year after they had occurred. Ridenhour had not himself been a part of Task Force Barker but had later heard of the atrocities in idle conversation from friends who had been at My Lai, and he wrote the letter three months after his return to civilian life.
In the spring of 1972 I was chairman of a committee of three psychiatrists appointed by the Army Surgeon General, at the request of the Chief of Staff of the Army, to make recommendations for research that might shed light on the psychological causes of My Lai, so as to help prevent such atrocities in the future. The research we proposed was rejected by the General Staff of the Army, reportedly on the grounds that it could not be kept secret and might prove embarrassing to the administration and that "further embarrassment was not desirable at that time".
The rejection of the recommendations of the committee for research is symbolic of several issues. One is that any research into the nature of evil is likely to prove embarrassing, not only to those who are the designated subjects of the research but also to the researchers themselves. If we are to study the nature of human evil, it is doubtful how clearly we will be able to separate them from us; it will most likely be our own natures we are examining. Undoubtedly, this potential for embarrassment is one of the reasons we have thus far failed to develop a psychology of evil.
The rejection by the General Staff of our recommendations for research also highlights the fact that in considering the evil at My Lai – as in all our other considerations of evil – we suffer from a simple lack of scientific knowledge. In tune with what has preceded, much of what follows is only speculative. We will inevitably be limited to speculation until such time as we have been able to develop, through scientific research, a body of knowledge that constitutes a genuine psychology of evil. M. Scott Peck [LoC 475] (1936-2005) US American psychiatrist, psychotherapist, People of the Lie. The Hope for Healing Human Evil [LoC 450] chapter 6, "MyLai. An Examination of Group Evil", Touchstone Press, 1st edition 1983, 2nd edition, December 1997

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Prisoner's dilemma

Jesus: I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10, 16 (NT)

Robert Axelrod, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, has been hired as a consultant and speaker on behalf of the United Nations, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of Defense. In 1997 he has published The Complexity of Cooperation. Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration.

Axelrod has clearly demonstrated several principles of competition and collaboration at work in a computer game called Prisoner's dilemma.
He and other testers found that "Tit for Tat with forgiveness" strategy was the most beneficial. It is a mix of the policies "an eye for an eye" and "turn the other cheek". Defecting as in cheating and doing evil never won the game in the long run. The principle to strike the unruly dog immediately was confirmed by Axelrod.

In respect to the top-scoring (most beneficial) strategies Axelrod came to the following conclusion:
Successful "prisoners" faced with the dilemma to "defect or cooperate" with their opponent chose to act friendly, retaliate attackers immediately (briefly), forgive them and not to envy others – for their own sake including the sake of all.

The most successful strategies in solving human conflicts with many unknowns are as follows:
Stage	Beneficial strategy	Description	Biblical connotation
1.	Be friendly.	Do not defect ("cheat") before your opponent does. No pre-emptive strikes!	Be as innocent as doves.
2.	Retaliate strikes as soon as possible when necessary.	Given that "nasty" players tend to exploit ruthlessly it is not beneficial to cooperate at any rate.	Be as clever as snakes.
3.	Forgive your opponent	as soon as they end to play defects. This saves all involved of the long runs of revenge and counter-revenge.	Forgive up to seventy times seven.
4.	Don't be greedy and don't envy.	Do not strive to score more than the opponent.	The treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

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Communicating effectively

Five skills of effective communication / conflict resolve – Dr. David D. Burns

Psychiatrist and early proponent of Cognitive Psychology and its offshoot, Positive Psychology, Burns promotes the E-A-R principle

E Empathy (YOU) expressed as Disarming skills (item 1.-3.)

They are based on the law of opposites. Paradox: Defending oneself from false criticism proves it true.

A Assertiveness (ME)
R Respect (US)

Thought empathy – Paraphrase what your partner says. – (YOU)
Find truth in critical comments.
Feeling empathy – Acknowledge what your partner feels. – (YOU)
Inquiry – Ask your partner general probing questions to get to know them better. – (YOU)
Assertiveness skill – Share your own feelings with your partner ("I feel xxx..."). – (ME)
Conveying respect – Stroke your partner even in the heat of the argument. – (US)

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Creating a village as strong as war

[…] pick the maggots off my skin
and burnish the gold that lies within.
This will renew … my sacred core.
Can we create a village as strong as a war?
Source: Michael Meade, storyteller, author, mythologist, Voices of Vets

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Overcoming Anger

President Abraham Lincoln who struggled with his depression held together the opposites of darkness and light in his own psyche as well as his country at his time.
At a special prayer day he had asked the troops of the north to pray also for the south troops. To his critics who felt that this is undermining the moral of the troops he said:

We need to be able to remain human even though we are fighting this war.

There was one of Lincoln's very rare outbursts of anger in 'Soldiers Home', a cottage in the country on a high hill, where Lincoln ruminated on emancipation proclamations and more.
An officer came to him in need as his wife had drowned in a ferry boat in the Potomac river. Lincoln reacted infuriated due to the disturbance:

Why do you bring that up to me?
Go have someone else in the White House deal with it!

Following night Lincoln could not sleep all night. He sat up that night and recognized his mistake. The next morning he took care to find the hotel where the officer stayed in. He knocked at the door and apologized to the man assuring him:

We will find your wife!

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From a war room mentality to a peace room mentality

Soviet-American Dialogues for Peace
Envisioned by Ramah Vernon, during the final stage of the Cold War, 1988

Head of the Soviet military accompanied by 16 military members	Dr. Victor Vernon Woolf Holodynamics accompanied by Barbara Marx Hubbard and 2 ministers
Linear War mentality has no solutions.	Nonlinear Peace mind offers solutions for unfolding potential.
War is inevitable! [screaming, pounding with his fists – speaking in Russian, translated into English]	War is not inevitable! What is inevitable, sir, is life's potential will unfold itself. And your moral and ethical responsibility, sir, is to help yourself, your comrades, your families, your country, your entire nation to become part of the family of nations to help that life potential to unfold, sir! [switching into the Russian mode – screaming louder, pounding harder with his fists]
The Russian general looked at Woolf puzzled. _____________________________________________ He burst out laughing. [The war mode spell was broken.]	Woolf looked at the general, smiled, and winked.
*Ah yes, but how does one unfold that potential?* [speaking in English]	*Now we can begin to discuss these things.* [pleased]
*The integration of the whole dynamic knowledge is needed in Russia more than anything else.* Soviet Communism declined peacefully in 1990-91.	Woolf was invited to work with 14 Soviet academies installed by the ministries during the Russian transition period after the silent fall of communism in the 90ties. He supported them for 9 years and trained several 100 Holodynamics teachers in Russia.

They became good friends ever since.

Sources:
- Article on The Leadership Dilemma, The International Academy of Natural Science
- Video interview with Dr. Vernon Woolf, US American physicist, founder of the Holodynamics method, on Holodynamics,
presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, minutes 22:45-24:35-30:11, 54:16 minutes duration, posted December 2005
- Audio interview with Dr. Vernon Woolf, US American physicist, founder of the Holodynamics method, on Create Your Life by Design, presented by web radio station Co-Creator Radio Network, host Robert Pease, MP3, 60 minutes duration, posted 18. November 2009
- Collection of audio and video media

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7-Step model for conflict resolution – Stewart Levine

Have the attitude of resolution.
Get in the frame of mind to be willing to resolve conflict. Focus on what the conflict is costing everyone and what everyone can gain from a resolution. Stop thinking of conflict as a win/lose proposition. Arguing over who's right often does not lead to a resolution that anyone wants.
Open up and be truthful. Commit to and invest yourself in the process.
Tell your story and listen to the story of the other side.
Resolution arises from sharing information, while conflict arises from withholding it.
Listen for a preliminary vision of resolution.
As you get more information, check to make sure that your vision meets the concerns of all the parties involved.
Get current and complete information on the issues.
You must be up-to-date in order to move forward with a resolution.
Reach an agreement in principle.
Come to a broad understanding of what the resolution will be.
Craft the new agreement.
Create a template for agreement including the following elements: Intent, specific vision, roles, commitments to action, timeline, measurements of satisfaction, concerns and fears, renegotiation, dissolution, consequences, dispute resolution, and management of the process.
Celebrate the resolution.

Source: Getting to Resolution. Turning Conflict Into Collaboration, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1st edition 1998, 2nd edition 1. November 2009

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The futility of squabbling

Once upon a time there were two monks who had lived together for forty years
and never had a squabble. Not even once.
One day, one monk said to the other:
"Don't you think it's about time we had a squabble, even if it's just once?"
"Sure," replied the other monk.
"Let's get started right away. About what shall we squabble?"
"About this piece of bread perhaps?" the first monk offered.
"OK, let's have a squabble over this bread. How are we going to go about this?" asked the other again.
"This bread is mine, and mine alone," said the first monk.
"Oh yeah? Well you can keep it," said the second monk.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader

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Links zum Thema Konflikt / Conflict

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Literatur

Sunzi (Sun Tsu), chinesischer General, Militärstratege, Die Kunst des Krieges, frühestes Buch über Strategie, PDF-Dokument, bereit gestellt von FRCH Hochschule Stuttgart, 500 v.Chr.

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Literatur (engl.)

Sun Tzu (544-496 BCE) Chinese military commander, The Art of War, 13 chapters, 6th century BC, during the Spring and Autumn period
Smedley Butler, War is a Racket. The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier, 1st edition, 1935, Feral House, reprint, April 2003
Neil Howe, William Strauss, Generations. The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069, Harper Perennial, 30. September 1992
Victor Vernon Woolf, US American founder of the Holodynamics method, The Dance of Life. Transform Your World Now!, International Academy of Holodynamics, 28. November 2005
Stewart Levine, Getting to Resolution. Turning Conflict Into Collaboration, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1st edition 1998, 2nd edition 1. November 2009

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Externe Weblinks

Wikipedia-Einträge Abwehrmechanismus Begriff aus der Psychoanalyse. Meist unbewusst ablaufende psychische Vorgänge, um in miteinander in Konflikt stehende Triebe, Wünsche, Motive, Werte mental so zu bewältigen bzw. zu kompensieren, Prof. Robert Axelrod, Bewältigungsstrategie, Harvard-Konzept, Delphinstrategie, Dramadreieck, Gewaltfreie Kommunikation, Konflikteskalation, Konfliktanalyse, Konflikte, Konflikteskalation nach Friedrich Glasl – 9 Stufen eines Konflikts nach Glasl, Konfliktmanagement, Mediation, Resilienz - Widerstandsfähigkeit, Resilienz (Psychologie und verwandte Disziplinen), Vulnerabilität, Win-Win, Wirtschaftsethik
L.A. Crash, US-amerikanische Episodenfilm-Drama, Regiedebüt des Drehbuchautors Paul Haggis, 2004

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Externe Weblinks (engl.)

Wikipedia entries Conflict
Crash, US American/German drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis, 2004

The Leadership Dilemma, The International Academy of Natural Science
To the brain, getting burned, getting dumped feel the same, presented by CNN.com, Health.com, 29. March 2011
The brain doesn't distinguish between physical pain and intense emotional pain. Science [a study led by Ethan Kross, Ph.D., dept. of psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA] confirmed that heartache and breakups are not allegorical pains, but real pains.

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Audio- und Videolinks

TV Dokumentationsserie Why We Fight, Why we fight. War sells. Die Kriegsgeschäfte der USA, Deutsch mit Untertiteln, präsentiert von TV-Sender Arte, Google video, 1:40:08 duration, eingestellt 23. Oktober 2006

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.)

TV interview by Jane Fonda, actress, political activist, on her Vietnam war activism, on forgiving veterans, on her exhusband Ted Turner, on her faith, Jane Fonda at her Best and most Candid, host Bill Maher, 13. May 2005, YouTube film, 8:27 minutes duration, posted 15. April 2009
Presentation by Jane Fonda, actress, political activist, on Women and the Media, Alternative media, Women's issues, War, Media Reform Conference in 2007, Memphis TN, USA, produced by Snowshoefilms, Trueveo video, 28:09 minutes duration, posted 14. January 2007
JF: A truly powerful media is one that can stop a war not start one.
Video interview with Leuren Moret, scientific geologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and at nuclear weapons lab, Livermore, international radiation specialist and whistleblower on illegal depleted uranium munitions, advisor of the United Nations' subcommission, governments and communities, Uranium Contamination, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 54:44 minutes duration, posted November 2007
Video interview with Gillian Caldwell, executive director, witness; Human Rights advocate, A New Kind of War after 9/11; the importance of good will policy, presented by Big Think, 3:17 minutes duration, posted 26. December 2007
Video interview with Dawson Church, doctorate in Integrative Healthcare at Holos University, clinically certificied in Energy Psychology (C.EHP), editor or author of over 200 books in the fields of health, psychology, and spirituality, Personal Disarmament, video interview at the ISSSEEM Conference, Boulder, Colorado, 2007, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 33:08 minutes duration, posted November 2007
Solving conflicts through dialogue
Video address by H.H. Dalai Lama, Peace Through Dialogue, Facebook Videos by Dalai Lama, 3:15 minutes duration, University of Washington, Seattle, 14. April 2008
Dialogue is the only way to solve conflict.
Video interview with Barry and Janae Weinhold, psychologists, interviewer Chris Wingade, YouTube film,
- Healing Collective Developmental Trauma, part 1 of 6, 8:01 minutes duration, posted 26. May 2008
- Healing Collective Developmental Trauma, part 2 of 6, 6:39 minutes duration, posted 14. June 2008
- Healing Collective Developmental Trauma, part 3 of 6, 6:45 minutes duration, posted 26. May 2008
- Healing Collective Developmental Trauma, part 4 of 6, 4:32 minutes duration, posted 26. May 2008
- Healing Collective Developmental Trauma, part 5 of 6, 7:58 minutes duration, posted 26. May 2008
- Healing Collective Developmental Trauma, part 6 of 6, 4:28 minutes duration, posted 26. May 2008
Video interview with Leuren Moret, scientific geologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and at nuclear weapons lab, Livermore, international radiation specialist and whistleblower on illegal depleted uranium munitions, advisor of the United Nations' subcommission, governments and communities, expert witness at the International Criminal Tribunal For Afghanistan, Tokyo, conducts research concerning the impact on the health of the environment and global public health from atmospheric testing, nuclear power plants, and depleted uranium, Population Reduction, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 55:03 minutes duration, June 2008
Audio teleseminar with Donald Owen Granberg, Emerging Problems Individualism Can't Solve, On Robert Axelrod's 'Prisoner's dilemma', Institute of Noetic Sciences: Beyond Conflict conference, theme Transcending "Us vs. Them" January 1989, presented by The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Shiftinaction.com, Part 1 of 2, 28:58 minutes, Part 2 of 2, 8:47 minutes, filmed 1. January 1989, uploaded 24. November 2008
Video interview with Adam Taha, Palestinian/American business man, The State of Palestine: Can this situation ever be resolved?, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 58:53 minutes duration, posted December 2008
Video interview with Dominic Barter, founder of Restorative Circles 2000, crime and violence conflict resolving, since 2004 in conjunction with Brazilian Department of Justice, On Restorative Circles, YouTube film, 8:14 minutes duration, posted 12. May 2009
Auf dem Weg zu einer Gerechtigkeit von Herzen, German sub titles, 17:03 minutes duration, end 2009
Audio interview with Stewart Levine, founder of Resolution Works, on Resolution Works, presented by Bookends, host and interviewer Susan Stamm, recorded 25. February 2010
Video interview with Sister Roselle Haas on Coping with Prickly People, presented by Living Smart, Houston PBS, host Patricia Gras, YouTube film, 26:46 minutes duration, posted 15. March 2010
Effectively dealing with irksome or frustrating people
Audio interview with Gregg Braden, US Amercian best selling author, educator, pioneer in bridging science and spirituality, Deep Truth. Igniting the Memory of Your Origin, History, Destiny, and Fate, presented by US web radio station Hay House Radio, host Diane Ray, 48:00 minutes duration, aired 5. October 2011
War is a bad human habit that developed when resources became scarce 5000 years ago. Human natural benevolence is shed when one feels personally threatened, and when one's family and one's way of life are being threatened. In the 1st to 4 Great World Ages peace has been prevalent, in the 5th Great World Age war was the predominant way of life. The rising 6th Great World Age will possibly bring peace again.

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Audio- und Videolinks (engl.) – Victor Vernon Woolf

Video interview with Dr. Vernon Woolf, US American founder of the Holodynamics method, on Holodynamics, presented by Conscious Media Network, host Regina Meredith, 54:16 minutes duration, posted December 2005
Video interview with Dr. Vernon Woolf, on Holodynamics, part 1 (12:51 min), part 2 (11:50 min), part 3 (11:04 min), part 4 (11:28 min), interviewer Lita Cox, Holodynamics graduate, 2009
Audio interview with Dr. Vernon Woolf, US American founder of the Holodynamics method, on Awakening to a New Paradigm, presented by web radio station Co-Creator Radio Network, host Melissa Wells, MP3 60 minutes duration, posted 28. August 2009
Video presentation by Dr. Vernon Woolf, US American founder of the Holodynamics method, presented by Holodynamics.com, The Life Changing Workshop, YouTube film, starting minute 1:19, 9:48 minutes duration, posted 5. November 2009
Audio interview with Dr. Vernon Woolf, US American founder of the Holodynamics method on Create Your Life by Design, presented by web radio station Co-Creator Radio Network, host Robert Pease, MP3, 60 minutes duration, posted 18. November 2009