Dear everyone
I have been enjoying the corespondance and have wanted to reply, respond and contribute many times. I have gained a lot of new understanding and insights and thrilled that so many people with so many different perspectives and world views can share in the developments of what they do, how they do it and why. This for me is one of the values of 'Living educational action research and why as an artist working in diverse multigenerational, secular communities and geographical locations of mixed faiths and beliefs, in places where religious doctrine or intransigent scientific beleifs do not rule, divide or play a relevant role. I do however beleive my self that 'Inclusionality' as described and being ongoingly developed by Alan Rayner and the 'Living Educational Theory' being lived and developed by Jack Whitehead provide some really important insights and ways forward for the future of humanity. Perhaps where intransigent science and docmatic religious doctirne has brought into being, discrimination, definition, and destruction of other that is different.
Brian You write
Secondly, in the interests of inclusion and truth-seeking, I am keen that AR's should remain open to insights from other world-views rather than limiting ourselves to the underpinnings of 'panentheism', as Alan calls it, in Inclusionality.
'Panentheism' The doctrine that all things are in god
Alan wrote
" Intransigent Science and religion are forces of oppression which require extraordinary wisdom and resilience to endure"
I would like to add
" Intransigent Science and dogmatic religious doctrine are forces of oppression which require extraordinary wisdom and resilience to endure" Whilst this is unboubtedly true Science and Religion or (Spiritual awareness) have also contributed a great deal of worthwhile developments in our lives.
I am interested in Maries found quote "We do the best we know how, and when we know better, we do better." I think this enables us to move on to more interesting ground and perhaps back to the 'Core values and principles' by which we live and practice in the world as individuals engaged in the processes of living enquiry.
All the best Andrew Henon
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