I very much appreciated you raising it thanks Nina!
Barbara
On 25 February 2018 at 22:54, ninaishtar ninaishtar@xxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes thanks Chris
I like that suggestion. Systems within systems, patterns within patterns.
While I am reflecting at a organisational, societal and national level, I
am also aware at a personal level. It will come to no surprise to any of
you that I come from a family system of cover ups.
Thanks also Barbara. I look forward to any of the write ups that may
appear from your work in Bristol.
As a relative new comer I was somewhat shy to raise this issue but really
thanks everyone for your input. It's really helped me a lot and I do think
it's great these things are discussed.
With gratitude
Nina
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From: "Chris Walsh chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk]" <
ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 26/02/2018 4:45 AM (GMT+08:00)
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Children and Gun Violence in America
Hi Nina
I find your urge to cover up as a facilitator very interesting.
Being aware of that energy is very important. I could be very interesting
to give it a representative.
I have seen a facilitator cover up a very obvious perpetrator energy that
the representative was telling them about very clearly. blind spots work at
many levels!
Cheers
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
ph +61 (0)3 9420 1425
www.mindfulness.org.au
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 6:31 PM, ninaishtar ninaishtar@xxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes it's very interesting Barbara.
From my Australian perspective and experience, we as a nation are
collective so fearful of our violent past with our Aboriginal people that
we are still conquering them today but pretending we are not. I believe we
are not yet mature enough to really! acknowledge the truth. There is so
much subconscious fear of what this would actually mean today.
I have left professional positions that were "supposedly" about helping
current day Aboriginal people because my experience is they were really
just covering up the truth. We say the right words but our actions do not
show to me that we have fully looked directly into our origins and accepted
them as they were. We very quickly move to "heal". A quick and panicked
grab for the remedy before we have really seen the full extent and depth of
the wound.
We have armed ourselves with a clever denial that is very invested in
keeping the power imbalance intact.. I wonder if that were removed,
weaponry would be "needed" in Australia.
Already in the early days of my systemic constellation work with
organisations I see this turning up. Many if not all of our systems were
established upon this violence and theft.
I also experience as a facilitator the very powerful pull into the cover
up. It's so strong! Having grown up here I witness the influence this has
had on me and I have had a background in equity! It's a challenge to stand
outside of this part of the field. One needs a lot of strength and clarity
as a facilitator when this issue starts to arise.
Constellation work has in my view so much potential for this country and
this deep seated part of our roots. I know many others must sense this too.
I am inspired to hear that you are doing some work in Bristol in October
and I would love to hear how this progresses.
Blessings
Nina
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From: "Barbara Morgan theknowingfield@xxxxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk]" <
ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 25/02/2018 1:51 PM (GMT+08:00)
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Children and Gun Violence in America
What an interesting subject I didn’t know this about the British
involvement in the arms history of the USA. It made me think about the fact
that it would make sense if you invade and take over land from the
indigenous populations killing many on the way that you as a society would
be afraid of the repercussions and therefore think you need arms to protect
yourself.
I saw a similar situation in South Africa when I last visited several
years ago - huge opulent houses which looked liked prisons because they had
bars up at the windows, Alsatian dogs, burglar alarms, barbed wire fences
and prickly bushes.
In the particularly poignant scene I remember there was a line of Black
Africans opposite these houses sitting on the pavement singing. I remember
asking myself who was happier!
With the latest events at the North American Conference last October and
the ensuing articles that came from it on slavery and other themes
(appearing in the latest Knowing Field Journal) maybe the time is ripe to
begin looking at this thorny issue worldwide
We in Britain have so far only scratched the surface but some of us will
be inviting Anngwyn to Bristol in Oct this year to begin looking at this
more deeply for ourselves and would welcome anyone to join us. Please
contact me personally if you wish to go on the mailing list.
Bristol has a strong connection with the history of the slave trade as a
major port involved in shipping the slaves.
Constellations are a powerful tool for helping us begin to address these
very painful issues and face up to our history.
Warm wishes to all
Barbara
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On 23 Feb 2018, at 20:53, Leah leah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ConstellationTalk] <ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Nina,
Thank you for looking into this. An email in my inbox this morning from
Rabbi Michael Lerner speaks to your question: “In a society which has never
acknowledged its violent foundation, from the genocide of Native peoples,
to slavery, the violent overthrow of governments around the world in order
to impose regimes that favor U.S. corporate interests, its brutal war
against the Vietnamese people, its recruitment of young people into a
pre-army ROTC, and its romanticization in movies and T.V. of super weapons
and violence, it is no surprise that it is easy to convince men that "real
men" use weapons and violence to get their way in the world.”
I also wonder about the American Revolution and the creation of the USA.
One of the key factors in the American Revolution was the fight against
British intentions to disarm the colonists – that’s what would have
happened if Britain had won the war. It’s a fascinating piece of history
that I’m not sure many of us picked up in U.S. history in high school. I
remember the focus was mostly that the colonists rebelled due to unfair
taxation. But the British would have disarmed the colonists and created a
permanent standing army. The majority of the colonists believed in the
right to bear arms and that no government or authority should have control
over this right. All of the colonies actually had laws requiring males to
own guns: “Among the Colonial militia statutes, Connecticut's 1650 code
contains one of the clearest expressions of the duty to own a gun: “That
all persons that are above the age of sixteene yeares, except magistrates
and church officers, shall beare arms...; and every male person with this
jurisdiction, above the said age, shall have in continuall readines, a good
muskitt or other gunn, fitt for service, and allowed by the clark of the
band....” (source: http://www.tulprpc.org/attachm
ents/File/Colonial_Firearms_regulation..pdf
<http://www.tulprpc.org/attachments/File/Colonial_Firearms_regulation.pdf>
)
The USA was not just born from a violent revolution, but the right to
bear arms seems to have been the issue that finally precipitated the
full-on revolt. Another interesting fact: it’s estimated that 15-25% of the
population during the American Revolution (300,000 - 500,000), loyal to the
British crown, migrated and settled in Canada.
The Yale research was shockingly high and has been criticized for
including young adults up to age 19 in a research project on “children”.
The CDC defines “children” as 0-14 years of age. I guess that when you
include young adults, it raises questions of much wider circumstances
around the incidents. (https://www.theblaze.com/news
/2014/01/31/theblaze-fact-checks-abc-did-diane-sawyer-use-
misleading-stats-in-2020-report-on-children-and-guns)
I’ve had limited experience with this issue in Constellations. I’m
interested to hear if anyone has any insights from their constellations, or
plans to address it?
Many thanks,
Leah Green
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*Subject: *[ConstellationTalk] Children and Gun Violence in America
Hi Everyone
I am from Western Australia, a new comer still establishing my work in
this
field. I am wondering if anyone has done any constellation work that has
touched upon gun violence and children in America? I have been commenting
on
an interesting discussion on Facebook about a video of a young American
girl
who looks about 10/ 11 receiving her first rifle, it seems from her
parents.
She is so overwhelmed with emotion she is in tears. The discussion was
around the culture of American families and hunting. How this girl may
have
been experiencing the strong emotion due to the "gift" representing
something like a rite of passage; old enough to be trusted with her first
rifle. The recent protests in America in relation to school massacres
stimulated this topic and sharing.
I just read a 2014 Guardian article about the culture of American families
and hunting. It quotes that 3000 children die each year from hunting
accidents. A Yale University study reports 7000 children are either
admitted
to hospital with serious injuries or die from hunting accidents each year
in
America. These figures do not of course include street violence, domestic
violence and school massacres. If this behaviour is so strongly apart of
the
family institution in America I do wonder what the roots of this are all
about. The right to bear arms and hunt freely even if it's killing and
injuring lots of children, who in fact are not living in a war zone. No
disrespect to American culture but this stuns me.
Any experiences?
Thanks
Nina Ishtar
Denmark Western Australia
MC900023779[1]
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