Phase 3: Fire — Evolution Or Creativity
In the third phase necessity becomes the mother of invention and the creative juices start flowing. The opposing views are burned down to their core wants and needs. This information fuels the creative process, and new solutions begin to emerge. Time appears to speed up as an urgency to resolve the situation takes hold. This evolutionary phase may become overwhelming as the new ideas are matched with existing constraints in the search for a possible solution. Read the remainder of this entry »
Phase 1: Earth — Change And Disruption
In this initial phase, we realize that we are in conflict. Here we must gather information and work with what physically exists today. We will solidify our positions, focus on our differences, and find critical sticking points. We often begin by trying to convince one another that our initial position is the best solution. Read the remainder of this entry »
The fashion’s development has become increasingly fantastic in this era. Fashion which is most commonly accepted as the women’s stuff has spread its own definition more that just a simple meaning of the outfits. Now, every single item that will cause the glamorous effect to the users will be categorized as fashion stuff. In addition, this spreading of the fashion’s definition is regularly changed time to time. That is how fashion works in adapting with the human’s civilization.
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Each conflict can be perceived as a fascinating stranger. It will have its own unique path and personality and, just like the disputants involved, it cannot be fully quantified. For thousands of years Eastern and Western cultural traditions have used earth, water, fire, and air to describe what we can see. For example, when we take a river sample, we find a unique combination of water, small pieces of earth, bubbles of air, and an inherent temperature, or Read the remainder of this entry »
Introducing Conflict’s Four Quarters (3)
To work with conflict, we will use the same methodology that scientists use to study fractals. Since all chaotic systems are too complex to quantify, systems theorists do not focus on discrete data but instead work with rhythms and patterns. The beauty of fractals is that they are self- similar. A small portion of a greater fractal will display patterns that are similar to the greater system. So even when we can see only a small part of a conflict, we can gather information on the greater whole. An implicit order or personality appears when we monitor any portion of the system’s flow and response. Read the remainder of this entry »
Introducing Conflict’s Four Quarters (2)
Fall seven times.
Stand up eight.
— Japanese proverbTo see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
— William Blake
Place a half-full glass of water on a table, letting it settle into equilibrium. Then change the water “system” by adding another drop. Watch how the waves bounce off the glass’s edges and into one another, creating chaos. In the third stage, the water adapts and finds new stability as it incorporates the new droplet and moves into balance once again. Read the remainder of this entry »
A mother and teenaged son lived in a small apartment. This arrangement worked well until the son fell in love with grunge music and brought it into the apartment. The mother, up to this point, had enjoyed listening to classical music and meditation tapes on their common stereo. Since she relished spending her free time with her son and listening to music together, the son’s new musical choices disrupted the balance in this household and created conflict. Read the remainder of this entry »
The almond-shaped mandorla also symbolically represents the entrance to the womb or cave. Spiritual teacher Sobonfu Somé says that the African Dagara tribe believes there are portals to other worlds or universes hidden in rocks and caves. Caves are commonly used to symbolize doorways to new worlds and possibilities, as we can see in the Christian resurrection story. In quantum physics, we have the theory of multiple universes that exist and continue in unison. By entering the mandorla doorway, we can jump into a new universe. This mind-blowing concept allows that anything is possible, since we have millions of universes from which to choose. Read the remainder of this entry »
The Art of War’s terminology of battle and destruction (taking the enemy, commander, and army) can be confounding; however, its philosophy is one of lasting peacemaking and win-win solutions. Sun Tzu describes the mandorla approach: “The object of all conflict should be to take the enemy whole.” This point encompasses not only taking the physical body but also preserving the enemy’s perspectives, stories, and other resources. “Taking the Read the remainder of this entry »
The mandorla, the Italian word for “almond,” has been used throughout the history of Christianity to describe the resolution between impossible opposites such as light and dark, heaven and earth, God and human, and male and female. Medieval church windows place the Virgin Mary and Christ within the mandorla to signify those who integrate the perceived irresolvable opposites of heaven and earth. Probably a pre-Christian symbol, the mandorla adorns the tops of wells in the British Isles and was used by early Christians as a secret sign Read the remainder of this entry »
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