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    Peace Through Stories: A Sedos Workbook
    Peace Through Stories: A Sedos Workbook
    Peace Through Stories: A Sedos Workbook
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    Peace Through Stories: A Sedos Workbook

    By Peter Baekelmans

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    Peace through Stories is a collection of stories from all over the globe, which we hope you will enjoy, but also find instructive. They all have their way to help you to change your way of thinking by promoting a “holistic” approach to life, namely life in loving union with the world around it. These stories are arranged by theme. Because they come from different religious and cultural backgrounds, they encourage the reader to understand the other religion or culture better, and in this way they contribute to peace. Some of the stories aim at peace of mind or of heart, but others also aim at peace in the world. This book of stories is also a “workbook”. It can be used individually or in groups by looking first for the common theme, and then reading the explanatory notes and the commentary. To facilitate this we have added a proposed schedule and questions at the end of the booklet. “Peace through Stories” is an initiative of SEDOS, a Service of Documentation and Studies on Global Mission. SEDOS has already served for more than fifty years many Roman-Catholic religious-missionary Congregations in their reflection on the way to do Mission today. This workbook can therefore serve working groups on Inter-religious Dialogue or on Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation in their activities. The designs are by the artistic hand of Vibhutam (Koen Van Loocke) from Gent, Belgium. These thought-provoking pictures can be used for further reflection, meditation, and even prayer. Many thanks go to him for his invaluable contribution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSEDOS Publication
    Release dateNov 12, 2018
    Peace Through Stories: A Sedos Workbook

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      Peace Through Stories - Peter Baekelmans

      SEDOS

      The Wind and the Fan (Zen Story)

      Zen Master Hotetsu was fanning himself with a fan to keep cool.

      A monk passing by asked him: ‘Master, the wind blows everywhere and reaches every place in the world. So, why do you still use a fan?’.

      Master Hotetsu answered: ‘You already understand that the wind blows everywhere, and reaches every place in the world. But as yet, you do not grasped the principle of it’s omnipresence’.

      The Farmer and Divine Providence (Christian Story, by Luc Versteylen)

      There was once an English farmer who was ploughing his land.

      And while he was ploughing, a pastor came by and they talked awhile.

      ‘What a marvellous field!’, the pastor exclaimed.

      ‘Yes’, said the farmer.

      ‘And what great cooperation there is between human endeavour and the blessing of the Divine Providence’.

      ‘Yes’, said the farmer.

      ‘You do not seem to be very enthusiastic’, said the pastor.

      ‘No’, said the farmer.

      ‘Don’t you find these thoughts inspiring then?’.

      ‘For sure’, the farmer said, ‘but you should have come when Divine Providence worked here alone….’

      Hint/Clue: What difference is there between the Zen teacher and the monk, or the farmer and the pastor?

      Self-effort and Other-Power.

      In religious life one tries to accept what God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the Dharma, the Dharma Power, does for us, without trying to control everything. One has to learn to see and to accept the presence of an Other-Power. It is called a mystical attitude to life because one tries to follow and submit to the Other-Power.

      On the other hand however, one should not rely too much on the Other-Power in life. There are things we can and have to do our own. This is called the magical attitude in which one tries to get the power into one’s own hands. Technology and science are modern versions of the magical attitude since they seek to explain/understand and control the dynamics of this world.

      God, Jesus, Buddha, Dharma, Allah, the One, or any other Ultimate Reality one believes in, supports one constantly. However, believing this does not replace self-effort on one’s part. It is through our words, deeds, and thoughts that this Other-Power can do its work. We do what we can, and God will do the rest.

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