Subject: Don Beck on recent NY attacks Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:57:45 +0200 From: Frank Visser To: f.visser3@chello.nl WILBER FRIENDS MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.worldofkenwilber.com Amsterdam, September 17, 2001 Hi Wilber friend, I have asked Don Beck to reflect on the recent New York attacks. This is his response: The Global Great Divide: An Integral Initiative "What if a malignant version of some fear-laced "-ism" this Truth is the only Truth and will prevail at any cost" suddenly rears its head for conquest and domination? Can the glass fiber infrastructure of the global village withstand terrorists fighting holy wars or self-righteous crusades?" "Ancient ethnic sores are belching fire while transnational companies linked by satellites conduct their business oblivious to the feudal past below." -- Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change by Don Edward Beck and Christopher C. Cowan. Blackwell Publishers, Ltd. Oxford, UK, 1996 If, indeed, we are about to launch the first war of the 21st Century, where are the battle lines? Read on: http://www.worldofkenwilber.com (see Reading Room and top link on homepage). Frank -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Frank Visser, Waterpoortweg 279, 1051 PV A'dam, Netherlands Pay a visit to my homepage: http://members.ams.chello.nl/f.visser3 Read all about Ken Wilber: http://www.worldofkenwilber.com xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx