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I’m attaching the following writing by the
Vietnamese Buddhist teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, because it speaks elegantly to a
spiritual understanding, which underlies Systems Thinking at it’s best.
The Five Awarenesses
Students
of the Buddha are aware that life is one and that happiness is not an individual
matter. By living and practicing awareness, we bring peace and joy to our lives
and the lives of those related to us.
The
First Awareness
We
are aware that all generations of our ancestors and all future generations are
present within us.
The
Second Awareness
We
are aware of the expectations that our ancestors, our children, and their
children have of us.
The
Third Awareness
We
are aware that our joy, peace, freedom, and harmony are the joy, peace, freedom,
and harmony of our ancestors, our children, and their children.
The
Fourth Awareness
We
are aware that understanding is the very foundation of love.
The
Fifth Awareness
We
are aware that blaming and arguing can never help us and only create a wider gap
between us; that only understanding, trust, and love can help us change and
grow.
Thich Nhat Hanh