TAPE 6: THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW ORDINARY LIFE
Bethene: It sounds to me as if you are suggesting that the new ordinary
life requires ongoing expansion. On of the things that strikes me about
9/11 is that there was a constricting of time, space, and of
relationships. That seems entirely contrary to the kind of future that
you're envisioning.
Lynn: That's a very good observation. What we all have to take to
heart is a sense of: do we want space and time and relationships to
constrict in order to feel safe...but at the same time...to feel imprisoned?
This is why risk is such and important part of the new ordinary life.
Or do we want to expand...expand our sense of space to include not just
our neighborhood and our country but the whole planet? Do we want our
sense of time to expand beyond just today... to the rest of our lives...to
the future that's not ours?
What do we want in terms of relationships? Do we want to constrict and
contract into having relationships only with people who think the way we
think, look the way we look, do what we do, have the same economic
status that we have? Or do we want to expand our relationships to the
whole human community?
