Comments on: The Guantánamo Files: Additional Chapters Online – The Last of the Afghans (Part Two) http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/15/the-guantanamo-files-additional-chapters-online-the-last-of-the-afghans-part-two/ Investigative journalist, author, filmmaker and Guantanamo expert Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Connie http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/15/the-guantanamo-files-additional-chapters-online-the-last-of-the-afghans-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-32337 Connie Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:39:11 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=1348#comment-32337 I was so inspired by Frances' comment & Andy's accomplishment, that I reflected a little longer & realized that Frances touched upon a very recent experience of mine as well as a major theme of a blog I do with a friend in Germany...so I edited and extended the above answer. You may want to take a little look? http://thejourneyofhope.blogspot.com/2009/02/unconditional-love.html I also post many of Andy's entries here: http://www.oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com I was so inspired by Frances’ comment & Andy’s accomplishment, that I reflected a little longer & realized that Frances touched upon a very recent experience of mine as well as a major theme of a blog I do with a friend in Germany…so I edited and extended the above answer. You may want to take a little look?

http://thejourneyofhope.blogspot.com/2009/02/unconditional-love.html

I also post many of Andy’s entries here:
http://www.oneheartforpeace.blogspot.com

]]> By: Connie http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/15/the-guantanamo-files-additional-chapters-online-the-last-of-the-afghans-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-32331 Connie Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:25:18 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=1348#comment-32331 So well put, Frances -- & you express such a wide & passionate heart...keep us informed about your progress to give of yourself for the tortured ones & what you learn along the way about loving them. 1 Corinthians 13 in the so-called christian bible which is most like a scripture according to people & perhaps at times according to the holy spirit as well - the deepest, most truthful spirit of us all - within & without - which I still fully embrace . Although I'm a long, long way from my biblical upbringings in interpretation - I still find a universal quality to this portion of scripture which our US citizenry and leaders would do well to heed: ...although I do good works & have not love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling symbol... So whenever I want to give up myself - my psyche & my body even up - in the stead of - in the hoped for benefit of the most powerless & the most voiceless among us -- (and I have many times in my life) - I try to remember how I can do so & still love... not only the victim yet also the victimizer...a feat which only a few manage to accomplish in one lifetime... Perhaps this understanding of what's required for healing, human rights and peace on earth is universal enough to connect with readers here of all persuasions, even the pantheists, the non-religious and those of many cultures and faiths? February 16, 2009 at 3:24 EST So well put, Frances — & you express such a wide & passionate heart…keep us informed about your progress to give of yourself for the tortured ones & what you learn along the way about loving them. 1 Corinthians 13 in the so-called christian bible which is most like a scripture according to people & perhaps at times according to the holy spirit as well – the deepest, most truthful spirit of us all – within & without – which I still fully embrace .

Although I’m a long, long way from my biblical upbringings in interpretation – I still find a universal quality to this portion of scripture which our US citizenry and leaders would do well to heed:
…although I do good works & have not love, I am a sounding brass and a tinkling symbol…

So whenever I want to give up myself – my psyche & my body even up – in the stead of – in the hoped for benefit of the most powerless & the most voiceless among us — (and I have many times in my life) – I try to remember how I can do so & still love…
not only the victim yet also the victimizer…a feat which only a few manage to accomplish in one lifetime…

Perhaps this understanding of what’s required for healing, human rights and peace on earth is universal enough to connect with readers here of all persuasions, even the pantheists, the non-religious and those of many cultures and faiths?

February 16, 2009 at 3:24 EST

]]> By: Frances Madeson http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/02/15/the-guantanamo-files-additional-chapters-online-the-last-of-the-afghans-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-32315 Frances Madeson Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:23:17 +0000 http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/?p=1348#comment-32315 In addition to everything else your work has been, it is an act of unconditional love to the whole wide world. You have loved your neighbor as yourself, and you are, as a result, golden. Innocence can never be restored; our rose colored glasses have been crushed into a fine powder. But they have been replaced by depth perception and ocular clarity, which will serve us far better going forward, as we must. In addition to everything else your work has been, it is an act of unconditional love to the whole wide world. You have loved your neighbor as yourself, and you are, as a result, golden. Innocence can never be restored; our rose colored glasses have been crushed into a fine powder. But they have been replaced by depth perception and ocular clarity, which will serve us far better going forward, as we must.

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