> But take religion, any religion, and seek its wisdom. Then compare
> that wisdom with the wisdom of the five disciplines. I assert that
> you will find very close matches in all.
There's a Christian Science reading room around the corner from my house,
and they usually have an open Bible in their display case, with an
indicated reading for the day.
Yesterday the passage was about "the good Samaritan". A lawyer asked Jesus
what he would have to do to enter eternal life, and Jesus answered from
the law. Then it says, the lawyer, willing to justify himself, said (then
it gives what the lawyer said). Eventually the lawyer answers Jesus'
question and says that it was the Samaritan who had mercy on the wounded
man who was the good neighbor.
It seemed that Jesus said love your neighbor and then brought that to the
point of having mercy on others. (My comment, possibly wrong) You are a
neighbor to those to whom You show mercy.
In my experience, the idea of learning organizations "had mercy on me" in
the sense of saying (in theory) "OK, we'll give you a chance".
Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
jpf@myriad.net
--"John Paul Fullerton" <jpf@mail.myriad.net>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>