{"id":130,"date":"2017-11-29T20:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pym.org\/faith-and-practice-v2\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2017-12-08T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T21:00:04","slug":"grounding-transformed-lives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pym.org\/faith-and-practice\/guidelines-and-procedures\/general-queries\/grounding-transformed-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Grounding for Transformed Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Grounding for Transformed Lives: Peace and Alternatives to Violence<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>How do we help each other face conflicts with patience, forbearance and openness to healing?<\/li>\n<li>To what extent does our meeting ignore differences in order to avoid possible conflicts?<\/li>\n<li>What are we doing as a Friends meeting within our communities:<\/li>\n<li>1) To recognize and correct the causes of violence?<\/li>\n<li>2) To understand the impact of the global military-industrial complex on all aspects of life?<\/li>\n<li>3) To increase the understanding and use of alternatives to violence?<\/li>\n<li>4) To work toward overcoming separations and restoring wholeness?<\/li>\n<li>5) To support the constructive use of authority?<\/li>\n<li>6) To promote the sustainability of the earth?<\/li>\n<li><em>Do I \u201clive in the virtue [power] of that Life and Spirit that took [takes] away the occasion of all wars\u201d?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do I maintain Friends\u2019 testimony that participation in war and its preparation is inconsistent with the teaching of Jesus?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do I treat personal conflict as an opportunity for growth?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do I face my differences with others and reaffirm in action and attitude my love for those with whom I am in conflict?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grounding for Transformed Lives: Integrity and Simplicity<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the interplay between simplicity and integrity in the life of our meeting?<\/li>\n<li>How does our meeting embody simplicity and integrity in its structures and practices?<\/li>\n<li>How has our meeting considered humanity\u2019s impact on the earth\u2019s ecological integrity and the ways in which violence and injustice exacerbate this impact?<\/li>\n<li><em>How do I strive to achieve harmony between my inner and outer commitments in my spiritual journey, my work, my family and my other responsibilities?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Am I temperate in all things?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Am I open to counsel regarding addictive behavior?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Am I involved only with those organizations and activities whose purposes and methods complement my integrity?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Am I careful to speak truth as I know it and am I open to truth spoken to me? <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Am I mindful that judicial oaths imply a double standard of truth?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grounding for Transformed Lives: Equality and Justice<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>How does our meeting benefit from established patterns of prejudice, exploitation and economic convenience? 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