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Readings to Stimulate and Enrich Your Thoughts

BASED on the specific paradigms chosen by the participants of the First Lambat-Liwanag Conference on the Empowering Paradigms (held on October 26, 2001, at UST) during the registration, they were given handouts to go with their general kits. The paradigm-specific handouts were full reproductions of certain articles, excerpts of articles and materials existing before the formation of the Lambat-Liwanag Network, and some other materials, like the fully written-out draft Paradigm Declaration for Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education (Paradigm No. 7) and the detailed outline of point headings and content entries for Synergism in Total Human Development (Paradigm No.1), preparatory to writing the first draft of the Paradigm Declaration for this.

Other materials for specific paradigms were prepared for the Conference but copies made of them were insufficient in number due to some technical difficulties. All these materials, however, are carried in the "Addendum" section of the book. The Conference organizers tried to provide handouts from a variety of sources on each paradigm, and due to our limitations we are able to provide only a handful of documents that were well within our immediate reach, especially from writings of the lead convenor that were already in his computer hard drive and other materials in his personal library.

The inclusion of any which material here does not signify that we are endorsing its assertions. We are simply recommending that you read them to stimulate and/or enrich your thoughts on the paradigms. We would appreciate any comments, positive or negative, from you about these handouts, as well as recommended additions to them, for consideration by the forthcoming series of Lambat-Liwanag Paradigm-Specific Conferences.

Following, alphabetically by surname, are the authors of the materials here: Ruth Benedict; Teresita Camacho; Bill Cane; Maraya Chebat; Tony Cruzada; Dorothy Dobbins; Esperanza Dowling; Edcel Lagman; Nelson Mandela; Federico Mayor; Noemi Medina; Drunvalo Melchizedeck; Kenneth Murrell; Nicanor Perlas; Mina M. Ramirez; Betty Reardon; Ed Aurelio Reyes; Joydee Robledo; Serafin Talisayon; Alvin Toffler; Enrique Torres; Judith Vogt; Neale Donald Walsch; Ian Winter; Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II); and Marz Zafe; plus the following entities (also alphabetically): CBCP-NASSA; Earthlite Sparks & Reflections; Philippine Human Rights Information Center; Philippine Movement for Press Freedom; Salika; SanibLakas Foundation; and the United Nations General Assembly.

Contributions in the form of additional reading materials are very much welcome. Paradigm handouts added to Lambat-Liwanag holdings after the publication/uploading of this documentation book will be included in these web pages as they come, and marked as "New."

Paradigm 1: Synergism in Total Human Development

1-1 Synergism in Total Human Development (Detailed Outline) by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

1-2 Consciousness Grids Around the Planet by Drunvalo Melchizedeck

1-3 Awareness and Self-Evolution by Neale Donald Walsh

1-4 Empowerment is Based on Synergism by Judith Vogt and Kenneth Murrell

1-5 Smile for Synergy (Poem) by Ding Reyes

Paradigm 2: Holistic Health Care and Medicine

2-1 Credo for Holistic Health: 'Living the Way of the Elegant Spirit' by Maraya Chebat and Esper Dowling

2-2 Holistic Health-- No Other Kind by Earthlite Sparks & Reflections

2-3 'Sanib-Sigla': Attaining Physical Fitness and Strength Together by SanibLakas-HDH

2-4 'Disease-Care System' Kept for Profit by Neale Donald Walsch

Paradigm 3: Deep Ecology and Harmony with Nature

3-1 In the Womb of Gaia: 'Circle of Nature' by Bill Cane

3-2 Human Stewardship of the Environment Through Synergy-Building by SALIKA Founders

3-3 Love All Life (poem) by Ding Reyes

3-4 The Earth Charter by Earth Charter Drafting Commission

Paradigm 4: Sense of History and Sense of Mission

4-1 Imperative: A '3-D View' of History by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

4-2 Academe Should Deeply Study Questions About 'EDSA Upheavals' by Noemi Alindogan Medina

Paradigm 5: Civics and Democratic Governance

5-1 Participatory Politics for the Philippines by CBCP-National Secretariat for Social Action

5-2 Non-Aggression for Social Synergy by Ruth Benedict

5-3 Framework Options for Empowerment by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

5-4 Principles and Premises on the Press by Phil. Movement for Press Freedom

Paradigm 6: Culture as Community Creativity

6-1 Culture Manifests the 'Collective Unconscious' by Mina M. Ramirez

6-2 Nature of Man and Culture by Baidyanath Saraswati (ed.)

Paradigm 7: Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education

7-1 Light-Seeking and Light-Sharing Education by Enrique D. Torres

7-2 The 'Covert Curriculum' by Alvin Toffler

7-3 Let Stakeholders Evaluate the Schools by Romeo M. Barrios

Paradigm 8: Gender Sensitivity, Equality and Harmony

8-1 On Women Being Devalued by Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)

8-2 Women and Illiteracy in Social Context by Noemi Alindogan-Medina

8-3 Synergism and the Liberation of Women by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes and Joydee C. Robledo

8-4 Challenge of Fatherhood: Parental Teamwork After Prenatal Physical Discrepancy by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

8-5 'Feminine Principle' for All Humans by Earthlite Sparks & Reflections

8-6 The Return of the 'Feminine Principle' by Serafin D. Talisayon

Paradigm 9: Reconstructive/Restorative Justice

9-1 Rape Cases: How the System is Not Helping the Victims by Teresita G. Camacho

9-2 Humanize the Philippine Correction System by Rep. Edcel C. Lagman

Paradigm 10: Associative Economics, Social Capital and Sustainable Development

10-1 Associative Economics vs. 'Globalized Greed' by Nicanor Perlas

10-2 Departure from Continental Economics by Ernesto R. Gonzales

10-3 Synergism, the Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

10-4 Sama-Sama, Sanib-Sanib, sa Layunin, Kilos at Kakamtin (song) by SanibLakas-CES

10-5 Envisioned Impact of Cooperative Education on Synergism by Tony Cruzada

10-6 Prosperity: Treasure Growth from Synergies by SanibLakas Foundation

10-7 Social Capital Defined by Ian Winter

10-8 Worker Coops for Job Creation and Employment Security by Tony Cruzada

10-9 'Tangkilikan' Synergy Needed Now by Faustino G. Mendoza, Jr.

Paradigm 11: Synergetic Leadership and Empowering Organizations

11-1 The 'Three Synergies': Basic in Organizations by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

11-2 Leaders are for Empowering by Judith Vogt and Kenneth Murrell

11-3 Synergetic Leadership and Empowered Members by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

Paradigm 12: Appropriate/Adaptive Technology

12-1 Indigenous Knowledge Systems: The Tribes Have Long Been Geniuses! by Nicanor Perlas

12-2 Small-Within-Big is Beautiful by Alvin Toffler

Paradigm 13: Mutual Enrichment of Families and Friendships

13-1 Family Life and Social Capital by Ian Winter

Paradigm 14: Human Dignity and Harmony: Human Rights and Peace

14-1 LightShare for Earnest Human Conversations by SanibLakas-HDH

14-2 Nobel Peace Prize Address by Nelson Mandela

14-3 Catholic Social Teachings on Human Dignity

14-4 The Human Right to Peace by Federico Mayor

14-5 Peace Education Needs Human Rights Education by Betty Reardon

14-6 Peace and Human Rights: Intertwined Advocacies by Ed Aurelio C. Reyes

14-7 Pillars of Peace for the 21st Century: A Policy Statement by United Nations General Assembly

Paradigm 15: Aesthetics Without Boundaries: ‘Art from the Heart’

15-1 The Credo of Synaesthetics by SanibLakas-HDH

15-2 Art From the Heart of All by Marz Zafe

15-3 Art: A Partial Expression of God by Dorothy Dobbins

A Gathering

of Light

for Empowerment


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