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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) just won the Nobel Peace Prize. I am on the Global Council of Abolition 2000, a member of ICAN, instrumental in the Nuclear Ban Treaty, I wrote about last week HERE.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the 3 week negotiations for a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons July 6, 2017, ICAN meeting of civil society at our UN conference room, preparing for the approval of the Treaty on July 7.<\/p><\/div>\n

July 7, after approving the Ban Treaty, joy and gratitude:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ICAN promoted the Humanitarian Consequences Initiative (HCI), a turning point in stagnated 47-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Process, which led to the Ban Treaty.<\/p>\n

Virtually no one is addressing the underlying causes, including war itself. We can pioneer the next frontier \u2013 an initiative addressing underlying causes, highlighting the concept of \u201csecond order change\u201d to accelerate the evolving body of work towards replacing war and transcending nukes.<\/p>\n

The Ban Treaty shifts collective dynamics. The Nobel Peace Prize magnifies this by quantum leaps, opening the door wider for us to enter.<\/p>\n

Please comment and share your ideas about ways we can do more good.<\/p>\n

Aha! Moments<\/strong><\/p>\n

I remember my Aha! moment when discovering the TRANSCEND method of transforming conflicts, like my\u00a0\u201cAha!\u201d learning the concept of\u00a0\u201cSecond Order Change\u201d\u00a0in family therapy and systems theory. Rather than treating the symptom (eliminating nuclear weapons), you treat the relationship system, the underlying conflict. See the nine-dot problem HERE<\/a> <\/strong>from the book\u00a0Change: the principles of problem formation and problem resolution<\/em>, Watzlawick, P.,Weakland, J., \u00a0& Fish, R..1974<\/p>\n

These ideas instantly opened up of a new category of thinking and possibilities for solving problems, simply explaining a compelling, promising, and self-evident phenomenon, like learning something I didn\u2019t know that I already knew.<\/p>\n

Hypocognition <\/strong><\/p>\n

Recently, I discovered a concept about not having enough concepts. Reading cognitive linguist George Lakoff\u2019s work on framing, I discovered \u201chypocognition,\u201d another Aha. It means low thinking, the inability to see things or have ideas for which we have no language or framework.<\/p>\n

\u201cHypocognition,\u201d was coined by Robert Levy, psychiatrist and anthropologist. He observed people in Tahiti with no words for \u201cgrief” and \u201csorrow,\u201d necessary to express human experiences. Instead, people described themselves as feeling “sick” or “strange” afterwards.<\/p>\n

Dominant thought forms shape thinking and feeling in ways that limit ideas about what is possible. We need words, frames, concepts and categories that allow us to imagine transformative solutions.<\/p>\n

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The Belief in Coercion <\/strong><\/p>\n

The US mindset, among others, emphasizes egocentric, one-sided rhetoric, policies, tactics and strategies that embrace coercion – pressure, punishment, sanctions, isolation, threats, deterrence and violence.\u00a0 They do not consider knowledge about conditions under which coercion provokes escalation\u2013 akin to political malpractice. Johan Galtung has written about the \u201cNa\u00efve theory of sanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Claiming diplomacy doesn\u2019t work with \u201cthose people,\u201d they can\u2019t be trusted, and only understand \u201cforce,\u201d we apply more and more pressure. Pundits forget or misrepresent the successes of the negotiated Agreed Framework under Clinton in halting NK\u2019s nuclear program and improving relations, which deteriorated when Bush called them the \u201caxis of evil\u201d and threatened them.<\/p>\n

Now, in tit-for-tat escalation, threats, provocative military exercises and severe sanctions are followed missile and nuclear tests. Kim\u2019s behavior is anything but unpredictable.<\/p>\n

TRANSCEND Method<\/strong><\/h3>\n

TRANSCEND provides a methodology for\u00a0\u201csecond order change,\u201d offering viable, creative solutions to problems that seem insurmountable.\u201d It is more attractive and sustainable than\u00a0\u201cconflict resolution\u201d and compromise in which both parties feel dissatisfied.<\/p>\n

\u201cConflict transformation\u201d creates a new reality that includes and transcends the needs and goals of both parties, using analysis, diagnosis, prognosis and therapy to bridge incompatible goals, to identify legitimate goals of basic human needs for safety, respect, dignity, identity and sovereignty.<\/p>\n

For example, Johan Galtung transformed an eight-year conflict between Peru and Ecuador over land, by creating an international peace park that would benefit both countries.<\/p>\n

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Reframing: from Hypogocnition to Benecognition\u2122<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can correct for hypocognition, by teaching new ways of thinking, and demystification of flawed concepts. I coined \u201cBenecognition\u2122\u201d meaning beneficial thinking, language, frames, and concepts that increase options for creative solutions, and hopefully \u201cAhas.\u201d Here are some examples.<\/p>\n