Discussions of Truth

[kenoli Oleari]

Judi -- Are you acquainted with Non-Violent Communication?  It has a
practice based on what you describe.  It is based on work by Marshall
Rosenberg and there are some websites describing it.

Kenoli

>Isn't it interesting, Julie, as you mention blame and judgement,
>that we seem to have difficulty speaking from a place of need rather
>than judgement?
>
>It is amazing how easily a world view .... or a notion ... or a way
>of being ... anchors itself into flesh and then creates the
>experience that we call living.  I wonder sometimes if we all just
>told the truth as it moves up from the body and presses up against
>us to be revealed ... if we only said "yes" when "yes" is what we
>meant ... and "no" when we are unwilling or unable; if we asked for
>what we wanted -- and didn't wait until we were desperate -- and
>were honest about what we are willing to give -- would the flow of
>energy ever be impeded?
>
>Judi
>
>>>>  jsmith at mosquitonet.com 08/29/01 13:29 PM >>>
>Hmmmm...... I see what you mean, Judi and Harrison.  There is that
>aspect of conflict that puts us in touch with ourselves.  The
>internal struggle that accompanies external conflict can force us to
>explore our deeper truths and meanings in life.  That exploration
>can result in important learning and growth.
>
>And then there is that aspect of conflict that blames and judges the
>other.  It is the healing of this aspect, I think, that I was trying
>to get at in my earlier post.  This is the healing that allows us to
>have a shared truth with another rather than a solo truth that
>excludes the other.  That shared truth sometimes opens us to the
>possibility of recognizing our connection, our oneness.
>
>I love the four laws of Spirit that Birgitt shared.
>
>Thank you, everyone, for such thoughtful conversation.
>
>Julie
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Harrison Owen
>   To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>   Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 7:23 AM
>   Subject: Re: AW: Central Asia
>
>
>   At 11:40 AM 8/29/2001 -0300, you wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     A very rich exchange, indeed.  Intriguing to hear a plethora of
>experience!
>
>     Julie -- you wrote...
>     I spend some of my time mediating with people who are in
>conflict.  It seems
>     to me that people in conflict are usually not in touch with truth.
>
>     My experience has been that people in conflict -- including
>myself(!) are quite often beginning to touch their own truth when in
>conflict!
>
>     Judi
>
>   Personally I find that when folks are in conflict they are totally
>connected to the Truth -- their own. Not necessarily a bad thing if
>space can be provided so that some perspective may be achieved. And
>the good news about conflict is that somebody cares. No Conflict?
>Nobody cares! but you do need some space to move about in. which is
>why, I guess, we do what we do.
>
>   ho
>
>
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