I watched Survivor on TV on Wednesday night. It’s a program I follow sporadically and there I was watching it that day. On Thursday I heard about Mandela’s death. These two things made strange bedfellows in my brain. On Wednesday night there was tribal council and the vote to eliminate a member from a tribe. … Continue reading Mandela’s Legacy
Category: Connecting
Recently I came across this video of Carolyn Mabry. Here's one experience she describes in the video. It's a cold, snowy night. She's standing on a bridge. There's confusion, people are standing around. Her focus has narrowed to nothing more and nothing less than one person, a person threatening to jump. I imagine myself on … Continue reading Mindfulness in the Midst
What did it take to really listen? First of all, I let go of any role and moved into "fellow human being". I entered a space of not knowing, while finding the strength to stand in the midst of very difficult emotions...
Through nonviolence training I've gotten the impression that letting go of enemy images is a productive thing to do if I am to live a nonviolent life. I struggle with this. Some things that people have done are just wrong. I don't have pleasant thoughts about Hitler, for instance, or about others closer to my … Continue reading Enemy Images