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
Tag: compassion
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