By Allison Briscoe-Smith — 2004
One successful way to combat prejudice, it seems, is by serving as a model to others.
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CLEAR ALL
I hope you are well. Before today’s sit, I share with you the single most necessary component of a meditation practice, the aspect that actually keeps it all going. I have learned this after teaching (literally) thousands and thousands of people how to meditate.
Passive-aggressive people: Could you be one of them? Passive-aggressive people don't get mad, they get even. When conflict triggers an emotional response, the passive-aggressive pattern is for revenge, by some form of sabotage.
People’s sense of self-worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they’ve caused. The more solid one’s sense of self regard, the more likely that that person can feel empathy and compassion for the hurt party, and apologize from an authentic center.
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
Otto Scharmer talks about how we, as individuals and collectively as a society, create results no one wants - ecological, social and spiritual divide. He talks about what causes such divides and how we can overcome them.
This episode is a joyous celebration of all the relationships in our lives. It’s challenging, poignant but ultimately hugely practical.