Hello Kenoli, Yes I am acquainted with Marshall Rosenberg's work. I have heard him speak. I work with kids from grade 4 to grade 12 in peer mediation and speaking from a language of need is included! Actually it is great for me as well. Thank you for sharing.
Judi >>> ken...@igc.org 08/30/01 02:17 AM >>> 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 > >>>> jsm...@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: osl...@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 > > > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Drive > Potomac, MD 20854 USA > phone 301-469-9269 > fax 301-983-9314 > Summer Phone 207-763-3261 > Summer Address > 189 Beaucaire Ave. > Camden, ME 04843 > Personal website www.mindspring.com/~owenhh > Open Space Institute website www.openspaceworld.org > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com > >* >* >========================================================== >osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >------------------------------ >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, >Visit: > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -- Kenoli Oleari, Horizons of Change, http://www.horizonsofchange.com 1801 Fairview Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 Voice Phone: 510-601-8217, Fax: 510-595-8369, Email: ken...@igc.org (or click on: mailto://ken...@igc.org) * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
