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"Nonviolent Communication emphasizes compassion as the motivation for action rather than fear, guilt, shame, blame, coercion, threat or justification for punishment."
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This is one of the most important things i ever came across on the internet.
To resolve conflict between individuals, to resolve conflict between peoples, to resolve conflict within oneself.
Prevalent in virtually all cultures today is a violent way of communication, where participants tend to take a position of authority and judge one another. That cultural habit goes back some 8000 years when societies started to organize around people who claim superiority over, and dominate others.
People generally do not like to be dominated, so domination requires some kind of force to overcome resistance to domination. That usually takes the form of some kind of aggression - including in the communication.
People who are not in a position of power still see that kind of communication all the time from people who are in a position of power, and they see very little else. People learn by example so it's no surprise that even people who have little authority over anything, compete with each other for authority over each other.
The solution is to focus the communication on human needs instead of focusing on moral judgments.
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Five Ways "Common Sense" Lies To You Everyday 12 Replies
Started by Alan. Last reply by john Jul 30.
When dealing with difficult, aggressive, or deffencive type indeviduals... 19 Replies
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Daniel Lockwood Jul 25.
Nonviolent Communication - definition 8 Replies
Started by rspwan. Last reply by john Jul 17.
"Judging... to avoid feeling negative emotions in the future" 2 Replies
Started by rspwan. Last reply by Stephanie Grabreck May 4.
emotional intelligence 3 Replies
Started by rspwan. Last reply by Stephanie Grabreck May 4.
Nonviolent Communication in US High School (28:51) 1 Reply
Started by rspwan. Last reply by Dean Leysen Apr 12.
Alan's goodbye. 4 Replies
Started by rspwan. Last reply by Vinay Apr 11.
Marshall Rosenberg: Nonviolent Communication (video talk) 4 Replies
Started by rspwan. Last reply by Vinay Apr 8.
Rosenberg as mediator of peace
Started by rspwan Apr 7.
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Comment by Stephanie Grabreck on July 25, 2009 at 11:12pm - I think closure to specifc situations as well as acceptance is important too. Just because you think you're right on something doesn't mean you'll convince the rest of the world that you're way is the best. You'll always feel angry if you want everyone to see your angle of things.
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Comment by john on July 25, 2009 at 10:54pm - people fail to treat it like a real two way problem.
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Comment by aaa aaaa on May 22, 2009 at 8:22pm -
i think the key to nonviolence is forgiveness, forgiveness on a massively multiplayer scale. We all forgive each other and ourselves, all accept we are limited by the world but can work and play and through our innovation and burden-less forgiven new self-confidence, remove the barriers to further self-actualization and happy socializing and connections.
forgiveness and faith in others is an acceptance of universal limitation -hate is a knee-jerk response to lack of information, lack of pathos, lack of desire to socialize considerately --we can forgive and see the cuteness and silliness of all our limitation if we do not feel fear. Draw courage from the fact that the more people realize this and the great potential ahead of the planet, the more we will stop attacking each other!
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Comment by Different From Grace on May 22, 2009 at 2:43am - I hope we can make a difference :)
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Comment by Zack(ary) on April 17, 2009 at 10:15pm - Welcome Roberto Ballarino =)
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Comment by Ricky Lagerkvist on April 13, 2009 at 7:43pm - I used to be violent, but then I grew up decided that it would be a nice phase to treat another good for a change.
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Comment by Karandash on April 12, 2009 at 1:00pm -
Awesome stuff!
Thank you for bringing it up.
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Comment by vic on April 8, 2009 at 8:24am - Nice idea for a group.
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Comment by Zack(ary) on April 8, 2009 at 4:53am
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Comment by rspwan on April 8, 2009 at 12:12am - ok i'll just invite all my friends.
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