Latest data seems to indicate that the violence we are all hearing about is over-hyped...there is bias of course but “it’s not as bad as we have been told” might be closer to the truth
This is not to condone violence in any way, but to be clearheaded about it has helped me a lot
Thanks for this wonderful example, Bill, of how we come to believe what we believe. When we say, as conscious politics practitioners, that beliefs matter, that idea means several things. First, we start to get good at being able to articulate what WE believe. Then we get good at encouraging many of our conversations to take place at the level of belief. Then we loop in compassion and non-judgment by realizing that each of us can and will only ever believe what we believe based on what we've taken in from a trusted source (e.g., Grandpa taught me that money doesn't grow on trees) or what we have concluded based on experience (e.g., it's really hard to lose 15 pounds). As we will continue to see and say and experience, sometimes new information inspires one to change a belief; sometimes it doesn't. And not judging people for the beliefs they have is a huge part of what we're up to here. Thanks for sharing.
Great stuff, as always, Steven, and thank you, as always. That first paragraph could easily describe yours truly, this Self, including the 12-year-old at the summer riflery range at Camp Dudley. Remind me to share with you the Camp Dudley song some time. It's short. And not so catchy that you'll wake up humming it. Big hugs and love!
Latest data seems to indicate that the violence we are all hearing about is over-hyped...there is bias of course but “it’s not as bad as we have been told” might be closer to the truth
This is not to condone violence in any way, but to be clearheaded about it has helped me a lot
https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/
Thanks for this wonderful example, Bill, of how we come to believe what we believe. When we say, as conscious politics practitioners, that beliefs matter, that idea means several things. First, we start to get good at being able to articulate what WE believe. Then we get good at encouraging many of our conversations to take place at the level of belief. Then we loop in compassion and non-judgment by realizing that each of us can and will only ever believe what we believe based on what we've taken in from a trusted source (e.g., Grandpa taught me that money doesn't grow on trees) or what we have concluded based on experience (e.g., it's really hard to lose 15 pounds). As we will continue to see and say and experience, sometimes new information inspires one to change a belief; sometimes it doesn't. And not judging people for the beliefs they have is a huge part of what we're up to here. Thanks for sharing.
Great stuff, as always, Steven, and thank you, as always. That first paragraph could easily describe yours truly, this Self, including the 12-year-old at the summer riflery range at Camp Dudley. Remind me to share with you the Camp Dudley song some time. It's short. And not so catchy that you'll wake up humming it. Big hugs and love!
Beware: I am capable of smothering another human (in a non-violent way, of course) with stories of and from Camp Kittatinny...:)