Toward a World that Works for Everyone
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Yada Yada (left) and Snore Snore: Something is not working We often think of conversations in an incomplete way. We say there are two people talking to each other. What we don’t say, and may not even think about, is: There are also two people listening. (1) They may be forming their […]
Daydreaming I had a daydream the other day that I had enough short-term memory to actually lecture on what we discuss here, in front of a crowd. (I don’t at this moment. Haven’t had since at least 2012.) At one point I asked everyone in the audience to stand up. Now I […]
I was talking to a young friend the other day who may be entering a new relationship. I imagined her asking me what she should look for in a relationship. I had no problem answering that question. From my personal perspective? Does he know how to listen? If he knows how to listen, and you […]
I’m listening I’m so excited about this book that I’m jumping about in my seat as I post this. I’m writing a series of books on listening in the hope that this now-seemingly-neglected skill becomes a cherished practice again in our now-global society. All my life, I’ve valued listening. My soul-contract design team must have […]
Runt of the litter? I chose it! I’m so excited about this series of books that I’m jumping about in my seat as I post this. I’m writing a series on listening in the hope that this now-seemingly-neglected skill becomes a cherished practice again in our now-global society. The Source of My Interest in Listening […]
Every relationship I’ve ever lost, I’ve lost to an inability or unwillingness on my part or someone else’s (or both) to handle conflict. Download Leaving the Cycle of Conflict here: https://goldenageofgaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Leaving-the-Cycle-of-Conflict-26.pdf I’m tempted to say that we don’t have “relationships.” We have connections that are wonderful to begin with and then are choked off by […]
(Concluded from Part 1, above.) To review, first, what happens in this cycle is that discussion of a matter is left until one party is ready to blow. That in itself is not a great strategy. Download Leaving the Cycle of Conflict here: https://goldenageofgaia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Leaving-the-Cycle-of-Conflict-26.pdf Communication needs to happen sooner and on a regular basis until […]
There are a lot of people out there who are going to be facing a need to change their minds on matters that go right to the core of identity. Let me focus on one example here. Most people adhere, without knowing it, to a paradigm called “empirical materialism.” In a nutshell, what that philosophy […]
We probably could not be heard above the din of clashing ideologies and other forces happening around us and in distant places. I’m not sure about you, but it’s like an open invitation to me to grow quiet, turn inward, and listen. And here’s what I hear. Who was the sage who said “I have […]
A global project focused on friendship, peace, harmony and emphasizing listening. (1) As a proponent of listening, I am in heaven. However the project is only at the conceptual stage, looking for an investor. The Friendship Pod Affair, Renée Mollan Masters, Executive Producer (https://www.friendshippodmovie.com/_files/ugd/04eed9_a433bb02588e4c05ac9327323dd29e90.pdf) The project is only in the investor stage (looking for, […]
Seeing the script I have playing – and the discoveries that it’s leading to – is like an earthquake in my life. (1) And it’s led to numerous aftershocks. It’s opened the door for me to complete the cycle of domestic abuse that occurred in our household. It’s led me to see the identity I […]
Leaving aside the various questions we may have about the Bible’s accuracy, (1) Luke quotes Jesus in Chapter 12: 52-3 as saying: “For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. “The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the […]
I need to take my mind off what’s happening in the world, which feels so saddening. So, as I mentioned yesterday, I’m revisiting and revising my book of articles on listening as a useful but remedial exercise. Since listening is a big part of what we’ll be doing as soon as the major announcements come […]
(email) Listening doesn’t make you a part of someone else’s narrative. It offers a witness to someone’s pain that uses the power of voice to ultimately set itself free. Everyone needs to be heard in order for progress to unfold. This is why we take turns in conversations, sharing and listening, until there is no […]
