Toward a World that Works for Everyone
2,560,797 views Nov 22, 2023 Acclaimed psychiatrist, Bessel van der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps The Score,” discusses the widespread existence of trauma and how it manifests in our bodies. [Kathleen: I had a trauma experience at 14 (not the extreme of the Vietnam war) but just like what Bessel says about the vets, […]
I received a dressing down two days ago, which was well deserved, which I acknowledged. However, the occasion presented a wonderful opportunity to look at myself and I’ve been doing that ever since. It’s been very rewarding. There’s no way I could say what happened without being egregiously self-serving. I complained at an establishment […]
If I were totally focused on reunion with God, I’d be abstinent. But Archangel Michael actually wants me to eat, drink, and be merry, as far as an urban monk can and does go. Archangel Michael: You did not come to live as a guru in a western or eastern manner…. Part of your […]
I’ve felt for a very long time that it’s unfortunate that we don’t have more widely disseminated approaches to everyday relationship conflict. Of course I’m not in a relationship so I’m ignorant of current breakthroughs in that field. I’m offering the analyses that cluster around the notion of “cycle of conflict” as a door in […]
One of the mistakes the friends and family of folks caught in a cycle of conflict often make is to mistake reconciliation – getting back together (step 8) – as a resolution of the conflict. We reconcile and they all applaud, as if reconciliation is THE most important thing. No, if nothing ever changes, then […]
A cycle of conflict is a repetitive argument whose constituents are complaints that go ignored or otherwise unattended to. If serious enough and left undealt with, it can escalate in intensity while the feelings for one another may decrease proportionately, until the couple separates. It’s my current belief that, unless people find a way out […]
Steve: This is a keeper. It says about everything I can think of saying (if I had their higher consciousness) in one go, beautifully put. In my view, it’s time now not just to read a message like this, but to really “get” it, down to our bones. May our listening match the quality of […]
by Pamela Kribbe https://www.lightraisersworldwide.com/the-case-for-being-human-pamela-kribbe/ Steve: Everything I’ve ever said on the subjects Mary discusses – and much, much more – feels like it’s been said in this one article. This is the second time Pamela has hit the ball out of the park among the messages I’ve read; the first time was “Jeshua: The Third […]
by Pamela Kribbe https://www.lightraisersworldwide.com/the-case-for-being-human-pamela-kribbe/ (Concluded from Part 1, above.) Feel how you are powerful and autonomous. You are one and indivisible, and although you are inextricably bound to the Source of everything, you are also totally yourself, entirely unique. Allow this knowledge to sink in. You are you and no one else, and that is […]
Credit: verywell.com I’m reissuing Leaving the Cycle of Conflict as a volume in the There is No Greater Gift than Listening series. Let me post one of my favorite chapters from that book. I have to say that the cycle of conflict, in my estimation, is the greatest affliction of relationship that I’m aware of […]
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 […]
I’d like to return to the subject of exiting the cycle of conflict for a moment to introduce the notion of a nuclear issue. In a full-blown cycle of conflict, we may reach the conclusion that “nothing ever changes.” When we conclude that, the issue that doesn’t change may go nuclear. A “nuclear issue” […]
I find myself chuckling when I read stories about who was the first to “discover” this invention or that. Or when I see the bow and arrow arise on several continents that are not in touch with each other. In the social sciences, this is referred to as the problem of “geographical diffusion.” Is there […]
I’ve just had a conversation with someone whose son is having emotional difficulties. I don’t want to go into details because (A) I don’t want to identify the person and (B) I don’t want to create an impression that I somehow have credentials to be dispensing advice. We all contribute what we have. Mine is […]
