TRY THIS: Practice REHUMANIZATION. Imagine someone you oppose or with whom you disagree. Picture their facial features and expressions. Moving your focus wider, picture the details of their entire body. Look closely at their clothes, shape, movements. Now imagine them transforming, returning to how they looked as a young child, full of innocence, vulnerability, playfulness and fear. Can you see this young person needing love and understanding? Can you imagine that a part of that child still exists in the heart of the older person now before you? Does this new perspective transform your ability to hold compassion for their human needs and potential?
Let us know how this works for you with a comment on the blog!
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By: Metta Center
We provide educational resources on the safe and effective use of nonviolence, with the recognition that it’s not about putting the right person in power but awakening the right kind of power in people. We advance a higher image of humankind while empowering people to explore the question: How does nonviolence work, and how can I actively contribute to a happier, more peaceful society?
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