Commitment #7: Loving No Matter What: Even when my needs are seriously unmet, I want to keep my heart open. If I find myself becoming judgmental, angry, or otherwise triggered, I want to seek support in transforming my judgments and meeting others with love. How can we love “no matter what?” Who really… read more
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Commitment #6: Balance
Commitment #6: BALANCE Even when I am drawn to overstretching myself (including towards any of these commitments), I want to remain attentive to the limits of my capacity at any given moment. If I find myself pushing myself, I want to seek support to honor the natural wisdom of my organism and to trust… read more
Commitment #5: Self-Care
Commitment #5: Self-Care Even when I am stressed, overwhelmed, or in disconnection, I want to maintain my commitments to my well-being and take actions that nourish my life. If I find myself letting go of strategies that I know contribute to my life (such as exercise, eating as I want, receiving support and empathy as… read more
Commitment #4: Responsibility
Commitment #4: Responsibility Even when overwhelmed with obstacles or difficult emotions, I want to take full responsibility for my feelings, my actions, and my life. If I find myself giving my power away to other people, larger forces, or analytic categories such as my past or any labels I put on myself, I want to… read more
Commitment #3: Risking My Significance
Commitment #3: Risking my Significance: Even when I am full of doubt, I want to offer myself in full to the world. If I find myself thinking that I am not important or that my actions are of no significance, I want to seek support to come back to my knowledge that… read more
Commitment 2: Full Emotional Range
Commitment #2: Openness to the Full Emotional Range Even when my feelings are uncomfortable for me, I want to stay present with myself and keep my heart open to the fullness of my emotional experience. If I find myself shrinking away from my experience, getting numb or shut down, I want to seek support… read more
Commitment #1: Openness to Myself
Commitment #1: Openness to Myself Even when I act in ways I really don’t like, I want to keep my heart open to myself. If I find myself in self-judgment, I want to seek support to reconnect with myself. It is not humanly possible to live all of the commitments 100% of the time. They can point… read more
All-in: Fully Committing to a Life of Nonviolence
A METTA mini-series for daily living Conceived and birthed by Miki Kashtan, Ph.D. Gandhi spoke about applying nonviolence in thought, word, and action. I have found that applying nonviolence becomes progressively more difficult the closer it is to thought. Many more people can refrain from physically violent acts than from using the language of judgments,… read more
