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We feel each other’s pain–Daily Metta

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“People would be likely to refrain from harming others if they knew that in doing so they were really harming themselves.” In this video Michael discusses the fact that modern science specifically neuroscience, specifically mirror neurons, confirm that fact that we feel one another’s pain. This is important because if people were more aware of… read more

Beyond crisis-mode–Daily Metta

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“We are lurching from crisis to crisis.” In today’s video, Michael, continuing on from February 6, underscores how our common way of thinking has no way to understand the dynamic of Karen Ridd’s heroic act and its effect. He adds a contemporary example of how the prevailing worldview, or “old story,” prevents us from acknowledging… read more

She saved her friend’s life–Daily Metta

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“Nonviolent actors have to find the residual humanity in their opponent and awaken it.” In today’s Daily Metta, Michael analyzes a dramatic story that took place in El Salvador when a Canadian volunteer with Peace Brigades International risked her life and ended up saving herself and her friend.     Add your comments below. About… read more

Being Zero: Daily Metta

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“My mission is to convert every Indian, even Englishmen, and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social, or religious.” ~ Gandhi, Mahatma Vol. 5, p. 2 We can’t fault Gandhi for lacking ambition! His greatest ambition, however, in his own opinion, was quite different: “to make myself zero.” What… read more

What makes us human-Daily Metta

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“We are very limited in our ability to grasp what nonviolence is by the limitations on our image of who we are.” ​Having no agreed upon definition of who we are creates a vacuum and so a very reductionist image comes in as the lowest common denominator. The discovery of nonviolence and the rebuilding of… read more

A life-affirming orientation–Daily Metta

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“It’s through discovering our capacity for nonviolence–our ability to offer it and our ability to respond to it– that we discover something absolutely fundamental about human nature.” In today’s Daily Metta video, Michael suggests that the nature of our task is to discover our capacity for nonviolence, which lies at the basis of our nature. Our… read more

Energy Conversion: Daily Metta

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Using Emotional Energy Wisely “We have to slow down on our initial reactions.” Michael Nagler explores reserving and converting the energy of negative emotions into fuel for positive changes. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as a way to share the Gandhi’s spiritual wisdom and… read more

Violence is Violence: Daily Metta

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And Nonviolence is Nonviolence “Violence remains violence, irrespective of motivation.” Today, Michael Nagler puts some perspective on violence. He also emphasizes that nonviolence is a problem-solving tool all of us can use, regardless of our roles and positions. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as… read more

Innate Non-Aggression: Daily Metta

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Innately Nonviolent Frans de Waal’s findings on rhesus monkeys give us some surprising take-aways about the ways that nonviolence shows up in the animal kingdom. Watch the short video for Michael Nagler’s re-framing of the “innate aggression” theory. About Daily Metta Stephanie Van Hook, the Metta Center’s executive director, launched Daily Metta in 2015 as… read more