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Marc Erlbaum's avatar

Brilliant! We must be highly suspect of those who push us to take a side quickly and without a thorough understanding of the varying perspectives. Sadly, our children are being taught the opposite. Not only are they ostracized if they refuse to choose immediately, but they are then instructed to plug their ears to any diversity of viewpoint. Civil discourse and reasoned debate have somehow become anathema to those who are interested more in indoctrination than education. I love your notion that we must learn to be "centered" personally if we wish to collaborate and progress societally. Reading Marshall Rosenberg's "Non-Violent Communication" was a turning point in my life. Sounds like the "Coming to Peace" resolution model bears many similarities to Rosenberg's NVC.

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Gillian Florence Sanger's avatar

I agree whole-heartedly with everything you've written - and I really resonate with Rosenberg's NVC work as well. Definitely some similarities between it and Coming to Peace. Thanks for reading and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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