What is Compassionate Communication?
Most of us are experts at judging, blaming, criticizing others and ourselves. Is this the kind of connection and interaction that we truly yearn for?
Being compassionate is a conscious choice. It requires an intention to want to understand yourself and others at a deeper level. It results in seeing how we are more alike than unlike. When we see how we are more like each other than not is where true connection can begin.
Inspired by the work of Dr. Marshall Rosenberg and Nonviolent Communication, I teach a language model that helps build the skills necessary to connect us to that which connects us all universally, our needs and values; another consciousness.
Compassionate Communication is based on the following ideas that:
- Every action a human being takes is to meet a need
- We are all trying to get our needs met
- There is a higher possibility of getting our needs met when we know what they are and are open to a cooperative vs. a demanding way
- Needs are our living energy that forges the relationship with our human and Divine nature
Unlocking the Chains of Conditioning
Human beings have been interacting in a paradigm of right/wrong thinking for thousands of years. Someone has to be wrong for another to be right, which in turn has paved the path for conflict and violence on our planet.
Gandhi’s famous quote “Be the peace you want to see in the world” is an invitation to us all. Compassionate Communication enables us to shine the light on that part of ourselves that keeps us from inner peace; our judgmental thoughts. Most of us are unaware of how pervasive our judgmental thoughts are and the power they have to influence how we see ourselves, how we see others, and how we see the world at large. Our lives will change dramatically once we begin to tune into what our judgmental thoughts are pointing to. And we will also begin to contribute to peace on our planet because peace can only begin when we change we think.