How to build a culture of empathy?
1. Use Restorative justice and
peace circles.
2. Personal awareness is always
crucial:
Join healing groups and organizations; calm your fear, calm
your anger; be aware of when and how you dismiss other people as less
than human; stand up to wrongdoing and dismissive behavior; be aware of
the pervasiveness of military metaphors and “going to war” against
anything and everything; believe that a shift in collective
consciousness is possible. Be loving, especially to those closest to
you.
3. Be the media.
Help spread the word.
Know how important your voice is!
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07/19/2012
- The
Geopolitics of Compassion
So reads theCharter
for Compassion,
one of many global cries for a new way of being, which includes a new,
demilitarized geopolitics. This can only happen if democracy becomes,
once again, a force of history.
How to build a culture of empathy?
1.
Use Restorative justice and peace
circles:
My personal choice for bringing positive change to the world.
The process is slowly changing Chicago’s schools and court system.
Several good books on this, the best one being: Returning to the
Teachings, by Rupert Ross. This is a practical process for creating a
culture of healing.
2. Personal awareness is always
crucial:
Join healing groups and organizations; calm your fear, calm
your anger; be aware of when and how you dismiss other people as less
than human; stand up to wrongdoing and dismissive behavior; be aware of
the pervasiveness of military metaphors and “going to war” against
anything and everything; believe that a shift in collective
consciousness is possible. Be loving, especially to those closest to
you.
3. Be the media.
Help spread the word.
Know how important your voice is!
