Reflect means grasping the totality of a situation, especially our own role in producing it
Ask if you learned the lesson an experience presents. Without review, integration, and resolution, we have wasted the opportunity it presents to us.
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Get under the surface of a political or social issue
Turn a political conflict into a mystery. Transform the field on which the opposing parties meet, so that they do not meet in opposition.
– Listen deeply to a view that you are not inclined to agree with.
– Proceed with respect. Be gentle and helpful.
– Look underneath (to personal psychology, character, virtue, and will)
– Instead of demanding change, ask for understanding.
– Do not appeal to (or blame) leaders or authorities. Do not look to government or big business for a solution.
– Don't try to address external needs first.
– Find a way that changes assumptions, that all sides can agree with, that works at the heart level.
– Resolve the question in a new way.