Both Buddhist teachings and personal experience show that we suffer to the extent that we are attached to things being a certain way -- grasping for what we want, or in aversion to what we don't want. At the same time, life energy resides in our desires and longings, and in moving towards what we value. How can have the aliveness and sense of direction that come from fully want ing what we want, while remaining openhearted about the possibility of not getting it? Please join CNVC Certified Trainer Bob Wentworth to experience an exploration around this issue. This workshop is an experiment, so please come prepared for anything to happen!
(Buddhism is not the focus of this workshop, just a point of reference. For an article on this subject from an NVC perspective, see Mikki Kashtan's article in Tikkun.)
Co-Sponsor: Washington Ethical Society
Location: 7750 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20012
Cost: $15
Registration: contact Bob Wentworth
Collaborative Communication for Our Work for Peace and Social Justice, an Introduction to NVC, emphasizing the contributions/practices of , Martin Luther King, Jr., Paulo Freire and economist Max Neef to the needs consciousness of Marshall Rosenberg.
Where: In the Library, Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, 100 Allison Street NW, Washington, DC (nr. N. Capital and Webster NW, on edge of Rock Creek Cemetery) with Louisa Davis, former UCC minister, professor, antiracism organizer for GWAIR, founder of The Sustainable Activist Community and graduate of year long Bay NVC Leadership and Brooklyn NVC Facilitating Change training programs,
Cost: sliding scale $10 (unemployed/retired)-$75. Limited to 12 participants.
Please register: loui...@verizon.net (click dots to see full address) or call 703/860-1203
On October 2, in every state, in every country, on every continent, people will gather in empathic listening, connecting, and action so that we may see all beings integrate suffering to become free, fully alive, and resolve differences peacefully.
International Day for Empathic Action (IDEA) Events and Activities will take place all over the world aware of each other to create unity, community, and a world-wide understanding of empathy.
See http://worldempathy.org/ for details. This day will come alive through the participation of people like you. Consider helping to create a local event to celebrate the International Day for Empathic Action!