..::” Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.
~ Marshal Rosenberg
..::” NEVER do anything that isn’t play.
~Marshal Rosenberg :: NVC
..::” Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.
~ Marshal Rosenberg :: NVC
…::”There is one universal religion… the religion of love… Love your Heavenly Father with your whole heart and soul, love every child of God as much as you ever can, and remember that the possibilities of good are greater than the possibilities of evil; and you have the key to Heaven.
~Bishop Brooks
…::” Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Peace will never come from the illusion of love, but only from its reality.
~ACIM T-16.IV.6.
..::” Power-Over” leads to punishment and violence… “Power-With” leads to compassion and understanding, and to learning motivated by reverence for life rather than fear, guilt, shame, or anger.
~ Marshal Rosenberg
..::” Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact One and the same.
~Marshall Rosenberg
..::” The ego always attacks on behalf of separation… Believing it has the power to do this, it does nothing else.
~ACIM T-11.V.
..::”It is impossible for the ego to enter into any relationship without anger, for the ego believes that *ANGER* makes FRIENDS. This is not its statement, but it IS its purpose. For the ego really BELIEVES that it can GET and keep BY MAKING GUILTY. This is its ONE attraction.
~ACIM T-15.VII.2.
…::”The ego wishes NO ONE well. Yet its survival depends on your belief that YOU are exempt from its evil intentions. It counsels, therefore, that if you are host to IT, it will enable you to direct the *ANGER* that it holds outward, thus PROTECTING you. And thus it embarks on an endless, unrewarding chain. The Holy Spirit CANNOT teach through fear.
~ACIM T-15.VII.4.
..::” Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily *ANGERED*, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It *ALWAYS* protects, *ALWAYS* trusts, *ALWAYS* hopes, *ALWAYS* perseveres.
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
..::” The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions: the work you do… social status and recognition… knowledge and education… physical appearance… special abilities… relationships… person and family history… belief systems… and often also political… nationalistic… racial… religious… and other collective identifications… None of these is you.
~ Eckhart Tolle
When the “EGOIC” identity is taken to the extreme, it becomes the narcissist who is spiritually blind and deaf….. Forgive them…. “they know not”, what they do.
..::”Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of *righteousness* [not sin, but righteousness], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11: Blessed are *you* when men cast “insults” at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely [not truly], on account of Me. (being only Love) 12: REJOICE, and BE GLAD [that is, DO NOT let your conscience be troubled as if you were guilty of their hostility], for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
~Matthew 5:10-12
…What Jesus says is that sometimes people will hold something against you when they shouldn’t…insulting you, persecuting you, saying all kinds of evil against you falsely. What do you do in such circumstances? Do you stop worshiping as long as someone feels like this about you? … If so, Jesus would never have been able to worship in the latter years of his life. He was constantly opposed. They sought to trip him up in his speech. They tried to kill him. They tried to shame him. Was he responsible for this? Not only that, he said that the same would be true for his disciples.
…In Matthew 24:9 he said, “You will be hated by all nations on account of my name.” (being and trusting the empathic love in equality with all). In other words, “If you are faithful to me, somebody will always have something against you.” REF: DesiringGod.org/messages/getting-right-with-god-and-each-other
..::” Whenever you consent to suffer pain, to be deprived, unfairly treated or in need of anything, you but accuse your brother of attack upon God’s Son.
~ ACIM T-27.I.3.
..::” All attack is Self attack… It cannot be anything else… Arising from your own decision not to be what *you are*… it is an attack on your identification… Attack is thus the way in which your identification is “lost”… because when you attack, you must have forgotten what you *are*… And if your reality is God’s, when you attack you are not remembering *Him*… This is not because He is gone, but because you are *actively choosing* not to remember Him.
~ ACIM T-10.II.5. TakeMeToTruth.org/nouks-blog/undoing-unconscious-self-attack/
..::” Forgiveness is always given you… It is impossible to forgive “another”… for it is only “your sins” you see in him… You want to see them “there”, and not in you… That is why forgiveness of “another” is an illusion.
~ACIM S-2.I.4. Song of prayer
..::” All forgiveness is a gift to yourself… Your goal is to find out who you are.
~ACIM W-62.2.
..::” There is only One religion, the religion of Love.
~ Diane Olive
..::” There is only One language, the language of the Heart.
~ Diane Olive
..::” In the holy instant the condition of love is met, for minds are joined without the body’s interference, and where there is communication there is peace.
~ ACIM T-15.XI.7.
..::” It is not danger that comes when defenses are laid down. It is safety. It is peace. It is joy. And it is God.
~ACIM M-4.VI.1.
..::” The most dangerous psychological mistake is the PROJECTION of the shadow onto others. This is the root of almost all conflicts.
~Carl Jung
..::” If we do anything to harm someone else” a powerful new factor comes into PLAY: the need to JUSTIFY what you did”. once the persecutor starts down the path of BLAMING THE VICTIM, he becomes likely to physically and psychologically attack the victim with even GREATER ferocity the next chance he gets. ~”Mistakes Were Made” (but not by me) By ~Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
..::” As the Buddha said, his teaching will not be destroyed by outsiders but by insiders who do not practice the true dharma.
~Chogyam Trungpa
..::”We are all going to die” all of us” what a circus! ” THAT ALONE should make us LOVE each other” but it doesn’t… We are terrorized and flattered by trivialities” we are eaten up by nothing.
~Charles Bukowski
..::”ca·ve·at emp·tor :: the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability before a purchase is made. “caveat emptor” still applies when buying your non-duality 🙂
..::”Hippocratic Oath :: “Do no harm” :: Ahimsa
Ahimsa :: (in the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jainist tradition) respect for all living things and avoidance of violence toward others”
We are creating Zoom groups for practicing “Empathy Circles” as presented by Edwin Rutsch at www.EmpathyCircle.com and we are encouraging everyone to learn, practice and teach this peaceful lifestyle, based on the work of Carl Rogers, and Marshall Rosenberg’s 4 step NVC process, based on the ethics of Ahimsa, “do no harm”. https://empathymatters.org/
Social systems are highly vulnerable to psychological dynamics.
Psychological Projections and “In-Groups”
The phenomenon of a group projecting its own history or guilt onto an “out-group” is a well-documented concept in social psychology known as scapegoating.
* When a society or group faces a deeply uncomfortable truth about its history, it often experiences intense cognitive dissonance.
* To alleviate this psychological discomfort, individuals or groups may seek out a historically marginalized target—an “out-group”—to carry the unconscious heavy burden of blame.
See DARVO
* This deflects accountability and allows the dominant “IN-group” to maintain a positive self-image (false ego pride).
See DARVO
The Crucifixion as a Archetypal Narrative: See DARVO
The narrative of Jesus aligns with what historians and sociologists call an archetypal human behavior pattern.
* Across different eras, human crowds frequently display a mob mentality when confronted with truth, discomfort, or societal stress.
* Rather than engaging in collective self-reflection, historical groups have repeatedly unified themselves by targeting, condemning, and punishing a single entity or minority group.
(See: scapegoating and DARVO )
* This DARVO pattern of fear based human behavior has remained remarkably consistent across thousands of years of human history.
Major fact-checking and societal hurdles: [1]
* The Trust Deficit: Research shows that individuals who are deeply entrenched in conspiracy theories or extremist echo chambers rarely change their minds when presented with an automated “false” label. Instead, they often claim the fact-checker itself is part of a biased cover-up.
* Historically, human cultures have used scapegoating during times of economic or social crisis.
[1] [ https://today.duke.edu/2021/03/don%E2%80%99t-online-outrage-look-inward )
Cognitive biases are systematic, and subconscious...
Cognitive biases are systematic, and subconscious...
Cognitive biases are systematic, subconscious errors in thinking and decision-making caused by mental shortcuts (heuristics) or personal preferences. Recognizing these twelve common biases can significantly improve your reasoning, investments, and daily judgment.
The 12 Common Cognitive Biases
Confirmation Bias: The tendency to search for, interpret, and favor information that confirms your preexisting beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.
Anchoring Bias: The reliance too heavily on the first piece of information encountered (the “anchor”) when making decisions, even if it is irrelevant.
Availability Heuristic: Estimating the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind, leading to an overestimation of dramatic or recent events.
Dunning-Kruger Effect: A phenomenon where people with limited knowledge or competence in a domain greatly overestimate their own expertise or intelligence.
Sunk Cost Fallacy: The continuation of a flawed endeavor because of unrecoverable resources (time, money, or effort) already invested.
Halo Effect: The tendency to let your overall impression of a person or brand influence how you feel about their specific character or traits (e.g., assuming an attractive person is also highly intelligent).
Bandwagon Effect: The adoption of certain beliefs or behaviors primarily because many other people are doing so; also known as groupthink.
Hindsight Bias: The inclination to see past events as having been entirely predictable, often summarized as the “I knew it all along” phenomenon.
Self-Serving Bias: The habit of claiming credit for personal successes while attributing failures or mistakes to external circumstances or bad luck.
Survivorship Bias: The logical error of focusing only on successful outcomes and ignoring failures, leading to a distorted perception of reality (e.g., studying only successful startups to learn how to run a business).
Ostrich Effect: The subconscious decision to ignore dangerous, negative, or painful information, equivalent to “burying your head in the sand”.
Blind Spot Bias: The tendency to see oneself as less biased and more objective than other people
