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Friday, 13 October 2023

Why Are People So Mean? Has The Internet Destroyed Empathy & Compassion?

 How can we suspend that which we identify with on a daily basis and truly seek to hear, listen to, and connect on a deeper level with the wholistic nature of an event? History, perspective, trauma, human condition, the nature of systems, etc.

Can we notice on an individual level where our stories and perspectives shape and interpret events? Can we then extend our awareness to a collective level where we become curious about how a culture, story and traumatic history produces an event?

From this perspective, we have the opportunity to witness and integrate the wholeness of the experience - from all perspectives, without saying who is right or wrong but truly seeking to witness and understand the complexities of what is unfolding. From traumas to handed-down stories and perceptions that produce othering and separateness. The more we embrace separateness and are traumatized the more we lack the ability to connect and understand each other.

When we choose to witness holistically we gain better insight into what is driving what’s going on. With that, I believe we can find healing, a solution, and a way forward. With that, we look at the situation from a different level of consciousness....<<<Read More>>>...