tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post676294358884119787..comments2023-03-26T01:02:06.760-07:00Comments on The Fearless Heart: The Saga of Writing about the Government Shutdown Miki Kashtanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-73111734189177473482014-01-26T21:51:14.149-08:002014-01-26T21:51:14.149-08:00"The disappointment, in other words, is about..."The disappointment, in other words, is about how much it would take for more and more people to trust the possibility of magic." mmmm. . . I'm really taking this in. Yes! How can we nurture this kind of trust in ourselves and each other. Let's trust in the possibility of magic!!! I believe this is one reason it is so incredibly helpful to have specific stories of "Jean McElhaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-20976215842457017692013-10-22T07:42:51.916-07:002013-10-22T07:42:51.916-07:00I really like the descriptions offered by Sarah an...I really like the descriptions offered by Sarah and Miki of how one can hold truth up by employing the practice of what I call whole-heartedly giving someone the benefit of the doubt, allowing them to chose to live up to the higher value. “Magical” and “powerful” indeed, and worthy of experimentation. <br /><br />Perhaps this practice can serve as a means of breaking through hypocrisy, that is Ron Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-79974049494260158732013-10-21T19:49:45.335-07:002013-10-21T19:49:45.335-07:00I have experienced this practice of yours and bein...I have experienced this practice of yours and being taken at face value as startling, refreshing, deeply supportive and highly effective at building trust. You model what it is to be truthful and expect truth from others and therefore create a field where truth is more easily spoken. It may look naive but I have experienced it as being quite powerful.sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-79890080384083150962013-10-21T08:05:19.863-07:002013-10-21T08:05:19.863-07:00Thank you for this question. I have three separate...Thank you for this question. I have three separate answers, all converging.<br /><br />1) This is a deep spiritual practice for me of not knowing. I have no way to "know" what the motives are behind what someone says. Sticking with this humility supports me in significant ways.<br /><br />2) The same commitment also supports a different access to connection across differences. Part of Miki Kashtanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907977416574801559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-39237114455253163012013-10-21T07:56:46.739-07:002013-10-21T07:56:46.739-07:00Dear Miki, I would like to understand more about w...Dear Miki, I would like to understand more about what you mean when you say that you want to take Boehner "at face value" and that this is something you choose as a "practice with everyone [you] engage with". I think that in many contexts people will not say what they are really wanting or really trying to do. For example, I perceive politicians as often justifying actions by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-60884668751631735532013-10-19T21:07:26.570-07:002013-10-19T21:07:26.570-07:00I read an article in the New York Times yesterday ...I read an article in the New York Times yesterday that gave me some hope that it is possible for legislators to make structural changes in government that decrease partisanship and increase collaboration. Check it out if you are interested: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/19/us/california-upends-its-image-of-legislative-dysfunction.html?_r=0 :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303095960990247228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-34876644915482026212013-10-19T20:29:05.850-07:002013-10-19T20:29:05.850-07:00Dear Miki, although I agree wholeheartedly that ev...Dear Miki, although I agree wholeheartedly that every human being has a heart and conscience that lies at the very root of one’s humanity, these are in various states of inaccessibility from being covered over with veils of false values and illusions. <br /><br />I have heard experienced people state quite plainly that newly elected legislators and executive leaders are indoctrinated by Ron Greensteinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754739242520868315.post-19088844263730392122013-10-19T09:38:15.614-07:002013-10-19T09:38:15.614-07:00Reading this was like fresh air coming into a stuf...Reading this was like fresh air coming into a stuffy room. I also believe/know we are interconnected and my attitude is the energy that I put into the mix. While traveling one time I was pondering as I often do and the phrase "soften your heart...heal the world" came to mind; when I returned home, I created an art piece of that title. I know when I am in the soft heart space, I hear Gretchen Blaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05713394076427337724noreply@blogger.com