The spirituality that we need to develop for social change is one that mobilizes us for social change.
Marshall B. RosenbergThis objective of getting what we want from other people-or getting them to do what we want them to do-threatens the autonomy of people, their right to choose what they want to do. And whenever people feel that they're not free to choose what they want to do, they are likely to resist, even if they see the purpose in what we are asking and would ordinarily want to do it.
Marshall B. RosenbergWhen we are in contact with our feelings and needs, we humans no longer make good slaves and underlings.
Marshall B. RosenbergTo be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.
Marshall B. RosenbergWhen I recognize I've got anger, then I realize it's because I have a need that's not being met.
Marshall B. RosenbergTo do this, you can bring in nothing from the past. So the more psychology you've studied, the harder it will be to empathize. The more you know the person, the harder it will be to empathize. Diagnoses and past experiences can instantly knock you off the board. This doesn't mean denying the past. Past experiences can stimulate what's alive in this moment. But are you present to what was alive then or what the person is feeling and needing in this moment?
Marshall B. Rosenberg