Interpretations, criticisms, diagnoses, and judgments of others are actually alienated expressions of our unmet needs.

Any time you throw pain at a Jackal without a clear present request, within a millisecond he'll jump in.

Postpone result/solution thinking until later; it's through connection that solutions materialize - empathy before education.

When we judge others we contribute to violence.

Empathy: Emptying our mind and listening with our whole being

Before we tackle the gangs and the basic story, we have to make sure that we have liberated ourselves from how we have been educated and make sure we are coming from a spirituality of our own choosing.

If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table.