Anger tells us we've disconnected from life. The purpose in anger is to use it to come back to life.

Empathizing with someone's 'no' protects us from taking it personally.

They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need.

We need empathy to give empathy.

Not getting our needs fulfilled is painful - but it's a sweet pain, not suffering, which is what comes from life-alienated thinking and interpretation.

Unless we as social change agents come from a certain spirituality, we're likely to create more harm than good.

Enemy images are the main reason conflicts don't get resolved.