NVC Dharma Talk – Requests Part 2 – December 2, 1018

Today was our second venture into the fourth part of the four part formula of Nonviolent Communication, NVC, Requests.  This is hard work as you can witness from the comments and struggles of our Sangha today.  Perhaps you too will take advantage of the moments of silence and seriously engage in your own reflections and thoughts. NVC is hard work, it is about learning a new way of engaging in conversations and communication as well…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Connections and D-Day Results – November 11, 2018

Today we review experiences from our D-Day during the week.  Also we shared our results focusing on our word of the week, Communication.  For next week the word of the week is Connection.  Again as we did last week I hope you will set aside one day to be your D-Day.  Here’s the recording from the meeting.  I notice the video quality is rather poor, don’t know what’s up with that. Subscribe to my blog…

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NVC Dharma Talk – Needs – October 28, 2018

Today our Dharma talk continues our study of Nonviolent Communication.  The focus for the study today is on needs and our ability to know and communicate our needs.  Needs is the third part of the four parts of the NVC formula; Observation, Feelings, Needs, Request (OFNR).   Here is the Needs list used during the video Subscribe to my blog post newsletter [amazon_link asins=’1979530815,B00HTOFM44,1975689763,147834198X,0692257470,1979814023,1511592907,1726325520,1508534780,1492886041′ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’ryusho0a-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5b00ab74-b021-11e8-94bb-8388b7973e5c’]

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Practice The Dharma As If It Were An Ice Cream Cone – October 2, 1018

Have you ever noticed that when you really like something, when you really enjoy something it is easy to do that thing? I couldn’t locate any ice cream photos so I used a donut, I like them too. Last night I was on my way home from visiting a member of the temple, I hadn’t eaten yet and it was late at night.  I was hungry and it completely escaped me that I had in…

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