Sweetwater Zen Center - Non-violent Communication

To study the Buddha way is to study the self.
To study the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.
~Dogen Zenji

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Non-violent Communication

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From Non-violent communication
by Marshall Rosenberg

Honestly expressing:

How I am without blaming or criticizing.
Separate observation from evaluation.

The concrete actions I am observing (seeing, hearing, remembering, imagining) that are contributing (or not contributing) to my well-being:

"When I (see, hear)..."
How I am feeling in relation to these actions :

"I feel..."
The life energy in the form of needs, values, desires,
expectations or thoughts that are creating my feelings:

"because I am (needing)..."
Clearly requesting that which would enrich my life without demanding

The concrete actions I would like taken:

"and I would like you to...."

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