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LOVE. HATE. GRIEF. RAGE. FEAR. What do we do with the powerful emotions that all too often lead us to act in ways harmful to ourselves or others? • THIS is what we do: we help one another face and thoughtfully experience all of our politically-evoked feelings and emotions so that we are less likely to compulsively act on them. By doing THIS we get to take our feelings and emotions seriously and also uncover the memories, beliefs, attitudes, and values, etc., that direct our steps and determine our path.
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The downloadable and printable 36 page booklet, LET'S PRACTICE LOVING POLITICS, is a SELF-HELP guide for the formation of ongoing and emergency-only political support groups.
For those who are interested in emotional awareness, consciousness, and the development of empathy and compassion, the pamphlet provides an introduction to the disciplined practice of SKILLFUL EMOTIONALITY.
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WHAT IS SKILLFUL EMOTIONALITY??
SKILLFUL EMOTIONALITY refers to the ability to:
1. be aware of arising feelings and the thoughts that accompany them.
2. be alert to sensations that suggest that evoked emotion is available.
3. intentionally access that emotion and experience it thoroughly through crying and laughing while sitting still.
4. observe and contemplate silently or aloud the thoughts, ideas, beliefs, attitudes, memories, visual images, in short everything...that the brain is generating.
5. at all stages use that emotion rationally and compassionately.
The practice of skillful emotionality is most effective and rewarding when two or more people take turns giving one another equal periods of time of dedicated and concentrated attention—(a) no interruptions other than to ask "what are you thinking" and (b) the person giving attention does not dilute their attention with their own thoughts. ATTENTION IS KEY.
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