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WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PRACTICING LOVING-POLITICS?
ANYONE WHO GETS EMOTIONAL ABOUT POLITICS
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AS WELL AS...
THOSE OF US WHO:
♥ believe all forms of life are precious and try to act accordingly;
♥ believe that each human being deserves every opportunity to live a full and meaningful life;
♥ commit ourselves to eliminating practices of exploitation and oppression...starting with how we treat everyone with whom we now come in contact;
♥ know that emotion can interfere with clear thinking despite our best intentions and therefore intend to prevent that from happening to us, at least as much as possible;
♥ refuse to be afraid of our own feelings and thoughts, in short, are willing to turn ourselves upside down if we have to in order to shake out and off the thoughts, feelings and emotions that separate us from one another;
♥ are determined to support others as they embark on the same quest;
♥ are willing to work with others in mutual support so that each of us can face our politics-and-society related fear, anger and rage, grief and despair, hopes, dreams, happiness, and joy;
♥ would like to learn how to access deep emotion quickly, efficiently, and effectively so that tension diminishes and we are emotionally refreshed and eager to continue thinking.
Emotion is not our enemy...it is the key to our future.
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THE LOVING-POLITICS INVITATION
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I Promise
♥ to invite others to be real about their political beliefs, values, and feelings (especially when it upsets me)
♥ to respectfully listen to others' viewpoints and opinions even when they are delivered without respect for me
♥ to share my own views respectfully and avoid using sarcasm, putdowns, insults, or name-calling when referring to both the living and the dead
♥ to aim for honesty and precision in expressing my own thoughts and describing/explaining my own beliefs, values, and feelings
♥ to practice allowing others to "vent" and/or be emotional (laugh, cry, rage)
♥ to practice allowing myself to feel rather than ignore, discount, deny, or bury my own feelings and emotion
So Help Me, God (or Reality or Universe or Higher Power or Buddha or Allah or....)
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