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Communicating our desires as demands is yet another form of language that blocks compassion. A demand explicitly or implicitly threatens listeners with blame or punishment if they fail to comply. It is a common form of communication in our culture, especially among those who hold positions of authority.
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
And as any mixed-race person will tell you—to be half of two things is to be whole of nothing.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
I had found what seekers through the ages had sought. There was a resolution to human life. It wasn’t easy to find, even if we had the good fortune to stumble across teachers who could point us down a path to it. But it existed, and it was true. All it took was to give ourselves up. Previously, the teaching of the various kensho experiences hadn’t penetrated deep enough. Now it was as if the very I who experienced them had been dug out at the root.
One Blade of Grass
Henry Shukman
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