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Oct 17, 2007
"The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it." --Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The Spiritual Practice of Hosting Conversation
"Our policy choices flow from our politics, our politics flow from our values, and our values flow from our personal stories. If we're going to create a new politics in America and the world, we need to start at the level of story. We need to talk to each other -- and to "the other," the one we think is dead wrong. It's risky, but good hosts make such conversations so safe that people stumble past their fears into a kind of grace. Hosting conversations is not just inviting people over and putting out cookies. It's deeper -- actually, something like meditation." This short piece from Utne magazine shares more about the emerging art of conversation hosting.
BE THE CHANGE
The next time you are in a conversation, try and build on what other people have to share.
