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Posted by: Angus Cunningham 03/06/2008, 08:30:04  (About author)
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Peter Garrett has put the idea of true dialogue into practice in maximum-security prisons in England. He found that offenders will attend dialogue sessions while boycotting everything else. He says: “The impulse behind intentions is pure, even though the intention may be distorted and the impact not what was intended. Inquiring deeply enough to reach the original impulse will always reveal ‘wholesomeness’. This provides the confidence to enter the loudest confrontation and the darkest territory without fear that it will get forever worse.” But authentic dialogue works to achieve productive agreements between any participants who learn, and make progress in, its disciplines -- not just in prisons. The impulse giving rise to intentions is indeed pure, no matter what cynicisms may be affecting its manifestation or interpretation. The task of an "authentic dialoguer" is to observe a number of disciplines that bear relationship to the values of authenticity and reciprocity and to coaching in communications. We can use the principles of authentic dialogue in the boardroom, the bedroom, the shop floor, the construction site, the customer's office, the family vacation, the relative's visit, and even in forum posts and emails. Might the disciplines of authentic dialogue be useful in your life? There is more at: http://www.authentixcoaches.com/ACAuthenticDialogue.html what's this |
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