2024-09-22 | Common Ground as a Way to Connection | Joel Barna

00:00:26 - Dharma Talk 00:05:13 - Qualities that help to guide our actions - 1. Brahmavihara's: Loving kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity 00:05:35 - 2 - A sense of Humour. 3 - Honesty. 4 - A sense of Curiosity. 5 - Independence/Agency. 6 - A sense of self worth. 7 - Creativity 00:07:04 - Joel offers an Experiment - 00:08:21 - Participants Write for 3 Minutes -Choose one of these qualities, that, if you were to be in any kind of difficult situation, could Imagine approaching that person, that shares that value with you. - How would you tell this person about the times that this value has guided your actions. 00:08:30 - Reflections 00:16:44 - Joel Continues 00:18:30 - Joel Offers another writing activity - What can I learn with the other involved in this situation, what is the most compassionate, helpful and liberating thing I can learn 00:19:44 - Participants write for 1 minute 00:19:57 - Reflections