What happens when we bring some of the same principles of a meditation or mindfulness practice into our conversations with each other? That is to say, what becomes possible when we become fully present and engaged in the experience of listening, speaking, and relating to others as a dialogical practice?
What forms of communion—and even shared purpose—emerge when, yes, we recognize, honor, and work with our differences, yet also go beyond our personal identities to experience presence and meaning through the art of conversation? How could a practice such as “generative dialogue” help people of the different faiths or worldviews reach new levels of intimacy—and how could we experience this sort of intimacy in other cultural contexts, including our social activism as well as our everyday lives?
Marco and Trevor discuss Trevor’s recent paper "The Ethics of Presence: New Paths in Interfaith Dialogue."
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Bruce SanguinOtto ScharmerFrancisco VarelaAndrew CohenTJ DaweRupert SheldrakeThomas MertonGreg ThomasSlavoj ZizekTerry EagletonJean GebserAlain BadiouMichael Hardt and Antonio NegriBruce AldermanDustin DiPernaAndrew VeneziaDavid Foster WallaceEmmanuel LevinasJacques LacanJiddu KrishnamurtiDavid BohmOrganizationsEnlightenNext
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