Cultivating Peace – Chapter 5

Start your meetings with smiles and laughter

Practice and Reflection from Chapter 4. Comments.

The Call Chapter 5

Suggested questions:

1. Are you starting your meetings with smiles and laughter?

2. Practice and Reflection from Chapter 4 and Comment.

3. Which thought most resonates with you from the first sub-heading? And so on…

4. O’Dea refers to “Pay attention to strident tones or provocative body languages” as one of the rules for peaceful communication. Give examples. Sub-heading 1

5. There are some additional recommendations besides the “setting field”; which ones are you practicing in your group. Sub-heading 1

6. How good are you at listening? How good is your group?  Comment on  the different kinds of listening. Sub-heading 2

7. Is listening becoming a form of "communing" in this group? How? Sub-heading 3 

8. How do you create the conditions for listening inside and outside  the group Sub-heading 4 

9. The Call.      
   Conclude with meditation.