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SHARING
Why We Share
In all Unity Basics 1 classes, sharing
is an important part of the class work. The purpose
of sharing is multifaceted. Sharing is
for:
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People to develop the ability to listen
and really hear other people, and to benefit from their sharing.
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People to acknowledge their wins in life and
get recognized for them.
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People to recognize the negative and self-defeating
patterns in their lives and start moving away from those experiences.
Group Guidelines
1. All information
shared in group is confidential.
2. We recognize
that love is listening, and we agree to listen with an open heart, to
give mutual support
and to practice non-judgemental listening and sharing.
3. We are here
to heal ourselves. We are not here to give advice or to change
anyone's beliefs
or behaviour. Being accepted as we are makes it easier for us to
accept rather
than to judge others.
4. We share from
our own experience. By risking and exposing our own emotional
state, we find
common experience that allows for joining.
5. We respect
ourselves and each other as unique. We recognize that each person's
process is important,
not our judgement of it, and that each of us knows oneself
better than anyone
else.
6. We support
one another's inner guidance. We let other people find their own
answers.
7. We practice
being present with others, seeing only the light and not the lampshade.
8. We agree to
share fully using economy in that sharing, being mindful of the need
for all to participate.
9. We agree to
be mindful of when someone is or is not complete with their shared
feelings.
10. We agree to
support another's process by refraining from interrupting or touching.
11. All
information shared in group is confidential.
How to Support Sharing and Maximize Listening
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As sharing begins, centre yourself in love and compassion.
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Be aware of the precious gift you are being given when someone has the
courage to share himself or herself.
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Make the space for sharing without categorizing what you are hearing as
positive, negative, good, or bad.
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Be sensitive to the Divinity underneath the roles and games we set up.
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Be sensitive to the amount of class time you spend in sharing.
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from Kahlil Gibran
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