About What a Dialogue is Not and More of What It Is About.

The dialogue practice is not:

~ a place to make a particular point or idea prevail.

~ a debate or discussion.

~ a game to win or lose.

The dialog practice is a way:

~ to peace and good will

~ to see our words as gifts to others.

~ to keep a flow of meaning  moving among us.

~ to and activity which helps us to be us.

~ through the meaning of each word.

~ to an honest supportive activity.

~ to greater awareness and enhanced consciousness.

~ to develop new listening and speaking skills.

~ to practice effective communication.

~ to preservation, growth, and creation of culture.

~ of  making a healthy, effective society more probable.

~ to develop proficiency in a new language. 

~ to meet, know, and understand new and interesting persons.

~ of putting honest thoughts on the table where we can look them over and begin to find their meaning.

~ of being heard.

~ of finding pleasure in speaking up.

~ to understanding among us and within us.

~ to exchange views and opinions,.

~ to satisfying relationship.

~ to share experience.

~ to more effective communication outside the group.  

According to David Bohm, dialogue practice is:

~ participating in a flow of meaning between us, through us, and among us.

~ an activity out of which emerges new and renewed understanding.

~ an activity which helps us to be us. 

As a member of a dialogue practice group it is good to remember that it is to your benefit and the benefit of others:

~ to maintain your group a as a place of safety and satisfaction.

~ to be aware that it is your responsibility to take care of yourself and to support the integrity of the group.

~ to know that your growing awareness of the meanings and understandings flowing through your group are important.

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