Here's an example of how well the passive-aggressive, inauthentic fans of NVC like feste learned to communicate non-violently from Rosenberg
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/326891 LOL..what bullshit.. On Feb 14, 2013, at 7:04 AM, "feste37" <fest...@yahoo.com> wrote: > i have a lot of respect for Marshall Rosenberg. Many people do not have a > clue about how to communicate in a nonviolent way. I learned a lot from > watching his tapes. It takes practice, but it can make one's personal > interactions a lot smoother. > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long wrote: > > > > > > Plus there are quite a few NVC fans here in FF. They used to meet every > > > week but I'm not sure if they still do. I love Marshall Rosenberg's deep > > > discernment that we do not CAUSE each other to feel certain emotions. > > > But we do CONTRIBUTE to each other's emotional states. I know of no > > > other New Age teacher who makes this crucial distinction. > > > > Really? I would have thought this was obvious, New Age patter 101. But then > > since I don't go to see New Age speakers my assumption is obviously wrong. > > I could have told you this little "deep" fact, for free. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Buck > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:42 AM > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Greetings again from the New York Center for > > > Nonviolent Communication > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Iran declares that it is a nuclear state; 50+ Islamic country leaders > > > > meeting in Egypt to talk peace plans for Syria, Israel; and EU > > > > apparently brokering a new state proposal. Iranian leader visits Egypt > > > > for the first time in 30 years. > > > > > > > > Clearly, something is up. This could be the biggest development in > > > > global restructuring since the Berlin Wall came down. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Greetings, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The time is upon us once again. We are excited to share our > > > > > > > > > > upcoming > > > > > > > > > > program, the NVC Discovery Weekend March 15-17 in Manhattan > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > The Discovery Weekend has included participants who > > > > > > > > > > traveled as far > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > > > Egypt, London, Chicago and Florida and some enjoyed it so > > > > > > > > > > much that > > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > > decided to follow-up with us for a 4-day residential > > > > > > > > > > retreat two > > > > > > > weeks > > > > > > > > > > later! The weekend is filled with learning, sharing and > > > > > > > > > > discussing > > > > > > > what > > > > > > > > > > Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra, John Gray, Marianne > > > > > > > > > > Williamson and > > > > > > > many more > > > > > > > > > > have called: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *`dynamic... life-changing... healing...* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *invaluable... most useful processes you will ever learn...* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *effective... elegant... intrinsically radical... timely... > > > > > > > necessary...* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *simple... insightful... liberating... concise... > > > > > > > > > > essential...* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *transformative... as radical and changing as the > > > > > > > > > > eight-fold* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *path... amazingly effective... powerful!'* > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > ABOUT NYCNVC > > > > > > > > > > NYCNVC is committed to contributing to the growth and > > > > > > > > > > development of > > > > > > > > > > anyone wishing to integrate Nonviolent Communication (NVC) > > > > > > > > > > into their > > > > > > > > > > lives. The NVC Discovery Weekend is our most popular > > > > > > > > > > in-person > > > > > > > workshop, > > > > > > > > > > and is the ideal preparation for our residential intensives > > > > > > > > > > and 52 > > > > > > > > > > week online course (which this > > > > > > > > > > year includes over 1,000 participants from 6 continents and > > > > > > > > > > 54 > > > > > > > countries). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > WHY YOU? > > > > > > > > > > We are contacting you because we read your mission, it > > > > > > > > > > appears to us > > > > > > > to be > > > > > > > > > > complementary with our own, and we hope that you will find > > > > > > > > > > this event > > > > > > > > > > relevant to the members of your group. If that is not the > > > > > > > > > > case, or > > > > > > > should > > > > > > > > > > you have any questions or feedback, please contact us > > > > > > > > > > directly: > > > > > > > > > > office@ I sincerely hope this is of use to you and yours. > > > > > > > > > > (See > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > posting info below) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Warmly, > > > > > > > > > > Kumari and Antonio > > > > > > > > > > office@ > > > > > > > > > > w: 646.201.9226 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Kumari and Antonio, I do hope you will stay around FFL longer and > > > don't pay no attention to these bruts and nay-sayers hounding your effort > > > here. One of them's not even a meditator. Yes we are mostly all old > > > revolutionary millenarian meditators here on FFL and as you suspect could > > > also be sympathetic to your own mission of peace on earth. Have you heard > > > of the David Lynch Foundation and its work with meditation? You should > > > team up with them except that you work with Deepak Chopra. > > > -Buck > > > > > > > > > > > > > *********************************** POSTING > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you looking for the perfect Valentines Day gift? Offer > > > > > > > > > > yourself > > > > > > > and/or > > > > > > > > > > a loved one a gift certificate to the upcoming NVC Discovery > > > > > > > Weekend, March > > > > > > > > > > 15-17, 2013. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are excited and grateful to share this upcoming event > > > > > > > > > > with you: > > > > > > > the NVC > > > > > > > > > > Discovery Weekend March 15-17, 2013 in New York City, NY . > > > > > > > > > > It is a weekend of learning, sharing and discussing what > > > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > Canfield, > > > > > > > > > > Deepak Chopra, John Gray, Marianne Williamson and many more > > > > > > > > > > have > > > > > > > called: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > `dynamic... life-changing... healing... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > invaluable... most useful processes you will ever learn... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > effective... elegant... intrinsically radical... timely... > > > > > > > necessary... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > simple... insightful... liberating... concise... > > > > > > > > > > essential... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > transformative... as radical and changing as the eight-fold > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > path... amazingly effective... powerful!' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What This training is for anyone who wants a comprehensive > > > > > > > introductory > > > > > > > > > > training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with a certified > > > > > > > > > > CNVC > > > > > > > trainer. > > > > > > > > > > It is also helpful for those who already know NVC and want > > > > > > > > > > deeper > > > > > > > > > > integration. The weekend provides the movement and > > > > > > > > > > intensity that > > > > > > > many > > > > > > > > > > beginners want and the depth practiced NVCers can benefit > > > > > > > > > > from. It > > > > > > > is a > > > > > > > > > > highly effective way to transform relationships with your > > > > > > > > > > friends, > > > > > > > family, > > > > > > > > > > and enemies, and bring more compassion, harmony, choice and > > > > > > > > > > fun into > > > > > > > your > > > > > > > > > > life. (click here for more info ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Who is this training for EVERYONE. We have participants who > > > > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > business > > > > > > > > > > professionals, parents, mediators, social workers, > > > > > > > > > > spiritual leaders, > > > > > > > > > > community leaders, life-coaches, couples seeking to enhance > > > > > > > > > > their > > > > > > > > > > relationship and communication, single people looking to > > > > > > > > > > prepare > > > > > > > themselves > > > > > > > > > > for healthy relationships. (Please note: although NVC is > > > > > > > > > > for people > > > > > > > of any > > > > > > > > > > age, we are focusing on those 18 years and older. We will > > > > > > > > > > consider > > > > > > > other > > > > > > > > > > arrangements on a case by case basis upon request). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > About the trainer. Thom Bond is a CNVC certified trainer. > > > > > > > > > > As a > > > > > > > writer, > > > > > > > > > > teacher, speaker and coach, Thom has taught tens of > > > > > > > > > > thousands of > > > > > > > clients, > > > > > > > > > > participants, readers and listeners Nonviolent > > > > > > > > > > Communication. He has > > > > > > > been > > > > > > > > > > published or featured in The New York Times, New York > > > > > > > > > > Magazine , > > > > > > > > > > Yoga Magazine, and is a regular guest on radio and > > > > > > > > > > television. Thom > > > > > > > is a > > > > > > > > > > founder and the Director of Education for The New York > > > > > > > > > > Center for > > > > > > > > > > Nonviolent Communication, the creator and leader of The > > > > > > > > > > Compassion > > > > > > > Course > > > > > > > > > > (a comprehensive NVC training with over 1000 participants > > > > > > > > > > in over 50 > > > > > > > > > > countries), a member of the Communications Coordination > > > > > > > > > > Committee > > > > > > > for the > > > > > > > > > > United Nations and a CNVC IIT trainer. His passion and > > > > > > > > > > knowledge of > > > > > > > > > > Nonviolent Communication (NVC) combine to create a > > > > > > > > > > practical, > > > > > > > > > > understandable, humorous, and potentially profound, > > > > > > > > > > approach for > > > > > > > learning > > > > > > > > > > and integrating the skills of peacemaking. (The weekend > > > > > > > > > > will also be > > > > > > > > > > supported by several NYCNVC facilitators) (click here for > > > > > > > > > > more info > > > > > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When March 15-17, 2013 (Friday 7:00 PM-9:15 PM, Saturday & > > > > > > > > > > Sunday > > > > > > > 9:30 > > > > > > > > > > AM-4:30 PM) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Where > > > > > > > > > > New > > > > > > > > > > York City, NY (Location TBA) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How Much $260 ($100 Discount for 2 people registering > > > > > > > > > > together. Gift > > > > > > > > > > Certificates and Scholarship applications available upon > > > > > > > > > > request.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Find out more about the Discovery Weekend, visit: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.nycnvc.org/dwe.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Register click on this link NVC Discovery Weekend in New > > > > > > > > > > York > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Questions contact office@ or (646) 201-9226 > > > > > > > > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >