Welcome to Module Four

Compassionate Communication and Care

Mainstream Western society is soundly steeped in an individualist paradigm that places the needs of the “I” before the needs of the largely community. But what if we were able to step outside of this hierarchical, binary logic? What if we didn’t view others as a threat to our peace, or compete with each other about who is most deserving of care? What if we were able to come to understand how by each of us meeting the needs of “me” allows us to show up to better meet the needs of the “we”? Shifting these webs of relation from self-care to community care requires us to step outside of scarcity mindset, out of fear, and out of Ego, and into abundance, love, and Heart. The only way to accomplish this is through expansion, and building relationships of compassion and reciprocity by meeting each other in our hearts moment to moment as a conscious choice.

In this module, we will cover innocent perception, empathic listening, and Ho’oponopono Mantra.

INNOCENT PERCEPTION

Innocent perception is a tool that allows us to re-enter a child-like state where we engage with the world around us from a place of curiosity and awe: I wonder why they are doing that? I wonder why I said that? Isn’t this situation fascinating? Innocent Perception allows us to engage with the world from a place of wanting to understand rather than a place of needing to be right, and it becomes very important for learning new pathways of social relations as we are interacting with people from very different experiences, patterning, cultural grooming, embodiments, belief systems, worldviews, frames of reference, and communication styles.

EMPATHIC LISTENING

Most of us listen in conversation simply to determine what we will say next, how to best respond--not to simply receive. Empathic Listening does not listen to respond. Empathic Listening simply listens to listen. Empathic Listening is a whole body form of listening that pays attention to the energetics of the speaker and their words, how the words are received in our body, and non-verbal cues.

HO’OPONOPONO MANTRA

This is a traditional indigenous Huna Hawaiian forgiveness prayer that literally translates as “to make right.” This mantra can allow us to clear, or “burn,” accrued karma in our field that is serving as a strangle hold on our hearts. The Ho’oponopono Mantra works on an energetic level, so that even if someone is not in a place to receive our request for forgiveness face to face—or if we are not in a place to forgive someone face to face—we can do this work behind the scenes.