Respecting Boundaries

The mind works best in the presence of a question.

Courageous thinking needs freedom from preoccupation with what others are thinking of our thinking.

You notice that you exist and that you are in this very moment and in this very room and with this very person. You see them. You let yourself let them be. You say how long you have. You keep that boundary clear so that you can be fully there with them, letting distractions deflate.

Assumptions are the reason we think, feel, decide and do just about everything.

Do I want to know what this person really thinks? And do I know how to help them think at their best?

Whose Turn Is It Anyway? In Practice: In Pairs

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Attention, then, seems to allow the thinker’s mind to ask itself the full sequence of questions