In light of yesterday's post, I wanted to follow up about both the capacity and value of listening to others even we have strong political disagreements.
"Specifically, do we have the psychological and moral capacities to provide high quality listening for others?" I am noticing that in my life, part of that psychological capacity is socially located. My ability to provide high quality listening for others seems to ebb and flow as several variables change; one of them being whether I myself feel that there are people who are listening to me.
Thank you for this. I think it provides language that helps in trying to explain my question yesterday (https://richardbeck.substack.com/p/our-reactivity-to-political-disclosures/comment/74759332)
"Specifically, do we have the psychological and moral capacities to provide high quality listening for others?" I am noticing that in my life, part of that psychological capacity is socially located. My ability to provide high quality listening for others seems to ebb and flow as several variables change; one of them being whether I myself feel that there are people who are listening to me.
Thank you for this. 😎
It was great having you in Eugene! Here's a link to the all the Youtube recordings from the events https://bushnell.edu/belovedcommunity
And Dr. Doyle Srader's presentation is here, starts at 8:21: https://youtu.be/LSH3de0vU1M?si=Xnb6g_E04voFNwoo&t=501
It was a lovely conversation. Thanks for curating and hosting that conversation, Lars!
Readers, if you haven't taken a moment to click on those links, I think you'll find it very worthwhile.