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  • #448563
    Alessa
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    Of course, if you think I have misunderstood something and you would like to explain why empathy and words feel fake. I am quite happy to listen.

    #448568
    silvery blue
    Participant

    Hello Anita and Alessa,

    Thank you for your warm welcome. I didn’t expect it.

    I am glad that you feel affection for me, Anita. Especially after I left you with pain when I wrote to you that you were not healing. I apologize for being unskilful.

    I did it out of my own frustration and you didn’t deserve to be at the end of it. I shoud have taken better care of my own feelings so that I didn’t hurt others.

    I am more mindful. I am more responsible for my own emotions today. And I am finding ways how to be compassionate with myself and others at the same time when times are tough.

    I believe that vulnerability and humility should be an invitation for being genuine and open. It’s a great honor when somebody offers me their true heart. ❤️

    What specifically do you mean about the fake words, Anita?
    I can see that you have been a bit upset by these words, Alessa?

    Do you think that we could find a way how to discuss this openly, politely and with compassion? Maybe… it’s a test. It is a great opportunity how to cultivate compassion with ourselves and others.

    However, there is no need to rush. I suggest we take a break, go for a walk, spend time with loved ones and come back with relaxed mind. 🤗

    I’ll do that. I’ll be back on Monday.

    🦋

    #448571
    anita
    Participant

    Note to all members: My posts reflect my personal experiences and thoughts. They are never directed at or referencing any forum member—except for the original poster, whom I address by name. Unless explicitly stated, my posts are not about or aimed at any individual in this forum. Still, in yet other words: my writing is personal and reflective. It is never intended as commentary on other members. Please honor this boundary.

    Hey Jana:

    Thank you for your message. I accept your apology and I greatly appreciate your reflection and your willingness to take responsibility for the impact of your words. 🙏 🌷🤍

    You asked: “What specifically do you mean about the fake words, Anita?”-

    When I mentioned “fake words,” I was actually thinking of something you yourself shared in your earlier threads—about how, in the Czech Republic, people tend to be direct, and how politeness in other countries can feel fake or even rude. That stayed with me. As I was writing my post yesterday, I found myself reflecting on that idea and realizing that I, too, want to be more genuine and direct in my own posts—not rude, just less overly polite. I was referring to myself, not to any member.

    In fact, I want to be clear: my posts are rooted in my personal experience. Unless I explicitly name someone, I am not referencing or commenting on any forum member. I write to process, to reflect, and to honor my own truth. That’s the space I’m protecting.

    I appreciate your suggestion to take a break and return with a relaxed mind. I’m quite relaxed though 🤗

    Again, welcome back, Jana!

    Anita

    #448576
    Alessa
    Participant

    Hi Anita

    Thank you for clarifying! I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. I’m sure you can see where the confusion occurred given the recent difficulties. I appreciate that you are committed to following Lori’s rules. ❤️

    #448578
    Alessa
    Participant

    Hi Everyone

    I’m also trying my best to deal with unrealistic expectations and assumptions when it comes to conflict. It is a work in progress…

    It is hard when you are afraid of conflict sometimes.

    Sorry again Anita! ❤️

    #448599
    silvery blue
    Participant

    Hello Anita, 🙂

    can you help me to understand a little bit. I feel I am not following what you mean. You wrote:

    ” I know that my humility and vulnerability can be an invitation for these things to be used against me… Perhaps similar to your vulnerability having been used against you?

    You know about fake-empathy, fake words.. I know these too now, more than before.”

    And you wrote about that politeness can be seen artificial in my country. I am not sure about the connection between this and the idea that humility and vulnerability was used against us. I’m not sure what you mean.

    🦋

    #448600
    anita
    Participant

    Hello Jana: I was naming something real. If it doesn’t resonate, that’s okay. I’m not here to convince.

    Take care, Anita

    #448601
    silvery blue
    Participant

    Alessa 🫂 ❤️

    #448602
    silvery blue
    Participant

    I realize I started this thread at a bad time. I’m missing a lot of things. Honestly, I’m a little confused about what’s going on.

    I don’t like this atmosphere.

    What a pity.

    Never mind.

    I’ll find a different place to discuss these things openly. 😊

    Take care all!

    Alessa, you can get in touch in email. It feels more safe than here. ❤️

    #448604
    silvery blue
    Participant

    I just want to say that everything fine. 😊

    It’s just that this forum is probably not suitable for me because there are too few active people and the vast majority don’t want to get involved, so it’s all pointless. Forum is for discussion, and when there is no one who wants to discuss things, you know… it doesn’t make sense.

    But I think that I just don’t understand this concept of forum.

    So, I will visit another one.

    I am sending ❤️ and ☀️

    #448605
    anita
    Participant

    “❤️ and ☀️”- back to you, Jana. Sincerely, I like you. I.. don’t have the words.. How should I put it.. Don’t know.. Maybe put it this way, Jana: I am not the enemy.. Yet seems like you .. think I am..?

    No, Jana.. wanted to be your friend and nothing else. For whatever it’s worth..

    Goodbye, Jana.

    Anita

    #448606
    silvery blue
    Participant

    Anita, so please, let me. I try so hard. I really want to connect.

    But I just feel rejected when you don’t want to discuss things with me. I don’t know what you mean. And when I don’t know what you mean, it cannot resonate, I cannot relate when I know so little.

    I am not an enemy, either. I will not judge you. I wish I could understand your point of you better. It doesn’t matter if it resonates, because I will try to at least understand. I will not reject that idea. I will not minimize your feelings.

    I know it is the vulnerability. I know that you might be scared. But I will not hurt you anymore. I spent some time with people with trauma and difficulties. I am more compasionate, more aware of the fact that people suffer too much and that the suffering has different shapes, forms and degrees… I respect it and I know that only that suffering is the source of these misunderstandings. Not people, or their feelings.

    It is that I myself am met with a form of rejection from you… when you write only these short sentences, which read that you don’t want to connect.

    What can I do then?

    Do you remember? You wanted to make this place bigger… I really wish we could.

    I can give you space. You can think about it and let me know later.

    I am still open. I was just caught in a moment of my emotions. I need to control myself… I know that it wasn’t rejection… just my emotions read it as rejection…

    #448607
    Alessa
    Participant

    Hi Anita

    I’m curious about what you mean about your honesty and vulnerability being used against you too. That definitely contributed to the misunderstanding. ❤️

    Personally, I have only let moderators know when conflicts occur, so that they are aware of them. I have never tried to use anything against you. ❤️

    #448608
    Lucidity
    Participant

    Hey Silvery Blue

    I thought I’d reach out and let you know that I’m up for exploring with you. I’m open to the discussion and taking on vulnerabilities and emotions as they arise in a kind and compassionate way.

    I gather you have been a member here before judging from this particular conversation. However, I do not know you and haven’t come across you before as far as I can recall. Your post got my attention as you mentioned that you want to talk more yet are finding this forum an unsafe place at the moment. I have been browsing this forum for a  while now and would really enjoy taking part in it more but I’ve found it difficult to. A large part of the reason for this is public and on the forum itself but there are also a few of my own so if you are willing, I’ll share and hopefully we can take this forward if you are open to that? I’d really like that 🙂

    As a fellow member of the human race, I experience conflict. On a personal level, I am deeply interested in how to handle conflict – conflict resolution and conflict management and so, since you have expressed a desire in something similar, I want to discuss it but at the back of my mind I feel that I may cause upset. Hopefully we can engage in this here openly. How to normalise to make this place feel safe again once a conflict has taken place? I feel like I am trespassing when I write here. As adults who are here to participate in what tiny buddha’s philosophy is, I would like to think that this feeling of walking on egg shells will die down thro the addition of new voices and conversations. And so, here I am taking on my own uncertainty of being on here at all. Opening up to allowing things to flow again is a large part of moving on from conflict I think.

    You can take my point and engage with it in anyway you like, or put forward another. Up to you 🙂

    This is an open invitation to whoever wishes to participate 🙂

    #448614
    silvery blue
    Participant

    Hello Lucidity,

    I would love to!

    I like it. I try to approach conflicts as opportunities to learn and grow.

    I would like to say that you don’t have to worry about me being upset. I have absolutely no reason to be.

    I am trying to understand people better, to reconnect with them. I cannot do that without accepting them and their different opinions / experiences / difficulties.

    People are like flowers. 🌺 Maybe it’s the innocence of flowers… and of trees and animals. They are just what they are and no one can be mad at them for that. When I think about people this way – that they are just people and do what people do – it helps me understand… and be more compassionate.

    I will not be upset at anyone for being a human.

    I may be more fortunate… I am healthy. I have a joyful personality. I am forgiving and accepting. I have solved large part of my issues. I know that not everyone is so fortunate as I am. And that makes me feel that I should be more responsible and careful.

    I feel like more fortunate people have to give more to those less fortunate… especially in hard times… And don’t get me wrong. I think it is right… But sometimes I end up with the feelings of being overlooked… as if my feelings, my needs, are suddenly not as important as those who are still dealing with trauma or difficulties…

    So, in conflicts I very often find myself in this inner conflict. I must work harder on my inner stability. I guess.

    Thank you for reading!

    🦋

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