Seeing the whole truth

QuantumLove (Lynne McTaggart) has some suggestions about  relating to other clowns who are not like you or who disagree with you, for instance staying positive,  truthful, and listening to others without focusing on flaws in their ideas. In other words look for common ground.

1. Keep alert for “Us versus Them” thinking, language, and actions.
2. Practice maintaining respect for a view that is different from your own, there is no right or wrong.
3. Question anything you regard as a division betwee yourself and others.
4. Look upon everyone involved as a potential partner and honor the need to connect with them.
5. Seek out kernels of truth in any opposing position rather than the differences in views between the other clown and yourself.
6. Mentally swap roles with another clown. Imagine the issue as the polar opposite of your own position and offer as many solid arguments in favor of that argument as you can.
7. Don’t be afraid if you disagree. Explore the values you have in common and seek a creative solution.
8. Experiment with a positive description of your differences.
9. Name your feelings. Then reflect back what you believe to be another clown’s feelings. (see also FlowingLove (Daniel Siegel) on mindsight)
10. Be flexible. Abandon your entrenched position if it no longer serves.