1. Compassionate Activism Online Seminar – Session 2
Please join us as we wait for the other participants to arrive. We will begin shortly at 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST.

2. Questions from Session 1
Compassionate Activism Model
Overview of the Five Practices
First Practice of Humility and Curiosity

3. Choose a Situation
Select a recent specific situation that is somewhat emotionally charged for you but not extremely charged

4. #2: The Practice of Distinguishing Realities and Acknowledging External Reality

5. Distinguishing Realities
Three Realities
Your internal reality
The other person’s internal reality
External reality

6. Naming External Reality
External Reality Consists Of:
Words
Actions
Energy

7. Reflecting on Your Reaction
Share briefly what you normally think and talk about regarding the situation.
With the help of your partner, identify what parts are make believe.

8. Reflecting on the Situation:
Describe what was said and done in that specific situation between you and the other person(s). Focus on the words and actions only.
Ask your partner to point out if there were any assumptions you made about the situation and/or the other person’s internal reality in your description.
Keep paring down your description until you and your partner feel like it’s just composed of the words and actions.

9. Acknowledging External Reality
Acknowledging external reality as it is and as it is not
Accepting reality is different from saying it’s acceptable

10. Reflecting on Your Reflections
What gets in the way of you acknowledging the situation as it is and as it is not?
What do you gain from resisting the reality and focusing on make believe?
What’s the impact on you when you don’t acknowledge the situation as it is?

11. Reflecting on Acknowledging as Acceptance
Share “I accept that they said X.”
What and how is it different for you when you just focus on the words and actions and accept that they happened as such – and not as you wished had happened?

12. Closing Takeaways
If you could remember just one thing from today’s session, what would it be?

13. Wednesday, April 20th 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST See you then!
Next Session
Wednesday, April 20th 6 pm EST / 3 pm PST See you then!