Being aware when doing activism

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I would say that the pursuit of the
contemplative is a lifelong exercise.

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Richard Rohr would say that we
actually perceive the contemplative

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through our egoic structure first

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and then it's through
the practices of being in silence

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that we begin to understand it
from our divinely connected place.

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So it's, there's layers to it.

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There's the cognitive
understanding of the contemplative

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where you just understand
the theory of it.

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And then there's the practice
of actually letting go,

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letting thoughts, feelings,
sensations, inclinations

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that are automatically just
kind of hardwired to us

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just being able to let those go.

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And then there's the ability
to choose

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another pathway being so aware

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when you're in it
that you can actually

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let go of the automatic behavior

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and choose perhaps a more
compassionate response.

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And what's really great about
doing the practice is that

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it builds our capacity to then
have that kind of awareness

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when we're in action.

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So we want to be
able to be more empathic,

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more compassionate,
and more connected

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with people not just while
we're sitting quietly in silence

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but also in the streets
when we're protesting

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or on the phone where
we're talking to a senator

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or in meetings

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where there's a difficult
personality to deal with right.

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We want to be able to practice
our contemplative stance in action

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which is the goal of contemplative activism.