Speaking of animals, here's a thought:
Here is some food for thought.
If NVC is not a personality cult, why do they continue to use
the giraffe/jackal animal characters that are Marshall R's signature embellishment
of NVC?
Why can't NVC be taught without jackals and giraffes, eh?
Many of us regard these as belittling.
IMO I would consider it a boundary violation - a disruption of my personal aesthetic -
to endure class instruction using such motifs. I am an adult, no longer a toddler.
I do not want cute. I want information backed by research.
If the NVC peeps require that we keep the giraffe and jacket characters as part of the
intruction package, that to me indicates that NVC is indeed anchored to Marshall's personality.
Marshall Rosenberg.
Jack Rosenberg. Only in America.
In all seriousness, it would be interesting to find out if Marshall spent time at Esalen or got involved with Werner Erhard - and or learned a bit about Bandler and Grinder's neurolinguistic programming.
Problem with all this neurology stuff is - it encourages us to regard the human person as a computer to be hacked and reprogrammed.
No respect for privacy. No respect for otherness.
When we send our computer to be repaired or reprogrammed, we never think to obtain consent from the computer; we regard it as a machine.
There's nothing more ghastly than someone who regards us as machines - while pretending to respect us as persons.
Many of these types can stroke our pleasure centers with the utmost effectiveness - they are unrestrained by ethics.
We are so happily cooing because our neurotransmitters are dancing that we cannot discern the fundamental lack of respect in the one who has tweaked our neurons into ecstasy patterning.
Here is some food for thought.
If NVC is not a personality cult, why do they continue to use
the giraffe/jackal animal characters that are Marshall R's signature embellishment
of NVC?
Why can't NVC be taught without jackals and giraffes, eh?
Many of us regard these as belittling.
IMO I would consider it a boundary violation - a disruption of my personal aesthetic -
to endure class instruction using such motifs. I am an adult, no longer a toddler.
I do not want cute. I want information backed by research.
If the NVC peeps require that we keep the giraffe and jacket characters as part of the
intruction package, that to me indicates that NVC is indeed anchored to Marshall's personality.
Marshall Rosenberg.
Jack Rosenberg. Only in America.
In all seriousness, it would be interesting to find out if Marshall spent time at Esalen or got involved with Werner Erhard - and or learned a bit about Bandler and Grinder's neurolinguistic programming.
Problem with all this neurology stuff is - it encourages us to regard the human person as a computer to be hacked and reprogrammed.
No respect for privacy. No respect for otherness.
When we send our computer to be repaired or reprogrammed, we never think to obtain consent from the computer; we regard it as a machine.
There's nothing more ghastly than someone who regards us as machines - while pretending to respect us as persons.
Many of these types can stroke our pleasure centers with the utmost effectiveness - they are unrestrained by ethics.
We are so happily cooing because our neurotransmitters are dancing that we cannot discern the fundamental lack of respect in the one who has tweaked our neurons into ecstasy patterning.