Skill and grace with respect to human relationships. The ability to relate to many different people- from many different backgrounds and ways of life- with skill and ease. To be able to connect to others skillfully, flexibly and inclusively.
I am trying to support the co-creation of a world where there is more relational dexterity. That is, where our ability to relate is not limited to our habitual patterns of relating, or relating only to those who come from the perspectives that we can identify with, but where we are able to skillfully relate to all kinds of people, from all walks of life. If we can achieve this, then we will tear down the walls between us and build bridges grounded in our shared human experience.
by Yehudah August 21, 2018
Get the Relational Dexterity mug.Created by Soulshaping author Jeff Brown, one’s Wintention is their victorious intention, their success plan, their blueprint for overcoming the odds and achieving their goals. To wintention is to plan on nothing less than the achievement of whatever goals one establishes.
In my statement of wintentionality, I listed all 4 steps I will take to overcome my challenges and get into law school.
It is my wintention to build a school in Africa to give children a chance for a better life.
It is my wintention to build a school in Africa to give children a chance for a better life.
by Yehudah March 29, 2013
Get the Wintention mug.A term created by author Jeff Brown, 'love elders' are individuals who have had a vast range of relationship experiences and help to support others to heal from love connection, to sustain love connections, to understand the many challenges and delights that accompany great love in particular. Teachers of relationship as a spiritual practice.
I met my soul-mate but it was so difficult to handle all the feelings that came up in the connection. Luckily, we found some love elders who could help us to understand what was getting in our way and to teach us some techniques to keep the lines of communication open.
by Yehudah May 15, 2014
Get the Love Elders mug.A term created by author Jeff Brown, Enbullshitment is the ungrounded and unreal version of heightened consciousness (aka 'Enlightenment') that is advocated by the new age movement. Where enlightenment naturally includes all elements of reality, enbullshitment only includes those aspects of reality that are comfortable and convenient. Self-avoidance masquerading as expanded awareness.
I used to sit before a guru who i thought was enlightened, but then i realized he was just a master of enbullshitment. He was motivated by egoic, financial and sexual things, and not by any real effort to deepen his consciousness.
by Yehudah May 23, 2014
Get the Enbullshitment mug.The tendency to project God onto others. In its unhealthy manifestations, the projections are laden with expectations, most of which cannot be fulfilled. Although we all carry the seed of divinity, few of us have reached a stage where we can consistently actualize our most divine intentions. Unhealthy Godjectification ultimately leads to disappointment. In its healthy forms, the projections are grounded in the divinity of our humanness. We don’t have expectations of perfection. We see ourselves, and others, as Godseeds in the making, carriers of divine possibility, invaluable seekers of wholeness. Rather than being disappointed by other’s mistakes, we see them through compassionate eyes, recognizing that most of us are doing our best to embody our enlightened aspects. We Godjectify in an effort to honor and support each other, particularly when we lose our way. We Godjectify as a reminder to hold each other in our truest light.
by Yehudah June 19, 2017
Get the Godjectify mug.A term coined by Ryan Mayer-Bresgi at the age of 7, an 'apptritionist' is an app technician, one who creates new apps, and who also helps you to cut back on your apps so that you are not overwhelmed by technology.
"I have so many apps on this phone that I can't get anything done. I called the apptritionist to help me clean them up and to select the right apps for my needs."
by Yehudah November 20, 2013
Get the apptritionist mug.A term coined by author Jeff Brown, PPS (Perpetual Positivity Syndrome) is one of the most common obstructions to awakening on the healing path. Defined as ‘the addictive need to default to positivity under any and all circumstances’, it prevents a maturation in the deep within because sufferers refuse to be present for all that is. Symptoms include a constant need to find the light in every situation, a tendency to forget or ‘rise above’ the negative aspects of their partners, an inability to fully support and hold the space for other’s suffering, and a turning away from the growth work demanded by life's challenges. Instead of forging a grounded, discerning positivity in the heart of all that is, they jump to the light, while averting the shadows that inform it. They reactively bliss-trip, when lessons are waiting in the wings to be learned. Those who suffer with PPS are often of the illusory view that they had perfect childhoods or that they have moved beyond the shadow, but they are sadly mistaken. If anything, their obsessive clinging to the ‘positive’ is rooted in their unresolved emotional material: pain and anger that will only come back to haunt them. At the end of the day (when the darkness settles in…), there can be no light without shadow. And no substitute for hard-earned transformation.
by Yehudah July 01, 2017
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