Wellington Heart: Toward A Culture Of Love & Compassion

Wellington Heart: Toward A Culture Of Love & Compassion❣
Tonight's Event: From Conflict to Connection
Public Forum, Wednesday 28 November @ 7.00pm
Mt Vic Hub, 24E Elizabeth St, Mt Victoria, Wellington, NZ
(Opposite Clyde Quay School)

'From Conflict to Connection'
Within every conflict lies the seed of transformation. Conflict is an inevitable part of life. 'From Conflict To Connection' is a means to create peace through our speech and communication. At a time when anger and violence dominate human attitudes, how do you show up in the world? Bringing about peaceful change begins with working on our own mindsets. What YOU say next will change YOUR world. Be a force for love in your surroundings. Transform conflict to deepen connection to yourself and others in all your relationships.

Listen empathically to understand. While our usual habit is to listen from a place of judgement and evaluation, developing EMPATHY and SELF-Empathy skills bring us to a place of connection and harmony within ourselves and others. Come and join the dialogue and discussion. Learn how to speak the 'Language of the Heart'.

Take the first step toward developing an awareness and consciousness of harmlessness for yourself and others - in your homes, schools, workplaces, and empathic social change within our communities.

Wellington Heart is a gathering of a diverse group of people with a powerful intent to reconnect as ‘community’ to transform our systems with care, compassion and sustainability.

We are concerned about the future of humanity and the need to be part of the change that is required. Connecting with like-hearted people is seen as the way to build capacity for that to happen.

Wellington Heart will provide a public forum for those who believe we need a compassionate, thriving, sustainable and spiritual approach with love-based and values-based politics, economics, health and educational systems towards positive social change.

The New Zealand Project:
We will look at new models based on the values of Care, Community and Creativity inspired by Max Harris and his book ‘The New Zealand Project’, in the creation of a fair and just society, where as a group, we can learn, share, and empower each other through genuine care and aroha.

Compassionate Nonviolent Communication (NVC):
Language is fundamental to all our relationships and the quality of lasting social change. We will integrate into our ethos the Language of the Heart, better known as Compassionate or Nonviolent Communication (NVC), founded by the late Dr Marshall Rosenberg. Speaking peace is communicating without violence, and a way of connecting with others that allow our innate Compassion and natural Empathy to flourish.

Many of our current “care” public systems have become complex, focus on power and control, are deficient in values and are affected by hypocrisy. We need to move away from that model so that when our people and our communities need care and compassion, the support networks are there for them at their most vulnerable times.

Wellington Heart is working towards a compassionate, thriving, sustainable and spiritual Wellington.

Our forums, working groups and conversations will be accessible and respectful to all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, religion, faith, creed, ethnicity, disability or any other humanade condition.

Your voice is vital. Come and join us. Koha Entry. All Welcome.

Koha/Donation gratefully accepted towards cost of venue and refreshments.

RSVP/Enquiries email: wellington.heart.nz@gmail.com
Phone/Text: 027 345 2010
Website: https://wellingtonnzchronicle.wordpress.com/

See also
Wairarapa Heart https://www.facebook.com/wairarapaheart/
New Zealand Heart https://www.facebook.com/new.zealand.heart/