The Essence of Authentic - Dialogue

“Dialogue.. the art of thinking together.”

“A dialogue can be among any number of people, not just two. Even one person can have a sense of dialogue within himself, if the spirit of dialogue is present.”

“Dialogue … a stream of meaning flowing among and through us and between us. This will make possible a flow of meaning in the whole group, out of which may emerge some new understanding. It’s something new, which may not have been in the starting point at all. It’s something creative. And this shared meaning is the “glue” or “cement” that holds people and societies together”.

“The object of a dialogue is not to analyze things, or to win an argument, or to exchange opinions. Rather it is to suspend your opinions and to look at the options – to listen to everybody’s opinions, to suspend them, and to see what all that means.”

“Take part in truth.”

David Bohm, “On Dialogue”

“He’s one of my scientific gurus.”

HH The Dalai Lama in the foreward to On Dialogue.