The Origin and Nature of Violence

Global Co-operation House , 65-69 Pound Lane, Willesden Green, London NW10 2HH
 
Why we all express envy, resentment and hate …eventually!
 
We are all violent at some stage in our life. It seems no one is exempt.  It may not become physical but remain at the emotional and mental levels.  Sometimes referred to as self sabotage, it separates couples, breaks up families, diminishes performance at work and makes some lawyers rich! 
 
But why is it inevitable?  Tonight Mike will mark the International Day of Non-violence with an exploration into what makes some people think and act violently as well as how to transform both the impulse and the intention. He explores:
 
• The origins of all violence
• The different expressions of violence
• Why is violence on the increase throughout society
• How to cultivate the nature of non-violence
 
Mike George is an author of 16 books, including Don’t Get MAD Get Wise, Being Your Self and The 7 Myths About LOVE. With insight and humour he brings together the three key strands of the 21st Century - self-awareness, emotional intelligence and continuous unlearning.  
 
 
J.Krishnamurti once said: “When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
 
 

 

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