Motto: Nonviolent resistance can become effective!
Too often, unfortunately, freedom is understood as the right to do what we want, or what we like, or what suits us. Too often, starting with this attitude, we run into contradiction (or even conflict) with those around us, who in their turn may have (that beats all!) the same belief.
I will not venture to give verdicts, to share justice or to make valuable judgments. Too often, however, trying to “do good” and asserting to the parties that combative attitude is unethical and leads to escalation and/or even conflict, I have achieved a result contrary to what I wanted.
Starting from a more severe register than the daily one, Jamila Raqib shares her experience and sends for remedies. Can the solution “not condemning violence but turning it into something obsolete, out of use” be extrapolated to the small daily conflict situations? How can we fight non-violently in everyday life for the values we believe in with all our beings, even though sometimes blood rises to our heads, our fists become clenched and our jaws get stuck? What coaching, what meditation, what invitation to calm…
Here’s an opinion: