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The Germans (of course) have a word for it: herzensbildung, training one’s heart to see the full humanity in another.

A participant whose concern is her relationship with her employer can recognize, in another participant's discussion of his problems with his mother, the same existential structure that is at the source of her own problem. Thus The Forum leader regularly exhorts participants to "listen from your own concerns."

What is this person actively and consciously portraying to me right now? What might this person be unwilling to acknowledge about themselves? How might this unacknowledged part of themselves be unconsciously driving the behavior I see on the surface? How is this person making me feel right now? Do I feel like they are projecting onto me or triggeri

If you want to understand humanity, you have to focus on the thoughts and emotions of individuals,…

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