Peacemaking
Hearts at Peace by Hilda Porro
Cross-posted from the International Alliance of Holistic Lawyersweekly blog
I read a book recently that I highly recommend (recommended to me by Kim Wright – thank you, Kim!!!). It’s called The Anatomy of PEACE by Arbinger Institute. There is so much of value that I could share and the information is relevant to my law practice and every other part of my life. (And isn’t that at the essence of being a holistic lawyer, that my work and my life are not in any way separate?)
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Holistic Law
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Consciousness, Integral Consciousness
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Personal Growth and Development
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General Interest Client as Peacemaker: Define Your Experience of Divorce by Choosing a Peacemaking Lawyer
“I know that you have a hundred complex cases,
Against God in court,
But never mind wayfarer
Let’s just get out of this mess
And pray to be loving and humble….”
- Hafiz, From Translations of Daniel Ladinsky “The Gift: Out of this Mess”
If you are considering or facing a divorce, I invite you to think outside the box. You alone have the ability to define your experiences upon separating your affairs from those of another whom once you loved. Seek out lawyers who aspire to be peacemakers rather than warriors. Destruction is easy: Set a brave new course instead.
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Collaborative Law and Practice
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Creative Problem-Solving
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Holistic Law
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Peace and Conflict Resolution
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Divorce and Family Law
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Pioneers and Role Models
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Legal Information for Clients
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General Interest
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Clients
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Lawyers
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Mediators
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Interdisciplinary Professionals Law Students’ Humanizing “Thinking like a Lawyer”
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Humanizing Legal Education “What would your mother say?”
A Mediator/Educator’s Perspective
Which values and skill sets will best serve us as mediators and perhaps more generally as lawyers? Where do we learn them?
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Humanizing Legal Education
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Many Faces of Mediation
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Law School/Legal Education
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Wholeness/Balance
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Transforming Law
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Peace and Conflict Resolution
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Lawyers
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Mediators
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Teachers/Professors
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Law Students Video Podcast: Sharif Abdullah Part 1
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Mini-Cast
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Part 1 of Sharif Abdullah's interview in mp4. Audience:
General Interest
In Part 1, Sharif talks about growing up in public housing, on welfare, in Camden, New Jersey and his early sense that human beings were not meant to live that way, that there had to be a better way.
He talks about his work in Commonway Institute and his study of the three aspects of Power and how our lives are inextricably linked on the planet.
Cutting Edge Law Categories:
Broad Overview of Multiple Categories
Creative Problem-Solving
Consciousness, Integral Consciousness
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Peace and Conflict Resolution
Social and Political Change
Worldwide Movement
Defining Peacemaking Practices: Cindy Zatzman
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Comprehensive Law Movement by Cindy Lenoff Zatzman
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Comprehensive Law-General
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Pioneers and Role Models
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General Interest An Inclusive View: Sharif Abdullah
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Around the World 
Two hundred thousand faces form a crowd, all gathered in a peace meditation. In August 1999, the Sarvodaya organization began its peace initiative in Sri Lanka by calling 100,000 people to mobilize and meditate for peace.
Sharif Abdullah founded and now directs Commonway, an organization which provides administrative support and strategic advice to Sarvodaya. All of Sharif’s work is based on the philosophy of inclusivity, which he explains means that “All of our lives are linked, no matter who you are or where you are on this planet. And because of this, I have a responsibility to treat others a certain way.”
According to Sharif, our society is a ticking bomb. We have about 50 years left, environmentally and psychologically. We must change our perspective from an Exclusivist point of view to Inclusivist. We must stop looking from an “Us and Them” perspective and begin to realize that we’re all in this together.
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Pioneers and Role Models
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General Interest 
