Day 46 - Mastery

We all have emotions and, sometimes, we let those emotions overtake us. To practice nonviolence you must learn to master your emotions, especially anger. This should not be surprising. After all, to attain excellence in anything we have to work at it.

Reflection
  • The strength to gain mastery over your mind and senses comes from deep within yourself.
  • To practice nonviolence it is important to learn to acknowledge and master your anger.
  • Thinking positive thoughts, counting to 10 or focusing on your breath are all ways that you might start to do this.
  • Mastery of nonviolence will come as you continue to practice.
Action
  • Write about the negative emotion you feel takes over you the most.
  • What can you do to master this emotion?
  • How can you prevent that emotion from taking over your judgment and senses?
“Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject”
Thomas Mann
“True leadership mastery is the art of inspiring others to achieve greatness, leaving a lasting legacy that transcends time and space”
Farshad Asl
“Self mastery is the greatest mastery.”
Abhijit Naskar
“The most beautiful form of mastery is the art of letting go.”
Claudia Gray
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Fritzi Horstman is the Founder and Executive Director of Compassion Prison Project. She is a Grammy-award winning producer for her work on “The Defiant Ones”, has been a producer and post-producer on dozens of television projects and documentaries and has directed several films. She believes it is urgent to bring humanity and compassion to those living behind bars and these acts will help transform our society. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Vassar College.

Day 46