Seeking the Truth of a Person
The listening we advocate requires a particular mode: the questions are non-adversarial. The listening is nonjudgmental. The listener seeks the truth of the per... Read more.
Gene Knudsen Hoffman (1919-2010) was a Quaker peace activist, pastoral counselor, workshop facilitator, poet, columnist, author, and actor. For over fifty years she traveled the world on behalf of world peace and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. She spent a year of study at Pendle Hill and later studied with Thich Nhat Hanh. With Thich Nhat Hanh after the Vietnam War, she organized a retreat for veterans. This work laid the foundation for the Compassionate Listening Project.
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