Bodidharma (circa 560 AD) was an Indian monk known as the red haired barbarian who brought Buddhism to China. He is looked upon as the 1st Patriarch of Chan (Zen), and among other myths and stories, is reputed to have sat meditating before a wall for 9 years in search of his original nature.
How does a 6th century Zen Patriarch fit in with modern mediation processes? It's called accountability!
In the first of Bodhidharma’s methods, the practitioner is asked to respond to the aggression of another through considering his/her own involvement in causing the other to be aggressive. In other words, he wants the investigative practitioner to respond to the antagonism of another with reflection on his/her own role in it. This is, of course, a form of self-confrontation.
Reflection on the effect of one's mind, speech and actions on another allows one to widen one's perspective. There can be a little more light thrown into what is probably a contracted tangle of emotions and reactivity.
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