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Learning the Practice of Harmlessness
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- Title: Learning the Practice of Harmlessness
- Author(s): Dorothy I. Riddle
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Religion in Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society
- Keywords: Harmlessness, Violence, Bullying, Hypersexualization, Harassment, Teen Dating Violence, Cetacean Rights, Golden Rule
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 1
- Date: December 24, 2012
- ISSN: 2154-8633 (Print)
- ISSN: 2154-8641 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v02i01/51134
- Citation: Riddle, Dorothy I.. 2012. "Learning the Practice of Harmlessness." The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 2 (1): 93-102. doi:10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v02i01/51134.
- Extent: 10 pages
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Abstract
Although all spiritual traditions mandate “do no harm,” our habits of harm remain reflexive and pervasive. A Harmlessness Scale™ helps us to become aware of the many ways in which we routinely harm ourselves or others. A three-step “Butterfly Shift” daily practice can help us build our “harmlessness muscle” so that habits of harmlessness become automatic instead.
