{"id":2549,"date":"2022-12-23T12:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meditationmag.com\/blog\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2023-02-13T19:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:02:03","slug":"satpal-singh-peace-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meditationmag.com\/blog\/satpal-singh-peace-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can We Relate More Kindly To People Who Have Different Values, Beliefs, or Opinions Than Ours?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check out the full interview with Satpal Singh below!<\/h2>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-InstagramFeed aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"\" data-embed-type=\"InstagramFeed \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose- ose-uid-6d4181603e6f87d0fcec9c954527127c ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: 100%; display:inline-block;\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media embera-instagram-6d418\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ck_GMOmsINL\/\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\"margin: 1px; max-width:100%; min-width:326px; max-height:100%; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" >Instagram will load in the frontend.<\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Satpal: <\/strong>Even within our own families, we don\u2019t all agree on things. But that doesn\u2019t mean that we judge<br>each other for it. We understand that everybody hastheir own path. They have their own understanding. The whole Universe has created them in their own ways. Their experiences are unique. And so we have<br>to reflect and understand that we are not made the same\u2026 but we\u2019re all equally valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All of our opinions are valid. No matter who it is, and no matter how much you strongly disagree with someone else, take that compassionate view, to look at them and say, \u201cI understand why you have the thought that you have.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It\u2019s better to sit and try and understand somebody else\u2019s opinion than to try to be understood. First, try and understand what they\u2019re thinking. Where are they coming from? What are their experiences? Sometimes you argue about something, and you\u2019re so sure about something. And after a while you look back, maybe a couple of years later, and you think \u201cI can\u2019t believe I used to think like that. 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