Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication Quotes

“We have to accept that much of reality is ineffable and so to understand it we can't rely on words alone.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Debate is an attempt to cling to the illusion of control provided by a point of view designed to keep the ego in place; dialogue is an attempt to dance with the unknown at the risk of losing what we think we know.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Practicing dialogue helps you to cultivate a realness that allows you to face reality on its own terms, not just the terms you’d like it to have in order to remain in your comfort zone.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue isn’t a competition to be the smartest or the most correct person in the room; it is a collaboration to find the truth.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“When people challenge your ideas, they help you (whether they know it or not).”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue can help you find out if you’ve been brainwashed or not.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“To engage in dialogue is to serve others via whatever is real inside you; to engage in debate is to ultimately serve the illusions of your ego.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Most arguments are about programming; most resolutions are reached through a process of unlearning then relearning.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue is an opportunity for people to communicate from outside the limitations of their points of view. When we enter a circle of dialogue, there are no labels, only human beings.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue is about creating awareness through self-observation; it starts from the inside out, not the outside in.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue is about freeing human beings from the beliefs and attitudes that make human beings miserable.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue reminds us that we can question to build, not only to doubt or deconstruct.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue teaches you to listen through your emotions, not to become distracted or distanced from the truth because of them.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue unplugs you from your own programming as you become more real; debate turns up the voltage and entrenches you more deeply.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue with the self is the source of all insight and insight is the only thing that can change your life.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication

“Dialogue helps us to acknowledge that we see the world not as it is, but as we are.”
― Oli Anderson, Dialogue / Ego - Real Communication