Chapter 3: No Power to Describe - The “Nonviolent Movement” as Peak Experience

33: Transforming Anger into Nonviolent Power

In today's Daily Metta talk, Michael explores the idea that anger can be transformed into nonviolent power.

34: A Force from Within

In this Daily Metta following Search for a Nonviolent Future, Michael Nagler discusses a story about marchers during the Civil Rights Movement who drew on a power from within that stunned police officers, unable to turn on the fire hoses.

35: Peak Experience

Michael Nagler, drawing from an event from the American Civil Rights Movement, discusses the dynamics and intricacies of the 'peak experience' in the framework of nonviolence.

36: Person Power

Michael Nagler continues onward in the Search for a Nonviolent Future with insights into the paradox of nonviolence: rising above oneself and becoming more of oneself, truer to oneself. He then shares the origin of the term "person power," coined by the Metta Center.

37: The “High” of Nonviolence

Michael Nagler describes the feeling that is inherent in nonviolent action that is unlike any other "high" out there. This insight, he reflects, can help us to understand some of the major problems our world faces today, including the crisis of meaning of many people.

38: Nonviolence Resonates with our Humanity

In today's Daily Metta video, Michael Nagler tells a story from the life of David Hartsough and gives us insight into how nonviolence worked itself out in this situation. He then goes on to make the case for nonviolence as a way of life. Find out why.

39: The Long Haul of Nonviolence

In today's Daily Metta, Michael Nagler discusses the impact that long-term nonviolence training can have when used with strategic insight.

40: Peak Experience to Way of Life

Michael discusses the relationship between inner work and culture, two dimensions of the change that will lead to a nonviolent future.

41: Anger as Distraction

When we experience anger, we can direct its energy toward nonviolent action. Nonviolent states of mind have real power behind them. It's not magic; it's something we can all do. Michael discusses how.