In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the villagers sing to the child. If at any time during his or her life, the person commits a crime or aberrant social act, the individual is called to the center of the village and the people in the community form a circle around them. Then they sing their song to them.
The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity. When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another.
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invited to exist..
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ie – Antoinette Tuff… tapping into the gunman’s song:
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/22/214576953/911-call-captures-school-employee-talking-down-gunman
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huge into Gabor Mate – ness..
Monika, All three of these are very moving to me. Thank you!
“The tribe recognizes that the correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment; it is love and the remembrance of identity.” I love this, Monika. Thanks for this reminder on the eve of the start of another school year. I will carry this vision into my next encounter with “antisocial behavior.”