The Spirit of Restorative Justice

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March 5, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. - Rumi - The Spirit of Restorative Justice Sujatha Baliga serves as the Executive Director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, in Alameda County, California. Her background as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, criminal law attorney, and meditator inform her critical and revolutionary work in restorative justice today. Following a life-changing encounter with His Holiness the Dalai Lama who advised her to meditate and contemplate how she viewed her enemies, Baliga began a mindfulness meditation practice, which led her eventually to forgive her abuser, and then to become one of the leading voices and practitioners of Restorative Justice. In this interview, Baliga shares insights about her personal journey to forgiveness, the criminal legal system, the role of anger and truth-telling, and what restorative justice offers the world. { read more } Be The Change Taking the Dalai Lama's advice to heart, contemplate on how you view your "enemies." Can you apply the restorative justice paradigm to your own internal or external enemies? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things Dan Siegel: The Open Mind 5 Things Science Says Will Make You Happier What Would A Slow School Movement Look Like? Three Things that Matter Most in Youth and Old Age Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows The Strange Beautiful Side of Death I Trust You DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 245,106 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More