Words began in human beings in the process of transforming gregariousness into co-operation. Not all communication is dialogue.
Dialogue is shared exploration towards greater understanding, connection, or possibility.
Any communication that fits this definition, the Co-Intelligence Institute considers dialogue. Communication that doesn't fit this definition, we don't call dialogue. Some of our colleagues believe that what we call dialogue should be called conversation . Dialogue can at times be truly magical, dissolving the boundaries between us and the world and opening up wellsprings of realization and resonant power. At those times it is almost as if wholeness is speaking and listening to itself through us, individually and collectively.