Sometimes this can be confusing if you are responding to another person s question or asking one yourself. Remember the purpose of the dialogue is to support a conversation that includes everyone and allows the group to tap into collective intelligence. Questions and statements addressed to the whole group invite the participation and insights of all present. If you want to initially address yourself to one person, do so and then turn to include the group. This knowing is the result of learning to listen both within yourself and for what is moving in the group.
Some people have a physical feeling as though they are compelled to speak.
If you are uncertain, sit and continue to listen. If the idea or question or feeling continues to arise within you, then it is a good bet that it is time to speak and that it may be of value to the group. Learn how to discern what is true for you and to trust yourself to bring it into the group. What you have to say may feel risky to share especially if they seem far out or divergent from what has been spoken. Again, it is the practice of listening to yourself and to the group simultaneously and learning to tap into and trust your intuition that can result in new levels of understanding within the group.