Anna B
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https://poets.org/poem/let-america-be-america-again
This poem kept me going during the insanity of the Trump years.
And when one submits to the self-compulsion of ideological thinking, one surrenders one’s inner freedom to think.
Loneliness arises when thought is divorced from reality, when the common world has been replaced by the tyranny of coercive logical demands.
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
... See more“Considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it brings, how astonishing, when the lights of health go down, the undiscovered countries that are then disclosed, what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to light, what precipices and lawns sprinkled with bright flowers a little rise of tem
... See moreMindfulness is not about achieving or gaining, it’s about acceptance and the relinquishing of material desire. When you’re charging $10 a month with the promise of a ‘better life’, can you really be holding true to that compassionate and egalitarian vision?
If you are meditating in order to grow the wealth of your business then you are approaching the act with, as Buddhist’s would say, wrong intention
The Eightfold Path, however, is holistic. Each branch is intrinsically linked, and intended to be followed concurrently. Without understanding the seven other forms of guidance, let alone practising them, mindfulness becomes stripped of its essential meaning
Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.