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To uncover the innate image we must set aside the psychological frames that are usually used, and mostly used up. They do not reveal enough. They trim a life to fit the frame: developmental growth, step by step, from infancy, through troubled youth, to midlife crisis and aging, to death. Plodding your way through an already planned map, you are on
... See moreJames Hillman • The Soul's Code
soul and (re)framing
The problem with armchair quarterback syndrome is that it stands in the way of rethinking. If we’re certain that we know something, we have no reason to look for gaps and flaws in our knowledge—let alone fill or correct them.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
armchair quarterback syndrome
The Greek word phantasia, from which we derive the word fantasy, comes from a verb that means “to make visible.” We make subtle energies visible by creating images in the mind. What we don’t always understand is how these images can transform our inner landscape, and then our life.
Sally Kempton • Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
As John Maxwell has written, “You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.”9
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Trickster Jumps Sides (Re-Issued for Tricky Times)
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Notice that there is a dark period included. We tend to focus on the last phase (butterfly), but imagine what it feels like for it to be in that middle phase.
It is for this reason that sleep paralysis is also known as a “night-mare”. The word mare comes from the same root as the German Mahr and the Old Norse mara, referring to a supernatural being that lies on peoples’ chests at night. It is thought that the original source of the word mare is the Indo-European word mar which means to pound, bruise or
... See moreAnthony Peake • The Hidden Universe
In my way of thinking, radical agency is about finding real edges: things you are willing to do that others aren’t, often because they’re annoying or unpleasant. These don’t always surface in awareness to the point one is actually choosing -- often they live in a cloud of aversion that strategically obscures the tradeoff.
