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A similar hole in the solar plexus appears in this Alaskan Inuit image of the body (figure 4.14) of a shaman, or tutelary deity. The idea is that, in religious life, the body is opened up, broken down, and transformed. In terms of Inuit mythology, if we maintain a respectful religious attitude toward our suffering as the price of transformation,
... See moreDr. Stanton Marlan • The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness (Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology Book 10)
philosophy and science were invented and flourished because thinking is pleasurable. If thinkers did not enjoy the sense of order that the use of syllogisms and numbers creates in consciousness, it is very unlikely that now we would have the disciplines of mathematics and physics.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
This, to me, is the proper role of attention. Attention must be in service to eros, or soul (my names for the structures of consciousness that attune us to Reality's desires for us). If we "worship" things out of animal craving, or boredom, or cultural habits, or social shoulds , or other such unconscious urgings, we're misusing one of our greatest... See more
River Kenna • Attention as Worship
Give yourself enough time to produce something great, but not unlimited time.