Danie Marais soek na 'n kuur vir witheid in Ek en jy bestaan nie
“Yes, I’m going through this and I don’t like it—wish I could run out—and somehow, it’s OK.”
Charlotte J. Beck • Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus)
This catastrophe perfectly encapsulates the French psychoanalyst Octave Mannoni’s formulation of Verleugnung (disavowal): ‘I know very well, but nevertheless’,
Rafael Holmberg • How to Misunderstand the Climate Crisis
‘Every soul is deprived of the truth against its will.’
Matthew Van Natta • The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism: Tools for Emotional Resilience and Positivity
In a way, there is a process in which suffering requires you to die into it or to give up your image of yourself. When you say “I can’t bear it.” Who is that?
Swapneel • Dealing With Suffering and Seeing It as Grace
‘I’m not up to it,’ I said. ‘I just don’t have the conviction anymore.’
Jean McNeil • The Dhow House
ANGUISH EMERGES FROM craving for life to be other than it is.
Stephen Batchelor • Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
anathema
Alice Walker • The Color Purple
this suppression can take an enormous toll as we get older.