Eight ways to explore your dark side (and tap into insane energy)
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Eight ways to explore your dark side (and tap into insane energy)
- I encourage you to tune into the experience of seriousness in your day-to-day life. What aspects feel tight, heavy, and constrained? In these areas, see if you can tune into any undercurrents of enjoyment. In the context of games, the way to let go of seriousness is to focus on just having fun. And the same applies in life.
from Be Sincere—Not Serious
Agalia Tan added
- Our minds often wander into darker thoughts like a curious but cautious cat exploring a dimly lit room. It takes great willpower and a blend of wisdom, perspective, and a touch of whimsy to extract oneself from these shadowed corners
from 5 Philosophical Ways to Get Your Mind Out of Dark Places
Mary Martin added
- The key to making this all work is to align your entire psyche around something difficult but worthwhile. Perhaps the best tool we have for this is storytelling…The human ability to redeem darkness through narrative is pure magic. Cultivate this skill and decide what kind of story you’re in.
from 80/20 Personal Development by Daniel Kazandjian
Stuart Evans added
- We can use the shadow imagination as a mechanism for uncovering our future power. When we’re introduced to how bad things could get, we’re at a choice point. We can turn away, we can dive into the waters of the worst-case scenario and allow them to drown us, or we can touch the suffering that’s possible and remind ourselves of our own abilities. We... See more
from How to Embrace Shadow Futures with Mindfulness
Mary Martin added
Your spirit is excited to experience the unknown. It enjoys playing with fear and unconsciousness.
from Don’t Ascend — Your Spirit Wants to Descend Into Your Body. by Story Waters
baja added
yes, it enjoys it even too much :)
“these are all different strategies to play with the tension between two intentions: chase the aliveness within and go to the place that scares you. It’s about developing your ability to listen to what you truly want to create, instead of allowing others to dictate your desires and goals. It’s about having faith to trust your own direct experience,
... See moreShaunna Van Hout added
- What would it mean to live more playfully? First, it would require us to reject work that is not intrinsically motivating and to build working conditions that are joyfully engaging. Second, it would require that we de-emphasise the importance of work for finding personal fulfilment and meaning in our lives. Despite work being central to who we are ... See more
from The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play by Alec Stubbs
Abhilash Rao added
