In A Gentle Place
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In A Gentle Place
I’ve been thinking a lot about these “gut feelings,” or the intelligence buried under our moods. They’re the instincts that don’t necessarily line up with our more intellectual frameworks, which is why following them can feel risky or chaotic (backing away from that piece, in the moment, would have felt like giving up). But when I think back to... See more
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Simone Weil said, “Man only escapes from the laws of this world in lightning flashes. Instants when everything stands still, instants of contemplation, of pure intuition, of mental void, of acceptance of the moral void. It is through such instants that he is capable of the supernatural.” I don’t yet know about the word only, but I think there is a
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Have you ever had that experience? Where you know something deep down that defies logic and reason? Whether you call it gut instinct or intuition, it’s wise to listen.