To be known
This is where dreamwork and belonging almost become synonymous. One of the basic tenets of both dreamwork and of belonging is to learn how to become hospitable towards the dark, repulsive, ambiguous figures that appear in our dreams. Instead of running from difficulty, we practice at turning towards what is chasing us, even inviting it to intensify
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Belonging With Agency (SSIR)
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The only real remedy for the dangers of false belonging is the true belonging to, true membership in, a fellowship of people who are not so much like-minded as like-hearted.
Alan Jacobs • How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
"Belonging feels like you are seen and heard. You feel alive. You’ve been invited into any given group, and you know you can be honest with the people in it. Students I’ve worked with describe it as being in a good place and being with people they’re comfortable with. They feel validated." - Susie Wise
All of us are taught to not belong. We feel we don’t belong and presto, our survival instinct triggers our longing to belong.