Whatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
Vivid Voidtwitter.comWhatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
In haragei, the most important factor in communication is your honesty and your intent. If you are concealing something, then no matter how adept you think you are at hiding it, it will always be communicated at an unconscious level.
Richard Rudd • The Art of Contemplation: Gentle path to wholeness and prosperity
I can't stress this enough
If your spiritual practice is not deepening your honesty, making you braver in relationship, bringing you closer to the beautiful mess of real human connection, it's not helping you
Chasing holiness, righteousness and bliss will keep you shallow
Vivid Void ( Berkeley 2/10-TBD)x.comEffectiveness—in politics, and in life—relies, I think, on our ability to meet reality. I wrote this to remind myself of the cost of self-deception, and to commit to the kind of rigorous, unyielding honesty that makes one’s life and work better.
don't deceive yourself
my spiritual practice? oh you mean having hard conversations, stumbling & repairing, getting 1% better daily, accepting responsibility
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quotes • *Commonplace Book
Never think something is worthwhile if it makes you break your word, lose your self-respect, hate anyone, be suspicious, curse, pretend, or desire anything that needs to be hidden behind walls or curtains