Life is about depth of experience—how hard you love, how intensely you explore, how sincerely you express yourself—and insight—how deeply you inquire, how discerningly you ask questions. If our culture as a whole truly recognized this, the world would be a very different place.
Bernardo Kastrup • More Than Allegory
The unending beauty of the universe can be experienced as reality rather than theory only when you work your way through your dark areas.
Eva Pierrakos • Surrender to God Within: Pathwork at the Soul Level
The irony is that most human beings spend their lives avoiding painful situations. Not that we are successful, but we are always trying to avoid pain. We have an unconscious belief that our greatest growth in consciousness and awareness comes through beautiful moments. We may, indeed, make great leaps in consciousness through beautiful moments, but
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The combination of going somewhere and going more deeply into the experience is the full spectrum of life.
Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandhal, Laura Whitworth • Co-Active Coaching
the true essence of life, the darker, harder, painful edges that you know are there, hidden under the sunlit branches and sparkling waters of The Hay Wain. I closed the book.