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- One thing that almost always compels us towards action, or at least deeper reflection, is pain. When we begin to suffer, we start looking for the lesson that will lessen our suffering. This ‘hunger’ for an antidote helps us learn quickly. This is fairly well-understood: when pain gets sufficiently intense that it demands most of our conscious aware... See more
from life as a classroom
- I know that limerence can be misleading. It can be the beginning of a good relationship, or a complete disaster. If someone feels like the answer to the question of your life, you might want to address the fundamental sense of lack that they are triggering.
from 50 Things I Know - By Sasha Chapin - Sasha's 'Newsletter' by Sasha Chapin
- I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my father.
from Jules Feiffer - I grew up to have my father's looks, my...
quote by Jules Feiffer
- Self-acceptance, was that what I was struggling with, was that what I was longing for? To accept myself as I truly was, my childhood, my story, my mum, my sister, my job history, my shortcomings and my apathy, the whole package. And that was just for starters. And then take responsibility for myself and my actions and my growth. Not blame them on e... See more
from how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
- I’m beginning to realize the start of all intimacy and true understanding is when you say what you really mean.
from valley of things unsaid
- I didn’t know how old Martha was. Maybe she was 11. Maybe she was 27. Probably something in between. Before she came to live with me, she lived in Puerto Rico, she had two puppies, she was cared for by someone who house trained her and also made her afraid of newspapers. Martha was loving and enigmatic. Independent. When we lived in Brooklyn, she w... See more
from My best friend and my witness by Jean
- The Buddha proclaimed, “I teach liberation through non-clinging.”
from ‘I want a life!’ Freedom from dependency on the prison of roles and duty
Optimal grip and Healing
- If we keep lumping these two together and think that aversion obviously is discomfort and discomfort obviously is aversion, then we never get a good understanding of this very basic issue. It is as though a part of us thought that the function of pleasant things is to generate attachment and the function of unpleasant things is to generate aversion... See more
from Discomfort without Aversion: A Little Miracle, by Corrado Pensa by Corrado Pensa
- I might be terrified, but I’ll still be obedient to what I’m supposed to do.
from A to Z with deity Akwaeke Emezi — Apartamento Magazine