emotional flourishing

“When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.”

— Zhuangzi

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”

— Søren Kierkegaard

shinzen young’s periodic table of happiness elements. https://t.co/6YNQQpQOMl

First off you gotta learn to listen to your senses and your body — esp gut and heart rate, which can help you understand how you *actually* feel about any situation. I think a lot of people are numb, disembodied, so they find it too frictionless to talk themselves into a life they hate and out of one that fulfills them bc they can’t tell what’s act... See more

The Gift of Patience Instant relief is always at your fingertips. Want a boost? Here's some food / drugs / porn / attention. There's an app for that. There's a million apps for that. How many industries would collapse if everyone understood that you can just be with the feeling? You can just be sad or scared or angry or lonely or uncertain. Step ... See more

thoughts from today: 1. if you often struggle to do things (take action, complete tasks etc) you may have a lot of unfelt anger in you. feel the anger. express the anger. you may find you have more energy to do things with 2. a great deal of your time can be spent avoiding

In my experience, we don't need to 'try' to feel emotions, it's more a case of unblocking what gets in the way. Here are ten common barriers, any others you might add?

ON GROUNDING I think I *get* grounding now, so here goes nothing: First, don't ask me how this works but it is just a FACT that you can shift what you identify with. The car, your phone, your VR character, the character you're playing in a play, in a game, (in life...), etc.… Show more