Healing

“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.” — Erich Fromm https://t.co/J8J76QlPmt

“Earth's crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God,

But only he who sees takes off his shoes;

The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.”

―

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I remember that my mood was particularly fine at that time. I felt some magic condition of life, as if I had reached a sort of beatitude. I can still remember the clarity of the moment. I have had moments like it since, but none as pure.

But the point is: you have to loosen some constraints to give yourself a chance at solving the key problems: they are hard enough in themselves. If you impose as many constraints on yourself as the average person does, the likelihood that you will pull off what is most central to you approaches zero. So, seek clarity on which constraints are real... See more

1. Explore the nature of timeless awareness.

2. Don’t be swayed by outer circumstances. 

3. Consider all phenomena to appear as dreams.

4. Don’t brood over the faults of others.

5. Be grateful to everyone.

6. Offer your gifts to the world.

7. At all times, simply rely on a joyful mind.

8. Don’t expect a standing ovation.

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... See more