Nature Of Humanity
“Everything feels unprecedented when you haven’t engaged with history.” – Kelly Hayes
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The unwanted and the shadow imagination are real and necessary parts of our inner landscape. They’re wisdom, dipped in discomfort.
How to Embrace Shadow Futures with Mindfulness

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pinterest.comThe tool I use is Dan Siegel’s window of tolerance which is the space in which we can put up with intensity and arousal without becoming dysregulated. In our windows, we can meet unwanteds head-on without getting distressed. It takes practice, but you can increase your ability to be grounded and calm even when your trauma is being triggered. This m... See more
How to Embrace Shadow Futures with Mindfulness
Life is more like any other life than non-life. Decay and rot is a life again. The raw materials of life recycled back into life. Nothing goes to waste. Sometimes I feel humanity is a skin infection upon the untouched earth. Other times we are lichen on the surface of a dead rock. A hopeful thing.
In the garden last night I picked a perfect bell pe
... See more“Comforts, once gained, become necessities. And if enough of those comforts become necessities, you eventually peel yourself away from any kind of common feeling with the rest of humanity.” – Sebastian Junger
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“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.” – Sebastian Junger