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I work best from a place of zero ego and zero hope. I call this state being “lower than a worm.” A feeling that nothing will ever come of what I’m working on is crucial. A feeling of my smallness in relation to the world. I gotta be below the dirt. I am nothing and nobody. That frees me up. Who cares what a worm thinks, you know?
Lincoln Michel • Processing: How Erin Somers Wrote The Ten Year Affair
Forgiveness Prayer
In this moment of stillness,
I release the weight of past hurts and grievances,
Letting them dissolve like morning mist in the warmth of understanding.
To those who have caused me pain:
I acknowledge that you, too, were walking your own difficult path.
Your actions, though they wounded me,
Were born from your own struggles, fears, and... See more
In this moment of stillness,
I release the weight of past hurts and grievances,
Letting them dissolve like morning mist in the warmth of understanding.
To those who have caused me pain:
I acknowledge that you, too, were walking your own difficult path.
Your actions, though they wounded me,
Were born from your own struggles, fears, and... See more
zen eth/acc • Tweet
I knew how quickly a small slip could turn into a full-on relapse. I also knew the biggest problem wasn’t always the relapse itself, but the things I told myself about the relapse.
Cait Flanders • The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."
-- W.B. Yeats
-- W.B. Yeats
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It’s common for addicts to realize that it’s addiction all the way down. While some of us have had more “extreme” addictions, all of us have been captured by a recurring false possibility that a certain solution will ease our pain, only to make our problems and pain worse.
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more
It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more
Dan Hunt on Substack
All addiction, at its heart, is addiction to unconsciousness.
It doesn’t matter if it’s social media addiction or heroin addiction.
The addict is always trying to block out consciousness by covering it in stimulation or numbness.
This means the cure to addiction is always more consciousness.
But consciousness can’t just be willed into existence.
Instead... See more
It doesn’t matter if it’s social media addiction or heroin addiction.
The addict is always trying to block out consciousness by covering it in stimulation or numbness.
This means the cure to addiction is always more consciousness.
But consciousness can’t just be willed into existence.
Instead... See more