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I remember when marijuana was medically legalized in Los Angeles. I would see massive lines out the door of dispensaries in my neighborhood. Looking at everyone waiting for their kush, I’d ask myself, “Are all these people really here for ‘medical’ usage? This feels more like legalizing mass addiction to cope with depression, anxiety and god knows... See more
Tucker Walsh on Substack
I notice this pattern constantly with my hypertrophied left hemisphere coaching clients: they're paralyzed needing to understand before they trust. But transformation happens when we trust without reason…understanding (may) arise later.
Daniel Thorsonx.comTrusting yourself looks like finding the courage to override the constant temptations to minimize the small but meaningful steps you’re taking to honor your intuition. Trusting yourself looks like depersonalizing setbacks. Trusting yourself looks like realizing that just because the thing you felt so certain about changed, that doesn’t mean you
... See moreKatherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
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
The spiritual awakening nobody talks about is the one where you realize God has been orchestrating black swan events in your life specifically to destroy every false thing you built your identity on, and what you thought was bad luck was actually precision demolition. The reason it had to be unpredictable is because if you saw it coming you would... See more
🕊️x.comHumility isn't false modesty. True humility is feeling the fullness of your desire for the spotlight, and choosing not to be noticed
Vivid Void • Tweet
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
Vacha • Tweet
Forgiveness performed from obligation does two things: it excuses the behavior of others, and it reduces our ability to be conscious and present with the pain we truly feel.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.