recovery
We all have very good reasons not to trust ourselves. We’ve all betrayed ourselves badly, repeatedly, shamefully, and knowingly. Show me someone who hasn’t abandoned themselves, and I will show you a child. As we grow into adults, our world opens and we make mistakes. Ignoring your own needs and deserting yourself is a universal mistake.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Paradoxically, the people who trust themselves the most are usually the people who have betrayed themselves the most profoundly, but then made the decision to walk themselves home—inch by inch—to their authentic selves.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
In my experience, at least some degree of nondual realization makes handling addictions WAY easier.
It's no longer me handling a force, fixing myself, purifying my psyche. It really feels like what Rumi said:
"Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself"
It's no longer me handling a force, fixing myself, purifying my psyche. It really feels like what Rumi said:
"Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself"
Marvin Keilbach • Tweet
one of the greatest tricks the devil ever played on humanity is convincing us that there is any such thing as absolute certainty. the only time things are 100% clear are carefully constructed fictions.
anything true, beautiful, eternal requires a leap of faith and pure belief
anything true, beautiful, eternal requires a leap of faith and pure belief
Will Manidis • Tweet
My general working definition of compulsive/addictive behavior is “a pathological relationship to any mood-altering experience that has life-damaging consequences.”