Reminders for myself
“Essentially, mystical experience tends to be ecstatic, presuming a high degree of absorption in God and a transcendence (or loss) of the personal sense of “I am here” presence. Unitive seeing tends to be enstatic; the individual remains lucid, fully present, and capable of interacting in the physical realm.”
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Centering Prayer and Inner
... See moreAs I’ve gotten older, though, I’ve gradually come to the realization that...pain and hurt is a necessary part of life. If you think about it, it’s precisely because people are different from others that they’re able to create their own independent selves. Take me as an example. It’s precisely my ability to detect some aspects of a scene that other... See more
Write For Yourself
Four signs of trance:
Obsession
Judgement
Addictive behavior
Speed
When we are doing these things, we are running away from the present, running away from the life of our bodies, running away from our hearts.
And as long as we are running away from the wilderness in here, which can feel angsty, we are also running away from the place where we can feel
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I saw this advice somewhere that I plan to take—maybe you want to too: “Stop consuming, start creating.”
> 189: AIN' EVEN BEEN PLANTED YET
There’s an Ann Hood quote that I recently heard and held onto. “Write about the things that keep you up at night,” she says. In other words, you don’t have to go digging and searching for something to say. The most mundane or seemingly random itch you’re scratching—a dying houseplant, a misplaced notebook, an awkward interaction at your friend’s... See more
Nandi Rose / Half Waif • Writing into the Light
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.
(Tolstoy)
Simon Sarrisx.comSo what is stopping me from stepping outside my habitual crap?
My mind, my limited mind.
The story of life is the story of the same basic mind readdressing the same problems in the same already discredited ways.
