jeff miller
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jeff miller
I have never felt that wholeness, that human wholeness, a word that has meaning for me, had anything to do with perfection.
Wholeness has to do with embracing the whole of who you are, which includes your shadow as well as your light. It includes the broken parts of you as well as the whole parts of you.
— Parker Palmer
I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk.
But it’s spring,
and the thrush is in the woods,
somewhere in the twirled branches, and he is singing…
I am touching a few leaves.
I am noticing the way the yellow butterflies
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“The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.”
— Dr. Joan Borysenko
“you only know as much as you do”…
—Francis of Assisi
action, practice and lifestyle… alternative orthodoxy
Nine: The Myth of Being Unimportant
“If I stay agreeable and keep the peace, I won’t be rejected.”
Nines often carry a myth that their presence is too much or not enough. So they merge, disappear, defer.
But under the myth is a quiet rebellion: What if my desires matter? Shadow work invites the Nine to wake up to their own pulse and take up their rig
... See moreRemember that your cognitive error is to seek peace of mind by diffusing your attention and disengaging from your instinctual energy.
You become “unselfconscious,” mistakenly thinking that your presence, engagement, and input do not matter.
Notice this tendency in your thinking today. (Understanding the Enneagram, 125)
Francis and Clare saw orthopraxy (correct practice) as a necessary parallel, and maybe even precedent, to mere verbal orthodoxy (correct teaching)… emphasizing practice over theory
—Richard Rohr, “Eager to Love”
where you become visibly anxious, reactive, and pessimistic. Do you sense these qualities in yourself today—and know what triggered them? (Understanding the Enneagram, 122)