Sublime

No matter how good you are at defusion, your mind will keep forming new thoughts that you will naturally fuse with (“I’m the world’s expert in defusion!”). It’s vital to stay aware of this tendency.

We fear we might pick a life course we don’t have the necessary qualities to pursue. Maybe

When we touch our own consciousness in a full and open way, we are much better able to touch the consciousness of others.

It is what we do that matters, and that gives us the means to live in a way that is richly meaningful to us, despite even quite difficult challenges.

Acceptance is especially helpful in dealing with stress because so much stress is caused by factors in our lives we can’t change.

CBT exposure methods have moved strongly in an ACT direction by including acceptance, mindful noticing, and new learning,

In imagination, you can move perspective-taking across time, place, or person.

In effect, the “answer” the mind presents to the problem is to kill off the yearning to feel unless the feeling is good.

No One Is an Island