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precisely by living though our own breakdowns and breakthroughs we are initiated into the same living tradition that vitalized them.

Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation

Navigating the space between stories puts us up for an immense challenge. We must seek the others to find hope and support when that which we love falls away, rediscover how to grieve for what we lose and praise what is lost, and learn how to remain alive in the face of death. To not resist being wholly taken by awe at the birth of spring, because ... See more

Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown

Your true nature is that of infinitive spirit.

The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

(Ramana Maharshi)

There’s a place deep inside of you where the consciousness touches the energy, and the energy touches the consciousness. That’s where your work is. From that place, you let go.

Michael A. Singer • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

Out of that black hole of egolessness and no-discursive-thought, a color occurred, a symbol occurred, or a fraction of a symbol occurred.

Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art

The real path to happiness, they were telling me, comes from dismantling our ego walls—from letting yourself flow into other people’s stories and letting their stories flow into yours; from pooling your identity, from realizing that you were never you—alone, heroic, sad—all along.

Johann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions

Your soul is your true home. In the moment you finally arrive in this psychoecological niche, you feel fully available and present to the world, unlost. This particular place is profoundly familiar to you, more so than any geographical location or any mere dwelling has ever been or could be. You know immediately that this is the source, the marrow,

Bill Plotkin • Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World

liminality—

Gloria Anzaldua • Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality (Latin America Otherwise)

The primary challenge in a psychologically liminal space is to allow yourself to feel empty. In a liminal realm, your emptiness and your potential are the exact same thing. When you block your emptiness from existing, you block your potential from developing. Lao Tzu’s famous quote reflecting this truth was the title I gave to the very first blog p