Sara Campbell
“You had to withstand a profound sense of wrongness if you ever wanted to get somewhere new”
Miranda July in All Fours
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.” - Gospel of Thomas, verse 70
In my own stories about spiritual experience, just as in the stories I received as a child, the truth, if there is truth, is seen “through a glass, darkly.”3 To me, this means that no matter how deeply or widely we study, there is always more to be seen, and no one sees all that there is to see. I do not believe there is or ever has been anyone who
... See moreIf we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them.
Richard Rohr
“I used to tell this story, about my theory of fucks. The theory goes like so: you are born with so many fucks to give. However many you’ve got is all there is; they are like eggs, that way. Some of us are born with quite a lot, some with less, but none of us knows how many we have. […]
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I still tell this story but I’ve changed it somewhat. Like mostOnce we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of. Our erotic knowledge empowers us, becomes a lens through which we scrutinize all aspects of our existence, forcing us to evaluate those aspects h
... See more“Imagine never doing anything athletic just because you think you won't make it to the Olympics. That's most people's relationship to making art.”
“Patriarchy, with its unrealistic faith in the goals of this life, is built upon the denial of transformation and death."
Marion Woodman
Your quest is to fall in love with yourself over and over and over again.
Jungian scholar Marion Woodman:
“Women are, by nature, disposed to relationship and connectedness; yet true relationship cannot be embraced until a woman has a deep sense of her at-one-ment. Without this essential independence from all roles and bonds, she is a potential victi
... See moreHe who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.
– Jean-Luc Godard