~ Joan Halifax
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Jackson Peterson - The Self Never Was - The Self Never Was: Reality Without the Illusion of Ownership At the heart of the human experience is a pervasive illusion: the sense that there is...
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what if? - .Perhaps we don't love unreasonably because we think we have time, or have to reckon with time. But what if we don't have time? Or what if time, as we know...22 hours ago
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Simnani – What Was - What Was by Ala al-Dawla Simnani English version by David and Sabrineh Fideler Once I was here, but now “I” am not: If there’s really a “me,” it coul...2 days ago
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One sliver of hope - One way to speak about trauma is a state of psychic unbearability. Where thoughts, feelings, sensations, and images begin to loop, cascade, and waterfall ...
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Sleep Deep... - Sleep deep, Dear one, Sleep deep - like a Cheshire cat wrapped around itself, content and peaceful. Sleep deep, Dear one, Sleep deep - and let your body ...
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The Last Post - I know. I know. The last post appeared over a year ago. And the post before that was . . . a year before that. Now it's obvious: this blog has run its cour...4 years ago
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A runaway lover, text problems, and dinner duties - Dear Mr. Blue, I’m a single 51-year-old who’s been enjoying the outdoorsy life in Denver for the past fifteen years. I have a nice condo, good friends, a...7 years ago
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1 comments:
Very touching... When my mother died a year ago this month is when I realized death can happen to me in a way that I hadn't realized it before. It hit me in the heart, not just an intellectual "acceptance" but a heartfelt "knowing." It's been a sobering year...
I would like to believe that "compassion" in some form is "inherent." That it can be "triggered." But this has not been my observation of mankind. I did not grow up in a compassionate household, so maybe I missed something there. And recently with the hoarding in the stores because of the Corona Virus. No doubt triggered by fear - "the toxin of the world" as she says.
And I love the quote - "being fully present to the whole catastrophe." Something I try to be, but not very successful.
Beautiful talk. 2 more to go :)
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