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In the act of becoming
At the edge of his inner vision, behind his closed eyes, he senses something in the act of becoming. It will arrive with morning light; something shifting and breathing, its form disguised in a copse or grove. HILARY MANTEL
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We’ll be alive again in a thousand blades of grass
Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” Trilogy features other worlds where our protagonists have “daemons” — essentially a part of themselves expressed in animal form. Inhabitants of these worlds have long observed the phenomenon that when they die, their daemons simply … Continue reading
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Sadness
“It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear our astonished emotions living. Because we are alone with the unfamiliar presence that has entered us; because … Continue reading
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Every day we slaughter our finest impulses
“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we … Continue reading
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Running
If we push on, running harder, deeper into the loneliness, further away from the world and the structure of our lives, we begin to feel strangely elated, detached yet at the same time connected, connected to ourselves. With nothing but … Continue reading
Waking up
Wisdom teaching about waking up: when we are able to notice what we are doing now, to experience our current state completely and without judgment, the old patterns will begin to fall away. The Wisdom of the Enneagram
Yoga
Yoga gives you a way to create inner sanctuary: a safe haven that cradles you and gives you strength when you need it most.
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