wisdom
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the duality of human nature
"Unfortunately, our common experience is, as Samuel Johnson expressed it, that 'Life is a progression from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.'"
- Lowen
- Lowen
"Why do so many people have difficulty in breathing fully and easily? The answer is that breathing creates feelings, and people are afraid to feel."
- Lowen
- Lowen
forgive <-> relax <-> forgive
how far can you take it?
how far can you take it?
what is helping you feel alive today? (ritual post)
great, great, great prompt
let out a big sigh and get back to it
"I don't want to be managed. I want to be seen."
^^ this is what other people desperately need from you
^^ this is what other people desperately need from you
a dying man's last IFS session with Dick Schwartz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-CZ5ck9fg&t=297s
truly awe inspiring to witness the transition from primary actor to lineage ancestor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-CZ5ck9fg&t=297s
truly awe inspiring to witness the transition from primary actor to lineage ancestor.
"what does this feel like in my body?"
the next time you feel a habitual mental tendency arise (like overthinking)...
just ask yourself this question and see if you can touch the underlying sensations that correspond to the mental process.
this will let sensations move through you cleanly without much of a fight.
the next time you feel a habitual mental tendency arise (like overthinking)...
just ask yourself this question and see if you can touch the underlying sensations that correspond to the mental process.
this will let sensations move through you cleanly without much of a fight.
I often wonder about those spiritual beings that lie hidden away in our world.
Where are they?
What is their message?
Where do they fit on the wheel of relationality?
Where are they?
What is their message?
Where do they fit on the wheel of relationality?
what makes a good question?
it…
1. has no obvious answer
2. requires you to move perceptual positions
3. your body resonates with it
it…
1. has no obvious answer
2. requires you to move perceptual positions
3. your body resonates with it
what is it that the modern mind needs?
hakalau is an ancient Hawaiian practice
it can help you process intense bodily sensations, still the mind, and increase balance.
it’s simple.
1. pick a spot above eye level to lightly focus on (horizon works well for this)
2. while focusing, pay attention to your peripheral at the same time
it might feel like attending to everything in your visual field all at once.
you might lose the fullness and that’s okay! just go back to the fullness once again.
it can help you process intense bodily sensations, still the mind, and increase balance.
it’s simple.
1. pick a spot above eye level to lightly focus on (horizon works well for this)
2. while focusing, pay attention to your peripheral at the same time
it might feel like attending to everything in your visual field all at once.
you might lose the fullness and that’s okay! just go back to the fullness once again.
had a 2 hour long, spontaneous conversation with a stranger today.
sometimes the best way to help someone is to compassionately witness their pain
no amount of kind words, actions or intentions can match the power of someone attuning to you
sometimes the best way to help someone is to compassionately witness their pain
no amount of kind words, actions or intentions can match the power of someone attuning to you
love is a full body activation.
a contact sport.
a contact sport.
how much pleasure can you take in the next breath?
emotional fluidity for me looks a lot like:
- noticing sensations in my body without labelling them
- observing how those sensations move
- taking pleasure and enjoying
- noticing sensations in my body without labelling them
- observing how those sensations move
- taking pleasure and enjoying
what is helping you feel alive today? (ritual post)
summarizing 50 AoA episodes with NotebookLM:
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/8840905b-188a-471c-885c-3bdda31eafe2/audio
so, so, so COOL
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/8840905b-188a-471c-885c-3bdda31eafe2/audio
so, so, so COOL
when scrolling...
stop and read everything. end to end.
the angst of constantly switching between casts will mellow out.
stop and read everything. end to end.
the angst of constantly switching between casts will mellow out.
what is helping you feel alive today? (ritual post)
I forgive myself for wanting things to be more perfect than they are