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Feeling empty inside
“Rather than seeing this emptiness as something to be feared or immediately filled, consider it an invitation to question and reimagine. It’s your soul’s way of saying that you’re ready for something more meaningful, more aligned, and more genuinely yours … Continue reading
“Listening to Our Ancestors’ Voices”
With practice, we can see that our wounded child is not only us. Our wounded child may represent several generations. Our mother may have suffered throughout her life. Our father may have suffered. Perhaps our parents weren’t able to look … Continue reading
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Tagged generational trauma, inner child healing, Thich Nhat Hahn, wounded child
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If you were to let go of the pursuit of happiness, what would you do?
The pursuit of happiness for its own sake is a fool’s errand. As a goal it is frivolous and unrealistic—frivolous because happiness is a transient state dependent on many conditions, and unrealistic because life is unpredictable and pain may arise … Continue reading
Drama or ease?
We can either meet life with tension and drama and difficulty and a sense of problem, or with ease and graciousness and fluidity. Regular practice (I do kriya yoga meditation twice a day) helps. I am on a more even … Continue reading
Chaos and order
I am reading a wonderful book The Heart Aroused by David Whyte, a half Scottish, half Irish poet living in America. The whole book is a gem — full of poetic and philosophic reflections on what 9-5 corporate work does … Continue reading
How to alleviate anger in 3 seconds
Shunmyō Masuno is a Zen Buddhist priest who wrote How to let things go (the quote above is from it). I needed to let go of some righteous anger so bought Masuno’s book. I love the affirmation above. I used … Continue reading
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Tagged letting go, shunmyo masuno, zen buddhism
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Breathe in before talking (Ken McLeod)
It is all about remembering and acting from the right place rather than reacting. Of course, the trick is to remember to breathe in in the first place 😂 It’s a whole practice on its own.
I can handle this
Loved this affirmation by Michael Singer which I heard on his podcast. He was talking about how we repress emotions that we can’t process instead of staying with them, facing them and letting them flow through us without causing a … Continue reading
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