Tag Archives: pain

“I allow you to see me this way”

Whether you are dealing with a negative family member, a friend who is being unnecessarily harsh, online trolls, some form of unjust treatment or whatever else – Matt Kahn’s reframing below is like a magical switch of perspective – flick! … Continue reading

Posted in quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Love crushes, obsessions, poetry… Love addiction and what pain-body has to do with it (Part 1)

Romantic love is an unachievable fantasy — Dalai Lama    Love. What a tricky, elusive, individual thing. We all know what it should or might be, we never really know if it is what we’ve got. When I was young, … Continue reading

Posted in addiction, self | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

How To Overcome The Temptations

I have been working on self development, or self improvement, however you call it, for now almost 15 years, perhaps even more. Over the years I have uncovered a variety of truths – underlying motivations behind my actions, implications of … Continue reading

Posted in self | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

If You Hurt Someone You Love

I try to live in the now, in present. It’s not easy. Whenever my mind wonders, it brings up some things which live in the past but which I regret to this day. All of them – hurting people I … Continue reading

Posted in quotes | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stop Being A Glass. Become A Lake.

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he had a very sad life and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass … Continue reading

Posted in buddhism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments