People who practice mindfulness find that they dont have to trust the narrative self,
that it has lost its hold over them as the primary reference of truth and reality.
It’s such a sweet thing.
To go from having been habitually convinced by this narrative self, to no longer being convinced by it, is a huge shift.
Henry Shukman
The first day of Lent and of Ramadan
Our culture accelerates. Deadlines, notifications, reputational anxiety, comparisons – all creating a sense of tightness. What would it mean to live one day this week unhurried?
There is a way to live that is spacious and unhurried,
a way that allows the heart to breathe
Wayne Muller, How, Then, Shall We Live?
We just have to learn to love our lives so deeply
that we welcome whatever comes.
John Tarrant, Poison and Joy
Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved.
You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.
And the way to realize it is stillness.
Osho, Intimacy: Trusting Oneself and the Other
What if I were to allow my inner weather to become a Weather Report? Think of it this way: the tides of my life, the ebb and flow of my emotional weather, can tell me how I am at any moment – happy or desperate, discouraged, outraged or quiet. Two hours ago I was tense and anxious. Now I am pensive and relaxed. What will I be next? Everything changes, so if I have a little patience my moods and attitudes will change too.
Aha! A Weather Report! That’s the point! To see, to take stock of my inner weather, just as I would with a glance out my window as I plan my day. Not to judge or complain, not to accuse or deny. Let my inner weather tell me how I am.
Patty De Llosa, Blogpost, “I Am Always Here,” said the Sun
Talk to yourself like someone you love
Brene Brown
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