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@y-michal
Nobody can fall so low unless he has a great depth. If such a thing can happen to a man, it challenges his best and highest on the other side; that is to say, this depth corresponds to a potential height, and the blackest darkness to a hidden light.
Carl Jung
“The patient must be alone if he is to find out what it is that supports him when he can no longer support himself. Only this experience can give him an indestructible foundation.”
—Carl Jung
“Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see.”
— Carl G. Jung
“When you see a cloud in the sky, ask your friend, “Do you see that cloud? Isn’t it splendid?” How can we live so that the seeds of happiness in us are watered every day? That is the cultivation of joy, the practice of love. We can practice these things easily when we have the energy of mindfulness. But without mindfulness, how can we see the beautiful rice fields? How can we feel the delightful rain? Breathing in, I know the rain is falling. Breathing out, I smile to the rain. Breathing in, I know that rain is a necessary part of life. Breathing out, I smile again. Mindfulness helps us regain the paradise we thought we had lost.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh gems
“Now, I’m not saying we should never try to get control. There are helpful ways of getting control, but often it’s more helpful to shift the focus from control to love — taking care of yourself can be a loving act rather than an attempt to gain control over your health, for example.”
— The Ridiculously Awesome Practice of Surrendering : zen habits
Not pure
"You're pure like white snow..." his words echoed inside me and I felt like roaring loudly. It's definitely not the first time others' impressions of me sounds like a pink cotton candy. Pure, innocent, good girl, good woman, angel, soft...
I get it. I grew up in a religious world, in which my own urge to escape my feminine body found supportive excuses, via ideas such as purity, modesty, goodness, humility etc. For years, I've tried to escape my form through denial and hate, as well as spiritual mindset that dismiss the body. And I guess that it can still be felt to some degree, in the nuances of my manners and appearance.
But his comment opened a raging voice in me- "I'M NOT WILLING TO BE STRIPPED OF MY HUMANNESS!"
As I've been listening to that voice, in the last few months, I was able to understand that I'm wishing to be seen in all of my humanness. But what I can only do, is give myself exactly that. Keep allowing my flaws to exists without shame, keep exploring my own boundaries without guilt, keep diving into my own sexuality and sensuality with or without a partner, keep learning my desires, keep failing and rising, keep hurting and healing, keep on tending to my womb's pain; Keep on doing it all in my own pace, free of ideas of what's considered liberated enough, free enough, feminine enough, desirable enough, authentic enough or raw enough.
The upcoming holiday is called Shavuot, and its essence is the acceptance of the Tora. A wise teacher said "each organ inside me, which I accept, is an organ that the Tora can enters to...so in this time of holiday, take the time to go through each and every organ of yours and accept it".
To be a constant pink cotton candy isn't my desire. To be good, I acknowledge and willing to face the bad. To be soft, I acknowledge and willing to be rigid, to be sacred, I accept the body and her needs. (As for 'purity', this is a manipulative notion, which been used for centuries in patriarchal systems and religions, as a double edged sword, to control and degrade women and their bodies, so thanks but no!).
I'm human, I'm a woman, and each organ of mine is a wild animal.
And I don't mind if you're unable to see me fully, but I'll be damned if I'll miss out on my own fullness.
“The one thing you can change is how you treat yourself. And that one thing can change everything.”
— (via purplebuddhaquotes)
To experience embodied awareness, take notice of the underlying sensations that actually inform you about how you feel. If you were to be asked how you feel when you are stressed or in pain, a common answer might be, “I feel anxious” or “I feel upset.” It’s important to go further by becoming curious about how you know that you’re feeling anxious or upset. Is there a tightness or burning that is happening right now inside of you that you are labeling “anxiety” or “upset”?
Peter A. Levine
“Perfectionism doesn’t make you feel perfect; it makes you feel inadequate.”
— (via purplebuddhaquotes)
“There is no misfortune greater than not knowing when you have enough.”
— Lao Tzu
deciding i was pretty was the best thing that i ever did
one day i was just like
fuck this im pretty
and i was
revolutionary
I'm giving up the missingness. I'm not willing to carry you with me anymore. There is an image of you in my mind, and I've been waking up and going to sleep with it for too long now. I no longer wish to cherish this image, to hold your shadow close to me as if it was my own. I need space in my body, I need space in my mind. I need space in my heart. It is time to open my hands and release. I am rearranging my desires, redirecting my longing, focusing on what is mine and present. I'm in the present and you are in the past. You are not my fire, You are not my ground, You are not my sun, You are not my man. I'm free of what you're not; And full of what I am.
I’m determined to believe that what feels like an old chaos, carries with it a new transformation.
(via y-michal)
I need to remember that after a long time in a state of war, disarming takes time too.
(via y-michal)
In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: “When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?
Gabrielle Roth (via aspiritualwarrior)
