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How could the crises we are facing become a love story?

STANDING AT THE EDGE: I have come to see that mental states are also ecosystems. These sometimes friendly and at times hazardous terrains are natural environments embedded in the greater system of our character. I believe it is important to study our inner ecology so that we can recognize when we are on the edge, in danger of slipping from health into pathology. And when we do fall into the less habitable regions of our minds, we can learn from these dangerous territories. Edges are places where opposites meet. Where fear meets courage and suffering meets freedom. Where solid ground ends in a cliff face. Where we can gain a view that takes in so much more of our world. And where we need to maintain great awareness, lest we trip and fall.

This. This quote helps me put a experiences I’ve had into a greater perspective. With one of them I thought I was awake, but I couldn’t tell anymore if I was dreaming. (Painsomnia sucks) Either way, it felt real. I read this Psychology Today article about reality, waking dreams, memory, fantasy, that #dejavu #feeling & the fluidity of it all. ✨ Thank you, #JoanHalifax. ✨ I have always felt “in-between” in numerous ways… ✨ Experience is the ultimate teacher. ✨ Less willfulness… “1. willfulness - the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline. fractiousness, unruliness, wilfulness. intractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control. contrariness, perverseness, perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline.” ✨ …and more willingness. (I so love my willful side tho. She’s badass ☺ lol #balance Loving the "ugly", unflattering side) ✨ #selflove #selfworth #selfforgiveness #healing #selfhealing #energyhealing #authentic #forgiveness #love #truth #empath #boundaries #spirituality #alchemy #spiritualalchemy #spiritualguidance #spiritualhealing #soulspeak #soul #astrology #magic #alchemy #spiritualawakening #awakening #ascension #quantum https://www.instagram.com/p/CO9SyddBPy_/?igshid=d2qqpzsmvpue

「Compassion」（コンパッション） 状況にのみこまれずに、本当に必要な変容を導く、「共にいる」力。 人が生まれつき持つ「自分や相手を深く理解し、役に立ちたい」という純粋な思い。 仏教指導者、禅僧、人類学者、社会活動家のジョアン・ハリファックス博士の人生経験や叡智をまとめた新刊を読んでいます！！ 一文一文に深い深遠なエネルギーが詰まっていて、読みながらハッとすることが多く中々進みません… 日本語訳もすごく自然で、大切に制作された本だという印象です。 このような時期に、いままさにこの力が問われようとしているのかもしれません。 最後まで読み終わったら、また感想をシェアしたいと思います。 #mindfulness #compassion #joanhalifax #英治出版 #buddhism #zenbuddhism #engagedbuddhism #hisholinessthedalailama #tibetanbuddhism #stanislavgrof #thicnathhanh #babaramdass https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EeLFNn-ty/?igshid=7cixksfqdpcg