#wisodm

Not acting on our habitual patterns is only the first step toward not harming others or ourselves. The transformative process begins at a deeper level when we contact the rawness we’re left with whenever we refrain. As a way of working with our aggressive tendencies, Dzigar Kongtrül teaches the nonviolent practice of simmering. He says that rather than “boil in our aggression like a piece of meat cooking in a soup,” we simmer in it. We allow ourselves to wait, to sit patiently with the urge to act or speak in our usual ways and feel the full force of that urge without turning away or giving in. Neither repressing nor rejecting, we stay in the middle between the two extremes, in the middle between yes and no, right and wrong, true and false. This is the journey of developing a kindhearted and courageous tolerance for our pain.

Greg loves Rowley but also homophobic to him cuz he's in denial about his feelings

The beauty in this says so much when I saw this on my timeline I stared at it for 10 minutes just reflecting and I found so much understanding it just made sense the yin and yang dualism of it so perfect there isn’t one without the other masculine and feminine the perfect balance

Writing is an exploration.  You start from nothing and learn as you go.