though we have learned to compartmentalize our senses, to change our focus, to filter reality through a lifetime of emotion and experience, we forget that the universe is still out there, barking at the gates, brash and inconquerable, refusing to be diminished.
One of the ideas I find truly fascinating is the sheer range of experience we each represent; the lives we have led and the wonders--some colossal, some microscopic--that we have seen. Just one person’s life story--replete with the spark of every synapse, the nuance of color, the texture of sound--is so vast, forming such a […]
One of the most common barriers to really “waking up” seems to be the propensity to avoid, isolate, and hold back when confronted with things that upset us. We seem pretty capable of holding onto cherished memories, but when it comes to something really ugly, we can’t run away fast enough. Why is that?
As I […]
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