Whether we realize it or not, each of us yearns to live a life of heart and meaning. Many guides have appeared through the centuries offering us wise guidance in that regard. Rumi advised: "A thousand half-loves must be forsaken in order to take a whole heart home." Think of that advice as Poetry-Code for telling the painful stories of our losses and betrayals to someone who knows how important hearing them can be.
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We can see the psychological part
of our path as wound healing
an important step,
as stable growth beyond ego
cant occur without a healed foundation.
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We can see the psychological part
of our path as wound healing
an important step,
as stable growth beyond ego
cant occur without a healed foundation.
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The path goes beyond psychological
when we begin to let go of
the stories of the wounds.
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We can see the psychological part
of our path as wound healing
an important step,
as stable growth beyond ego
cant occur without a healed foundation.
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The path enters depths of spirit
when we begin to let go of
the teller of the stories.
The path goes beyond psychological
when we begin to let go of
the stories of the wounds.
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We can see the psychological part
of our path as wound healing
an important step,
as stable growth beyond ego
cant occur without a healed foundation.
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The path enters depths of spirit
when we begin to let go of
the teller of the stories.
The path goes beyond psychological
when we begin to let go of
the stories of the wounds.
In a beautiful synergy,
the telling of the stories,
the healing of the wounds,
and the letting go of the stories
work together to release
the teller of the tales.
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It is a process
that can occur in a microsecond
or over years of mindful work.
It is a necessary process.
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It is a process
that can occur in a microsecond
or over years of mindful work.
It is a necessary process.
We share the story first as story.
Each of us can find a trusted other
with whom to do this.
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It is a process
that can occur in a microsecond
or over years of mindful work.
It is a necessary process.
We share the story first as story.
Each of us can find a trusted other
with whom to do this.
We share the story,
conscious of it as story,
but honest about the fact
that we still believe much of it,
and that we will continue to,
until we have grown
considerably in wisdom.
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Having the courage to
to share our stories, to stop hiding
both from ourselves and others,
allows the healing experience
of feeling understood and known.
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Having the courage to
to share our stories, to stop hiding
both from ourselves and others,
allows the healing experience
of feeling understood and known.
It allows connection
through our vulnerability.
We become spiritual friends,
kalayana mitra in Sanskrit.
We become soul friends,
anam cara in Gaelic.
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Having the courage to
to share our stories, to stop hiding
both from ourselves and others,
allows the healing experience
of feeling understood and known.
It allows connection
through our vulnerability.
We become spiritual friends,
kalayana mitra in Sanskrit.
We become soul friends,
anam cara in Gaelic.
We encourage each others
boundaries to become more
porous in the healing space
of undefendedness and acceptance.
~ Dr. Kathleen Singh
The Grace in Aging, pg. 235
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Having the courage to
to share our stories, to stop hiding
both from ourselves and others,
allows the healing experience
of feeling understood and known.
It allows connection
through our vulnerability.
We become spiritual friends,
kalayana mitra in Sanskrit.
We become soul friends,
anam cara in Gaelic.
We encourage each others
boundaries to become more
porous in the healing space
of undefendedness and acceptance.
~ Dr. Kathleen Singh
The Grace in Aging, pg. 235
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For information on how
to actually do this for
yourself and others:
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