The first step is to tone down the prophecies of doom, and swap panic for bewilderment. Panic is a form of... hubris. It comes from the feeling that one knows exactly where the world is heading. Bewilderment is more humble and therefore clear-sighted. If you feel tempted to declare that the apocalypse is upon us, try telling yourself instead: ‘The truth is, I just don't understand what's going on in the world
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Beyond Hope
"I am simply suggesting that if your hopefulness and your hopelessness are properly exhausted, your capacity to be hope free can now appear. Where it simply mea...ns that you do not require hope to proceed. That is all it means. And in the face of what’s coming, what may have already begun to come, in the face of that, awakened people need to be able to proceed without hope. Without an insistence that they need an assurance that whatever they try to do will pan out in the long term; and without that assurance, you cannot count on them. That is the affliction I see around me.
Do not ask me if you cannot reassure me that what I am prepared to work towards could come to pass. I am saying, as one grown up to another in a troubled time, you have an obligation to be able to proceed minus any assurance that anything good will come from it. And if you don’t have the capacity, you’re still seven years old. And you still want the pay day before the work goes in." - Stephen Jenkinson.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Becoming Reflective in Action JSR recommended
What did I actually experience? at the sensate level
How did make sense of it?
What did I decide to do? What process did I follow?
What action did I actually take (as opposed to one I planned)?
What response did I elicit?
How did make sense of it?
What did I decide to do? What process did I follow?
What action did I actually take (as opposed to one I planned)?
What response did I elicit?
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Rosa Luxembourg - Acceptance
“Her şeyi birlikte kabullenmek, güzel ve iyi bulmak gerekiyor. En azından ben öyle yapıyorum. Rafine bir bilgelik sayesinde değil, yalnızca doğal güdülerimden hareket ederek. İçgüdüsel olarak hayatı doğru yaşama şeklinin bu olduğunu hissediyorum ve bu nedenle her durumda mutluyum. Hayatımın hiçbir parçasından vazgeçmek veya bir parçasını olduğundan farklı yaşamak istemiyorum. Keşke sizi bu hayat görüşüne ikna edebilsem!”
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