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shutting off a primary avenue for relational joy and companionship in gay people’s lives.
“It was good to put your weight on someone else, even if it was just for a short while.”
― Young Mungo
― Young Mungo
“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).” – James Baraz”
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“Class racism is as ripe among White Americans—who castigate poor Whites as “White trash”—as it is in Black America, where racist Blacks degrade poor Blacks as “them niggers” who live in the ghetto.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
― Stepping into Freedom: An Introduction to Buddhist Monastic Training
― Stepping into Freedom: An Introduction to Buddhist Monastic Training
“That’s why it is important to know about the DMN, recognize it, and name it when it is savage. People may learn to keep themselves busy, text while they drive, stay numb, play video games,28 smoke cigarettes (which also turns off the DMN completely),29 or turn to other addictions or compulsions without even realizing that they have a cruel self-witness and that these activities let them silence it. On the other hand, if people have grown up with responsive, warm parents and without much trauma, their DMN may (almost unthinkably for so many) have a positive or encouraging tone.”
― Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain's Capacity for Healing
― Your Resonant Self: Guided Meditations and Exercises to Engage Your Brain's Capacity for Healing
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