happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.”
“Sometimes, like now, Olive had a sense of just how desperately hard every person in the world was working to get what they needed. For most, it was a sense of safety, in the sea of terror that life increasingly became. (211)”
― Olive Kitteridge
― Olive Kitteridge
“As you practise more and more, your awareness will expand so that what was hidden becomes more and more conscious. Without judgement, you will become aware of your filters, biases, and limitations so that you will come to know yourself, and your experience of things, more directly.”
― The Mindful Universe: A Journey Through the Inner and Outer Cosmos
― The Mindful Universe: A Journey Through the Inner and Outer Cosmos
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