“In wishing to know ourselves fully, we must forget our quest for gain and seek only completion. At a certain point in our development, we no longer even seek to become Mystic, Magister, Sorcerer, or Witch: we seek only our own perfection in the wholeness of our Will, in the joining of light with dark and strength with love. We are varied and gorgeous yet pure of heart. Our aim is this: to know ourselves and to know the world.”
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“True presence requires relationship. Relationship requires a combination of distance and connection.”
― Deep Liberation: Shamanic Tools for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma
― Deep Liberation: Shamanic Tools for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma
“Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle.”
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
― Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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