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Not My Father's Son

by Alan Cumming

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The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

by Renée Fleming

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“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
― Carl Jung, Psychology and Alchemy

tags: consciousness, darkness, enlightenment, light

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“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

tags: courage, mindfulness, pain, self-assessment, self-awareness, truth

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