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“Be careful what you wish for, not because you'll get it but because you'll be turned into the thing that can get it. It's not a process where you just ask for something and it magically appears, it's a process that breaks you down and rebuilds you into the right tool for the job.”
― Jed Talks #2: Away from the Things of Man
― Jed Talks #2: Away from the Things of Man
“There were others like her. Of course there were. How had she ever thought there would not be?”
― The Heavens
― The Heavens
“The acceptance of our present condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children.”
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“In my experience conservatives hate reporters mainly because they see us as phonies. We reject the idea that we belong to a class, or that we have our own tribal beliefs. Sometimes the hypocrisy is something they’ve seen—upper-class liberals, railing about racism in the heartland from the comfort of an all-white suburban town, where they occasionally tip a Puerto Rican gardener or hire a Republican plumber. But a lot of it has to do with approach and tone, the way we openly write for and celebrate professional-sect audiences, unlike the columnists of the past, the Mike Roykos or Jack Newfields, who were unembarrassed to write in the language of the working person.”
― Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
― Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
“Adopt a “split-level” approach to all instructions: On the one hand follow the instructions exactly, so that you can discover the experiences to which they point. On the other hand be sensitive to yourself and your own body. Assume that only sound expansive experiences are worth having. The moment doing it feels wrong in your body, stop following the instruction, and back up slightly. Stay there with your attention until you can sense exactly what is going wrong.
These are very exact instructions for how not to follow instructions!
And, of course, they apply to themselves, as well.
In this way you will find your own body’s steps, either through the instructions, or through what is wrong with them.”
― Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams
These are very exact instructions for how not to follow instructions!
And, of course, they apply to themselves, as well.
In this way you will find your own body’s steps, either through the instructions, or through what is wrong with them.”
― Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams
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