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“Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.”
― The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
― The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
“When we feel dread, when we feel discomfort of any kind, it can connect us at the heart with all the other people feeling dread and discomfort. We can pause and touch into dread. We can touch bitterness of rejection and the rawness of being slighted. Whether we are at home or in a public spot or caught in a traffic jam or walking into a movie, we can stop and look at the other people there and realize that in pain and in joy they are just like me. Just like me they don’t want to feel physical pain or insecurity or rejection. Just like me they want to feel respected and physically comfortable.”
― Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
― Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
“We cannot avoid this responsibility, this freedom.”
― The Gift of Therapy
― The Gift of Therapy
“The establishment of an authentic relationship with patients, by its very nature, demands that we forego the power of the triumvirate of magic, mystery, and authority.”
― The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
― The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
“The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
― The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
― The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
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