Loosely Bound

“I don’t believe we can have conversations about racial justice or gender justice or class justice if we don’t talk about shame and trauma. I don’t think it’s possible. It’s actually necessary.”
― Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

“I looked for love,
I found pain.
I avoided pain,
I lost love.

I looked for pain,
I found love.
I accepted pain,
I discovered joy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Insan Himalayanoğlu: It's Time to Defect

“We know the Truth; we do not judge by appearances. We know that we live in a mental world, and to know that is the key to life. If a child could be taught only one thing, it should be taught that this is a mental world. I would let all the other things go and teach him that.”
― Emmet Fox, The Mental Equivalent: The Secret Of Demonstration

“Love never asks you to erase your past,
Love never attempts to erase your identity.
Love accepts your past and expands your present,
Love embraces you as you, and empowers your identity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım