Tag: relationships
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Get Over It
Hypnogogia Apparently, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I woke earlier than usual, naturally through hypnogogia and into a bizarre state of anger with my alarm clock for failing to wake me up. What the hell was I dreaming about? Sciatica I tried to fall back asleep but failed,…
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Cultivate Equanimity
If your mind becomes firm like a rock And no longer shakes In a world where everything is shaking Your mind will be your greatest friend And suffering will not come your way. -poem from the Therigatha Steadiness and strength of mind in the midst of stress, chaos and uncertainty of life, is not a…
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Vulnerability and Connection
In my continuing efforts and struggle to make sense of my very own existence, I invariably return to remarkably rudimentary, yet paramount questions. Why am I here? What must I do? And, how may I actualize these concepts, and increase the ratio of pleasure to pain in my life? My wonder, pursuit and search for…
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Learning to Love Yourself
In Plato’s “Symposium,” Aristophanes, a respected Ancient Greek playwright, submits to the forum assembled around him that Love is when two people find their soul-mate in each other and recognize an ancient bond between them. The notion of soul-mates has survived to this day, deluding us about the true nature of love.