Everybody Has Their Struggles
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What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”...
https://www.tenpercent.com/meditationweeklyblog/your-greatest-wound-is-your-greatest-gift?utm_source=TPW&utm_medium=share
"I first encountered this teaching from Suzanne Sterling, Seane Corn, and Hala Khouri, teachers at Off the Mat, Into the World, a collective bridging yoga and meditation with community action. I am sharing it with you here because it has allowed me to turn toward my pain with compassion and inquiry, to work with it, sit with it, and gather insight from it, rather than deny, avoid, resist, or fight it. This teaching has expanded my awareness, implying that everyone is wounded and that that is not a bad thing after all. I am not disposable because of the ways I’ve been harmed or enacted harm, and neither is anyone else.
All of us have hurt someone, and all of us have been hurt by someone. This is something that connects us to all of humanity. My suffering may be different than my mother’s, but it is suffering just the same. Since all human beings suffer, turning toward my own suffering turns me toward all of humanity. When I do the work to see my own wounds, along with the shame and guilt that accompany them, it gives me the courage to see others’ pain as well.
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https://www.tenpercent.com/meditationweeklyblog/your-greatest-wound-is-your-greatest-gift?utm_source=TPW&utm_medium=share
"I first encountered this teaching from Suzanne Sterling, Seane Corn, and Hala Khouri, teachers at Off the Mat, Into the World, a collective bridging yoga and meditation with community action. I am sharing it with you here because it has allowed me to turn toward my pain with compassion and inquiry, to work with it, sit with it, and gather insight from it, rather than deny, avoid, resist, or fight it. This teaching has expanded my awareness, implying that everyone is wounded and that that is not a bad thing after all. I am not disposable because of the ways I’ve been harmed or enacted harm, and neither is anyone else.
All of us have hurt someone, and all of us have been hurt by someone. This is something that connects us to all of humanity. My suffering may be different than my mother’s, but it is suffering just the same. Since all human beings suffer, turning toward my own suffering turns me toward all of humanity. When I do the work to see my own wounds, along with the shame and guilt that accompany them, it gives me the courage to see others’ pain as well.
About this project: Start page