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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When you look at yourself honestly, do you find it helps you grow, or does it mostly just make you feel bad?”
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Today I reunited with my Jungian therapist after his two-month absence.
Today I reunited with the Jungian analyst, R., who I’ve been working with since October. The two-week absence that he had planned in mid-April stretched into six weeks when his spouse had a major medical event overseas.... What's it like to post? Let's note!
When I ask myself the question, "What am I afraid of?", all I notice is the non-verbal sensation. "So, why not name that?", I ask myself again. I sense space and a "yes". So, this is what I notice.... The Well
I'm like, "If I write on Uptrust, what will I write about for my other stuff?" Ugh. That thought is poorly shaped. I believe the shapes of our thoughts create us back. That thought is telling my mind to format like a finite well.... - onI just noticed how the "no-self" doctrine supports the "materialist industrial epistemological complex"by
Thanks, reading this I agree there was an unintentional conflation and I was not fully getting Divia's point. I also would have preferred to mention my disclaimers in advance"—at least as its imported into the USA.... - nat...
Thanks, I appreciate that you came back to this and updated it; I think the willingness to self-reflect and "publicly" update is such a beautiful rare humility and so needed. can you imagine if our governments could do this?... for Presidential stuff, I’m quite selective on who I feel safe enough to share this perspective with me too! Even with my sister and parents, whom I used to talk about politics pretty openly with, I just don’t really go into it anymore.... - xander...
Reading through this thread again, Annabeth, I want to acknowledge that I’m pretty sure I missed your points completely, at every step, and my response above was a best guess, which I now think was completely off.... Definitely a theme for my life right now. But not only grief; there are so many uncomfortable thoughts and feelings that are also accepted as currency. I'm beginning to accept that there's no free lunch, and that pain/discomfort is the price of moving in the right direction.... - js061256...
- Fooljeff...
- nat...
Sometimes when I feel really unsure about which path to take, like should I invest in a program now or not, I'll tune into each path to notice which one feels lighter...... - nat...
I love the story you shared David. I have had similar experiences of reacting when I thought I was in the right only to be proved wrong. Fortunately, none have taken my life.... I love...
What do you love? What comes up when you "finish the sentence stem"?
#hearttakesWhat are some of your uncertainties? Experiences of failure (that maybe you still haven't turned into learnings yet?) Obvious realizations?