MIndfulness

"The answer to anger or other negative states is not to suppress or deny them, but to embrace them with mindfulness like a mother with a baby."  Thich Nhat Hanh

Love of Truth

"Who would you be without your story?  What do I defend against?  What could anyone say that would hurt me?  I need to look at that.  Otherwise I live as a facade in the world. What could you say that would bring me anger?  That's the pearl.  That's the diamond.   What do I fight?   What am I at war with?  Any thought I have that would tear you down as an enemy, I would question, and then it drops and I see you.  Any thought I hold as an obstacle between us, I question it.  In my experience, I go in for the love of truth.  That's the thing that cannot be broken.  That's what's present."  Byron Katie

Guilt and Fear...the Lie

"People were given to believe that they were naturally bad and sinful.   They let this toxic idea into their minds and it gradually poisoned their whole way of seeing themselves.   Sin was in every corner and probable damnation waited at the end of the road.   People were drafted into blasphame against their own nature.  You could not let yourself go.   Any longing to claim your nature or pursue your wildness would lead to ruin.   This corrupted the innocence of people's sensual lives and broke the fluency of their souls.   Rather than walk the path with the encouraging companionship of your protecting angel beside you and the passionate creativity of the Holy Spirit at your deepest core you were trapped between guilt and fear."   John O' Donahue