"To cure sometimes, to relieve often, and to comfort always"
Request: My doctor friend introduced to me this quote, on the role of a physician.
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everyone is doing the best they can
Priority request: Socrates said that all men are innocent in that they can only choose what they think is good, but are unable [to discern] the true good from the illusion.
wallowing
Priority request: As in, wallowing in self pity or sadness. Resisting happiness by being attached to the perverse pleasure of a negative emotional state.
false humility
"In a society that glamorizes humility, the enactment of humility becomes more important than a true embodiment of it" -- psychologytoday.
people pleasing
Used to gain approval from others. It can lead to self neglect, or disrespect from others -- request.
"what goes around comes around"
Used to say that if someone treats other people badly he or she will eventually be treated badly by someone else -- merriam-webster.
Dark side of the Moon (album)
Request. Album by Pink Floyd.
statement: worrying is forcing
Priority request: …when we worry about something we get a surge of energy that shouts "DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS". So then force and ego control are likely to happen instead of surrender/order. I found recontextualizing worry as synonymous with force in this way made it easier to let go of.
level: there is no guilt
When guilt is known to be an illusion.
kundalini energy
In Hindu and yoga philosophy, it is the creative power and energy of the universe. In many yoga traditions, kundalini energy is believed to lie dormant at the base of the spine, and one of the purposes of yoga practice is to awaken this energy -- request.
enlightenment is liberation from the human psyche
The human (collective) psyche is an attractor field that makes being human a subjective, experiential reality. It "invents" the small self and its corollaries, e.g. the presumption of separation from God. Full awareness of this absurdity is the realization of classical enlightenment.
effortlessness
The quality of seeming not to need any effort.
deciding not to be a victim
Opting out of the victim/perpetrator model.
level: no longer sabotaging yourself
Priority request: Seems like a high pass, where one would be free of all self hatred to the degree he no longer gets in his own way unconsciously.
seeing divinity in others
Let's do this. In life and most of all, online. It underpins excellence, love, and beyond.