Are you able to receive your parent’s love? Can you say inwardly, ‘I’ll take in your love as you give it—not as I expect it.’ We can’t change the way they show us love. We can, however, change the way we let it in.
—Mark Wolynn
The fundamental thing…
The fundamental thing that happened, and the greatest calamity, is not that there was no love or support. The greater calamity, which was caused by that first calamity, is that you lost the connection to your essence. That is much more important than whether your mother or father loved you or not.
—A.H. Almaas
Things to Consider
The problem is never the problem. It is how we FEEL about the problem.
How free from the PAST is your PRESENT?
NO CHOICE is relying on others to give you what you think you need.
Only the person with the NEED can fulfil that NEED.
Depressed is when NOTHING MATTERS.
Sad is when EVERYTHING MATTERS.
Consider why you have a condition and why you need to keep it.
Your life is displaying on your body – if you don’t change your life your body will maintain that same display. Our bodies reflect our behaviour and our emotional well- being. What is occurring on the inside is occurring on the outside. Our bodies are a reflection of how we think and feel.
Our posture greatly affects the function of our vital organ systems. From the respiratory to the digestive, to the reproductive and nervous systems, our internal organs suffer from poor postural alignment. While our posture affect the structure of ours organs, so too it affects the functioning.
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The child is very open…
The child is very open, and can feel the pain and suffering going on in its immediate environment. The child is aware of its own body and can also feel the tension, rigidity and pain in the body of the mother or of anyone else he’s with. If the mother is suffering, the baby suffers too. The pain never gets discharged. The organism does not develop the confidence that it can regulate itself, that things will happen the way they should. If the pain and frustration continue, they will have a disintegrating effect on the organism, and the child will begin to experience organismic fear for its very survival.
—A.H. Almaas
Internal stress…
For those habituated to high levels of internal stress since childhood, it is the absence of stress that creates unease, evoking boredom and a sense of meaninglessness. Many people become addicted to their own stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol, Hans Selye observed. To such persons, stress feels desirable, while the absence of it is something to be avoided.
—Gabor Maté