How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, Or, I Demand Deep Okayness for Everyone
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How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, Or, I Demand Deep Okayness for Everyone
the psychotherapist Bruce Tift, ‘we don’t have to consciously participate in what it’s like to feel claustrophobic, imprisoned, powerless, and constrained by reality’.12 This struggle against the distressing constraints of reality is what some old-school psychoanalysts call ‘neurosis’, and it takes countless forms, from workaholism and commitment-p
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Considering this painful thought, ask the following four questions. Don’t give answers that are quick or glib: if you want freedom from suffering, let the questions sink into your consciousness and notice what arises from deep within you. Is it true? (Yes or no. If no, move to question 3.) Can I absolutely know that it’s true? (Yes or no.) How do I
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But if we can achieve a deeper understanding of “suffering,” of the unreliability of everything we experience, it will help us appreciate the inherent poignancy of everything in the world. “It’s like we’ve been enchanted,” he says. “We’ve been put under a spell—believing that this or that is going to be the source of our ultimate freedom or happine
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