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The late great Mary Oliver’s advice for life ❣️ “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”
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I believe our default state is at the top of this map.
When a child is born, they are pure presence. Unconditional love. Infinite possibility. Simply being. Expressions of God. This is our natural state.
But through societal programming, conditioning, and trauma, we fall from the higher states down into fear, guilt, grief, and shame.
These negat... See more



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