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Lumbricus Terrestris by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
On a day when the world is weighty, dark and dense with need, I want to be the earthworm that gives itself over to tunneling, its every...

Lucy Chan
Apr 131 min read
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Quote by Dr Esther Boykin
“I like to [tell people to] do it before you get out of bed,” Boykin said. “Take three deep breaths, and then [ask yourself], ‘How do I...

Lucy Chan
Apr 81 min read
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Quote by Pema Chodron
“What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself,...

Lucy Chan
Mar 41 min read
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Quote by Jack Kornfield
Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future. - Jack Kornfield

Lucy Chan
Jan 141 min read
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Quote by Katherine May
Wintering brings about some of the most profound and insightful moments of our human experience, and wisdom resides in those who have...

Ethan Pollock
Jan 111 min read
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Who Knows? By Tom Hirons
Who are you, between the early, sleepless morning and the brightest hour of your day? Who will you be, between your failings and the...

Lucy Chan
Jan 111 min read
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Tired by Irene Sipos
Sitting across the aisle on the B train I look at the row of weary faces various shapes, sizes, colors, ages, a horizontal explication of...

Ethan Pollock
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Quote by Jane Hirshfield
I have been given this existence, these years on this Earth, to accept what has come into my lifetime — wars, loves, trucks, betrayals,...

Lucy Chan
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Ryokan 1758-1831
Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why...

Ethan Pollock
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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How to Heal by Jeff Foster
Do not force the healing, my love. Healing is always unforced. It happens when the conditions are right. When there is just enough love,...

Lucy Chan
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Fundamentalism by Naomi Shihab Nye
Because the eye has a short shadow or it is hard to see over heads in the crowd? If everyone else seems smarter but you need your own...

Ethan Pollock
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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Rumi 1207-1273
Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work: Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up...

Ethan Pollock
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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The River Cannot Go Back by Kahlil Gibran
It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the...

Ethan Pollock
Sep 20, 20241 min read
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How to work with grasping
How to work with grasping - in the moment Whilst theory can be helpful, the beauty of these teachings is that they are meant to be...

Lucy Chan
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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When your comfort zone becomes a prison
Dear friends, There’s uplift in my heart as I write to you, it has been a while! I’ve returned from a period of personal retreat where...

Lucy Chan
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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Quote by Tara Brach
One of the great teachings in spiritual life is this: It doesn’t matter what is happening. What matters is how we respond. How we...

Lucy Chan
Sep 3, 20241 min read
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The Summers Day by Mary Oliver
Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean — the one who has flung...

Ethan Pollock
Aug 13, 20241 min read
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How to turn greyscale mode on your phone
One way to support less phone use is using a grayscale filter to eliminate the visual attraction of colors. The brain is naturally drawn...

Ethan Pollock
Aug 10, 20241 min read
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How to Meet Shame with Compassion
Based on the teachings of Chris Germer (founder of the Mindful Self-Compassion programme): 3 key paradoxes that we understand when we...

Lucy Chan
Aug 2, 20241 min read
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Jealous of a Pond by Rabia of Basra (c. 717-801)
When God said, "My hands are yours," I saw that I could heal any creature in this world; I saw that the divine beauty in each heart is...

Ethan Pollock
Jul 16, 20241 min read
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