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““When I was thirty, I discovered the work of Ken Wilber and found myself ease into a sense of clarity and peace because everything finally””

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“you are more than just your personality—the personality that you and others associate with your “self” is only part of who you are.”

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“Delusional thinking, obviously, the other acorns concluded, but one of them continued to engage him in conversation: “So tell us, how would we become that tree?” “Well,” he said, pointing downward, “it has something to do with going into the ground …and cracking open the shell.” “Insane,” they responded. “Totally morbid! Why, then we wouldn’t be acorns anymore.”3 …

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“how we can transform ourselves to manifest our highest possibilities.”

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“Author Cynthia Bourgeault presents an instructive parable in her book The Wisdom Way of Knowing that captures the essence of what this ancient knowledge…

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“specifically and the perennial philosophy generally. Before we do the conscious work of self-development, we are the seeds of what we may become. To transform from our “acorn-self” into our “oak tree–Self,” we must traverse our underground territory—allow our defenses to crack open and break down—and consciously integrate our disowned feelings, blind spots, and Shadow traits so that we can…

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“Developing our “true” self requires us to know, accept, and integrate all parts of our selves, including our Shadow elements.”

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“The “acorn-self” doesn’t know a life without fear; only the “oak tree–Self” grows beyond fear and anxiety.”

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“fully Westernized acorns, they went about their business with purposeful energy; and since they were midlife, baby-boomer acorns, they engaged in a lot of self-help courses. There were seminars called “Getting All You Can out of Your Shell.” There were woundedness and recovery groups for acorns who had been bruised in their original fall from the tree. There were spas…

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“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In the space there is the power to choose our response. In our response lies our…

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“Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, there was a kingdom of acorns, nestled at the foot of a grand old oak tree. Since the citizens of this kingdom were modern, fully Westernized acorns, they went about their business with purposeful energy; and since they were midlife, baby-boomer acorns, they engaged in a lot of self-help courses. There were…

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“Being blind to parts of ourselves means that there is often a difference between the person we think we are—or the person we would…

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“The Shadow represents everything we refuse to acknowledge about ourselves that nonetheless impacts the way we behave.”

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