"Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed……" — David Richo
"Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed real. Defensive postures were necessary, but defenses generalize cellularly in adulthood and do not expire. It takes conscious work to undo them. Ironically, as long as we keep using defenses, we actually maintain the original force of the fear."
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34 Quotes by David Richo
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Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.
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Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth.…
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A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you"…
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In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some…
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Evoke one good memory for each bad one from now on.
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In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a…
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We do not create our destiny; we participate in its unfolding. Synchronicity works as a catalyst toward the working out…
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Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.
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In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do…
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Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or…
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Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures.
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When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those…
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