What is the Natural State?
The natural state of being with myself, others and everything else, the way I am when circumstances allow, is like being plugged into the current of life.
Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life published the following articles in April, 2018.
The natural state of being with myself, others and everything else, the way I am when circumstances allow, is like being plugged into the current of life.
There’s a glaring contradiction involved in the way counsellors work with people to enable them to affirm themselves and the way they can appear — either as saviours from above and beyond the daily struggle, as martyrs sacrificing themselves for others, or just as well-meaning people with no sense of their own value.
It’s Spring, a season of creative disturbance. Once out of the cocoon of Winter, everything starts to move and change. There’s a mix of cold and sun, and everything’s in flux; it can seem like one step forward and two steps back, yet it’s all moving forward.
Good Friday is a time of darkness and depletion that comes right before the light, a time set aside to contemplate suffering. I was forcing my system on full steam ahead and it felt all wrong.
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