We do not only take care of ourselves by holding the line. We also take care of ourselves by shaping edges that allow for the right kinds of movement. Not everything and not indiscriminately. But enough.
Embarrassingly Straightforward
There is a quiet, almost mischievous simplicity running through so many of the great wisdom traditions, whether you wander through the teachings of Buddha or Jesus, sit with Laozi, or read someone like Jon Kabat-Zinn. Different languages, different metaphors, different rituals, and yet they keep pointing, again and again, to something almost embarrassingly straightforward.
Let This Be For . .
The Pedestal Problem: Are We Binding or Freeing?
Your Nervous System is Not a News Feed
Our nervous systems are regularly asked to metabolize global crises, geopolitical analysis, moral outrage, economic speculation, and the opinions of several thousand strangers before breakfast. The human nervous system, it turns out, was not originally designed to function as a breaking news ticker.
