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My Yoga Practice
“A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.”
Osho (via missmackenna)
Seeing through the darkness
It feels incredibly liberating to see the dark hole of despair appear and know that I don’t have to take a nosedive headlong into misery. I can see the darkness and be aware of my feelings but choose not to join the narrative of doom and gloom.
I have thoughts and feelings, not all of which are rational, but I am not the sum of my thoughts and feelings. The thoughts and feelings I have now are different than before, and they will change in time again. There’s no use making a home for unwanted guests. Making more of them than I should only increases suffering. I was happy before. Why not be happy now?
Gratitude is a light in darkness that warms the heart from despair.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (via f1oating)
“Zen is feeling your way along in the dark. You might think it would be better to have more light, to know where you are going, and to get there in a hurry, but Zen is feeling your way along in the dark. Then you are careful and sensitive to what is happening. -Suzuki Roshi”
(via persist-to-exist)
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