Thank you for this meditation Courtney. Powerlessness is one of the greatest teachers ever. I had to learn that powerless is a living thing whose name is vulnerability. My own vulnerability feels like a ache most days. As a highly sensitive body and descendant of a long line of people who use substances and behaviors to try to feel bette…
Thank you for this meditation Courtney. Powerlessness is one of the greatest teachers ever. I had to learn that powerless is a living thing whose name is vulnerability. My own vulnerability feels like a ache most days. As a highly sensitive body and descendant of a long line of people who use substances and behaviors to try to feel better and as a dancing soul, I am grateful for all kinds of support that helps me steer toward the light. One of my first stops is to bow to suffering. By placing my suffering before me I remember that I am not suffering. Suffering is an aspect, not the whole of me. I was also very happy to recently to discover that I get to "not care." Care is a default setting in my body and brain. I need to continually remember it is a choice. I need to restore some space between the "crushing empathy" and the neutrality that allows one to simply rub another's feel. As always, appreciate you.
Thank you for this meditation Courtney. Powerlessness is one of the greatest teachers ever. I had to learn that powerless is a living thing whose name is vulnerability. My own vulnerability feels like a ache most days. As a highly sensitive body and descendant of a long line of people who use substances and behaviors to try to feel better and as a dancing soul, I am grateful for all kinds of support that helps me steer toward the light. One of my first stops is to bow to suffering. By placing my suffering before me I remember that I am not suffering. Suffering is an aspect, not the whole of me. I was also very happy to recently to discover that I get to "not care." Care is a default setting in my body and brain. I need to continually remember it is a choice. I need to restore some space between the "crushing empathy" and the neutrality that allows one to simply rub another's feel. As always, appreciate you.
Wow. What an insight! Thank you, Cynthia.
Agreed! So much to unpack in here.