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If we could let ourselves feel just what we feel, instead of reacting against it, condemning it, or trying to manipulate and suppress it, perhaps we would develop greater confidence about facing whatever life confronts us with.

— John Welwood

Awakening the Heart

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« Emotions are our most common experience of being moved by forces seemingly beyond our control. As such, they are among the most confusing and frightening phenomena of everyday life.
… if I turn to face my own demons, they dissolve, revealing themselves to be my own living energy. Then I can begin to feel my tenderness, my vulnerability to life, which reminds me that what I really am is a living being who is exposed to the world, interdependent and connected with all other beings. »

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