There is nothing wrong with you for folding in on yourself—not then, and not now. But if you feel a quiet longing to breathe deeper, speak more truth, or take up just a little more space… that longing is not selfish. It’s your aliveness calling you back.
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Suffering, like power outages or wars, can be unexpected and take unexpected shapes.
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When we practice philosophy with open hearts, we don’t just critique the world, we begin to heal it.
Read MoreShe is a Buddhist yogi in the Tibetan tradition and worked as a prevention specialist in the field of HIV and AIDS. She said she has always been a writer. She talks about her journey as a professional writer and how it can take many, many submissions to get published. We also talk about how she found The Tattooed Buddha and began writing for us here.
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In Buddhist understanding, there are no saviors who come from above to pluck us out of suffering. There are only fellow travelers, walking the same path side by side.
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