Remove a mature tree and you change the light, the soil, the habitat and the space around it. It is also true of people. We are less separate from one another than we imagine. The death of someone changes the people who remain. The loss of a tree changes a neighborhood. A neglected river changes the people who live beside it, even when they rarely think about the river at all.
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That is what good therapy offers that a cushion cannot. The cushion is solitary, and the perfectionist is already alone with the judge. A therapist is a second person in the room, one who can notice the judge with you, name where it came from and help you test whether its warnings are still true.
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Melancholia and sadness come from our awareness of impermanence, and how attachment will ultimately lead to suffering.
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This was true on Thursday night, September 17th. By the next evening, accepting a transfusion of whole blood was still forbidden, but “after prayerful consideration,” the Governing Body decided accepting any of those four separate components was now a conscience matter, a personal decision that no longer carried any punishment or stigma. It was presented as “brighter light” of understanding from God.
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Research on loving-kindness meditation has linked it with more positive emotion and a greater sense of connection with others. But you don’t need a study to feel what happens in your chest when you think of someone you love. That softening is the whole point.
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