Wow just read this thoroughly! This is what I have been trying to voice as the beauty of incarnate being. I'm trying to discover this in more colloquial terms by writing a story. I'm too easily given to making well formed tautological statements that miss the heart and shoot for the head. The fiction format forces a different approach.
This is the first of about 141 episodes.. episode 2 will drop tomorrow and I hope to keep it up for the next 3 years. I can see a collaboration between us in this time.
I’m so happy you found deep resonance! I love collaboration. Life’s booked solid right now but in the future sounds fun. I understand the reductive pressure of tautological statement. It’s been meaningful for my self process to understand the nature of the tendency. Often revolving around fear, self-worth and being seen
Thank you! I view it as part of the global psychological programming. It literally destabilizes and corrupts our brain wave flow to be always efforting for financial productivity
Amy, that was beautifully explained. I saw this similar to how an ecosystem responds to stress, conserving its energy and reducing its output. Or how animals and birds in captivity do not procreate or do so very sparingly.
Remember our talk, yesterday. Where we were talking about wishing and acceptance. I
There's a verse in Quran which directly maps to what you said.
And when your Lord made it known: If you are grateful, I would certainly give to you more, and if you are ungrateful, My chastisement is truly severe.
We have the capacity to turn the stress into a state of bliss simply by looking beyond that moment to the point where we will be rewarded. Even without turning to akhira, just be taking that stress in a growth mindset changes that stress into positive growth. A short read here ...
Wow just read this thoroughly! This is what I have been trying to voice as the beauty of incarnate being. I'm trying to discover this in more colloquial terms by writing a story. I'm too easily given to making well formed tautological statements that miss the heart and shoot for the head. The fiction format forces a different approach.
This is the first of about 141 episodes.. episode 2 will drop tomorrow and I hope to keep it up for the next 3 years. I can see a collaboration between us in this time.
https://open.substack.com/pub/eldho/p/episode-1-our-recursive-awakening?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=hmjkc
I’m so happy you found deep resonance! I love collaboration. Life’s booked solid right now but in the future sounds fun. I understand the reductive pressure of tautological statement. It’s been meaningful for my self process to understand the nature of the tendency. Often revolving around fear, self-worth and being seen
A very well written article. Your insight that rest is not collapse but resurrection is very important since hustle culture has demonized rest.
Thank you! I view it as part of the global psychological programming. It literally destabilizes and corrupts our brain wave flow to be always efforting for financial productivity
Amy, that was beautifully explained. I saw this similar to how an ecosystem responds to stress, conserving its energy and reducing its output. Or how animals and birds in captivity do not procreate or do so very sparingly.
Remember our talk, yesterday. Where we were talking about wishing and acceptance. I
There's a verse in Quran which directly maps to what you said.
{ وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمۡ لَىِٕن شَكَرۡتُمۡ لَأَزِیدَنَّكُمۡۖ وَلَىِٕن كَفَرۡتُمۡ إِنَّ عَذَابِی لَشَدِیدࣱ } [Surah Ibrāhīm: 7]
And when your Lord made it known: If you are grateful, I would certainly give to you more, and if you are ungrateful, My chastisement is truly severe.
We have the capacity to turn the stress into a state of bliss simply by looking beyond that moment to the point where we will be rewarded. Even without turning to akhira, just be taking that stress in a growth mindset changes that stress into positive growth. A short read here ...
https://open.substack.com/pub/jangnameh/p/the-brave-brain-dopamine-and-confronting?r=1ivlwg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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I’m excited about your next articles!