The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.
Some of us have a hard time believing that we are actually able to face our own pain. We have convinced ourselves that our pain is too deep, too frig… - Wayne Muller
Some of us have a hard time believing that we are actually able to face our own pain. We have convinced ourselves that our pain is too deep, too frig…
- Wayne Muller
When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true… - Wayne Muller
When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true…
For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone. - Wayne Muller
For thousands of years we have gathered in circle--around fires, around bodies, around altars--because we can't do this alone.
What is at the center of your life? Carefully examine where you spend your attention, your time. Look at your appointment book, your daily schedule .… - Wayne Muller
What is at the center of your life? Carefully examine where you spend your attention, your time. Look at your appointment book, your daily schedule .…
As Gandhi wisely points out, even as we serve others we are working on ourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturall… - Wayne Muller
As Gandhi wisely points out, even as we serve others we are working on ourselves; every act, every word, every gesture of genuine compassion naturall…
Because we do not rest we lose our way...Poisoned by the hypnotic belief that good things come only through unceasing determination and tireless effo… - Wayne Muller
Because we do not rest we lose our way...Poisoned by the hypnotic belief that good things come only through unceasing determination and tireless effo…
Sabbath requires surrender. If we only stop when we are finished with all our work, we will never stop, because our work is never completely done. Wi… - Wayne Muller
Sabbath requires surrender. If we only stop when we are finished with all our work, we will never stop, because our work is never completely done. Wi…
In that inevitable, excruciatingly human moment, we are offered a powerful choice. This choice is perhaps one of the most vitally important choices w… - Wayne Muller
In that inevitable, excruciatingly human moment, we are offered a powerful choice. This choice is perhaps one of the most vitally important choices w…
If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accid… - Wayne Muller
If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accid…
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