until you have, once at least, faced everything you know - the whole universe - with utter giving in, and let all that is 'not you' flow over and engulf you, there can be no lasting sense of security. Only by being prepared to accept annihilation can one escape from that spiritual 'abiding alone' which is in fact the truly death-like state.
I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a … - Marion Milner
I began to have an idea of my life, not as slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery and growth of a …
- Marion Milner
Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right for me. Only of course happiness is… - Marion Milner
Happiness not only needs no justification, but it is also the only final test of whether what I am doing is right for me. Only of course happiness is…
Once you assume your right to interfere in other people's problems they become in some ways more of a worry than your own, for with your own you can … - Marion Milner
Once you assume your right to interfere in other people's problems they become in some ways more of a worry than your own, for with your own you can …
by taking notice of those feelings and images that seemed to be in my blood and bones rather than in my head, I had found myself able to behave, not … - Marion Milner
by taking notice of those feelings and images that seemed to be in my blood and bones rather than in my head, I had found myself able to behave, not …
The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line. - Marion Milner
The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.
I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness t… - Marion Milner
I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness t…
Moments when the original 'poet' in each of us created the outside world for us, by finding the familiar in the unfamiliar, are perhaps forgotten by … - Marion Milner
Moments when the original 'poet' in each of us created the outside world for us, by finding the familiar in the unfamiliar, are perhaps forgotten by …
Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life. - Marion Milner
Perhaps if one really knew when one was happy one would know the things that were necessary in one's life.
I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason. - Marion Milner
I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason.
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