Metanoia
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Truth Seeker • Philomath • Episcopalian • Gay • Animal Lover • Freethinker • Activist • Follower of the Way of Jesus the Christ
Pascal argues that much of human misery, including wars, ambition, and the pursuit of trivial pleasures (what he called "diversion" or divertissement), is a massive, unconscious effort to escape the self. #BlaisePascal #philosophical
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Pascal argues that much of human misery, including wars, ambition, and the pursuit of trivial pleasures (what he called "diversion" or divertissement), is a massive, unconscious effort to escape the self. #BlaisePascal #philosophical
In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance.
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Awakening is truly nothing more or less than being right here in this moment, just as it is, and just as we are.
#JoanTollifson #awakening #quote
#JoanTollifson #awakening #quote
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Awakening is truly nothing more or less than being right here in this moment, just as it is, and just as we are.
#JoanTollifson #awakening #quote
#JoanTollifson #awakening #quote
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"This is the moment to declare what is obsolete, what can be reformed, and what must be reimagined." - @ValarieKaur from #SeeNoStranger This book is the medicine we need to repair, reconcile, and remake our world. SeeNoStranger.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"This is the moment to declare what is obsolete, what can be reformed, and what must be reimagined." - @ValarieKaur from #SeeNoStranger This book is the medicine we need to repair, reconcile, and remake our world. SeeNoStranger.com
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.
~ Lewis Thomas
#quote #LewisThomas #statistics
~ Lewis Thomas
#quote #LewisThomas #statistics
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.
~ Lewis Thomas
#quote #LewisThomas #statistics
~ Lewis Thomas
#quote #LewisThomas #statistics
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
-- Melody Beattie
#quote #gratitude #MelodyBeattie
-- Melody Beattie
#quote #gratitude #MelodyBeattie
September 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more.
-- Melody Beattie
#quote #gratitude #MelodyBeattie
-- Melody Beattie
#quote #gratitude #MelodyBeattie
There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space becomes our sole concern. #shalom #love
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel
September 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Notice how frequently your attention is divided. As you go about your day, notice the impulse to do two things at once and resist it. Simply focus on what you intended to do in the first place.
#attention #focus #WakingUp
#attention #focus #WakingUp
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Notice how frequently your attention is divided. As you go about your day, notice the impulse to do two things at once and resist it. Simply focus on what you intended to do in the first place.
#attention #focus #WakingUp
#attention #focus #WakingUp
Shame swamps any redeeming traits you might have thought you had. Slow down to interrupt the loops that cause self-hatred.
Self-hatred feeds on inner shame. Here’s how to break the cycle:
bit.ly/4fqYfXW
#shame #self-hatred #Psyche
Self-hatred feeds on inner shame. Here’s how to break the cycle:
bit.ly/4fqYfXW
#shame #self-hatred #Psyche
August 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Shame swamps any redeeming traits you might have thought you had. Slow down to interrupt the loops that cause self-hatred.
Self-hatred feeds on inner shame. Here’s how to break the cycle:
bit.ly/4fqYfXW
#shame #self-hatred #Psyche
Self-hatred feeds on inner shame. Here’s how to break the cycle:
bit.ly/4fqYfXW
#shame #self-hatred #Psyche
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July 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hear directly from individuals about their highly personal journeys into meaning and self-understanding via Psyche’s new Life stories channel
How to not fear your death
You exist, but one day you won’t. An Epicurean perspective can help you feel less afraid, and even grateful for life’s finitude
#psyche #fear #death #Epicurean #finitude #perspectives
You exist, but one day you won’t. An Epicurean perspective can help you feel less afraid, and even grateful for life’s finitude
#psyche #fear #death #Epicurean #finitude #perspectives
How to not fear your death | Psyche Guides
You exist, but one day you won’t. An Epicurean perspective can help you feel less afraid, and even grateful for life’s finitude
psyche.co
July 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
How to not fear your death
You exist, but one day you won’t. An Epicurean perspective can help you feel less afraid, and even grateful for life’s finitude
#psyche #fear #death #Epicurean #finitude #perspectives
You exist, but one day you won’t. An Epicurean perspective can help you feel less afraid, and even grateful for life’s finitude
#psyche #fear #death #Epicurean #finitude #perspectives
Epictetus, like all Stoics, believed that true power comes from within. We don’t control what happens, but we can control how we respond. When we start to own our reactions instead of blaming, that’s when we begin to grow.
#Epictetus #stoic #quotes
#Epictetus #stoic #quotes
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Epictetus, like all Stoics, believed that true power comes from within. We don’t control what happens, but we can control how we respond. When we start to own our reactions instead of blaming, that’s when we begin to grow.
#Epictetus #stoic #quotes
#Epictetus #stoic #quotes
Before creation, a presence existed
Self-contained, complete, formless, voiceless, mateless
Changeless
Which yet pervaded itself
With unending motherhood.
[Lao-Tzu]
#Lao-Tzu #creation #presence #existed #motherhood
Self-contained, complete, formless, voiceless, mateless
Changeless
Which yet pervaded itself
With unending motherhood.
[Lao-Tzu]
#Lao-Tzu #creation #presence #existed #motherhood
June 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Before creation, a presence existed
Self-contained, complete, formless, voiceless, mateless
Changeless
Which yet pervaded itself
With unending motherhood.
[Lao-Tzu]
#Lao-Tzu #creation #presence #existed #motherhood
Self-contained, complete, formless, voiceless, mateless
Changeless
Which yet pervaded itself
With unending motherhood.
[Lao-Tzu]
#Lao-Tzu #creation #presence #existed #motherhood
Many of us are carrying deep grief, individually and collectively, due to the barrage of crises we face today. We need an outpouring of lament and love to find hope and healing. In a time of great crises and injustices, God is calling us to be prophets of Divine Love. #grief #crisis #hope #healing
June 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
• Marcus Aurelius
“We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given life, and it’s up to us to make it good or bad.”
• Epictetus
#lifequotes #Epictetus #MarcusAurelius
• Marcus Aurelius
“We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given life, and it’s up to us to make it good or bad.”
• Epictetus
#lifequotes #Epictetus #MarcusAurelius
June 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
• Marcus Aurelius
“We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given life, and it’s up to us to make it good or bad.”
• Epictetus
#lifequotes #Epictetus #MarcusAurelius
• Marcus Aurelius
“We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given life, and it’s up to us to make it good or bad.”
• Epictetus
#lifequotes #Epictetus #MarcusAurelius
"The thing that might save you from losing all your money, time, and sanity to any extortionist – a grifter, say, or the unrelenting force of a chemical addiction – is boredom."
For years, I sought to escape my mind. Once I became fascinated by it, getting high lost its allure. bit.ly/4kI1nQC
For years, I sought to escape my mind. Once I became fascinated by it, getting high lost its allure. bit.ly/4kI1nQC
June 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"The thing that might save you from losing all your money, time, and sanity to any extortionist – a grifter, say, or the unrelenting force of a chemical addiction – is boredom."
For years, I sought to escape my mind. Once I became fascinated by it, getting high lost its allure. bit.ly/4kI1nQC
For years, I sought to escape my mind. Once I became fascinated by it, getting high lost its allure. bit.ly/4kI1nQC