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Birth of The True Self
Growth is one of the stupidest purposes ever invented by any culture.
We’ve got to have an ‘enough.’
Always ask: growth of what, and why, and for whom, and who pays the cost to the planet, and how much is enough?
— Donella Meadows
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A dozen angels
have started living in
the holes in my heart
they have put up hammocks
and started planting roses
Last night, they had burned
a box of my oldest regrets
and played drums until
dawn
These angels have made
themselves at home inside of
my imperfect heart
In hopes that someday
I’ll do the same.
— John Rodel
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They awaken into something deeper, which is no longer based on concepts in your mind. A deeper sense of purpose or connectedness with a greater life that is not dependent on explanations or anything conceptual any longer. It’s a kind of re-birth. The dark night of the soul is a kind of death that you die. What dies is the egoic sense of self. Of course…
