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To Silence The Demons
“We are the universe living a human existence. We are the flower that opens, the tree that grows. We are the harmony of the natural world. We are the infinite universe contained in the finite structure of our being.”
— Nassim Haramein
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“I loved her not for the way she danced with my angels, but for the way the sound of her name could silence my demons”
— Christopher Poindexter
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First, take care of yourself. Reconcile the conflicting elements within yourself by being mindful, looking deeply, and practicing loving kindness and compassion toward yourself. Then, reconcile with the people closest to you by understanding and loving them, even if they themselves sometimes lack understanding.
— Thich Nhat Hanh, in “How to Fight”
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“There will always be attempts at reconciliation between Christian monotheism and pagan polytheism, between theology and psychology, when the archetypal perspective of unity and systematic order dominates. The polytheistic perspective requires no “reconciliation” since there is place for all from the beginning. But monism cannot take the ambiguity of diversity. It experiences it as a tension of opposites which must be accommodated through a higher single principle and resolved. This…
