Above the Fray, Under the Radar

"The real intelligence of an individual can be measured by the number of things from which he need not escape.  A cosmically mature man does not need to escape the consequences of foolish acts, for he performs none.  He need not escape from social enemies because he dwells above the level of human conflict and hostility.  Anyone not living in a jungle has no need to escape wolves or foxes or anything else."


~ Vernon Howard

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ~ Lao Tzu

"Life is like an onion. Sometimes you peel off a layer and it brings tears to your eyes. But oh, how sweet the inner core!" ~ Terry Gordon, M.D.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. 
~ Viktor Frankl

“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.” ― Viktor E. Frankl

Living in Presence With Your Emotional Pain Body

"There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose. It leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain. It comes together with other energy forms from other instances, and so after some years you have a "painbody," an energy entity consisting of old emotion." . . . .

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" . . . the problems and pain of life become the foundation for creating meaning and transformation. You start to see that problems are the instruments of your evolution."
 ~ John Cusack