“We all experience negativity – the basic aggression of wanting things to be different then they are. We cling, we defend, we attack … We experience it as terribly unpleasant, foul-smelling, something we want to get rid of.” This is how Chögyam Trungpa begins his chapter on “Working with Negativity” in his book The Myth […]
A friend, who is in an emotionally challenging time after ending his relationship, send me a message after a difficult conversation with his ex-partner. He said: ‘Remember our conversation about how to encounter difficult situations with love? Tonight I practiced again: setting my ego and beliefs aside and focusing on seeing the other. It was […]
It is not a big surprise that we lose touch with ourselves. The fact that you are reading this article makes it more then likely that you are part of the complex social work environment of appointments, responsibilities and concerns we live in. Everyday life makes our attention get caught up in thought, judgment, expectations, […]