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“The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites.”

Inspirational Moving Purpose Suffering Consciousness Opposites Painful Therapy Remove Polarity

Author:James Hollis

“Mindfulness is being aware of yourself, others, and your surroundings in the moment. When consciously and kindly focusing awareness on life as it unfolds minute by precious minute, you are better able to savor each experience. Also, being closely attentive gives you the opportunity to change unwise or painful feelings and responses quickly. In fact, being truly present in a mindful way is an excellent stress reducer and, because of that, can be seen as consciousness conditioning, a strengthening workout for body, mind, heart, and spirit.”

Source: The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart

“If I want to realize totality in my consciousness, I have to relate myself to an immense, ludicrous, and painful convulsion of all of humanity.”

Ifs Want Humanity Realizing Consciousness Painful Relate Immense Totality

Book:On Nietzsche

Source: On Nietzsche

“But pure wit is akin to Puritanism; to the perfect and painful consciousness of the final fact in the universe. Very briefly, the man who sees the consistency in things is a wit - and a Calvinist. The man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist - and a Catholic.”

Men Facts Universe Perfect Consciousness He Man Pure Catholic Finals Painful Wit Consistency Humorists Inconsistency Puritanism

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“When you're on the yard, prisoner politics dictate that you only socialize with your own race. If you fraternize with other races, you can get taught a painful lesson. And there are inmates with a level of consciousness who feel it's their duty to enforce this segregation.”

Ifs Feels Levels Race Consciousness Taught Duty Lessons Painful Prisoner Yards Segregation Inmates

Author:James Fox

“It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful.”

Inspirational Pain Time Consciousness Alive Inspirational Life Painful Awakening Confusing Exhilarating

Author:Adrienne Rich

“We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.”

Pain Bits Loses Hurt Consciousness Situation Horse Painful Awakening Bows Submit

Book:Formative Writings (Routledge Revivals)

Source: Formative Writings (Routledge Revivals)