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I am not an expert in the Gnostic stories but am much more attracted to their approach to spirituality, which is very modern and filled with Energy.

I took a series of traveling personal retreats at various centers and remote cabins. Regardless of location, each time was an intensive deep dive.

Less surrender is in the longing, as it is to be revived and in this cave of languish, a final stumble becomes far more than a dusty heart can bear

The more we can name loss as it appears in daily life, the more intimate we become with its ways. And the more we know it, the less we fear it.

This is how I come to realize, through inner pain, that I have love addiction and he is either the love-avoidant or the emotionally unavailable man.

I can see people for who they are, past their bad decisions and horrible mistakes. And even after all this pain, I don’t want it any other way.

This practice allows me to be in the world... After all, the sutras are very clear on the negative effects of intoxicants.

Some argue that women are naturally more addiction-resistant, despite evidence that women become addicted to drugs of abuse more quickly than men.

Well-adjusted sounds fucking boring. So very vanilla. Especially where creativity is concerned. A creative mind might never be well-adjusted.

You schedule birthdays and meetings, but do you make plans for nonworking time? That should be a priority too, or you will burn out.