’’Forgiveness and the willingness to be happy are the same. When the hated and abandoned children of this world are willing to let go of suffering— to get better rather than to get even— a transformation is close at hand. If you can forgive being rejected and abandoned and if you can feel that forgiveness and act upon it, you are transformed and that is a miracle. Such miracles, large ones and small ones, occur in psychotherapy. That is why we do it.”
— Stephen Johnson, quote from the book Characterological Transformation
Some highlights from today:
• The words we use, the stories we tell ourselves, the habitual feeling states
• The hooks that catch us, why we get sucked in yet again
• Seeing clearly where the other is/was actually coming from
• Communication and manipulation in relay-tionships
• Who’s reality am I living in?
• What am I under the influence of?
• What is the highest perspective I have access to right now?
• Self Creation: Abiding in your own consciously-created reality, aligned with your Core Beingness
See you again in two weeks!
💖 Emily
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