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The monk shook his head. “There’s not a word for it—not a modern one, anyway. The histories call it atma. ‘Self’ might be the best translation. The ak’hanath is tracking your sense of self.” Kaden stared. “That,” Pyrre said, raising an eyebrow, “is by turns fascinating, implausible, and horribly inconvenient.”
The Emperor's Blades
Brian Staveley
Return is how the Way moves. Weakness is how the Way works. Heaven and earth and the ten thousand things are born of being. Being is born of nothing.
Lao Tzu
Ursula K. Le Guin
The psychological condition dysthymia has a number of typical characteristics: low drive, low self-esteem, and a low capacity for pleasure in everyday life. That may or may not be what’s happening here, but raising the “capacity for pleasure in everyday life” does seem to be helpful in establishing the ability to find a pleasant bodily sensation once access concentration is established. One of the best methods for doing this is more mettā, more compassion, and more muditā (appreciative joy) practice.
Right Concentration
Leigh Brasington
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