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Oftentimes, we undergo challenges that we interpret to mean we are unworthy of receiving love. People leave us, hurt us, or are unable to give us the love we deserve. Painful experiences such as abuse, neglect, and indifference can shape who we become. They leave an imprint on our unconscious that can have massive effects on our health and happiness. Receiving love can bring up a lot of fear, especially when we’ve been hurt in the past. That’s precisely why we need to focus on it. As hard as it is to get through the fear, doing so will help us receive more love.
The Well-Lived Life
Gladys McGarey and Mark Hyman
With mindfulness of breathing, you measured the stability of your attention with respect to a continuous object—sensations of the breath. But when settling the mind in its natural state, thoughts are anything but continuous. They come and go sporadically, so the stability of attention is not in relation to a specific object. It’s a quality of your subjective awareness. Even when thoughts are on the move, because you are not distracted by them and don’t grasp onto them, your awareness remains still. This is called the fusion of stillness and movement.
The Attention Revolution
B. Alan Wallace Ph.D.
Most people with whom Amos interacted never even suspected he was ill. To a graduate student who asked if he would supervise his dissertation, Amos simply said, “I’m going to be very busy the next few years,” and sent him on his way.
The Undoing Project
Michael Lewis
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