How beautifully you write about the theme of awakening, Louisa! I felt myself nodding my head in agreement at so much of what you wrote here, especially: "Above all, I finally saw the truth of our relational and individual nature. As human beings, we tend to ride on a perpetual pendulum swing of wanting to connect yet longing to be separate and unique." I too struggle with that and your vivid metaphors and own experience illuminate my own journey. Thank you!
Thanks for reflecting back to me how you resonated with my realizations about the push-and-pull dynamic of our relational nature. It can be so uncomfortable when we feel the tug-of-war inside us. Yet understanding the nature of that inner conflict and accepting it may make our afflictions a tad less painful.
How beautifully you write about the theme of awakening, Louisa! I felt myself nodding my head in agreement at so much of what you wrote here, especially: "Above all, I finally saw the truth of our relational and individual nature. As human beings, we tend to ride on a perpetual pendulum swing of wanting to connect yet longing to be separate and unique." I too struggle with that and your vivid metaphors and own experience illuminate my own journey. Thank you!
Thanks for reflecting back to me how you resonated with my realizations about the push-and-pull dynamic of our relational nature. It can be so uncomfortable when we feel the tug-of-war inside us. Yet understanding the nature of that inner conflict and accepting it may make our afflictions a tad less painful.