We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.
Interpretation
This quote encourages a transformation of mindset from negative emotions to positive attributes.
Angeles Arrien emphasizes the importance of evolving our emotional and intellectual responses. By advocating for a shift from fear to curiosity, she highlights the need to embrace the unknown with an open mind. Furthermore, she suggests relinquishing attachment and control in favor of humility and trust, fostering a more grounded approach to life's challenges and relationships.
In practice
Use this quote during a workshop about personal growth.
In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: 'When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop being comforted by the sweet territory of silence?'
Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.
We cannot eradicate violence if we do not build strong, inclusive communities.
If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.
At any given time, there are a lot of million-dollar luxury charter boats cruising around the Mentawai Islands finding the most incredible waves. And yet the people on shore are suffering. The whole scene is wrong. As a surf community, we have to do something.
It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted. ... The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood.
As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."
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