Reflect

105 posts

Quotes and thoughts to spark introspection, inspiration, and connection.

scapegoating

Suffering doesn’t disappear when you avoid itit just moves. It gets handed to whoever has the least power to refuse itor the most integrity to hold it. Then everyone calls that person the problem. That is scapegoating.

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we make our own

not enforcing neutrality in the face of harmemotional reactions to oppression are validhelp people locate power in themselves, not just in systemsoffer healing that doesn’t require obedience to the broken rules listenvalidatename real thingshelp people feel less alone

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fear is the first layer

Fear will always be the first layer we encounterand if we continue not understanding its functionwe will continue being slaves to it as a whole. If we don’t learn to listen with wisdom instead of obediencewe become caged by the very thing meant to keep us safe.Until a whole system is built to serve fearinstead of listening to what it was trying to warn us about in the first […]

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the theory of everything

I have always chasedthe theory of everythingbut I realize now thatI don’t want to just know itI want to live itand I am It’s actually being what ties everything together Looking for structure never to contain experience but to understand without ever shutting it down

authenticity

Authenticity doesn’t only show up one way. It can show up differently and all of it can still be true. What matters it that the energy behind it is real. You can still perform while being authentic if you chose it and it lines up with the moment. The problem comes in when it turns into something demanded or expected and it’s no longer you choosing. It stops feeling […]