By reading this letter I was able to touch and understand my numbness in a deepr level. And with my numbness, my distance from being alive. And with distance, my pain and intention to live. Somehow I cannot distinguish being alive from hypomania. And I am sure it is not the case. How about a letter to future humans with instuctions to be alive? Thank you!
Dimitris, you are highlighting the subtle, layered states of being in your body. I cannot stress enough that everything begins with internal inquiry. The more you allow yourself to sit with the sensations and feelings in your body—no matter how uncomfortable—the greater your capacity to discern the patterns shaping your life and the impact they have on your experience. In many ways my letters are pointing to where you have to look to begin receiving your own direction on how to become alive. The instructions are within you, you were born with them! You just need to find and follow them. Really.
Thank you for your answer Ronit. What I am starting to see is that being alive does not neccessarily mean being intense or loud. I must learn to distinguish and differentiate the state of inner connection and aliveness from the outer one.
This letter stayed with me. I can track my own oscillation: from the “flail” and its automatic reactions to numb and soothe on the one hand, to the supposed calm and togetherness of the fraudulent adult. Neither is real. And the key to uncovering aliveness is - feeling the pain that connects me and us. A lot to be with! Thank you.
Sebastian, glad the letter resonated for you. This material is not easy to grasp, and often needs to be read very slowly a few time. It is great that you are able to track the different sensations--patters in your body. Everything begins with awareness.
By reading this letter I was able to touch and understand my numbness in a deepr level. And with my numbness, my distance from being alive. And with distance, my pain and intention to live. Somehow I cannot distinguish being alive from hypomania. And I am sure it is not the case. How about a letter to future humans with instuctions to be alive? Thank you!
Dimitris, you are highlighting the subtle, layered states of being in your body. I cannot stress enough that everything begins with internal inquiry. The more you allow yourself to sit with the sensations and feelings in your body—no matter how uncomfortable—the greater your capacity to discern the patterns shaping your life and the impact they have on your experience. In many ways my letters are pointing to where you have to look to begin receiving your own direction on how to become alive. The instructions are within you, you were born with them! You just need to find and follow them. Really.
Thank you for your answer Ronit. What I am starting to see is that being alive does not neccessarily mean being intense or loud. I must learn to distinguish and differentiate the state of inner connection and aliveness from the outer one.
This letter stayed with me. I can track my own oscillation: from the “flail” and its automatic reactions to numb and soothe on the one hand, to the supposed calm and togetherness of the fraudulent adult. Neither is real. And the key to uncovering aliveness is - feeling the pain that connects me and us. A lot to be with! Thank you.
Sebastian, glad the letter resonated for you. This material is not easy to grasp, and often needs to be read very slowly a few time. It is great that you are able to track the different sensations--patters in your body. Everything begins with awareness.