When we experience something painful, the tendency is to dissociate ourselves from the feeling, to become numb to it. We fragment our reality and stop being in relationship with this part of our experience, meaning that we don’t learn from it, let alone transform it. So instead, if we embrace our vulnerability, we can fully accept the discomfort and learn to observe our entire reality deeply and intimately — just the way it is. Some words to ponder to crack open a beautiful vulnerability within everyday situations: I am sorry… What can I learn from this fear… Thank you… I don’t know… I love… Saying and opening up to love allows the situation to soften and brings healing. Latin vulnerare which means ‘to wound’, and so at the root of vulnerability is our own sense of wounded-ness. To be authentic in a moment in which to feel wounded, we have to honestly acknowledge the places where we feel hurt and then muster up the strength to just be with the pain.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:09:06 +0000
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