"Technological birth, in which the infant is pulled out into bright lights, spanked, and separated from the mother, is such a shock to our ancient nervous systems that the experience is an assault to our neurological sense of ground." biggest oof 😰
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hey guys fun fact about me: when i was ~1 my dad moved to singapore a year ahead of me and my mom for job reasons and we didn't join him for another year after that 🙃 my mom told me that when we joined him i didn't recognize him anymore and cried
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"Abandonment threatens our survival. It makes us feel unwanted, and we doubt our right to be here."
"Or we may accept abandonment too readily, and interpret the slightest criticism or mood change from our partner as a signal that we are unwanted."
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"Each one clung to the security of what they had, essentially putting their energy in a holding pattern that provided false security. Without basic trust, they all feared change."
"Abandonment by others also creates a tendency to abandon oneself."
D:
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HOSTILE EATING SITUATIONS
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both of my parents grew up during the cultural revolution 😬
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"This is the hallmark of a deficient first chakra: the body is deadened and the consciousness is elevated, creating a profound mind-body split.
An adult with damaged ground is usually plagued by a terrible sense that something is wrong, but cannot identify what it is."
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"I gave Mary assignments in self-care, oriented toward basics like eating and sleeping. I recommended that she get a massage each week, take walks frequently, and indulge in pleasurable things like long, hot baths."
nice 🥲
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lots of nice little bits here. "Dream images may hold a lot of charge, and this charge may spontaneously arise in the body as one discusses his dream. Truth also has a charge, especially when it has been previously hidden, as if a gate opens in the body."
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I simply can't get over how nicely typeset and illustrated this book is, QC
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yeah now that you mention it it’s very pleasant!