Grounding – Quotes

It is only by

It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken. G. I. Gurdjieff

Today, we turn to one person to provide what an entire village once did: a sense of grounding, meaning, and continuity. At the same time, we expect our committed relationships to be romantic as well as emotionally and sexually fulfilling. Is it any wonder that so many relationships crumble under the weight of it all? … Read more

Holly Black is the

Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid blooms rising from roots sunk deep in myth and tradition. Ellen Kushner

I\\’m probably never happier

I’m probably never happier than when I’m by myself in the water. What I’ve worked and sacrificed for is not to be on stage playing music but to surf in some secluded place. It’s a grounding element. Waves don’t care who you are. Eddie Vedder

I think we need

I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology. Frans de Waal

I am really glad

I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now. Frances O’Connor

Incidentally, I don’t think

Incidentally, I don’t think there is a non-adjectival ‘globalisation’. What we have now is a particular form: dominated by finance and multinational corporations and by a rhetoric (though not a reality) of ‘free trade’ and market forces. So I’m not a localist. I’m an internationalist, but one who believes (a) that such a thing is … Read more

One of the regrets

One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I’m absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth-century people, that it was that grounding in Greek and Latin that gave them their sense of the classic virtues: the classic ideals of honor, virtue, the good society, and their historic examples … Read more

The Overman will himself

The Overman will himself be a nihilist in the (good) sense of rejecting any metaphysical or religious grounding for truth and value, but instead of curling up in despair, or simply going along with the crowd like the ‘passive’ nihilist, he will recognize himself as the sole source of truths and values to live by. … Read more

Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike

Psychology, unlike chemistry, unlike algebra, unlike literature, is an owner’s manual for your own mind. It’s a guide to life. What could be more important than grounding young people in the scientific information that they need to live happy, healthy, productive lives? To have good relationships? Daniel Goldstein