Tag: angst
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Of Arrows, Psyche, and Moments of Empathy, Grace and Redemption…
The outset of the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche, shows Eros leaning over the sleeping mortal, Psyche, and fervently prepared to strike Psyche with one of his arrows and create a wound that will command her to fall in love with a beast. Eros’s mother, Aphrodite sent him on this mission out of her…
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Change, Suffering and Digging Deeper
Buddhism teaches that all things change, and that suffering is inherent to life. As humans we add to this suffering, or rather amplify it, by trying to hold onto the narrative line that we have fed ourselves. We resist the reality of change the various truths evidenced by its existence.