Interpersonal abuse and abuse at the hands of the state are two sides of the same coin. A necessary, brutal, optimistic, loving, intense book I want tInterpersonal abuse and abuse at the hands of the state are two sides of the same coin. A necessary, brutal, optimistic, loving, intense book I want to shove into the hands of people I love.
"Loving myself did not mean that I had to confine myself to an island and loving my life did not mean that I had to venture through it alone."
"I do not seem romance as a desperate distraction like I used to, though my heart is wide open to the arrival of romantic love as a blessing in my life."
"Being gentle with myself, reparenting myself, and romancing myself strengthened all my relationships." ...more
“we think that by protecting ourselves from suffering we are being kind to ourselves. the truth is, we only become more fearful, more hardened, and mo“we think that by protecting ourselves from suffering we are being kind to ourselves. the truth is, we only become more fearful, more hardened, and more alienated.”
“chaos is part of our home ground. instead of looking for something higher or purer, work with it just as it is.”
“what we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we’re stuck.”
“we can regard ourselves as already awake; we can regard our world as already sacred.”
this book is an excellent manual for living mindfully, managing your mental patterns, and conquering fear and anxiety. read it when you're going through a hard time... or when you feel like you're coasting through life with blunted emotional responses and a distracted, loose grasp on reality. you no doubt will get something out of it.
this book changed my life. not only is it a memoir, it's a how-to manual for returning to the land, finding self-love and embodiment, and embracing a this book changed my life. not only is it a memoir, it's a how-to manual for returning to the land, finding self-love and embodiment, and embracing a love for each other amid the apocalyptic conditions of late capitalism.
i appreciated roisin's serious use of astrology to understand herself and others. it's part of her larger efforts to legitimize that and other forms of knowledge with ancient roots (such as holistic medicine, acupuncture, TCM, and environmental stewardship) that have been traditionally feminized and therefore discarded under patriarchy and capitalism. as i have been discovering the power of naturopathic medicine and continuing to trust my intuition in the form of tarot reading this validation was extremely powerful for me personally.
this book acted as a beginner's reader for books on environmentalism, health, emotionality, capitalism, tarot, psychology/psychoanalysis, indigenous studies, south asian studies, and more. i took a long list of books from the citations and i can't wait to read more.
some things about the writing style i didn't like: phrasing statements in the form of questions, repeating key conclusions, and using the royal "we" to refer to... all of humanity? still gets 5 stars though....more
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