sensitive self book note

The sensitive self by Michael Eigen

-psycho therapy: attentive waiting, informed art of indecision
-reflection, experiencing, feeling, feeling feelings, time of experience vs.
-speed of thoughts & action, necessary for certain emergency, not a criterion of being
-if we do not listen to devil in each other, we will shut each other out, get defensive, listen open up rather than fighting/hiding
-listening evolve, more important vs.
-fight & run away
-open mind & pathway of communication, transmission, labor of love, love of labor, from one soul to another
-find heaven & let it go, don’t force your heaven on others or give yours up too long for someone else’s version
-negotiating heaven, emotional riches
-heaven keeps changing
-inside mean sensitivity, vulnerability, feelings for others deep inside us
-the way we touch each other & touch in each other invites reflective wisdom & growth
-no heaven without inspiration, no inspiration without desperation & imaginative fury
-dread & love opposite of breath
-see beauty & horror
-hear marvelous music & scream
-if we want to be only 1 thing, meaning is frustrating, but if we are willing to be open, what a treasure a life of meaning is, meanings are always multiple
swinging between emotional access & opportunity for reflection
-alternative conclusion
-need each other perspective to correct & amplify each other
-one cannot stop other's way, other think or the way one think of one self
-mutation of sensitive responsiveness