Beatrice Sparks Quote

Dissociative identity disorder is conceptualized as a childhood onset, posttraumatic developmental disorder in which the child is unable to consolidate a unified sense of self. Detachment from emotion...

We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love. That remains the main problem and paradox for the frail. Many of the things that we want for those we care about are things that we would a...

There is nothing better in life than commitment to personal development and lifelong learning.

To accept one's past - one's history - is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it.

Other people cannot see what I see whenever I look into your father's face, for behind your father's face as it is today are all those other faces which were his.

I will, without hesitation, walk away from anything and anyone that threatens my peace or sense of self.

To study the self is to forget the self. Maybe if you sat enough zazen, your sense of being a solid, singular self would dissolve and you could forget about it. What a relief. You could just hang out...

In heated rooms, he often felt the outlines of his body, the border between him and the external world, grow disturbingly fuzzy.

One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.

Beautiful moments in life need no words for description. Living those moments and feeling the beauty suffices.