“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher
“To worry is to become accessible, unwittingly accessible. And once you worry you cling to anything out of desperation; and once you cling you are bound to get exhausted or to exhaust whoever or whatever you are clinging to.”
— Carlos Castaneda, book Journey to Ixtlan
Source: Journey to Ixtlan
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