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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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November 10th, 2008
What is love?”
“The total absence of fear,” said the Master.
“What is it we fear?”
“Love,” said the Master. (Anthony de Mello)
Do you all agree? Is Love is the opposite of fear?
Dozens of blogs and articles online say this. Personally I don’t think it’s that simple though. I think various emotions can exist inside us at the [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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October 15th, 2008
Whether it’s illness, unemployment or some other reason – sometimes life forces us to sit still, think things through, relax – because there is just no other alternative.
I don’t think anyone is ever grateful for unemployment or disease, but sometimes we can be grateful for their side effects: a chance to reevaluate life.
One of the [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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October 1st, 2008
After the deep stuff yesterday I was out of topics, so I asked for ideas on twitter. Sheridan King came up with the one I am trying on for size in this blogpost (literal quote, though spell checked):
How about compassion in business? In these tough times we could use it instead of being chased, threatened [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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August 23rd, 2008
A reader asks:
Concerning cultivation of love…when a person senses they have very little love for themselves and others, are there ways to cultivate genuine love? (I sense that my efforts to be loving are futile because the motivation is really selfish: the actions are not real, but are done with the intent of trying to [...]
