Carved by Experience Quotes

“Developing awareness, the ability to pay attention, and equanimity—the ability of non-reactivity—are a necessary condition for extrication from blind circular dynamics, which, in their absence, functions as a default option.”
― Michal Barnea-Astrog, Carved by Experience: Vipassana, Psychoanalysis, and the Mind Investigating Itself

“In the case of Vipassanā meditation, since the effort is invested in sharpening the instrument of observation (i.e., attention) and focusing it on physical sensations, while nurturing a realistic and unbiased attitude towards them, the process takes place to a large degree in ways that bypass the intellect.”
― Michal Barnea-Astrog, Carved by Experience: Vipassana, Psychoanalysis, and the Mind Investigating Itself