The most frequently occurring word in the mind of the expert is "again." What a long story the word "again" can carry. We can sense the shutters of our heart closing as we whisper to ourselves, "This thought, this feeling, this pain, this person again." The intrusion of the past with all its comparisons, weariness, aversion, or boredom has the power to create a powerful disconnection in that moment. The word "again" carries with it the voice of knowing, fixing, and dismissing, and with its appearance we say farewell to mystery, to wonder, to openness, and to learning.
- Christina Feldman
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