In this episode, the Dharma Circle team deep dives into a quote by Henry David Thoreau

“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”

Quotes of the week- 

Monday- 
“After years of being taught that the way to deal with painful emotions is to get rid of them, it can take a lot of reschooling to learn to sit with them instead, finding out from those who feel them what they have learned by sleeping in the wilderness...”  
- Barbara Brown Taylor

Tuesday- 
“When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.”  
- Brené Brown

Wednesday- 
“Every message, regardless of form or content, is an expression of a need.”
- Marshall Rosenberg

Thursday- 
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” 
- Joseph Campbell

Friday- 
“Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They’re huge and abstract. And they’re very beautiful.” 
- David Lynch

Saturday- 
“Rest and activity are the steps of progress.” 
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Sunday- 
“Out of bliss these beings are born, in bliss they are sustained, and to bliss they go and merge again.” 
- Taittiriya Upanishad 3.6.1