By David Stendl-Rast
In my best, my most alive moments – in my mystical moments, if you want – I have a profound sense of belonging. At those moments, I am aware of being truly at home in this universe.
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If you use your awareness, you will see everything you believe, and this is how you live your life. Your life is totally dominated by the system of beliefs that you learned.
We don’t have to reject scientific logic in order to benefit from instinct.
We all crave a sense of belonging, whether we realize it or not. Whether it’s at social gatherings, at work, or in our families, we want to feel accepted and comfortable.
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Recent research is establishing the critical nature of social belongingness.
Through the years, I have learned ways to manage these people-pleasing tendencies, and feel more like myself. Here are four tips — if you find yourself feeling lonely — to achieve a greater sense of belonging.
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Stephen Harrod Buhner is a generalist, a scholar of all things, both human and not. He is best known as a writer, but the interviewer first came to his work through his talks, which take the shape of digressive odysseys led by a relentlessly curious mind.