Feeling Into The Subtlety Of True Kinship
Disengage from wash, rinse, repeat thinking
NOTE: This is a partial transcript from Episode #60 of the True Kinship With Animals podcast. Listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast platform. If you enjoy it, subscribe and share with others!
Two (of many) behaviors that are programmed into us by our colonized society is to think in binary terms and the need for immediacy.
We’re taught to do the thing, check it off the list, move on to doing the next thing, wash, rinse, repeat, The result is to disregard our human need to slow down, breathe and feel into a situation. When we stay in the wash, rinse, repeat cycle, we’re reinforcing toxic behavior.
In true kinship we need time and room for agency, grace, subtleties and timing. This lets us feel into more of the details and implications of an experience.
Ask yourself: Does that expectation of immediacy or binary thinking help you when you are nursing a sick animal and trying to make a decision for their well being? Or when you are deciding whether to add a new family member?
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Tip
How can you begin to live into the essence of true kinship?
Recognize that binary thinking and the need for immediacy are products of colonized societal structures. When you notice them in your own life, if you are able, sit with them and see what emerges from your sit.
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Just for today remember: We all do better when all creatures do better. Until next time, take good care!
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