Kintsugi doesn’t just apply to fixing damaged pottery or other objects, but is also a philosophy on handling ourselves and difficult times.
People who know me well know I abhor the concept of “necessary suffering” and I believe there are all kinds of positive paths to levels of enlightenment derived from “overcoming”. There is strength in accepting the uncomfortable aspects of ourselves and our lives and having the insight to embrace and beautify them.
An hour of meditation before bed last night really helped me settle my mind into a good place for today and while I rarely take things from yesterday into today, I often have my lingering feelings of shame about being overly attuned to energy. Mood isn’t just physical … it can be perceived online and through the written word (word choice).
My childhood was filled with adults telling me to “stop being sensitive” and it became something I tried to force out by trying to counteract it. I adopted this existence of forgiving horrible people and their wretched behavior by just assuming the “it’s not you, it’s me” standpoint that I was the one perpetually in a state of vulnerability because of my sensitivities and it was me that needed to be better, not them.
There was a study on shut-ins in Japan (hikikomori) that found the majority of people who identified as hikikomori were “over attuned” and that really opened my eyes to the embracing what I once thought was a flaw in me.
I think it’s important to recognize that everyone is unique in the way they move through life and handle things and sometimes what you think makes you weak or different or sensitive is actually a skill you’ve been granted by the Universe to help guide you through the world.
The kintsugi concept of embracing the “flaws” and “imperfections” of the self and making them more beautiful and stronger … allows you to experience life in a completely new way.
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