When we have forgotten ourselves, our inner voice of “righteousness” is in fact the voice that is the most destructive to us.
We hate ourselves….
We hate ourselves; we see ourselves as bad. Codependency happens when we are drawn to people in whose presence we get to feel bad, small, and unworthy. We believe those people must be “good”, so we can be “good” only as long as, and as far as, they accept us. What we call “love” is the feeling of having an …
We become what….
We become what we fight against.
Don’t have the small self….
Don’t have the small self “let go”. The small self has to be surprised. Your task is to let yourself be surprised.
Why wouldn’t anyone want….
Why wouldn’t anyone want to crack open? We are languishing in hell if we don’t.
One of the most common and….
One of the most common and damaging mistakes a spiritual aspirant can make is to believe that the shakti will take care of everything.
The Guru shines a light….
The Guru shines a light on who we think we are, then calls it what it really is and shows us our delusion. Our job is to surrender to what the Guru teaches us.
Shakti enlivens….
Shakti enlivens. Where there is no wisdom, it will enliven ignorance.
If we really are….
If we really are longing for God, then we should be doing everything to let go of anything that is in the way.
Pain is a way….
Pain is a way to distinguish between when we think acceptance and when we actually accept. When we actually accept, the pain dissolves.