Loving, and being willing to lose for the sake of Love, is not the same thing as throwing yourself under the bus.
The conflict between….
The conflict between the gunas and the vrittis is manifest in our refusal to call our experiences what they truly are.
The appropriate experience….
The appropriate experience to be having is the one you’re actually having. So have it, be with it, honestly.
The delusion that….
The delusion that spiritual practice will lead to more and more pleasurable or “good” experiences and fewer painful or “bad” experiences misses the point completely. The point is Love and non attachment in the midst of whatever happens.
In order to be….
In order to be truly safe, we must be willing to feel what we truly feel and call that feeling what it truly is.
Seeking to re-create….
Seeking to re-create your system’s idea of “home” will keep you from being able to go Home to Love.
Don’t look up….
Don’t look up, into your head, to find out what you’re feeling. The only thing there is ideation. Look in toward the Heart.
It takes energy….
It takes energy to turn in. To misappropriate your energy is to degrade your ability to be with your experience.
If you are not….
If you are not willing to be with your experience—if you are dissociative or vague or in denial—you will be completely vulnerable to gaslighting and other forms of manipulation, because you will never have a firm grip on the facts.
To be with your….
To be with your experience, you can’t think it at all; you have to be with it at a vibrational level and let the letters arise on their own.