growth is not about forcing understanding; it is about allowing it to grow organically. - Yung Pueblo

self-love does not grow the ego; it does the opposite. it is our ego that carries the craving that causes our suffering — the incessant craving that rests at the center of the ego is the ultimate block that stops us from achieving freedom.

if existing takes every ounce of your energy,
then that alone is heroic work

many of our emotional reactions do not have to do with what is currently going on. they are actually old emotions accumulated from the past — patterns that arise when familiar situations appear.