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1) having figured life out means being comfortable not having figured it out 2) as long as you are trying to solve the problem, you perpetuate the problem’s existence 3) you’re not stuck when you’re still; you’re stuck when you’re trying to get unstuck

acceptance isn’t just some abstract spiritual concept… it has a physiological affect openhearted acceptance creates a sense of calm in the body, which gives us the space we need to a) see our patterns clearly and b) start to change them

I’ve been practicing how to differentiate between these states of being, which has been helping me feel a lot more at peace lately: 1. Thoughts (noun) vs. thinking (verb)—the former is neutral, effortless, spontaneous; the latter is a judgement that requires effort and is the

often people feel resistance to this question in the form of “if I don’t think anything’s wrong with me, then I’ll end up hurting people” e.g. if you don’t keep yourself “in check”, you’ll cause damage & here we get to ask: is that true? has constant self criticism actually

two ways to overcome resistance: a) force your way through it: clench, brace, grasp, white knuckles, gritted teeth, push towards b) expand into it: breathe, hold, endure, attune, allow, absorb, open chest, head up, flow towards many of us lack a felt understanding of (b); I

if you never consciously examine your defaults, you end up living your whole life on settings that were installed for someone else’s survival, not your own thriving

if you’re feeling something you’re meant to feel it (allow yourself to feel it) if you’re resisting feeling something, you’re meant to resist feeling it (allow yourself to resist it) allowing resisting and allowing feeling are the same thing; there’s no wrong way to do this

“nothing needs to be fixed AND I want things to be better” all the judgement is necessary, the scrambling over whether this or that is “good” or “bad” this moment couldn’t be other than it is; and also, you want to make the future as beautiful as it can be

on feeling what you want to feel: most of us operate with the default model of emotions: your feelings are a reaction to your environment. ergo, if you want to feel differently, you need to change your environment ("ergo" feels very professorial in a way that's fun; might start

One time I took an edible and let myself fully feel a prevalent pain in my knee to the fullest to the point it transformed into tingles and Love and the pain was gone in the morning . You have to trust pain for real. Resistance is the true killer

the work of healing can become addictive, but at a certain point you are asked to leave it behind and get on with what’s next and it’s easy to get scared at that threshold, and cling to the old identity, and never really take the next step of doing aligned work

true confidence can feel like arrogance if you were taught you must always pretend at humility

“I’m broken” can be a more comfortable identity than “I’m exactly who I’m supposed to be”

you cannot both create brilliant, daring work and be understood by everyone

the more sensitive you are, the harder it is to be in environments that don’t serve you many cope by repressing their sensitivity, which ends up being a potent loss

do you need permission to be who you want to be

when you do what you actually want to do, you risk making mistakes that you’re solely responsible for when you do what you’re told you should do, you can diffuse the blame (at the low low price of your soul)