I expressed my doubt about the wisdom of attempting to discover who you are through the pathway of organized religion. If you took that route and it worked for you, I couldn’t be happier for you. But for most of the people attempting it, they don’t discover themselves, but instead end up, submerging themselves.
If someone offered you an extraordinary business opportunity, could you come up with $5,000 to do it? Do you always carry a few hundred dollars (or euros, pounds or whatever) of folding money around with you in case of emergency? If you needed $1,000 tonight for a hospital bill, could you handle it, or would you have to do an Easter egg hunt for it?
One of the most insightful realizations you’ll ever have is when you understand that not all things have a shortcut or hack – and that this state is good.
She doesn’t accept insurance. Or credit cards. When she came out to greet me, she was barefoot. Which isn’t surprising now, since she appears to work that way every day. Oh and one other thing: She is one of the most amazing healers I have ever met.
When you raise a question, are you asking to discover the best possible version of the truth? Or are you fishing for a response to confirm what you believe? Then when you listen to a response, are you listening for what you already believe?
We sometimes have a reflexive tendency toward denial about things that make us uncomfortable. These counterfeit breakthroughs and delusions are the way our insanity keeps reinventing itself.
The sculpture, opera, book, song, app, painting, play, project, company, speech, or proposal that you never put out there because you’re waiting for it to be perfect – will never help, touch or speak to anyone.
