I tend to believe that there is a reason for our suffering. We don’t understand until we see our way through it and get the chance to reflect.

When discussing slavery here, we aren’t talking about 1619. We are not talking about people working for no living wage, or to clear a debt. The slavery we are referring to is our attachment to the things of this world. Think about it. We want stuff, obtain stuff, and then we become a slave to…

The more we attribute negativity towards ourselves, the more we spiral into the states of depression we seek to remove ourselves from, ironically with more pride.

Ironically, doubling down on self-love confirms the need for external validation by trying to become its opposite.

How do I know when I am afraid? Through this learning process, I’ve realized that I need opposites to learn what things truly mean. Courage is not the absence of fear, but true courage needs fear to act courageously. When I am afraid, I fail to accept that I don’t know the unknown. I fear…

I’ve been completely enthralled with contradictions and paradoxes. Most of the time my brain has been trying to reconcile opposites. We don’t sit with contradictions for too long. If anything, we try to get rid of them when they come up. How can I receive joy from sadness? How is there life through death? We…

It almost seems as though judging good behaviors in others is a form of narcissism because it only takes into account how we feel when others behave.

The unknown creates a freedom that we would never know if we stick to what we do.

To counteract nature, we create a structure in which rules create order.

The crazy thing about our world is that materialism is only showcased to us as positive.