The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self

“Know what you really know, feel what you really feel, say what you really mean, and do what you really want.”

You are infinitely worthy. You are infinitely precious. You have always been enough. You will always be enough. There is no place you don’t belong. You are lovable. You are loved. You are love.

They found that persistent self-contemplation and inquiry turns a temporary brain state of unity and love into a permanent, structural brain trait.

Pain comes from events, while suffering comes from the way we handle events—what we do about them and, especially, what we think about them.

It means that once you’ve recognized a real soul guide, you may be tempted to latch on to that person’s teachings like a baby sloth. The problem is that reality is too vast and intricate to be fully represented by one person, one set of ideas, or indeed all people and ideas combined. The idea of “killing the Buddha” means learning all you can from

First, we must become the observers of our suffering, instead of drowning in it like swimmers sucked into a maelstrom. Second, we must question each belief that traps us in misery until we figure out where it diverts us from our sense of truth. At that point, our infernal chains break, and step three—moving on—is almost automatic.

A drama triangle develops when we feel small and weak (as we all are during childhood). Other people may seem large and menacing (again, plenty of people are) and still others may appear to be our protectors (right again). But even as adults, many humans have a tendency to lock in this triangle as a way of viewing everyone, in every situation. Life

Mount Delectable as a symbol of all the ways to be “better” that we learn from our cultural context. For most people, this involves money: piles and piles of money.

And here is how to leave Mount Delectable behind: stop with the hustle.