Themes

Imagine your physical body as a lightbulb (which actually isn’t crazy far off, as your body is an electromagnetic device of sorts). And say that that lightbulb (aka your body) can handle just about 200W of energy flowing through it at any one time.

When we can finally make that switch — when we realize that enjoyment is a choice, rather than a byproduct of choice, we gain significant agency over our happiness, because every moment becomes an opportunity to sneak joy into the cracks and crevices of our daily moments.

Consider how you unconsciously think of others’ evils. Like Osama Bin Laden. Or Harvey Weinstein. Or that friend or partner that stabbed you in the back.

Now, when I say naked, I’m not trying to draw analogies. I mean naked, naked. Butt ass naked. Dick-flopping-in-the-wind-naked.

In other words, hope is a temporary calm, one that will need to be reproduced over and over and over again if it is to make you feel any better. It is not the final destination — it is a mere jumping off point to more expansive states.

Desire isn’t the problem…it’s the expectation that a desire should come to us within a certain time frame and in an exact package that is the problem.

Spaciousness can solve every single problem you have. Recognizing your empty and formless nature immediately dissolves all egoic boundaries, which allows for a fusion between you and God. This is, in turn, is true bliss.