• Gregg Braden, talk excerpt • The dark night of the soul is when the bulldozer of change comes through your life and levels everything; then it backs up and makes another run so your ego, your identity, is left with nothing. You may loose all your physical resources, your relationships, your trust in others, but you will be left with your innermost self. And you’ll realize you are actually okay. Then life will get much better after all of that.
The better we know ourselves, the less we fear change in the world. We fear change because we have hinged our wellbeing on the world around us. When deep spiritual awakening leads us, we begin to realize that we’re okay no matter what’s happening out there. We begin to become more self-sufficient, rather than relying on external systems for our wellbeing; whether it’s growing your own food or having a backup power system. We take responsibility for the things that are important to us, rather than giving our power away.
You alone are responsible for yourself. Your friends and the world of activity will not answer for your deeds when the final reckoning comes. – Paramahansa Yogananda
It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything. – Tyler Durden
You have a treasure within you that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer. – Eckhart Tolle