“To defend your ideas, convictions and beliefs is to re-enforce the ego and ensure future suffering. In order to end the ego, you must feel the intensity of the emotions it ignites without reaction or action. Let them burn your face and seer your skin with adrenaline. Let them sink into your gut as you wait for their full expression. Your capacity is immense, so let your awareness travel past the gate of pain and suffering, into the depths of your inherent wisdom. This is how you access inner freedom.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com