“Anyone who seeks to be a leader should not be one, because those who want to lead must have a continual flow of people they consider less than. Whereas a true leader, a good teacher, an excellent mentor desires and encourages only the spiritual, psychological, and emotional independence of those who choose to follow them.” […]
“Only when unification of light and dark, good and bad, the seen and unseen occurs in the mind can there ever be entire understanding.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“I can only understand and find real meaning and insight into those bits of fact that I relate to emotionally. This is my knowledge base. Procured by experience and refined (ironically) by exposure to variety, my knowledge base determines what and how much I comprehend; and if I attach my identity to any of it, if […]
“Forgiveness is a form of personal revolution.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Thoughts can calcify the mind. Inaction can make the body rigid. Why are more afraid of freedom and movement and change than you are of a slow death? The best thing you can do for you and your loved ones is to let yourself be remade.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
[psst…It won’t be comfortable. It may not be easy. Although, it can be, depending on your perspective of change and being uncomfortable and being remade.]
“Those that transform the world do not attempt to convince humanity of ideologies with check lists and patriarchs, or any ideology for that matter. They do not preach what is popular, nor do they encourage regurgitated, mechanized living. They inspire, by example, others to live fresh, new visions of their lives. Have courage and transform the world. Break the status quo. Obtain the certainty that only comes from risking every belief you are sure of and feel the ethereal integrity of inner freedom.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“No matter where you live or what your cultural and financial situations are, you are free to think and free to feel. Will you use that freedom to build a mental and emotional prison or will you use it to explore the vast creative possibilities of your life.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Ego is like gravity on the soul: limiting, restricting possibilities. The more you fortify the ego with naming, definitions and absolutes, the greater the pull (or effect) it has on your reality.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Persistent struggle and unease with the compliance to a set of rules, ideals, or dogmas cannot be eased by further consent to them, but by freedom from them.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“All conflict can be dissolved within an instant. Perhaps not (immediately) in those around you, but within yourself absolutely. All you must do is see and listen beyond what you think you know, past what you believe to be true. It is simple and it can be difficult, but it is possible. It all depends […]
