“Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live in the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning will be little at evening and what in the morning was true, at evening will have become a lie.” -C.G. Jung
“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 […]
“Freedom is not merely saying and doing whatever you want, whenever you want. That is stupidity, evidence of immaturity. Freedom comes when you silence all the voices (others’ and your own), when you become comfortable with the pause, just before a universe of possibilities opens up to you.” -AJ Larson, amyjalapeno.com
Having inner freedom is not an event, a milestone, or achievement. It is simply a day-to-day implementation of your passions – a perpetual discovery that is either hindered or supported by your willingness to question, to doubt, and begin anew. It is an urgency, an enthusiasm, a determination to dissolve the labels and definitions of […]
“The rules we adopt in an attempt to protect our sense of freedom are the very psychological structures we must burn to the ground to preserve it.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Freedom is the cause for all independence. Independence is the basis of authentic love. And love is the breath and nourishment of every living thing.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” -Albert Camus
“Freedom is like sleep. Deprive a person of it for too long and the mind breaks down into periods of insanity that become as permanent as the deprivation. What chains of thought, what ideas and limitations do you entertain that asphyxiate your freedom and the freedom of others?” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
