“When you are free, you internally answer to no one, no thing, no expectation or guru or god. You are absolutely, irrevocably accountable and there is nothing more terrifying, more overwhelming, or more beautiful, liberating and spiritually substantial in the whole wide world of existence.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“You like to think you are in control, but you are not. You are at the mercy of childhood conditioning, your mammalian brain, of relentless outside influences inflating your fears and strengthening the ego. The only control you really have is in letting go of it, in letting the loss and suffering, the abandonment, resentment, […]
“What you assume another person is and who they actually are is entirely different. Your perception of them is of little consequence to their choices and is squandering your precious time alive. Your life would have more meaning and joy and depth if you often engage in healthy self-criticism. Be brutal with those personal demons, […]
“What you feel shapes your perceptions. What you feel filters how you listen and determines the selected bits of fact you hear. What you feel drives your choices. What you feel is your reality. So if your current reality is loneliness, unworthiness, anger, or shame, why not fashion a story that causes you to feel something different, something better. Is the story exactly […]
“The consequences of our choices are faced in two ways: the building of stories to escape into the familiarity of pain and suffering, or the freedom and uncertainty of accountability.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“The path we choose to avoid mistakes and pain and the hurt of others is the fountainhead of more.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Silence is the best beginning for making sound choices and getting reliable answers, but sometimes silence IS the answer” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“When you act with desperation or anger or fear, you literally make those emotions physical in form through that action. Wait. Then speak, make decisions, move when you feel love, enthusiasm, and joy. Don’t wait for someone or some thing to bring those emotions to you. Go out and get them! Do anything: listen to music, be alone in nature, appreciate anything that makes you happy. Then take action. When you appreciate every situation as an opportunity for you to practice this, every situation will work to your advantage. Bring bliss into physical form.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Where there is drama and hurt and betrayal, there is a choice that was made, wrought with holes where facts should have been and filled by fear, projections, and wild imagination.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“The victim lets circumstances, the choices of others, and their own predictions (of how others might react to their choices) shape their path. The creator sees these things as opportunities and uses obstacles to amass and integrate fresh, new possibilities that will reshape their most stubborn convictions. They don’t avoid or run away. They face, lean in. They are as malleable as the cosmos that created them and in turn become the breath of the universe.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
