“We are conditioned from birth to think and feel according to the psychological distortion of those before us, to take another’s word as our own without question, to follow the emotions of the masses. This shapes a narrow scope of the universe, squeezing life of passion and enthusiasm. The only way out of such an […]
“Certainty about what will happen to your soul when you die is practicing a spiritual short-sightedness. Conviction that what you feel right now is a prophetic view of your future is certainty and freedom and salvation.” -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
“Living in the moment is not leaving a choice up to God or the Universe. Being present is making a choice with great conviction, only you don’t know how it is going to work out. The ‘how’ is what you turn over to a higher power. Indecision is the path of the fearful, the coward, […]
“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 […]
“There is no guarantee what you teach your children will catch, no promise they will have your same conviction of truths. They may even have a warped perception of you. After all, they don’t have your unique experiences. But it is vitally important for them to prove they can make it on their own. And […]
“Convictions do not have eternal life. Every particle of matter is simply a form of energy that transmutes or eventually evolves into another form. Why would our thoughts and beliefs be any different from the collection of molecules that created them? The end is the means, and today’s certainty is tomorrow’s stale, overused, subconsciously toxic […]
“All suffering exists because ‘what is’ is in direct conflict with thought structures we have adopted as convictions. And ‘what is’ is exactly what is needed to access love and freedom and joy. It is not the conviction and will that gets us there, but the absolute devotion to the means.” -AmyJalapeño! amyjalapeno.com
Most of the time I come across quite confident and with seeming conviction. It doesn’t mean I am, not with absolute certainty. It simply indicates that based on the information available to me (in that moment) I am. But once new, logical facts present themselves, I can shift within seconds, while those that witnessed me […]
