“Hope has a short life and is not meant for long-term application on any single issue. It is the spark, but if there is no determination, no diligence to honesty and self-examination waiting to pick up the flame, it will fade and a person will sink back into despair and repeat a vicious pattern of […]
“Relief is an absolute life changer. When you feel stress, alienation, or despair, think, pretend, do anything you can to feel relief (even if you have to imagine it) and you will see worlds shift and marvels unveiled where you thought all was lost.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“If you feel something other than compassion for any living thing, then you are viewing that being, creature, etc. through the scrim of ego, through beliefs and ideas and feelings that prevent you from seeing the truth and distinguishing reality. Dissolving those internal blocks is the purpose, path, and destiny of the human race and any resistance to it is pain and suffering, a feeling of separation, segregation, self righteousness and despair; which ironically, supplies more fuel for your purpose and presents more opportunities to dissolve the illusion.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Everything is temporary. If you take one moment, one thought, one feeling and make it the sum of your life, the result is an inclination to give up. It is despair. But if you accept that your capacity is immense, that you can care for many worlds within your one using compassion and understanding, then life becomes entertaining and joyful – a continual metamorphosis, written in your DNA for generations to come. Your greatest contribution to the world is not the world as it is now, but to you as you are now and for those that follow.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“A vibrant imagination can be the playground for your inner genius or entertain your darkest demon. It turns towards the strongest feeling and then has its way with it entirely.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“It is impossible to follow a to-do list when submerged in an intense emotion. Yes, they are thought triggered, but once they take over, a to-do list of how to get out is a weak fix. You can barely remember the truth of who you are, let alone someone’s peddled to-do list that made you […]
“Loneliness, abandonment and despair are like oceans that fill your lungs. They press, press until your naked truth is pinned against an abyssal plain. They press until the ego disintegrates, until the inner immersion, until the suffocation by shadow. This is the sine qua non by which clean, pure love expands all your empty […]
“The number of temptations for despair verses opportunities for greatness are the same.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Dark paths often lead to periods of brilliance. After all, pitch black is the background of stars.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeño.com
