“Change and tragedy and pain are so important. They crack you open and bring you back to innocence and unknowing by providing an experience you know nothing about. They are not the only threshold to innocence, but they are highly underused and rarely appreciated.” -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, […]
“Hypocrisy hides behind the thing you think you’ve mastered. To doubt, to question, to know that there is always more and that you will never truly be a master of anything keeps you in a perpetual state of innocence, learning and humility.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“In order to experience the truth of things, you must have a clear mind, be brutally honest with yourself, and make innocence and vulnerability continually accessible; because your perception is always changing and there will always be more to learn and understand and experience.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Competition in personal relationships twists reality, deforms character, blots innocence and kindness and trust with its sickness.” -Amy 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 […]
“Using your mind honestly, virtuously, and independent of any authority is vital for the truth and very different from having the answers to life and death and living. Those answers are highly over-rated and staking your life in them blocks you from fully feeling the loss of things, which makes appreciating the strength of newness […]
“Die every day to the pain, to thoughts that cause suffering and separation, so that you can wake each morning a fresh, innocent, gentle human being.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“When there is no thought except for understanding and integration, the past fades and the future becomes a menial thing and you find yourself naturally, easily in the throes of joy.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com Joy can be found in any moment we apply understanding and innocence. But for this post, I am specifically thinking of those moments with […]
“Innocence is a psychological state – a result of equanimity, humility, and acceptance.” -Amy Larson, AmyJalapeño.com
