“Heartache, pain, passion, and joy… Nothing is real. There is only what we need to be better people.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
what is real and what isn’t (hot! quote)
pain
are you a magician, healer, lover, or all three? (hot! quote)
“The greatest magicians distract you from the truth. The greatest healers distract you from pain. The greatest lovers distract you from fiction.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
are you a toxic person? (hot! quote)
“Do you use others as an excuse to keep your pain alive? Do you fictionalize, exaggerate, and form conclusions using just your limited perception? Is there always someone to blame for the way you feel? Then you are toxic. Shift your attention inward and be accountable for your experience and you won’t be. It literally […]
why change is so important (daily hot! quote)
“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
do you want complete control of your life? (daily hot! quote)
“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, […]
how imagination heals (daily hot! quote)
“The attachment to anything or any emotion other than relief is a painful existence. Relief is inexhaustible and the safest place to go mentally, emotionally, spiritually; and it will wrap its arms of healing around you every single time, if you let it. It requires, however, some imagination. That’s your part – a little creative […]
how do you make choices? (daily hot! quote)
“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
do you have the courage for less pain and hurt? (daily hot! quote)
“The path we choose to avoid mistakes and pain and the hurt of others is the fountainhead of more.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
are you allowing the darkness and the light shape your life? (daily hot! quote)
“Without pain, denial, and darkness, there would be no definition to enthusiasm, authenticity, and joy. Contrast in life is what makes your life a work of art.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
what valuable things are free? (daily hot! quote)
“To be vulnerable, lean in and risk what you think you know about a person, situation or condition is the requirement for the deepest value, for the richest experience. It may seem difficult, but it is actually the easiest, most natural thing you can do. There’s nothing to sacrifice, no painful proof to provide for your worthiness, and it’s not even a matter of deserving. It is simply feeling the wonder and beauty and love that is free and available to you now.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
