“You cannot run from unhappiness and expect to find endless joy. Opposites are intertwined, forever orbiting and unable to exist without one another. But more than joy, there is freedom; and in freedom, there is love, which has no opposite. It simply is.” -AJ Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“Freedom is not merely saying and doing whatever you want, whenever you want. That is stupidity, evidence of immaturity. Freedom comes when you silence all the voices (others’ and your own), when you become comfortable with the pause, just before a universe of possibilities opens up to you.” -AJ Larson, amyjalapeno.com
Being a part of communities is important. They connect us with our own humanity, with compassion and belonging. But when a full dose of community is all we get every single day, we lose touch with who we are and what our individual contribution is to the whole. We become the cookie-cutter model of our […]
“I propose that spirituality, sensuality, and joy are synonymously linked. Joined by the spark of spirit that asks, ‘Who am I?‘ The spirit feels the answer through the sensation of the body, with the effect being bliss, hell, or your spiritual sandbox (everything in between).” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com When the spirit separates from the body, […]
