Inward (The Inward Trilogy)

by Yung Pueblo

before i could release the weight of my sadness and pain, i first had to honor its existence

i was never addicted to one thing; i was addicted to filling a void within myself with things other than my own love

i kept running away from my darkness until i understood that in it i would find my freedom

Sounds like shadow work

it is through the observation of all that we are and accepting what we observe with honesty and without judgment that we can release the tension that creates delusions in the mind and walls around the heart. this is why the keys to our freedom lie in our darkness: because when we observe our darkness by bringing our light of awareness inward, the ego begins to dissipate into nothingness and the subconscious slowly becomes understood.

it is not love if all they want from you is to fulfill their expectations

make sure the walls you build to protect yourself do not become a prison

changes in the external world can cause great misery when we do not know how to engage and heal ourselves.

we all have the right to protect ourselves from pain, but be aware that these walls can turn from protection into prison—the more walls we build around ourselves, the less space we have to grow and be free.

the opposite of this mode of being is to have a practice that helps us go deep within ourselves to dissolve the walls, to heal the patterns that cause us pain, to release burdens and traumas, and to discover the universe that dwells inside each of us.

the body contains our past emotions healing work creates space for the release of what we felt long ago

ask yourself often: am i observing the situation accurately or am i projecting how i feel onto what is happening?

healing yourself can be messy seeing yourself through honesty can be jarring and tough; it can even temporarily cause imbalance in your life it is hard work to open yourself up to release your burdens like removing thorns from your body, it may hurt at first, but it is ultimately for your highest good the dark clouds of rainfall are necessary for new growth

when passion and attachment come together, they are often confused for love

i spent most of my life trying to prove to myself and others that i had no pain and felt no sorrow

ego makes us see the world through fearful illusions; it makes us give the same punishing treatment we give ourselves to other people.

what we face internally is a microcosm of what humanity faces globally—

if you measure the length of your ego, it will equal the distance between you and your freedom

there is not a single moment when change is not present.

reminder: you can love people and simultaneously not allow them to harm you

to be so broken to have f a l l e n so deeply that the only thing you can do is r i s e into a new you (phoenix)

when we hold on to these attachments, they travel with us as a burden, from our past, to our present, and into our future. they can even be passed on to our descendants long after we are gone.

when you grow rapidly and experience such deep insights that you can no longer look at yourself or the world in the same way be kind allow yourself the time and space to settle into the new you (integrate)

the mind is a series of patterns if we wish to change ourselves we should create new habits when we build new habits we are creating a new life

feed your fire cleanse your air tend your earth treat your water (self-care)

in one lifetime we can be reborn many times

a partner who supports your dreams and your healing is a priceless gem, a heaven in human form (selfless love)

forcing ourselves to be happy is not genuine or useful being honest about what we feel, while remaining calm and aware, is the real work

there is an important difference between dwelling in misery and understanding that on the path of healing things will come up that sometimes cause us to feel the old emotions and patterns that we are working on letting go.

practicing such profound honesty within ourselves helps in all facets of internal and external life—there is no real freedom without honesty, and without honesty, there can be no peace of mind.

healing ourselves isn’t about constantly feeling bliss; being attached to bliss is a bondage of its own. trying to force ourselves to be happy is counterproductive, because it suppresses the sometimes tough reality of the moment, pushing it back within the depths of our being, instead of allowing it to arise and release.

healing ourselves is the personal movement we embark on to let go of all the conditioning that limits our freedom; in this journey there will undoubtedly be moments of bliss and difficulty. real happiness and wisdom grow from the reality we ...

i trust the ones who are always seeking to grow

i want a love that doesn’t break one that gives me water when i am consumed by fire one that offers me shelter when i am lost one that helps me see that the hero i am looking for is me (partners)

whenever we are asked to limit our love, to be selective with our love, to reserve our love for some parts of ourselves and not others or to reserve our love for some people and not others, we do a disservice to ourselves by following along, because any love withheld becomes tension in our being.

freedom is deeper than believing that we are free on the conscious level of the mind—the conscious may think this to be so, but if the subconscious is still burdened with patterns that cause us misery, delusion, and the pain that comes with unceasing reactions, then we are not yet wholly free.