Inward (The Inward Trilogy)

by Yung Pueblo

a hero is one who heals their own wounds and then shows others how to do the same

love cannot cause pain; attachments cause pain. we create attachments in our mind when we want to hold on to something or someone, or when we expect things to be a certain way. when the attachments that we create in our minds break, we feel their rupture deeply. how deeply depends on how much we identify with the image that we have created. when things happen contrary to these images that we hold dear in our minds, we feel pain from these attachments being stretched and broken. attachments are not a form of true love. unconditional love, selfless love, a love without expectations is a higher form of existence that creates no attachments or images. it is a state of profound egolessness. expectations and judgments are attachments that the untrained mind repeatedly creates, causing more knots and burdens that impede our happiness. the typical human mind is eclipsed by the delusion of ego; the ego separates, categorizes, and labels everything that it comes across, causing our discontent and misunderstanding.

the mind is purified as we release the weight of the past and the yearnings for specific things in the future—especially if our happiness is dependent on obtaining these things. the mind is clear, powerful, and effectively decisive when we can truly observe the present moment without projecting our ego onto it. freedom is something we build within. freedom is a habit.