Living in errors of righteousness wears us out and drags us down. I wish I could show you how exhausted and sick Edna felt after years of continuous anger. Brian’s continuous self-attack was another tar pit of paralysis and despair. Amelia felt utterly dejected, friendless, and alone. Once we get stuck in an error of righteousness, we suffer big time. The only path that leads away from all this misery is the way of integrity. To follow it out of the seventh circle, we’ll use the same steps you learned in the last chapter: (1) observe thoughts that cause suffering, (2) question them, and (3)
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