The unconditioned man

We cannot renovate the mask-like fear-based personality. The most we can do with this fragile shell of a self is step out of it, as chicks do after a period of assiduous pecking.

Please Please Me

What pleases us is good, what displeases us is bad. This is the province of the personality, aka the little me, the false self. The best is neither good nor bad. It’s now.

Behind the mask

We hide ourselves in order to experience the unbearable thrill of being found.

Locked and loaded

Let’s say that the goal is vulnerability, the living of a free and undefended life. This is simply not possible if we’re full of fear. Freedom begins with the recognition that there are no degrees of fear. Fear of anything is fear of everything.

Knowing the difference

We routinely hear people say, “People are complicated.” This is not actually true. Ego is complicated.