Starving the Old Narrative: You’re Not Stuck in Life, You’re Embedded in Fantasy

Once you begin to starve those beliefs, consistently and without drama, something else takes their place; you don’t replace them; life does, and how it does it isn’t your business. Remember, the old self cannot envision or construct the new self; it can only annihilate itself by releasing itself. The replacement, i.e. the revelation, comes from an altogether different place that is entirely closed off to the the cognitive possibilities of the olds self and the old environment. That is not an idea or a belief. It is simply the nature of how things unfold. … More Starving the Old Narrative: You’re Not Stuck in Life, You’re Embedded in Fantasy

The Nauseating Discomfort of Facing Core Stories

But who came first? I or the story? Who’s the storyteller, and who is the listener? What do you believe deep down? What do you hold true about yourself? And what’s the origin of these truths? And who verified them and gave them the status of truth? What if none is true? What if I float? What if the water is murky! What if I drift away, hit something, or be bit by a surprise! … More The Nauseating Discomfort of Facing Core Stories