It’s easy to trick ourselves into believing we’ve healed simply because we’ve learned to masterfully control our external environment and have a good understanding of why we do what we do. But the proof is in the pudding: true healing has happened when you no longer get activated by old patterns.

We tend to pair our existential experience and identities with that of the development of the first phase of intellectual sovereignty, but if you’re really seeking freedom, these other levels of sovereignty are important to experience, too.

The brain does not hold memory like a computer.

What happens when you can't feel anything? Where do you start? What is it like when you finally start to feel again?