If we’ve only been seeped in dysfunction, we will instinctively normalize that behavior, not understanding that healthy people relate in a completely different way.

My mom, more than anyone on the planet, has always known that my success relied heavily on my freedom. If she wanted to stay connected to me, she had to let me go, over and over and over.

How is it possible for us to experience both union and sovereignty in relationship? Where do these experiences originate from?

Spiritual union: one of the many avenues through which two people can discover the universe together, so long as both remember their sovereignty.

What I thought was freedom — each time I encountered it — was barely scratching the surface. Freedom of expression is only the beginning.

To me one thing was clear: what he truly wanted was permission to live in the fullest expression of his truth, unbound by convention, no longer shackled by the crippling fear of not belonging in an already isolating human experience.

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.

If you had a tool that could reallocate negative energy to somewhere more productive, wouldn't you want to get mastery in using it?