Life is a two-way street: The most important lesson learned from Ayahuasca

Understanding that the world is being co-created in the present, rather than something that was created by one being in the past, is the most profound realization one can reach.

Forget the damage others are doing to you, first take a look at the damage you are doing to yourself.

Then take another look, and then another, and soon you will see that there is no enemy outside.

The war is going on within you. It’s your true self against your false sense of self.

Your true self lives in the world around you, you only have to learn how to see it.

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The true self knows how to find infinity even in a single grain of sand. As long as you are seeking you will keep failing, because that is the game. The day you decide to stop seeking and commit to becoming a finder, you will find all the answers sitting right in front of your face.

Having healthy boundaries is the most important thing one can learn in their lifetime.

Creating a space for yourself where no one can intrude and interrupt your flow is the first step in breaking the barriers of the limited or false self. The false self is either overstepping boundaries or allowing others to do the same.

It is like a child that is crying, and instead of the parent finding out what is bothering the child, they tell the child to eat a candy and not to feel sad. Now the child believes that it can get a candy just by crying. So what does the child do when the parent says No? It starts crying. And the parent, instead of setting a healthy boundary, allows their guilt to overpower them and give the child a candy.

If you need to feel sad, feel sad. If you need to feel guilty, feel guilty. Don’t replace it with a false sense of happiness. Sometimes we need to feel something and that is just part of the life experience. Escaping endlessly will get you nowhere.

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