Speakings

The End is Always Joy

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You can find the synopsis of this episode, further notes, and a convenient place to comment ⁠here⁠. I will also periodically update my thoughts on this episode's content at that same link.


Key points of this "speaking":

  • Every conceptual schema is a mythology if you go down far enough. Hold these mythologies lightly.
    • In order to be truly successful, you have to tend to your particular energy in the way that it requires.
      • We have to risk self-deception in order to find our inner guide. No one knows for sure whether or not their lives are progressing in the direction they want them to.
        • Because of the risk of self-deception, systems of control are created to manufacture the illusion of progress.
          • It’s possible to arrive at the end of your life and realize your life was a variation of hiding. But you won’t arrive there without having allowed your body, mind, and heart to go blind in to some degree throughout your life.
            • This blindness is not darkness— that depth of feeling and thought that makes tender and meaningful your life— but a flinching in the face of darkness.
              • Anything can be a tool of awakening or an opiate.
                • Positive thinking will not save us, but deep-rooted joy will.
                  • Where there is truth, joy will follow.
                    • If you are still in despair, you are not at the end. The end is always joy.


                      • If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future topics, you can email me at [email protected]. You can also check out my website at ⁠www.sondrawriter.com⁠, where you'll find my essays and links to ⁠my memoir⁠.


                      Music is L'épisode cévenol by Circus Marcus, from the Free Music Archive. License type: CC BY-NC.

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