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There are multiple versions of the self we show the world. This engenders a “shadow self” anchored to problems and secrets, binding us to failures.
Peter Pan caught his shadow, unwilling to let the dark trickster slip away. The lesson is to integrate the shadow as a dark reflection of ourselves necessary to becoming whole. After all, it is our shadow… no one else’s.
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We spend the majority of our lives in our head, crafting our dramas, articulating rebuttals. We are not happy there, yet refuse to leave.
Meanwhile nature is rustling. The minute you let go and pay attention, a supreme peace can be upon you.
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Your brain’s "default mode network" can be seen as your "ego," interpreting (mediating) your inner and outer worlds.
Too much ego can lead to rumination, depression, OCD, and addiction.
One way to quiet ego: get a physical hobby that recognizes mastery. Move out of your head into reality.
The newest shortcut: shrooms.
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If you don’t know what reality is, how can you fix the world?
Gandhi says "Change yourself before changing the world," but you can change into a more deluded person if you do not see the world clearly first.
