It is not until we give up everything we use to hide from the pain, such as self-medicating with drugs, cigarettes, sex, gambling, overworking, relationship addictions, tv or gaming addictions etc that we notice our pain. We will use anything and everything that distracts us from being alone with ourselves so that we do not have to make conscious what is hindering us. Until then these Subconscious tendencies - these karmic filled Vasanas are healed, they will rule how we think - how we respond and interact with the world. Until we face them, we will search the world looking for peace outside ourselves in 'things', thus allowing the world to exploit us.
We have to find the courage to let them go and allow whatever is buried deep within us to come to the surface so that we deal with them and let them go.
This is the only way to know ever-lasting peace.
- Tracy Pierce
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