Put on noise-canceling headphones without music, and you’ll hear a pulse.
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump…
Your heartbeat — a process essential to keeping you alive. Yet your “self” has absolutely no control over it.
Isn’t that strange?
The process started, continues, and will end all on its own. There’s plenty more “chaos” like that inside you — peristalsis, hormone production, sweating, pupil reflexes, hiccups, tissue regeneration, immune responses, and so on.
But that’s not all. Ask yourself these questions:
What is intuition?
What makes trust possible?
When does an insight appear?
Where do dreams come from?
Why is it so hard to resist curiosity?
Why did you fall in love with someone?
How do you recognize personal meaning?
When do you realize what you’re capable of?
Well, the area where the “self” has influence, let alone control, is laughably small.
For the proud Ego, accepting this truth is impossible. What’s a balloon worth once you pop it? It’s useless.
To put it bluntly, the Ego mistakenly sees itself as a condom, not the process of love. The first is about risk control; the second is about the continuation of life.
The less we cling to a specific form, the more we merge with the eternal process that creates all forms.
And by recognizing our humble role, we find more free.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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As a business therapist, I help tech founders quickly solve dilemmas at the intersection of business and personality, and boost company value as a result.
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