Initially when our foundations are rocked, when we lose our external security, we feel very fragile. In that moment, we have a choice. Am I the Phoenix and rise from the ashes or do I just keep wallowing in the ashes?

Love is very light, very joyful, very simple and innocent.

There's a part of us that is addicted to suffering, that equates love with suffering.

You can have all the external experiences but you have to be the love first.

We're trying to fill something internal with something external. We're trying to fill something real with something illusionary.

Once we do fill the void and experience the expansion in consciousness, we realize there is enough and has always been enough. We've always had exactly what we've needed in every moment.

We're like little puppies chasing our tails. We realize we're never getting what we want and then realize we need to do something a bit more profound.