And then one day you stumble across the secret of happiness.

It works!

It’s either called the 3 Principles.

Dzogchen mediation.

Non-duality.

The Work.

Taoism.

Ayahuasca or shamanic wisdom.

Whatever it is that Eckhart Tolle talks about.

Or Mooji.

Or Wim Hof.

But no matter what it’s called or who’s presenting it, you can’t keep it to yourself.

You have to share it.

You HAVE TO!

Because if it works for you (and it most certainly seems that way), it will probably work for other people too, right?

You feel the whole world deserves your enlightening experience, your changes, your wellbeing!

So that’s one reason to constantly talk about it, whether it’s really appropriate or logical for the situation or not.

And there’s another one, another drive that makes you shove this new, amazing philosophy into each and every conversation you bump into, on- AND offline.

Insecurity.

It’s still fairly new to you, you’re not really owning it yet, but you want to solidify it, make it more real and powerful, so you’re constantly throwing it out there.

That’s where the idea of confronting and convincing other people can come from.

Getting ferociously mixed up in discussions and debates, letting others know they have it all wrong because you’ve figured out how it REALLY works.

Using other people’s ‘ignorant’ posts to make your point.

Claiming the truth, somehow, again and again.

Always looking to have the final word.

Yeah.

It’s a weird mix of fragility and superiority.

It’s like you’re fighting for complete recognition of this new thing.

Because if stuff makes total, authentic, simple sense to you, the whole urge to keep proving it falls away.

You just know, you’re fine, and that’s it.

I guess I’ve only realized this three minutes ago 🙂

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