1. It occurs to me that the root of self sabotage is that by creating problems in the outer world, you avoid the peace and calm which cause the problems in your inner world from appearing in your consciousness and demanding resolution.
I don’t think I have said this in quite this way before.
2. It occurs to me that worry, fear and anger are inimical to empathy. It is easy enough to feel what someone else is feeling if it happens to coincide with what we are feeling, but the task is to see what’s there, not to resonate solely with like-minded people. This teaches nothing. You learn nothing.
And if you are worried about anything, your emotional vision is clouded. If you fear, if you are angry, likewise. If you are sad.
The best place from which to see honestly? Happiness, if you are capable of also touching everything else.