We deny the enormity, the intensity of our darkest emotions. We judge ourselves and shove our unacknowledged feelings into our unconscious. There they reside, the most powerful influences invisible to us. These unconscious emotions are the roots of our rage, depression, aggression, anxiety, and pain.
They make us weak, gullible, manipulable, susceptible, anxious and easily provoked.
Because we are unaware of them, we do not control them, they control us.
They prevent us from seeing things as they are.
There is no remedy for suffering like self-knowledge. There is no greater struggle than the struggle with one's own self. There is no greater gift you can offer the world than your own realization and fulfillment.
and Allah knows best.
image with thanks via Maarten Maarten Appel on Facebook
