You need to be careful.

Because like whenever there's a powerful text or powerful book, you know, especially like spiritual ones, right?

Really any philosophy, it could be bent in the direction we're already leaning.

Like if I come looking for justification for anything, I could probably find it.

And if I come looking for ammunition, I'll definitely find it.

And that's not because the text is broken.

It's because we bring something to it, right?

We're seeing it with our lenses.

The teachings are potent.

They don't just inform us.

They amplify us.

So the real question isn't only like, what does this say?

But what am I hoping it will say?

Right.

And that's a humbling place to stand because it means growth starts with examining our own personal motive, not just quoting our sources.

It's hard to be honest.

It's hard to be very sincere.

And that's what it's going to take to really...

I feel like it's like you're digging in these spiritual books.

But it takes real honesty, real sincerity, and real vulnerability.

Or else you just keep on hidden rocks and say, this hole doesn't go any farther.

Right?

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