When we open the door from our side, it thus remains open, unless we reclose it. Honesty is a recurring and prevalent spiritual principle in recovery. It is the basis of the program but its power extends far beyond keeping the spiritual malady contained. I witnessed this firsthand, as I continually tried to enter the path of sobriety but repeatedly failed. I learned that honesty was the first step at recovery but my mind was so distorted by my conditioned belief systems that

“It is hard for you to look at your own repressed pain. It is hard for society to look at the pain of its outcasts. But this must be done. Everybody lives in a prison of reactivity until the wound is made conscious. It is not just the criminal who is behind bars. The men and women who put him there live behind different bars. If you don’t bring your unconscious material into awareness it will express on its own distorted terms. If you don’t work intentionally with the crimina

Change is an unavoidable fact of life, in fact change is the only constant in life, but it can be a source of deep discomfort and resistance. Imagine that moment where we state a personal declaration to ourselves. We announce our commitment to change an aspect of our lives. It could be the time we wake up in the morning, a new health routine or spending less time at work. We may follow through with our new plan, but suddenly we slip back into our past behaviours. What seems l