We need something else. We need a whole other way of living with one another. Who you are is consciousness itself, is loving awareness. You’re not limited to your personality, to your body, to the beliefs of the society around you. You have a birthright of dignity and of freedom of heart, and this is what’s true.
Jack Kornfield on the Finding Mastery Podcast with Michael Gervais, Ep. 259: Wisdom for our Times
Who you are is so much bigger than the emotions that come—and we live in a culture that doesn’t understand emotional mastery.