The Insight Was Real. The Integration Was Not.
You saw something true. The problem is not what you saw — it is what happened when you came back.
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The Heroic Cycle: Why Your Breakthroughs Keep Crashing
The spike is not progress. It is the nervous system performing intensity instead of building capacity.
The Voltage Problem: Why Your Practice Keeps Stalling
You don't have a discipline problem. You have a voltage problem.
The Stability You Are Building Will Never Hold
The ground you stand on is not the ground. It is the standing.
Pacing: Why Harder Practice Isn't Better Practice
You are training your nervous system the way a weekend warrior trains for a marathon -- all intensity, no periodization, and wondering why you keep getting injured.
Effort Is a Feature, Not a Bug
There is no effortless path. There is only the question of what kind of effort you are making.
Sipping the Rose: Coming Home to the Body
You can narrate impermanence and non-self with precision. But when was the last time you actually felt something?
Your Attention Is Not Broken
Your attention is not wandering. It is following the exact trajectory your conditioning laid down for it.