Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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That’s the state in between the scales. When it’s your goal,
there’s no way to lose.
This is difficult for most people, and often, people will
continue to create stress, problems, and drama for themselves
because their egos are still very much attached to
thinking they need something external to make them feel
good. This is the quintessential sign of someone who has
not yet found their inner peace: They are searching, often
frantically, for a sense of satisfaction, belonging, or worthiness
outside of themselves.
So really, it’s not that happiness isn’t a virtuous thing to
which you should aspire, or that happiness isn’t something
you’re ever allowed to feel. The reality is that inner peace
is the true happiness, and everything else is just a false
means of trying to convince yourself that you are “okay.”
Think about it this way: What do you typically imagine
will bring you happiness? Money, a relationship, a promotion?
What happens when you achieve those things?
Consistently, throughout all of humankind, the answer is
the same: You return to your baseline. This is because this
kind of happiness is not real. It is only being completely at
peace with whenever you are in any given day that you will
find a genuine sense of wonder, presence, and joy.
WHAT DRIVES US AWAY FROM INNER PEACE IN THE FIRST
PLACE?