Cory Richards

Because I started to see that like Mandela or like Viktor Frankl, when you start to see the world as a collection of complicated, contradictory beings, there is a necessary extension of compassion. And it also happens internally when you start to see yourself you take agency and you start to see that you are full of contradictions. You are full of polarities.

Because I started to see that like Mandela or like Viktor Frankl, when you start to see the world as a collection of complicated, contradictory beings, there is a necessary extension of compassion. And it also happens internally when you start to see yourself you take agency and you start to see that you are full of contradictions. You are full of polarities.

We are all hypocritical at different times. And the more we're in search for survival, the more binary we become. That's a natural response of the brain. In writing the book, when I was confronted with my own stories, and I was coming more into contact with my heart, I realized that I could reframe the stories. I could abandon the narratives. I could literally rewrite them on the page.

We are all hypocritical at different times. And the more we're in search for survival, the more binary we become. That's a natural response of the brain. In writing the book, when I was confronted with my own stories, and I was coming more into contact with my heart, I realized that I could reframe the stories. I could abandon the narratives. I could literally rewrite them on the page.

We are all hypocritical at different times. And the more we're in search for survival, the more binary we become. That's a natural response of the brain. In writing the book, when I was confronted with my own stories, and I was coming more into contact with my heart, I realized that I could reframe the stories. I could abandon the narratives. I could literally rewrite them on the page.

And what a powerful experience to do that as an exercise for people.

And what a powerful experience to do that as an exercise for people.

And what a powerful experience to do that as an exercise for people.

Well, and I saw, I literally, one day I had this sort of revelation. I love reading. One of my favorite books is The Power of Myth, where Joseph Campbell talks about how there are basically... archetypes of humans and there are stories that we consistently tell throughout history and half, right? And I started to see, there's this moment where I was like, oh my God, it's all a story.

Well, and I saw, I literally, one day I had this sort of revelation. I love reading. One of my favorite books is The Power of Myth, where Joseph Campbell talks about how there are basically... archetypes of humans and there are stories that we consistently tell throughout history and half, right? And I started to see, there's this moment where I was like, oh my God, it's all a story.

Well, and I saw, I literally, one day I had this sort of revelation. I love reading. One of my favorite books is The Power of Myth, where Joseph Campbell talks about how there are basically... archetypes of humans and there are stories that we consistently tell throughout history and half, right? And I started to see, there's this moment where I was like, oh my God, it's all a story.

And I'm in charge of that. I have the agency to imagine, reimagine and unlearn the stories that I've learned in a very conscious way. And it doesn't mean lie to yourself about it. It doesn't mean these things didn't happen. It means that my interpretation of them and the meaning that I'm giving them is my responsibility. And I have control and agency over that.

And I'm in charge of that. I have the agency to imagine, reimagine and unlearn the stories that I've learned in a very conscious way. And it doesn't mean lie to yourself about it. It doesn't mean these things didn't happen. It means that my interpretation of them and the meaning that I'm giving them is my responsibility. And I have control and agency over that.

And I'm in charge of that. I have the agency to imagine, reimagine and unlearn the stories that I've learned in a very conscious way. And it doesn't mean lie to yourself about it. It doesn't mean these things didn't happen. It means that my interpretation of them and the meaning that I'm giving them is my responsibility. And I have control and agency over that.

And so you step out of the blame mentality and into the gratitude mentality where you see that the shape of you And all of your contradictions and complexities, all of that beautiful mess is yours to own versus somebody else's to control or a memory to control. And there's so much liberation and freedom in that moment. Consciousness is storytelling.

And so you step out of the blame mentality and into the gratitude mentality where you see that the shape of you And all of your contradictions and complexities, all of that beautiful mess is yours to own versus somebody else's to control or a memory to control. And there's so much liberation and freedom in that moment. Consciousness is storytelling.

And so you step out of the blame mentality and into the gratitude mentality where you see that the shape of you And all of your contradictions and complexities, all of that beautiful mess is yours to own versus somebody else's to control or a memory to control. And there's so much liberation and freedom in that moment. Consciousness is storytelling.

And that has been, my life has been defined on some level by polarity. And there is, in the hermetic teachings, that's one of the principles.

And that has been, my life has been defined on some level by polarity. And there is, in the hermetic teachings, that's one of the principles.

And that has been, my life has been defined on some level by polarity. And there is, in the hermetic teachings, that's one of the principles.