if you're in a dark place, where
you want to lash out with pettiness
and anger.. you want to insult someone,
express how hurt you are by what they
did.. do it. lose yourself in that dark place..
embrace it. become inspired with terror and
anger and malice. the 'enlightened' approach
is overrated.. it is also unnatural. be free to
express anger, sadness, malice.. embrace your
shadow. stop running from it. stop violently
repressing it with manners and futile attempts
at self-improvement. embrace your ego, because
the greatest ego trip is to think you have transcended
the ego. enlightenment is everything, because 'everything'
is non-dual. you are still a Buddha if you run your mouth
with angry knives. 'Nice' can be violent, because 'nice' can
imply self-oppression. Free yourself with a needed 'hey,
*******!'

you're alive. so you might as well admit it. lose
yourself both in beauty and in terror. let all of
it set you on fire with inspiration, and admit
that, sometimes, you really do just want to
watch the world burn, otherwise there is no
room for anything else to grow. let yourself
stoop to that level and admit you house evil
as well as good. you are night and day. it's
all part of the mad dance of life, so you
might as well turn the music up and stop
holding yourself down tooth-and-nail in
order to save face.

your anger is a beautiful thing. embrace it.
your sadness is a beautiful thing. embrace it.
your life is a beautiful thing. embrace it.

every last inch of it. every nook and cranny.

every dark vacuum and every bright field.