Your no to life separates you

life is happening whether we want it to or not. We have to get out of bed whether we want to or not. So there's a level of life that just happens, right? And often what we do, what I did, and a lot of people do, is they say no to that just very simple aspect of life.

They're quite literally saying no to the sun rising, to a day passing, to a joint aching, if that makes sense. And that's a large part what the self does, is it says no to things, and then it builds a story around the no.