Blood & Ink: Friday

“Am I doing this out of courage, or fear?”

This question brings great clarity.

A ruthless katana, cutting quickly to the heart of the matter.

Life rewards great courage. Reality hungers for the brave, bold, and fully alive.

If you’re stuck on something, ask yourself this question. Would this choice be made out of courage—born of what is most true, good, and beautiful inside of me—or out of fear, letting smallness, apathy, and uncertainty win?

This should be enough of a trailhead to get you started toward deeper clarity.

I was humbled in my ceremony last night. Extremely challenging experience, but profoundly beautiful on the other side of it.

I walked in feeling like hot shit. Just off a successful retreat, getting a bunch more ceremonies under my belt. Back on the mat. I knew what I was doing. I knew how to handle this.

WHAM.

Endless oceans of unfathomably complex organic intelligence opened up in front of me. Staring deep into a labyrinthine maze composed of sound, light, and space—shifting in violently geometric impossibilities.

Ah, how little we know. How much there is to learn, grow, play, dance, and explore.

And the simple way to move forward in light of the insurmountable complexity of Reality?

Choose courage. Every time.

You can do it, I love you.
EB.