“What holds us back is mostly not wanting to relinquish our identity, however ill-fitting, mistaken, and painful it is because we would rather be a someone who suffers rather than a no one that doesn’t. To overcome our reluctance, we must see through our mistaken view based on erroneous beliefs about who and what we are. We would prefer to cling to a mistake because the fear of not doing so is great enough that we can’t imagine letting go, yet it isn’t really a conscious choice because the mistaken view is so profoundly bought into that our delusion and confusion make even accurately seeing the truth impossible for the most part. And not being able to even see the truth, we can’t just step into it because that would be utter pretense. But the truth is closer than our heartbeat or our own breath. It’s so close and intimate that we miss it entirely in every moment, taking it for granted while believing a story about our lives that bears little resemblance to reality.”

— Greg Kaminsky, Entangled in Sunlight