YEAR OF ZEN: WINTER: DAY 51

Wolf-Rayet 124 (NIRCam and MIRI composite image)

Q: Have you ever been puffed up with greatness in your pursuits of enlightenment? Or witnessed it in others?

A: Sure, I wrestle with this all the time. I will have moments where my self-awareness filter is not high functioning and I hold myself up more than I should. And similarly, I will (often with little to no evidence) ascribe this to others. Both positions strike me as toxic and not helpful or productive. Just like getting too down on myself (or others) it is a pole, an extreme that ends up being a difficult place to do anything useful from.