"Avidyā—misperceiving the self.
You believed success would quiet your inner chaos. But instead, it only amplified it."
They told you success would set you free.
But here you are—with the money, the business, the influence—and something still feels off.
You’re always “on.”
You’re exhausted.
You lie awake at 3 AM negotiating with your own nervous system.
And despite your achievements, it feels like you’re watching your life from behind glass.
This is the golden cage.
It’s luxury.
It’s performance.
It’s burnout in designer packaging.
In yogic philosophy, this is known as avidyā—misperceiving the self.
You believed success would quiet your inner chaos. But instead, it only amplified it.
You see, when you build a life without stabilizing your inner world, the outer world eventually cracks.
This is the Second Noble Truth in Buddhism:
Suffering has a cause. And that cause lives in your blind spots.
Your anger isn’t just anger.
It’s attachment to control.
Your insomnia isn’t just stress.
It’s resistance to impermanence.
Your shame isn’t weakness.
It’s unmet longing for unconditional love.
And now your success feels like a liability.
Your emotional volatility is leaking into your business.
Your team is walking on eggshells.
Your partner feels more like a colleague than a companion.
This moment—the one where the old ways stop working—isn’t failure.
It’s the doorway to liberation.
In the Buddhist path, it’s the Third Noble Truth:
The end of suffering is possible.
In yoga, we call this viveka—discernment.
The power to see clearly.
To choose presence over performance.
Wisdom over reactivity.
Clarity over chaos.
Because here’s the truth:
You don’t need to abandon your ambition to find peace.
You need to rebuild your success on a different foundation—one that includes the self you keep hiding.
The most powerful leaders today aren’t the ones who grind hardest.
They’re the ones who’ve mastered their internal world.
Who’ve broken the cycle of reactive decisions and built a nervous system that can hold power with grace.
They don’t just read about dharma.
They live it.
And you can too.
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there is Buddha.
- Milarepa
Milarepa (1052-1135 AD), a Tibetan yogi and poet, was a man who turned the trajectory of his life from misdeed to enlightenment, reminding us of the enduring potential of the human spirit.