We are taught to believe that vulnerability is a weakness, but in reality, it’s a luxury most people can’t afford.
In the world of conditioning, every time you pull a “juicy” truth out of your secret file folder and put it on the table, society tries to charge you a tax. They call you “unstable.” They call you “difficult.” They use social stigma to try and shame you back into the cabinet.
The High Price of Entry
We’ve all felt it—that hot prickle of shame when we’re about to say the thing we aren’t “supposed” to say. That’s the tax collector at your door. We’ve been conditioned to think that if we just stay polished and predictable, we’ll be safe from the cost of being human.
But the truth is much grittier: The price of fitting in is the slow death of your own curiosity. You pay for your “acceptance” with the currency of your soul. You trade your jagged, beautiful edges for a rounded, dull version of yourself that fits neatly into someone else’s filing system.
Buying Back Your Soul
I’m done paying the tax. I’m interested in the people who are ready to be “bankrupt” in the eyes of society if it means they finally get to be solvent in their own hearts. Breaking conditioning isn’t a one-time event; it’s a daily refusal to pay for a life you didn’t choose.
The realest parts of you aren’t the ones that are filed and labeled. They’re the parts that are “too much,” “too loud,” and “too real.” Those are the parts worth keeping. Everything else is just overhead.