Dallas BraggFormer crystal methamphetamine user, I help men who have sex with men break free from the addictive patterns associated with Chemsex. Currently expanding my expertise by seeking to become a Certified

Holding Two Truths

11 Mar 2026 · 2 min

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In this solo talk, Dallas Bragg introduces a core exercise from his self‑development and recovery program called the “prophetic vision,” which serves as a personal North Star for becoming one’s highest version. He explains that many men entering the program are burdened by guilt, low self‑worth, and shame, often using the phrase “I am becoming…” as a reminder of perceived inadequacy. Bragg then presents the central principle that individuals must hold two truths simultaneously: (1) they are perfectly happy and content as they are, and (2) they are continuously striving to become a better, higher, more expansive self. He argues that true transformation requires peace with the present self; without it, growth stalls. Bragg contrasts a mindset of lack—where one focuses on what is missing and consequently attracts more lack—with a mindset of abundance, where contentment and peace attract further abundance. The talk emphasizes that adopting the abundance perspective fuels both contentment and ongoing personal expansion, offering a framework for recovery and personal growth.

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In my program, we start with an exercise called the prophetic vision. This vision is meant to act as your North Star to lead you to becoming the best and highest version of yourself. It's the version that your active use experience brought to bear. It's what that active use is, the crucible. It's the initiation that brings about that version of you. And the prompt to begin writing it is, I am becoming someone who... Because so many of the men that come into this program are laden with guilt, low self-worth, and shame. They will, they'll use that prompt, I am becoming somebody who, to hold themselves in a constant state of not enoughness. They use that word becoming against themselves. It's like some type of reminder that they're still not who they visualize themselves to be. That's not what the sentence is about. In recovery and in life, You hold 2 truths. One is I'm perfectly happy and content, and one is I'm always trying to become someone better, higher, and more expansive. You have to be able to hold these 2 truths at the same time. Until you become at peace with who you are, you're unable to transform into who you're becoming. That's the way it works. Because when you come from a place of lack, You're going to attract more lack. So if you come from a place of, I'm becoming this, and when I do become that, I'll finally be happy. But right now I'm gonna list all the reasons why I'm not there yet. If only I was somebody different, or any other statement that infers that you're not enough. When you come from a place of abundance, you attract abundance. So when you come from a place of, I'm totally content and at peace with who I am, then you attract more reasons to become content and at peace with who you are. Totally content and at peace with who you are. And more and more, that energy attracts the same energy. But if you come from a place of lack, you're going to attract more and more reasons to show you why you're not enough.