With all the conspiracies, with everything going on in the world, all of us must be feeling somewhat heavy when we browse here.
It seems like suffering is on every corner. Everywhere you look, there is corruption and unconsciousness. Even though an awakening seems to be happening, one wonders if it’s enough, or if it will happen in time.
So you keep digging, researching and spreading awareness. Until you start getting really tired. And then, to top it off, you see for the millionth time, that highly upvoted thread on the main page. That thread filled with propaganda, with fearmongering, filled with people that just don’t care. People that don’t want peace, people that want war, that want to hunt down the “bad guys”. People with no empathy or regard for human life.
Recently there have been many threads on Russia popping up and the comments were filled with people pushing for war, pushing for violence, literally filled with hatred for the Russians (yes, not only the leaders, the people as well). People claiming that the Russians created the Trump presidency. My God people, even if the allegations against Russia were somehow true, it is ultimately the US that, for better or worse, voted in Trump.
It’s fascinating to me how people love war, love conflict. Do people have any idea what war is like? And no, playing Call of Duty does not count as war-time experience.
It seems to me people don’t really see. They are just blinded with a fog over their minds. They don’t see the human in the other, they only see labels. Liberals, conservatives, Russians, Muslims, blacks, whites, Jews, the Chinese…etc. ad infinitum. And those labels are all they see. Those aren’t beings, living beings. They are reduced to mental labels.
We label everyone and everything. Even the animals. We justify the horrifying conditions animals are kept in, the factory farms, the torture for scientific purposes…simply because we ultimately do not see them as living beings. We only see our pets as living beings. That’s where it usually stops for most people.
It almost seems as if a form of psychopathy, which fundamentally is a lack of empathy, is quite prevalent in our society. It seems that for many, it is this selective reasoning, where we can feel compassion for our family, yet feeling it for our neighbour, or God forbid, for the evil communists is a step too far. It is outside of our comfort zone.
“The people of western countries have more compassion than at any time in history, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere when compassion actively hinders prosperity.” I heard a recent commenter say in a thread about Russia.
Really?
Does anyone realize that compassion is one of the fundamentals of mental health, of happiness itself, as well as the foundation of healthy human relations? Do people realize just how much joy and peace actual compassion can bring? And on top of that, how much it can help our society? Does anyone realize what kind of a world we will be living in if compassion and empathy become non-existent?
So we come to the real problem. The real problem is our pain. This is why we lack compassion. We avoid ourselves, thus not even knowing we are still alive. We distract ourselves. We live in the society of the spectacle.
Because of this we become dead inside. If you do not know who you are, if you cannot even feel your feelings, if you are cut off from yourself – you cannot empathize with anyone. You cannot have healthy relationships. And you cannot expect to have inner peace. You cannot create a functional society on a basis of no empathy, of inner deadness.
How can you expect to function in a society with other beings in a normal manner? How can we expect this society to function if we are all dead inside?
We must look within and face our pain. We must come to ourselves and thus come to our senses.
If you allow yourself to be present, right now, dropping the past and future for just a moment, you will see. You will notice a peace, a stillness, a lightness, a softness.
But because you have been away from your inner home for so long, you will also feel your accumulated pain. Embrace it, love it, breathe through it. Allow yourself to really feel it and do not get trapped into the thoughts that it spins in your mind. Then look deeply into it and try to understand it. See the source of it, the cause of it. See what wrong perception you may have, question them. Question your beliefs, your assumptions. If action is needed, take it. Take it by using reason and intuition. If you embrace and dissolve your inner pain you will come to clarity and you will know how to act in a much more efficient and productive manner.
Beneath all the pain you may have, there is peace, there is freedom. You will see this is the case for yourself. For now you will simply have to trust me, but ultimately you must prove this to yourself, otherwise it won’t work. You cannot let this be something you either believe or disbelieve. You must prove to yourself that there is peace beyond ALL and ANY pain. That you can be free NO MATTER WHAT.
Why are simple processes like this, simple meditations, simple ways of centering yourself, not taught in school? In kindergarten even? Why can we not handle our emotions? Why does nobody tell us that primary contentment comes form within? Is it because a society of drones that need to be hyped up on pharmaceutical drugs and propped up in front of a TV to get that dopamine high is easier to control?
Even if we drop any conspiracy aspect of this and simply see it as the blind leading the blind (and ultimately, I would say that any psychopaths in power are quite blind in that sense), we must see that this is important to us. It is important for the preservation of our society.
It is important to look within. It is important because the inner precedes the outer. Our thoughts come before our actions. And our inner world decides our thoughts. So how can we express productive, positive action if we are distracted from our inner experience and allow it to be polluted?
I encourage you all to look within. To face and embrace your pain. If you can find at least a tiny bit more of inner peace, just a smidgen, your actions and life will be much more proactive and productive. You will be able to help everyone better and spread awareness better on the topics you know matter.
Do not fear your feelings. Use your breath to steady yourself and face your pain. In the light of your awareness you will see that you are dealing with mere phantoms. There may be many feelings, but you can handle anything that is set on your path. You are freedom!
Much love to you all and best wishes in the coming new year.
For any help on dissolving your inner pain, may the following be of some assistance:
-Embracing and Dissolving Inner Pain and Suffering (A short meditative process that you can use to face your inner pain)
-Triple Welcoming Process (The Sedona Method) (A short, less than four minute long audio of a releasing/welcoming process that can greatly alleviate inner pain. It’s like a mini-meditation and it’s helped me greatly. You can just loop it and listen to it over and over until your issue is greatly lessened or completely resolved.)
-The Work, by Katie Bryon (This is a short self-psychotherapeutic process in which you question your long held beliefs, thoughts, assumptions, that are causing you pain – the whole thing is also published in her book, ‘Loving What Is’, but is free in its totality on her site)
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Nicely said, and thanks for the time put into this post. It starts with being the change you want to see.
The only thing I’d change, is the title. It’s not about saving the world, per se, it’s about saving yourself in order to help those you love and care for. Your spirit being chose to be here, at this point in time for a reason. We either ascend or descend in the Astral realm. The goal is to ascend, and you do it by doing the very things you’ve talked about.
Peace and love!
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torkarl: For what its worth, I find myself asking this question from two vantage points: the heart, and the mind. The answers I get from those two places are different. From the heart I get love, patience, acceptance, forgiveness, which fits in with your post. From the mind I get layers upon layers of strange and implausible misdirections, as if to solve a puzzle by shredding the pieces in a billion bits and throwing them into a tornado before you can painstakingly re-locate every bit’s original place in the puzzle, but the picture of the puzzle is now the opposite of what it was when you started playing.
sometimesineedhelp: A while ago I decided to intentionally leave “the internet” for a year to see how my life changes (check back in 2019 for a follow up) – I love this post so much I’ve decided to make it the last one I read on Reddit & start my new year’s experiment a few days early – thanks for those lovely links
baakoanon: Knowledge can destroy a man. I hope no one goes through what I have. Thank you for this
EyesClosedInMirror: I like where your head’s at. Thank you for sharing. Please continue to write. I enjoyed reading that.
tastygoods: One side refuses to do anything and the other side hates you. ?♂️
killerjavi98: Yes understanding ourselves and our psychology is the way to understand the world and not feel like a victim, don’t let negative emotions like fear, depression and anxiety consume us. There are dark forces that want to keep us in this state and it’s a battle for humanity, truth, and freedom. Whose side are you on?
ooaaguess: Be active in your community.
StefanYellowCurry: we can start by not thinking that Alex Jones is Bill Hicks.
murphy212: > If you allow yourself to be present, right now, dropping the past and future for just a moment, you will see. You will notice a peace, a stillness, a lightness, a softness.
This is very good advice. It is age-old wisdom, but has recently taken the name of [mindfulness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness). It is a precursor to [self-enquiry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-enquiry_%28Ramana_Maharshi%29).
Whaddaya Say?