“Research the opposite perspective” I said. “Why?” came the response from one that was so certain of the reality tunnel he was digging that all he ever did was aim his awareness in the direction that confirmed what he suspected. To me that is stupid. Real stupid. To him it made perfect sense. What do you think?
I’m a big proponent of reality testing in the sense that there are no thoughts or concepts off limits in my awareness ergo I flip turn them upside down in order to check that contents match the label. Then I go and listen to someone who says different and do the same again. This process is repeated until I come to a satisfactory conclusion on the way it is and this then undergoes the same schtick as my initial base perspective that is constantly refined and revised based upon new insights gained as I play this Game that uses my Soul as a credit in exchange for the flesh it drapes around my unfinite awareness. Tell me, my friend, which perspective do you think lends itself to a more accurate vantage that is closer to the way it is versus “Here is what I wish, and look, everyone else says its correct!“. I know that a some of you may think “Too much effort” as you slide down the well paved street of least resistance that has had frozen water placed on it to assist your descent into accepting the common perspective on everything. In a way I get it, remember I said I honor all perspectives, because you’re too busy with other things they tell you are important and then comes the aspect of amusing yourself to death and engaging in all kinds of petty conflicts and arguments that make up the base for 81% of this planets denizens but I choose to spend my attention in ways I find more profitable. That and its entirely effortless. Know why? I’m just using the standard equipment of Inner Sense that for you is hidden underneath layers and layers of conditioning hence Adulteration bleats “Too much effort” into your head and you, like a ventriloquists dummy made of flesh, repeat its statement and Thunk you originated that perspective. Newsflash, you didn’t.
If you’d researched the opposite perspective it would become obvious that there was a time, once upon a when, you didn’t hear the dulcet tones in your head that guided your actions via its suggestions. No, you may also note that you were much happier, present and creative. Thats the state of Inner Sense and one of the best things I discovered from treading upon the Path of Power that you create my walking. In effect these are the only two options in the Game. The former mentioned is broad, well lit and filled with all kinds of people who slide on their rear ends to wherever it ends. The other is narrow and treacherous, its quite a challenge, and shrouded in darkness. As such its lit by a lantern one finds in their chest and it throws its glow a few feet in front to one who is coherent within. Thats where I’ve been walking for a bit and its from where I sit and survey my Kingdom as I push the pen on this article.
Research the opposite perspective. It really is quite effective when it comes to reality testing the things which may or may not be in your best interests. The person in question at the head of this section came to me as he had a problem. One that is all too common that I call the old “Mince to rice pudding equation” that I’ve detailed, elsewhen. In his situation he came to me seeking conformation of what he said as he needed to prove to someone else his way was correct. He pointed at a few resources and their perspectives which aligned with his hopeful wishes as built on old suggestions that were beamed into his head, back when, that were currently under threat by something a friend said. In his mind this intellectual infidel was a threat to his programmed awareness and he was rushing to defend what he thought as being not only entirely valid but the only logical option. After listening to his opening statement that laid all of this out as the reason for his trip to my office I responded:
“Research the opposite perspective”. “Why?” came the response from one that was so certain of the reality tunnel he was digging that all he ever did was aim his awareness in the direction that confirmed what he suspected. To me that is stupid. Real stupid. To him it made perfect sense. What do you think? Feeling mischievous I decided to let rip as I hit him with both barrels based on previous research into said topic mixed with a healthy swig of intuition and creative thinking. If his friend had attempted to poke a hole in his perspective I’d just aired it out and left it thoroughly ventilated. No menace and no badness intended. The aim was to show him how his reality tunnel is simply one of many and thus they’re all valid. The question is, is it helping? Meaning, on your day to day are you healthy, happy, creative, moving with grace in a state of equilibrium that, with a childs innocence, can ask questions and then consider the information before making your own mind and then continuing the process of trying to make sense of wearing flesh on a planet that floats in the abyss as its chases a fireball through a vacuum thats filled with twinkles? Doesn’t that, as the base totality of your reality, sound totally ridiculous? And yet its upon this the rest of the arguments and divisions are built that are the hallmark of tribal Thunking that brooks no discussion, views no alternatives and simply seeks conformation of what another said.
To me that reeks of (false) self deception. You know what they say about lies, yes? Make it big, bold and convincing then make sure you repeat it often. Its much like hypnosis. There is a lot in common, oh yes, because if the suggestions aren’t refreshed one can slip out of the trance they were placed in. Another interesting sync is that childrens brainwaves are nigh on identical to an adults after word weaving so imagine if instead of parents saying “I believe that and this therefore you should as well” before adding “Never dare to question the traditions of our people as they were handed” even though they themselves are mostly miserable, plenty stressed and scared to death of unveiling their true potent they said “Hop on one leg on this day of the week”. We would see some people do this religiously on a Friday, some pick Saturday instead and some say Sunday is the best. A few pick the left, some state the right was ordained and those new age freaks believe in alternating smoothly between one then the next as they wave the holy lash around their head and get to skipping.
A ludicrous example, I know, but it just shows how flexible this all when you truly comprehend the way the Earthday Suit functions in our quest for making sense and finding a meaning to wearing it in this realm. Like I said, I honor hall perspectives and have had some fascinating conversations at depth with those that are intellectually flexible enough to listen to the opposite when it presents even if they haven’t researched it and never will. In response to the skipping statement somebody else said “Very clever, I see what you’re saying but can’t say I agree with it. Granted its a visceral proof of the way we accept programming and influence but I’m talking about loftier things and your example is quite frivolous”.
“Is it? Is it really, though?” I questioned. After all, what I’d just sketched inside his head wasn’t based on anything else but certain facts and perspectives that I’d stitched into a coherent narrative to create an example about world building. I followed it up with:
“You have a Soul, yes?“. He nodded his head. “And you believe, in a way that is one hundred percent certain and can’t be shook, rattled or rolled even a bit that your perspective is not only entirely valid but others aren’t even worth considering as they got it wrong, were corrupted or actually following Satan himself and headed straight to the bowels of Hell for believing such ridiculous things”. Once again, he nodded. “What if you, this same Soul rendered in flesh that sits in my office after five decades and change on the planet had incarnated elsewhen instead?”.
“What do you mean?” he responded as he shifted in his seat.
“Well, lets say you were born into the “Left leg on Friday is the best way” team then you’d be totally invested in the narrative and think those who partook in the right on Saturday were the spawn of Satan himself, yes? Yet if the flip you’d create just as convincing an argument. In neither one of those modes of being would you ever reality test to check what they were saying or even attempt to implement it and yet each and every child that sets foot in this realm will, at one point, intuitively hop up and down on one leg then the next as well as do some skipping because its natural to explore the flesh their in in relation to the environment and test the options to see what happens, yes?”.
He sat there, quietly. Thinking at depth and then said:
“You know what? I’d never really considered this but what you’re saying makes a lot of sense and its gave me a lot to think about. I don’t know how I feel about this because it most certainly is not what I expected when I came to fill you in on the finer points of my religion”. He made his excuses and left. Do you know what happened next?
We gathered in a meeting. Three people of the book who believe their own things and me, the only common link between their perspectives due to our previously solo conversations. Let the reality testing commence! Oh man, it was like a spiritual WWF. I see why religion and politics are verboten in some places. I guess thats because if they were allowed to kick it they’d spot the links and maybe, just maybe, instead of the noiZ of arguments as people force their opinions on ones that don’t want to hear it we’d hear the joyous tumult of children at play instead where its not about hopping on one leg because Simon said as they discover what its like to walk on their hands, throw that rope in a tree and make a swing as well as countless benefits that spring from being so Centered in Self as the living embodiment of Inner Sense that there is nothing there to defend because you Know the Ledge as your standard equipment is fully functioning as intended.
This was one of the most interesting things from this conversation because they eventually, some begrudgingly, came to admit the validity of the “Soul which incarnates in one place or the next but equally believes its reality tunnel” perspective which was quite interesting as the next aspect generated huge arguments that were most passionate as I said:
“All three of you are on a quest to gain a personal connection with the divine, yes?“. They all nodded their heads. “Not only this but you’ve been doing it for generations and generations, like a living tradition of which you’re the latest adherents, truth said?”. Once again the domes bobbed in agreement. “Hows that been working out then? On the personal and collective scale, both at this moment present and via the historical lens? How many Souls have made it back to the place they left and have you actually tasted the proof of the pudding, as promised by your prophets or are you still waiting as naught has passed beyond your lips? Before they could interrupt I held up a hand then added:
“What if I’m correct and this misdirected attention outside is simply a fools errand when the divine presence we’re all seeking actually rests within and, for some reason, not one of these texts presents a clear, lucid and cogent way to reforge that connection we all sense is missing as we dig our own reality tunnels from a point of view that is based in Adulterated Inner Sense where that which we’re evading is what we’re actually needing. In order to avoid this, which I feel is obvious, we blame others who hop on one leg on a day incorrect or dare to be blasphemous and start skipping, much to the chagrin of both the previous people. What if we are god? The divine made manifest and its akin to that Prime presence playing Hide and Seek with its Self in a Game we engage by inserting our Souls as credits in order to don the flesh and interact with this dimension which is, if we’re being honest, a tiny, tiny bit of a much bigger pic that is then further edited, remixed and processed by the gray matter in our heads that was previously programmed to dig the reality tunnel as instructed? After all, your people” I motioned at one “Say “We are closer than your jugular vein” whilst his, pointing in another direction “Believe the only way to the Father is through He” and his think that Spirit is everything and all contains it within. Whats the common link? Consciousness aka what the religion of science calls the “Hard Problem” and likes to pretend doesn’t exist”.
Man, that convo went on with no end and very little progress, no matter what was said. It was then that I clicked the nature of the Pane Body as well as the true depth of Adulteration along with the vice like grip the voice in their heads had upon their awareness as it exists solely to defend that with which they’d been programmed whilst keeping them isolated from the signals that poured in from below then neck and shifted the resonance of their awareness so that it found immense comfort in those who thought like them but, quite often, flat out hatred for those who dared to think different as that was interpreted as a threat to its dominance. What if this “god” is actually the Devil? What then? Imagine we, our minds and bodies, are the battleground for a divine conflict that has been raging for eons as it consumes one generation then the next who exhibit their own types of sanctioned perspectives that brook no discussion or consideration beyond the suggestion “Dig, dig, dig, that reality tunnel!” in their heads by a voice they Thunk is them but actually isn’t as they are what listens aka the Witness or what remains constant in the example of a Soul that incarnated into one family or the next with their own perspectives as well as the only constant whether walking round the planet as you handle the business of living or are lying, dreaming, in bed creating a false reality in your head you’ll swear is authentic.
I’m grateful to all I’ve met and the discussions that happened but one thing that became Self evident is if people could pick between being happy and correct they’d pick the latter even though the former is what they say they’re seeking and that, my friend, hints at a deeper schism within the race so I can’t help but wonder about the true intent of the Game and whats happening so I’ll continue to research the opposite to whatever I survey because my intense curiosity can’t stand flapping around on the surface when depth is an option that generates far more coherence and happiness because the state within which a Warrior dwells I’ve termed Inner Sense and its the one thing that was entirely constant between the three that met, all of their friends, family and children as well as everyone else on the planet and yet its the same thing that vanishes as its Adulterated and they pick up that shovel and dig, dig, dig that reality tunnel which says “This is how it is, we’re one hundred percent correct, don’t listen to anyone else but this voice in your head you’ve been trained to accept is the only option as you are it ergo its wish is your commandment”.
At least, thats how it seems to me at the moment but thats always open to revision as my perspectives are fluid due to the reasons I mentioned in this missive with the intent of spurring discussion about the true Hard Problem:
Why are so many people so miserable and yet won’t admit it? Why does a childs glow dim not long after they step in? Why is our collective track record one of bloodshed and conflict and why does it seem that everything from the net to religion that promises to unite and uplift ends up isolating and fragmenting whilst offering petty conflicts that never seem to end?
Do we have the Game backwards? Are we playing in ways incorrect or is the point of this level a good tear up that ensures every single Soul plugged in has the scales of their life tipped toward suffering as they all look anywhere but within for solutions as they point a finger at someone else and say “Them, they’re the problem!” whilst ignoring the three that are directed at the only constant. Them. Or, to be more specific, their awareness and that leads us back, full circle, to consciousness being the all of everything and the reality tunnel concept which digs, digs, digs at the behest of the voice in your head and relative social programming as well as the concept of Inner Sense and its (seemingly) inevitable Adulteration that begets such methods of living that most dare not question.
Like I said, constant refinement. Incremental Betterment, if you will, as that mode of living can be applied to everything and the net result is one who is happier, more present and energetic. “Be as little children” was once said. They always research the opposite as they’re born to dive to the depths of anything before we train them to be just like their parents and thus the inheritance of the next generation is their parents unaddressed suffering. Say, you think that may be the problem and also the solution? They say in nature that the poison and cure grow side by side. Hmm, I’ll have to look into this.
Till we meet again
