One day you’ll wake up and realize that you’ve been living a lie…a life built on the shaky foundation of limits and doubts, inspired by the minds of those who’ve given up on their dreams…your mind is cluttered with their voices and your life shaped by their tainted opinions of reality.
Let today be that day. It’s time to wake up.
Before we begin, let’s get one thing straight- this is not a destination. You will not have permanent enlightenment or reach a constant state of Nirvana just because you wake up. In fact, it’s merely a starting point to your journey.
The moment you wake up and notice the conditioned brainwashing is the day your entire life means nothing and everything all at once. We’ll talk about that more in another article…Back to the topic of today’s discussion ;)
If I asked you to move your arms, would you do it? Maybe. Many of you would assume it was for a specific reason, without question, and that assumption would cause you to take action without question. If you didn’t question why or how I wanted you to move your arms you have just demonstrated rule number 1…
1- Don’t take anything at face value
I did a live cast this morning about how to dissect data rather than simply consuming as-is. Really, I can’t stress this point enough. We are so programmed to receive information as-is and blindly trust ads, brands, and so-called ‘experts’ with their message that we as a society rarely go back to fact-check the info.
For example- Have you ever read the label on a box of packaged food? You see a bright colored label with a specific design that draws your attention to the items the manufacturer wants you to see. It’s like a flow chart based on brain science driving your eyes to trending concepts that we believe we need…or rather, what the news media and ad campaigns tell us we need.
If we believe that we need a quick fix to our poor eating habits, we’ll believe anything the packaging tells us. If we are empowered in our choice and using free will we will be more willing to research the claims that we NEED this food or ingredient and weigh out the options for the greatest source of it, which will most likely NOT be in a packaged, processed food item.
For more on this concept, consider the great dress debate back in 2015. Everyone chimed in about the colors of the dress but as everyone saw it differently, the debate trended and made national news. Those who argued the point of which color it actually was rather than seeking greater understanding about WHY they saw the colors they did, were perceiving with a limited mind. The same mind that limits their ability to perceive potential.
2- Nothing is limited except the mind
When people try to argue a point, consider yourself notified that school is officially in session. This experience is a lesson and a blessing IF you are willing to not be triggered by it. Most often, you will hear others work hard to defend a point that they have not thoroughly investigated on both ends. Their data is based on past baggage, outdated information, or some story they heard from a friend’s friend. This story fed into their own survival mechanisms, validating their beliefs about what could go wrong. They’ll be triggered to not only defend their point of view, they’ll be personally offended that you see the world differently.
When you decide to make life changes, this limited viewpoint comes out heavily in the form of “be careful you don’t…” or “you know, I did that a while back. These are all the reasons why it won’t work for you…” or, my personal favorite, “don’t work too hard...” which is code for saying “If you work hard, take big risks, and prove me wrong, it will force ME to look at why I gave up and I am not comfortable with that.”
Your mind is cluttered with YEARS of this BS programming. If you have a difficult time silencing your mind, it’s most likely because you have not learned or developed the skills to sort out the clutter you’ve collected from societal limits, media, and cultural conditioning in order to experience true, authentic clarity.
A clear mind drives excellence in practice.
3- False confidence is nothing more than masked fear
If you’ve ever met someone and thought, “Damn, that person is really arrogant,” you know what false confidence is…kind of. First, you will attract someone into your life to reflect back to you the aspect of yourself that is begging to be noticed. This means, your Higher Self will magnetize another person to mirror back the contrast in how you show up for your ultimate growth. Don’t be offended by them. Take it as a sign of potential self-discovery. There’s also a possibility that this person is actually just confident and you are judging it as arrogant because, in them being authentic, it challenges YOUR beliefs about what’s possible.
Remember, reacting in your own defense, in fear, or because someone triggered a part of you that feels hurt will only create collateral damage that you’ll have to clean up later. It’s not worth it. Instead, be here now to understand WHY you are triggered then move through the awareness to clear it up before you make the situation worse.
Second, arrogance, and even ignorance, is just a sign that a person doesn’t have enough information to understand the situation. It’s not right or wrong, it just is. Love them and remind yourself that they don’t know what they don’t know. If you are triggered by them, don’t make yourself righteous and tell them how wrong you think they are as this clouds your own mind with more clutter, preventing you from being clear. Instead, take the advice you would give them and give it to yourself. If you are triggered by their arrogance, it’s a sign that YOU don’t have the proper information to understand the situation.
And in the case you are triggered by someone else, default to rule number 1- Don’t take anything at face value. You are most likely placing your own definitions of the experience on it based on your own past hurt, creating MORE clutter.
The message:
Whereas most people get bitter and frustrated by the world, assuming they are a victim and the world just doesn’t understand them, the reality is that mental isolation as avoidance can be a very toxic choice. We can’t just shut out the rest of the world in fear of them hurting us. How will that help us feel better? It won’t. A quick fix only lasts so long but eventually the REAL truth will surface and it will hurt. The faster we are willing to face it, the easier our life will be.
Proper mental isolation is a process of choosing to dissect facts/knowledge we receive while processing it through action and diligent practice to better understand ourselves. Basically, not allowing ANY seeds to plant in our mind that don’t support our growth. Assumptions about a situation are just our minds trying to make sense of it through our own filters of reality. Objective word being FILTER. The more fear, doubt, and scarcity we live in the more we filter out new perceptions and possibilities. The more cluttered our mind is with the outside world and the less we think for ourselves, the easier it will be for us to be manipulated by outside sources.
We must be diligent in clearing out the mind of stale thoughts with thoroughness the way we would do a spring cleaning of our closets. Declutter the crud, wipe out the cobwebs, throw away worn out beliefs that no longer serve us and make space for the greatness to bloom.
Make it a mental practice to “isolate” your mind from toxic and negative thoughts while following a nourishing practice of self-awareness. You don’t have to escape society. You need only surround yourself with people who inspire and challenge your old beliefs. If you read, use the contained wisdom as clues rather than as hard facts. The key is to BE YOU. Keep your mind a sacred place and allow only wisdom to thrive in it.
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