#thenextrabbithole

I looked into the collective energy today, and this is what I saw very clearly. (Again, keep in mind these aren't meant to be dripping with artistic amaze-balls-ness, but rather simply an accurate depiction exactly as I see it in my mind's eye.)

To me, two things stand out in contrast to recent days - Those big black bars aren't there anymore which to me feels like a short period of collective RELEASE has winded down. That is to say, releasing our limiting beliefs and trauma-based fears from this life and beyond.

I’ve noticed kind of a troubling thing: So many claim that they want a better world, but so few are willing to believe it’s possible.

I’ll give the example that prompted this perspective: On my personal social media, I made a couple posts describing a couple ideas for much better processes than we have now that would potentially be profoundly beneficial to this world. These were things like desalination of water, a new way of looking at geothermal and finally - The concept of unlimited free energy via self perpetuating magnetic engines. The point of this post isn’t to discuss those ideas themselves, but in presenting these ideas to my friends and family, I made a very startling and troubling observation: In light of being presented with even just IDEAS of how to make positive change, and even in presenting proof of what’s already been done and proven possible - All but two people I know had the exact same instant knee-jerk reaction: They immediately started looking for reasons why these ideas WOULDN’T work, even though in doing so, demonstrated their obvious lack of understanding in how these things would work.

To be blunt, I was shocked and deeply troubled by this. I couldn’t even begin to wrap my mind around why someone would WANT to immediately shoot down an idea that would benefit them immensly, just because it was even slightly outside their scope of understanding. One friend flat out called one of these things impossible, even though it already exists. Another said it couldn’t be done because they had tried this particular thing, and couldn’t get it to work.

In response to what I could only interpret as resistance for the sake of resistance, I explained to the first friend that not only DOES this thing already exist, but suggested that he’s in disbelief simply because he hadn’t seen it yet. Kind of like how 200 years ago, it was considered impossible for humans to achieve flight. I told the second friend that I can’t build a car and make it work with my current understanding, but that doesn’t mean cars are impossible or don’t exist.

Even though I was simply trying to emphasize that these amazing things were possible and express hope and excitement over them - I was met with complete hostility.

And these particular friends are among those who quite often have something to say about all that is wrong with the world and what needs to be fixed to make the world better. So why would these same people instantly throw up their shields and instantly campaign against the things that would MAKE a much better world?! I was absolutely beside myself, and if I’m honest, a bit upset over the INSTANT doubt that was cast at my very notion of progress and hope.

To me, this was the symptom of a much greater disorder that we’ve been collectively suffering from so long that we think it’s normal - Fear. So many of the lower frequencies and emotions are built upon fear as their basis. And interestingly, I noticed that fear does something else - It keeps us in the habit of assuming the future based on the past. Surely, since we may not have heard of these things before, they certainly cannot exist now - That is to say we’ve discovered EVERYTHING there is to discover and now cannot go any further. Pretty much, right? And I say this is based in fear because it only applies to fear based principles, but never those which are positive, so it would seem. For example, a very close person to me told me recently that they don’t think world peace is possible because we’ve always fought with eachother. I would counter that with arguing that prior to 1903, airplanes must not even be possible since we’ve always been on the ground, yes? This is shallow reasoning at best, obviously. On the flip side, take something positive like money for example. To us, this is positive because we like having money, and that’s fair. Yet so many constantly cry defeatism over money, assuming it can never come to them, even though they’ve experienced HAVING money thousands upon thousands of times in this life!

My point is that we’ve allowed ourselves to become conditioned to assume the worst. This is identified as fear because the word “assuming” could also be switched with “fear” and the context will remain consistent.

To keep this short and sweet, I probably need not elaborate on these examples. But the point is that we all truly DO want the same things out of life, and having a better situation in which to live is always on everyone’s list. So why would we fear what we want?? (Coming full circle here, as we just explained that!) More importantly, this of and within itself clearly demonstrates exactly how fear keeps us from believing in what we want, and if we don’t believe in what we want - Then we’re CERTAINLY never going to actually MAKE it happen. Never in a million, zillion years.

Before we begin, I need to burst a very specific bubble: Spirituality is not going to attract money into your life. There, I said it!

In my journey, I’ve made it very clear to the Universe in no uncertain terms that I desire to live my life for the purpose of service. And the Universe seems to have heard me loud and clear, because I’ve found that as I’ve been going along my journey, others are now beginning to seek ME out to ask guidance. And I couldn’t be happier to offer what I have.

HOWEVER. I’ve noticed an immediate theme: Almost every person that’s sought me out for spiritual guidance all (one way or another) illuded to the same thing in their very first message to me: “How do I use spirituality so that the law of attraction will bring me money and/or material gain?”.

It...Really doesn’t work like that. Sorry, but it simply doesn’t.

Exploring the spiritual or metaphysical side of our existence as humans is a wonderful thing, and frankly - Is inevitable. It’s a part of our evolution that’s as natural as our own consciousness and we all dabble in it from time to time, at the very least.

And I understand this tendancy because it takes one to know one! I’ve been there myself, following the release of the infamous “Secret” which was a great way to take an aspect of the nature of reality and just smear ego all over it and therefore taking it out of context.

I find this is often how the train of thought goes: We tend to percieve material lack in our lives, usually money. Then we watch something like the secret and arrive at the conclusion that the Universe will only listen to you and give you what the ego desires if your vibration is high enough. So we dive straight into the deep end of learning as many spiritual modes as possible FOR THE PURPOSE of raising our vibration so that the Universe will finally say “Okay, now that you’ve done this practice, here’s a pile of cash”.

It’s a gross oversimplification, but so many of us work on this motivation alone and don’t even realize it.

So what’s the point here, other than dashing all our hopes of prosperity?? The point is that it’s not WRONG to go through this materialistic point of view using lack as blame, and therefore motivation to work on one’s self - 100% of the time, experience is the best teacher, and realizing this for yourself is a major step forward. But I’d also like to offer this teaching as a means of potentially avoiding coming to this realization the hard way! (If you’re reading this, then this IS for you. The Universe isn’t an idiot!)

The deeper realization here is two fold: First off, we need to free ourselves of this assumption that only a change in our external curcumstances will ever give us lisence to finally be happy and enjoy life. That’s simply not true, although the ego clings to this idea and blame is the ego’s tool of choice. As long as we’re in a state of blaming everything on anything, then you are always the victim. Always. And you will then continue to be the victim for as long as you’re unwilling to let go and look inward. A big part of this is the simple acceptance that you are already whole and complete. I know it’s hard to accept this when you can’t meet your bills and therefore money is SO EASILY to blame for your unhappiness. “If I didn’t have to worry about money, then I could finally be happy.” But if you pay attention, you will notice this - There’s ALWAYS one more thing that needs to fall into place for you to be happy. Always. And if it’s not money, maybe it’s love. If it’s not love, maybe it’s a health issue. And so on, and so on. You may not believe me, so if that’s the case - Riddle me this: Why hasn’t blame and acquisition of resorces EVER solved all your problems? Surely if it had, then you would be prefectly self actualized, and just the HAPPIEST mofo on the planet, yes? This is why people with “perfect lives” still commit suicide. We see it every day, famous & inspirational celebrities / artists kill themselves just as much as anyone else. So if material security really DID create happiness and peace...Well, you know the rest.

The second part of this two fold situation is that when you are willing to atleast CONSIDER that maybe - Just maybe - If we can’t find our own happiness in an imperfect situation, then there is logically no reason why it would exist in a perfect situation either.

I’m often met with aggression and offense when I bring this to people to consider. And that’s completely okay, that’s how you know that you’re ALREADY growing, because defensiveness is where the ego goes when its values are challenged. As I always say, the ego isn’t a BAD thing, but it’s like a 5 year old: You wouldn’t let a 5 year old run its own life, because it would only choose the things that aren’t the best for it, because its point of view is finite and limited.

So what’s the truth here? The truth is that in life, the Universe always - ALWAYS - Gives us what we need. If that wasn’t true, you wouldn’t exist to read this. But what we need isn’t always what we want. As egoic beings in a third density 4D dualistic plane of existence, our egos tell us that we want it ALL. When infact what we NEED are the things that will help us grow, evolve and expand. If the Universe dropped a magical solution to all your problems into your lap, it would be like playing a video game with all the cheats on; Sure it would be fun for 5 minutes, but would quickly turn out to be quite boring and even MORE unfufilling. Maybe the struggles you percieve are for the purpose of helping you learn the lessons you haven’t yet realized. Maybe financial stress is here to teach you empathy. Or maybe that illness showed up to teach you the importance of self care - And so on.

So no, watching The Secret and imagining a pile of money and trying to be happy so that you have a high vibe WON’T bring the things you want into your life. Infact, exactly this works against you because it only gives you more to worry about and makes you FOCUS on your perception of lack. Thinking about how much you want that money is actually thinking about how money is something you DON’T have, and now you’ve spent all this time working against yourself.

Okay Rob, get to the point - What’s the solution to this trap?

Surrender. The solution is surrender. And again, if you don’t believe me, ask yourself this: Have you actually TRIED surrender yet?

This means simply accepting that your situation is infact exactly what it NEEDS to be in order to get you to the places YOU need to go in life as your next step. Lessons aren’t learned on paper, they’re learned through realization with truly comes from experience and honest - HONEST - Introspection. In time, and I promise you’ll get here sooner or later - You’ll clearly see and truly understand from a broader point of view that you already and have always had everything you need, and that you’re already whole and complete. This realization allows for great acceptance of a current situation, like it or not - And therefore takes you out of resistance. When you’re not resiting life, it becomes a WHOLE lot easier!

Okay, that’s a bit of a dramatic title, but I needed to get your attention! (Also, it’s true...Anyways...)

Okay, so we all know exclusion is akin to prejudice/fear, and that kinda stuff results in that which we COLLECTIVELY do not prefer. (I would say ‘bad’, but there’s technically no such thing - And that’s beside the point!) Now, as a bit of a preface, I can’t emphasize enough how fluid and universal this principle actually is. It can be applied to literally ANY facet of our 4D existence here on earth - Education, agriculture, politics, food, religion, cars - Even right down to your favourite football team. This concept is as broad as it is simple. And it’s not super profound or anything, but I think it’s just one of those things that we don’t really stop and think about very much. Also, the universe told me, so now I’m gonna tell you! ;)

I could come at this from two perspectives: Positive, which says this is why we need to embrace or diversity - OR negative, which says why assimilation is damaging to humanity. Both work just as well and make the same point by explaining the same mechanics. So it’s not my intention to paint anything with a good or bad brush, the purpose here is to become conscious of exactly WHY diversity is in our best interests.

I’ll open with a statement we can agree on - Balance is best, yes? If you don’t believe me, go strap 100 kilograms of dumbells to only your left side and go ride your bike for 20 or 30 kilometers - Then come back here and tell me how moot the concept of balance is!

But here’s the point - Assimilation is one of the single most damaging things we as the human race CAN do to ourselves. It cripples us in every way societally, and it demolishes our mental health and understanding individually. I could go on and on and on for days about all of the negative consequences of embracing assimilation over diversity, but you can probably fill in the blanks pretty easily.

But why?

Well first off, forced assimilation is just a massive dick move, but also it works against EVERYONE’S best interests, even those doing the assimilation, whether they choose to accept it or not.

The mechanics of why are PAINFULLY simple!!! The example I was given was a swiss watch; Swiss watches are world renown for their precision and exquisite craftmanship, yes? Have you ever seen the inside of a Swiss watch? Well, here’s one...

It’s absolutely stunning. It’s elegant, artistic, precise and most of all - As perfectly functional as we’re capable of making a mechanical watch. And save for maybe a couple screws, how many pieces can you spot here that are identical?

EVERYTHING. Works this way. Absolutely. Freaking. EVERYTHING. And people are certainly no exception.

So why’s this important? Well, long story short - Look at the world we live in right now, all the things we bear witness to that not only we don’t prefer, but are just downright traumatic to see, let alone endure. This goes so far beyond transcending the simple things like prejudice. There’s actually nothing simpler than racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc. - These are either learned or chosen behaviours that are based in fear. And as I always say, what kills fear? Understanding. And if we can’t understand from our current perspective, then we shift or change our perspective to see the other side of the proverbial sphere that is truth.

But prejudice is the most obvious example here. In context, I want to go a little deeper, a little more...Individual-ish. But this is actually something we ALL do. You may not like to hear it, but yes, even YOU attempt to assimilate those around you, at least from time to time. An example of this may be having a political argument. In this case, both sides are attempting to assimilate the other side to their perspective to validate their own personal truths via the ego, which is where confirmation bias lives. And ofcourse it NEVER works, and the result is emotions of hostility, anger, judgement, etc. because of the ideological clash that just took place. When in fact the TRUTH is that all political systems, parties and leanings are flawed. Every single one. Because they’re made up of these imperfect creatures called humans who cluster in almost a tribalistic fashion - Kind of an egoic ‘safety in numbers’ strategy. And ofcourse, Dr. Nash proved mathematically that the single most preferable results can only come when all sides compromise from what’s best for the individual or what’s best for the group - To what’s best for the individual AND the group. Kind of a compromise within the compromise.

This is called cooperation, and we teach it to toddlers, but seem to have this mass difficulty of practicing what we preach.

The next major example I want to touch on is something I personally know ALL too well - Education. We honestly still have NO. FREAKING. IDEA. How different we all actually are. We THINK we do, but no individual point of comprehension could even scratch the surface. But what do we do? Standardize education. And I even use the term education VERY loosely, because so often, our schools spit on the fine line that divides education and learning from programming. And then ofcourse, this inevitably sets so many up for failure, because the potential of one’s intellect is so easily based on the simple ability to mindlessly regurgitate data. Just data. Being programmed with data is not the same thing as learning. All the data in the world could never create a even a semblance of genuine empathy in the even the most advanced quantum AI. But why is this? Again, PAINFULLY simple - Because data simply is not experiencial. Experience is the single biggest reason incarnation even EXISTS!!! We LEARN by experiencing, by questioning, by exploring and most importantly - By having different experiences. Again, one of the central purposes of life itself. Otherwise, we’re just...Robots.

I could apply this principle to any facet of existence, but I think you get the point. The collective purpose is that every person, plant, rock - WHATEVER - Holds a unique space in existence & causality. Each THING has its own unique duty or job, in a way. And if every human had the same job, flipping burgers for example - How would anything else get done, built or function? And as people, we’re CRITICALLY subject to this.

So what’s the takehome here? Again, again, again - SO SIMPLE!!! At the very least, if we want to heal this world, ourselves and our collective or society - We need to end assimilation in every conceivable form. And how do we work toward accomplishing this eutopic dream? Again, very simple (Are you noticing a theme here?!) - It sounds cliché, but prove me wrong - Love. It’s not about repressing or trying to kill our egos - We need egos to function as conscious humans on a 4 dimensional plane. The reason love is the solution aside from how warm and fuzzy it sounds - Is because when we take a more heart-centered view of others, love is how we eliminate all fear & judgement when we don’t necessairly have full understanding. Love fills in all the cracks that are not yet filled with understanding.

Where to begin??? Well first off, I'm Rob. Hi.

Okay, now that we've gotten THAT out of the way - The reason I'm sitting here attempting to write a blog post when I barely know how to write or how blogs work is this - I've been having a series of profound experiences lately which I've been told by several people to write about. Okay first off, I'm an artist of many disciplines, but a creative writer is NOT one of them; Or at least not until about 5 minutes ago. So please bear with me as my goal is to simply ARTICULATE these experiences, rather than win the Nobel Prize in Writing Much Goodly. (It’s a thing, look it up!)

So a quick little bit about me - I'm your pretty basic guy for the most part. At the time of this post, I'm in my 30's, I'm a family man with a day job and my passion in life is all things creative - Music, painting, drawing, digital design, animation, voice acting, scripting - You name it, I've probably at least TRIED it! So that's me on the surface at first glance, just to keep it brief and hopefully paint a very basic picture of the kind of dude you're hearing from right now - Although I feel like that's not even really so important as simply the experiences that I will be describing.

Before I even establish a CONTEXT here, I also would like to make my motives very clear - I'm not trying to convince anyone of my perspective or views. I'm NOT trying to "convert" anyone, or convince them that my experiences are true and theirs are false - Never in a million years. We're SUPPOSED to have unique perspectives and shifting personal truths because exploration is how we grow. The reason I'm starting this blog and describing my various "experiences" are because I know I'm not alone in this. I know millions of people every day have similar experiences, realizations and personal truths. People like us are even often on YouTube describing these experiences and personal growth through them. I KNOW I'm not the only one!!!

However, I don't have anyone in my life who's ALREADY been through these experiences. So I don't have anyone to really talk to about these things that already understands. I don't have anyone to give me guidance and help me discern & interpret these experiences. So if nothing else, my intention is to share my experiences as a beacon of sorts to others who are in a similar boat. People like us are becoming more and more common every day, but our experiences are often rejected in the mainstream, but we've GOTTA start talking about this stuff sooner or later, right? Finally, it's my hope that anyone who resonates with my experiences can feel that THEY'RE not alone in it, and that we're not crazy. Probably. (Fingers crossed!) And maybe we might even be able to figure out how to support each other and get through these processes together.

Okay, so what kind of experiences must I be talking about? For lack of a better term - Spiritual awakening. Ascension. Expansion of consciousness. There's a million labels which ultimately don't matter, but the point is that so many of us have not only opened up to the possibility that there's more to existence than what our human brains perceive - But we're starting to actually figure out and REMEMBER what's beyond the proverbial veil. This is where my experiences have led me at THIS point in time - To a level of consciousness where it's not just HAVING spiritual beliefs, but straight up EXPERIENCING things that as humans, many of us have never experienced before - Or thought we ever could. Things that are bigger than ourselves, and also the ongoing realization that these things are also ourselves. And understanding what all this means to us, and how to integrate it into our practical human existences. This period of expansion has absolutely changed my life and experience here on earth beyond recognition. The idea of the identity that I THOUGHT I was has been absolutely shattered forever. And it's been indescribably profound. Probably the most frustrating part of this whole process is that so much of it is simply beyond words and emphasis, which I find makes it very difficult to articulate sometimes. But I'll try my best! But at the end of the day - It's positive. It's evolution. It's growth. Though I may challenge some people's belief systems, I can assure you that nothing about any of these experiences are dangerous. damaging, misleading or negative in any way. This is an ascension into a level of consciousness where duality doesn't rule our lives, where we lead with our hearts and our minds follow. In this place, love and understanding are governing immutable principles. And the knowledge that no matter who we are or what we do - We're all going to be okay in the end. I promise.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed my little attempt to establish context without sounding TOO out there...But this Rabbit Hole’s going to be going REALLY deep in the future. Moving forward, I honestly have no idea how I'm going to be formatting or presenting all this information on Tumblr, so my plan is just to figure it out as I go, as the Universe has clearly directed me to just write this stuff down! I look forward to growing with you.