Thank you to those of you that took part in Rapture. We had a hell of a time dispelling myths in the realm of relationship, philosophy, religion, parenting, physiology, etc.
This brings a new distinction to mind...
When I engage in work with a new client, I advice them to cleanse. This means cleans the physical body, and the mental body. This means cease media useage for a time.
In 1923, Gurdjieff did the same with his pupils and the newspaper.
Now we are entrenched in a thousand directions, a thousand battles deep.
So uproot the channels. Buddha called it 'guarding the sense doors.'
I've spent years clearing trauma from the body of clients that was taken on from a fiction story.
It's even more traumatic when the body mistakes it as being real.
And social media is deceptive in that you'll see a woman in a bikini shaking her gifts, and man getting beat senseless, in the same few second. Which means, pleasure and pain impulses are getting confused. You're being programmed.
Now, forget the powers that be programming you. You could also see this in the Jungian archetypal way, the Collective Unconscious is programming you... you are programming yourself. Equally true?
Anyway, this is an invitation away from the programming.
I also have clients cleanse their body, and purge what no longer serves. These days, we do it in dry fasts. Because it is the quickest, cleanest, even easiest way to cleanse the body in the scope of modern life, full of conveniences.
In lieue of convenience, we might use the word 'comfort' in terms of this sentence:
'Verily I say unto you, the lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul, and walks grinning through the funeral.' Khalil Gibran
That's a pretty heavy charge, Mr. Gibran. Murdering the passions of the soul? What other sin could be more heinous?
So, as we dispel myths, even nutritional myths, we need to stop unconsciously adopting new myths.
Create the space, the peace, the serenity to gain an objective ground.
And when you plunge back into the river of life, you'll notice a new skill... you'll be able to see programs at another level.
THEN you can move from the hypnotized masses of consumers, to the rarified group of creators. I believe that this is our highest path, and I'm very open as to what medium you choose to create in. There is so much space it's mind-blowing.
And I'll see you on the other side.
Love and rapture,
Steven
PS. I'll be leading a Love of Life (LOL) challenge next week. It's designed so that YOU get an opportunity to experience YOU without the burden of constant negative thoughts. It's a reminder to love life fully.