Quality of Life Improvement

[bodhidharma]

One is no longer an affiliated member of the Consensus Reality tribe, and yet, on a social and interpersonal level, one can be very isolated and estranged because of alternate views.

Such a difficult part of spiritual awakening for many.  It seems the ego at first has the upper hand still and tends to place too much importance on it's knowledge of a shallow nature before the deeper truth's can be grasped by the tree of the mind.  The humble attitude of knowing that one doesn't know anything is of paramount importance with this issue as for some the issue never really falls away.

And yet, I've reached the point where my 'faith' and 'trust' in the spiritual framework is almost back to the point of confidence that I had in the Consensus Reality system.  Except, this time it's something self-chosen and self-elaborated, rather than being the language and the accent that I inherited and just took for granted, uncritically, as a child.

The key ingredient to becoming Human is to unlearn all that you've learned.  Until this has taken place, people seem like very immature children who simply have not developed the courage to think for themselves out of fear and the need to be accepted.  They are stuck with projecting the omnipotent mommy/daddy figure that still controls their minds all over the place towards gov, political party, religious figure and/or doctrine, spouse, etc...  Idealizing Transference I have heard this called I like the term and of course it can be applied to spirituality, to Ra's teachings, vegetarianism, anything really.   Where most people should have a self they find a void, and the void is so terrifying that most will never allow the feeling to rise to the surface.

The first step on the long path towards autonomy is the one from consensus reality.  But, that's still shallow autonomy.  True Autonomy is autonomy from one's impulses and habitual patterns.

The spiritual path will offer less comfort and less happiness of a shallow nature.  Instead there will be moments of intense Joy, and a steady backdrop of an ever deepening Peace resounding from head to heart to soul to spirit to feet to Earth to the Stars that All is One.