What is an adept? - the activation from red to blue

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On the one hand we're born into a group dynamic where all minds are at odds with each other attempting to place things in the correct order. Linearity. It's why no one is happy in the moment, because the agreed upon energy which is necessary to manifest a collective experience (yellow ray) is always at odds with personal desire. The first task seems to be to break free from this societal influence so that it doesn't infringe on your happiness (being).

I went to sleep today with a prayer to my Higher Self to guard and guide when possible, and to help me to remind me of who I am and why I am here. Pretty amazing being that Higher Self is... I don't know when and what exactly happened, but at some point I was viewing time from Its perspective, understanding how unbound It is by time as we know it, how It can be everywhere at any of the time we can understand, and a lot of other things for which I don't have any words for. Then an understanding occured about being part of a societal mind which has created its own time. As we are all one, our individual mind is embedded within bigger mind, the societal mind. Think about how we are governed by hours at which we need to be at work, and the opening hours of this or that store where we need to buy clothes, groceries etc. And the calendar being present almost in each home, so that we can plan ahead, with our relatives, friends and family. And then our history, and the past, that is documented in books, and writings. This is something co-created, over generations. And from another viewpoint it looks as such an amazing co-creation. Although it does distort the mind. Now imagine if you were born into the society which would be completely unbound by time, and days. People there would be living in the now, and seeking the Creator in each moment. It would not have any advanced technology or civilization, which would need these contructions of time and day countings. Then our understanding of time would be different, not so "linear". This specific linear time is something that humankind co-created. And it's pretty amazing seen from another perspective. But being here and now, it *does* present challenges in seeking the Creator in the present moment.

They expect something different of themselves, so they expect something different of you, too. They think that certain ways of acting or certain ways of engaging your life are appropriate, so they want to enforce this concept of appropriateness on you. I don't mean to suggest that it is not challenging to learn to let these things fall away, but what makes it so much easier for me is recognizing how much happier everyone would be if they just stopped concerning themselves with all those expectations.

My own expectations of myself are perhaps the toughest ones. I don't think that any being on Earth, as far as I know, expects that much of myself as I do. So perhaps that quote could also include the line - free itself from the contraints of the self, huh? :p

Thank you for sharing. I agree with you. Recently I recognized a thought that brought me peace, and perhaps a bit closer to that freedom from contraints of other selves, and that is: when somebody tells you that you are this or that, or have a negative view or understanding about you, they are not talking to you actually, they are talking to themselves. You are just a mirror to them. They need to learn something and they see these lessons in your reflection. And the same goes with me. Well... it's easy to understand perhaps, but difficult to realize on deeper levels. =)