Stream of Consciousness: Humility, the Catalyst to Rising from the Depths

Taking charge of your life requires a sense of urgency that most don’t have. They need an experience that pushes them over the edge. Is it really required for everyone? Do Humans as a species need to reach the bottom before we can start going upwards? Is it really the catalyst, the activation energy needed? Can’t we start walking uphill out of sheer will? Because we want to? What happens at the bottom? Is it the ego that’s shattered there? Or the feeling of lost, and how it can only get better from there? But it only gets better because we start making it better. Not just naturally getting better. There’s always ways to go further down. How come there is a point we perceive as the lowest, and then start going upwards? Where is this point, how does anyone determine it, and why is it THERE, and not further DOWN? It must be connected to ego death, where we become separate from it, we completely feel helpless and humbled by Life. Humility might be the way out, it seems. This is why connecting with the Creator is such a huge experience. Most of the time, that is the moment we start going upwards. Because we accept something bigger than us, that we are just a tiny spot on a huge map, and we know nothing of the world. That is the moment we start looking to clear the map, and look for answers about the world. Wisdom comes from this experience as we collect more data. And it all comes down to humility. Accepting that we know nothing, we are nothing, we cannot become anything, but we can be more than we are. We can always be more. We are open to new experiences, new insight, new knowledge, just to understand more of the outside and inside world. This is humility. Until you accept that you are nothing, you cannot become something. When you see yourself as you are, you can be anything you want to be. We see ourselves through a fake lens we picked up from our environment, the people around us, society, and our own image of ourselves. This lens magnifies our strengths, as well as our weaknesses. Exactly why we try to hide the weaknesses, and boast about the strengths. We want to show the world what we see. Of course, others cannot see how we see. This is the first obstacle. Understanding that everyone is looking through different glasses, no two person sees the same thing. When you can accept this fact, you are now ready to let others’ perception go. You don’t try to convince them to see what you see, you don’t try to show it to them. You just act like you see yourself, and others either see it, or they don’t. They will never see the same, so you just accept what they see. This is the basis of all human relationship. You are not looking to convince others about your worth, you are looking to meet people who see your worth without you having to convince them. It’s not about showing them why they need to like you, it’s about whether they like you as you are, and whether you like them as they are. The goal is to find kindred souls, who you see as a worthy person who adds to your life, and they see you as a worthy person who adds to their lives. The best thing you can become is someone who you would need by your own side. Chances are, others need that person as well. This is how you pull others towards yourself. Now, the only thing you need to worry about is choosing who to let close. You will be found by all kinds of people, as you become more and more magnetic. You WILL have to be careful on who you accept into your life. Everyone wants the light, but few have their own light. Be careful not to give away the light without expecting the same light in return. This is not selfish, this is the law of equivalent exchange. You get something, you give something in return. If it’s energy, you need to add energy back into the equation. Most people only want the energy, but cannot give it back. They can either exchange other goods for that energy, or just be happy they got it. It’s your responsibility to choose who gets this energy. Some people might need it more, some people might deserve it more, ultimately it’s a personal choice. What I found the best practice is giving everyone energy when you can, but taking note of who can provide the same energy back. If they take too much without doing anything with it, or knowing how to give the same back, then I might think about it twice before continuing to add onto them. Not everyone have the same light in them, some just want your light, but have nothing in exchange.