Down the Rabbit Hole
East of the Ozarks
Cloudy 65 Degrees
7:46 a.m.
The Matrix has carefully crafted a perception for its “slaves” that certain things are OK to believe and other things are not.
Accepting and living in accordance with one of the many sets of religious beliefs on the planet is “OK.” People might call you weird, but that’s about it.
Just choosing your beliefs, any beliefs you want based on the truth in your heart, and living in accordance with those, however…we have a name for people who dare to do something like that. We often call them “delusional.”
I grew up with a very specific set of beliefs installed in my being. These beliefs carried weight because I was given them by others I viewed as authorities. I was told about them. There was even a whole book written down about them! Surely they must be “right!”
So that meant something to me. I could accept those beliefs because those around me made it seem like that was not only OK, but “normal.”
I was given permission to believe…and I did.
I didn’t realize there were two parts to that process. I knew I was given the beliefs, but I pretty much glossed over the process of me ACCEPTING them. I didn’t even notice that going on. I didn’t understand I still had to CHOOSE to accept the beliefs. I was completely blind to that part of it.
So what is to keep each of us from choosing the beliefs we hold and living in alignment with them?
Some will say that thing is reality. That’s the obstacle.
“You can’t just go believing anything you want Jason!”
Well, when I was a child, I believed I was a broken, sinful wretch who required salvation from a being I didn’t know, had never met and had no proof ever existed. A being who loved me so much that I would burn in hell if I didn’t do what he said.
And I believed that was true with every ounce of my being.
So clearly, one CAN believe anything they choose.
And that is the point.
Believing isn’t hard though. If you practice it enough, anyone can do it.
It’s the permission we’re trained to think is required from someone OTHER than ourselves, to give those beliefs WEIGHT in reality… that’s the problem.
And without that weight, they tend not to STICK, which means they tend NOT to become our reality.
So where does permission to believe come from?
I grew up thinking it came from others. And my life reflected that.
I’ve since come to find out it comes only from me. And once I give myself permission to believe whatever I choose, whatever resonates with me at the core of who I am, I have opened the door to my power to create the world I want to see.
Is this risky behavior?
Of course! Should you dare to exhibit it, all of the sheep will tell you how crazy you are.
They’ll “baaaaaaaa” incessantly that you’re nuts, delusional, unhinged and maybe even afflicted with a mental illness that requires immediate medication.
And then they will return to living out the beliefs that others have given them to keep them small, scared, controlled and easy to manage via a state of low-grade misery.
Can you hold within yourself the acceptance of your current reality and the belief in a new reality that has not yet come forth? One that is in alignment with your deepest desires?
That, I would argue, is a level of mastery worth pursuing.