The Shadow – Dissonance – why does the world stop making sense?

SURREAL – Sometimes as we work our program we are overwhelmed with a sense of unreality. “Give up – It’s all pointless” voices whisper. Yes this is character sabotage – our subconscious trying to maintain the status quo – but it contains important information. WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING – There ARE realities different from this one and you are tuning to them! Don’t be afraid.

DREAMS: Are you dreaming of reversals? Sudden surprises or a creeping sense of unease? Upsets? Do you wake with a sense of having forgotten something important you almost understood?

You Are A Sensitive Instrument registering seismic shifts and deep tectonic disturbances below the threshold of consciousness. Something always IS “going on” and you are becoming alert to the many warning signals. This can be exhausting, because our first basic memory is floating safely in a warm cocoon listening to the hum of Mother’s Voice. In a psychic return to this lost paradise, we yearn longingly of relaxation, peace and quiet, the clear blue sky with not a single cloud.

Challenge – We will born with “spidey senses” we are now developing. The panic at what they convey is sometimes so threatening we seek to numb, ignore or inflate them. (This is where “I need a drink” comes from.) It is NOT a good response to our growing unease (or “dis-ease.). The key to intelligent management of this inevitable dissonance is to think of the world as an orchestra playing a symphony. We are becoming able we to distinguish more instruments and musical lines. It sounds like chaos at first but if we relax and concentrate we will begin appreciate and enjoy the experience. What is the universe trying to tell us?

Danger – Avoid a “bunker mentality.” The universe has many bunkers, but is bigger than any single one. We must cultivate a hierarchy of response. We get out of bed in the middle of the night for a fire alarm, not a phone notification. Don’t allow yourself to become dismissive and numb but seek advice and encouragement from those who understand a healthy growth process. Balance is key. We must schedule regular periods of rest and renewal. Since all of us live in groups, curate your group to promote competent, not life-threatening awareness in an atmosphere of hope. Dissonance and dormancy are not doom but opportunities to develop the sophistication required so that we can thrive in the modern world.

Opportunity – We are each given the chance to spend a night on the watchtower, but you don’t need to spend every night there. Consider dissonance, and discord as invitations to maturity. Let’s put away the childish conviction that a single human brain comprehends “everything”. Reality is vast but we can get the gist. Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed. Strategize in your Training Journal about ways to band together with like-minded members of your community to take useful action about the massive threats that endanger us all. This is an opportunity to show self-love, as well as love for the group, the environment, the world and the future. Fearlessness readies us to take advantage of the flickers of Universal Love standing outside time to welcome us.

#Haiku: Caving

Substrata
Dissonance?
Game on!
Unearth yourself –
Transect core
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