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See, this fallen world or the world-matrix wants to repress or siphon away the light within you. And an empath, a true empath, is someone that still has a connection to that inner light of their awareness.

Empaths are those folks who feel very deeply and are genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of folks around them. They often find it hard to be inauthentic or to fake their way through life.

And since they still have access to their inner light 💡, they are often targeted by the fallen world-matrix. Why? Because that light is a hidden superpower 🦸🏾‍♀️ that scares the world-matrix.

• Section 1: Targeted by the Matrix

It starts at a very young age. Most empathetic individuals find themselves as a black sheep or truth-teller in their family. A black sheep simply means a sheep that is different from the herd and the term truth-teller is self explanatory.

So, as the black sheep of the family, an empath is immediately targeted for being different. They will be saddled with labels such as “too sensitive” or “too problematic“ simply because their authentic nature doesn’t allow them to lie or make excuses for what is going on within the family unit. See, most unawakened systems (be it a family system, political system, economic system, etc.) require individuals who are willfully blind to function. So when an empath comes along and gives off an energy of authenticity, that system will immediately seek to quiet it. And this quieting starts at a young age.

Maybe as a child, an empath sensed that one of their parents was very unhappy; but is masking the unhappiness with work or fake confidence. As soon as the child brings this up and says,“Momma what’s wrong?”…It might shock the parent that this child can see through her mask and she’ll immediately make the child feel like there’s something wrong with his or her intuition.

By making an empath feel like there’s something wrong with them at an early age, the fallen world-matrix begins to program them away from their intuition and other powers.

• Section 2: Dating and Friendship

Most empaths usually find themselves in toxic relationships where they are often taken advantage of by the other party. Because an empath is naturally attentive and aware of the feelings of those around them; they often find themselves in relationships with unhealed folks who need someone to attend to their burdens.

In fact, a lot of empaths find themselves in one-sided narcissistic relationships where their life force or light is being siphoned away by the other party. They effectively become caretakers for those who are unable or unwilling to take care of their own emotional needs.

It is no secret that narcissistic personalities usually target empaths for their loyalty, authenticity, and loving nature. Essentially, the narcissist targets an empath’s light 💡…Be it in a friendship or romantic setting. Again, this is the fallen world or world-matrix attempting to siphon away or repress the empath’s superpower

• Section 3: Workplace

The same theme from section 2 usually also plays out in a workplace setting. Empaths might either find themselves working for a manager who willfully takes advantage of their kind nature...Or find themselves in a work setting where their authenticity is subtly ostracized. For example, a work group might subtly threaten to remove the empath from the in-group if they speak up about something that is wrong within the work system.

As such, to keep their jobs, most empaths repress their natural authenticity and fake the funk to be a part of the herd.

• Section 4: The qualities of an empath is a superpower 🦸🏽‍♂️

The fallen world doesn’t want an empath to know that their empathy or connection to the inner light of awareness is actually a superpower. Here are a brief rundown of some of those powers:

Power 1:

An empath is super intuitive and sensitive to their surrounding. That superpower not only allows them to detect when something is wrong with folks around them but also detect when someone is lying 🤥 or being inauthentic.

Power 2:

An empath’s genuine nature allows him or her to access their true calling in life. One’s purpose or calling in life can only be accessed by those who are willing to be themselves and not what the programmed crowd wants them to be. And an empath’s genuine nature allows them to find their genuine path. That is, an empath still has a connection to what they are and not what society thinks they should be.

Power 3:

An empath’s ability to feel deeply and empathize broadly are great leadership qualities. Empathy is of the heart and moving from the heart allows one to reach a variety of people across the lines of race, sex, gender, age group, etc. A leader must be able to speak to a variety of people and understand them and an empath’s ability to move from the heart allows him or her to speak to and understand the core of others.

I know the fallen world only advertises the concept of the heartless, aggressive, and machiavellian leader who only seeks to preserve power for himself/herself, or the status quo. That’s false leadership. Real leaders are empathetic.

Now there are a ton of other powers available to an empath but I just wanted to list a few to counteract the world-matrix’s subtle narrative that being an empath is not beneficial. We don’t have to buy into the matrix’s shaming tactics anymore.

• Section 5: Integrate your Shadow + Boundaries

Now that we have listed the superpowers of the empath…I wanted to make the point that for these powers to be properly used in the world, the empath must heal and integrate their shadow.

That is what Jesus Christ was. He was a healed empath, a heyoka empath. Fully integrated and whole (holy). Jesus was kind, gentle, meek and mild 🐑 with some folks who came to him to learn…And firm and unyielding 🦁 to those who came to hurt others. Remember the story of how he kicked out the money lenders that were abusing the temple. So, a healed empath is one who isn’t afraid to show some teeth. And how does an empath show some teeth?

By not being afraid to set boundaries. See, an empathetic nature is an immense gift 🎁 and must only be shared with those who have earned it. The fallen world labels this empathetic gift as “too soft”, “too sensitive“, “too different“, etc...So that it can keep siphoning away the gifts for its purposes. Fuck that noise. You must have boundaries as an empath.

A temple allows anyone who is genuine to come by and visit but as soon as the temple is disrespected; the high priest or priestess kicks the disrespectful party out. So, for an empath to truly utilize their superpower, they must be willing to walk away from any people, place, or thing that seeks to take advantage or disrespect them.

Now does setting boundaries automatically equal being a mean person? No, not at all. You can still be kind yet firm 💪🏾. As a matter of fact, an empath’s kindness when coming from a position of self-love and respect is like a sword that cuts through the ignorance of the fallen world. I’ll probably cover this topic more in-depth in a future post.

To summarize, I hope you can now see how the matrix seeks to siphon the light of an empath...Why that light is actually a superpower and why it must be protected. Wishing you a beautiful day. Namaste.

Let’s imagine that there’s a baby lion or lioness 🦁 that was born in a jungle filled with little small hyenas. The hyenas are small and no match for one lion; let alone a pride of lions.

But the hyenas were clever. They came together and hatched a plot. A devious plan. They decided; “Hey if we can convince all born lions that they are meerkats; we can rule over them”. That is, if we can persuade and program them away from their true identity; they would be super easy to deal with.

So the clever hyenas began a massive system of programming. A Matrix of Ignorance, all dedicated to convince all lions that they are weak little meerkats. They began with a school system 🏫 …anytime a baby lion would show any sort of ROAR, any independence at all. The schools would immediately shut it the fuck up.

The schooling worked like a charm but a lion ain’t an easy animal to subdue…So the system or “Matrix of Ignorance” moved to this thing called society. Society is this giant thought-structure that tells every lion 🦁 what they are and what they will become. Now please note that schools and society can be very positive and beneficial things in the right hands. I’m just crafting a narrative of how the “Matrix of Ignorance” can co-opt these things for its benefit.

Within this thought-structure called society; they also created different branches or sub-divisions or systems such as:

- The political “system”

- The religious “system”

- The educational “system”

- The healthcare “system”

- The financial or economical “system”

- The parental or familial “system”

See the “Matrix of Ignorance” is a vast system with one design. To Keep all lions stuck in the wrong identity. To keep all lions from remembering what they are.

And here is the most fucked-up part; they use other conditioned lions 🦁 to program other lions. As soon as a lion or lioness begins to remember what he or she is….Here come the programmed agents with:

- “Who do you think you are?”

- “Aren’t you trying too hard?”

- “That’s not really how we do things in this family?”

- “The economy is too fucked up to take that kind of risk”.

- “Why are you always doing things differently?”

- “What, you think you’re better than us?”

And so on and so forth...

- Question 1: Who is the Lion or Lioness?

You are the Lion or Lioness. Now by you, I mean the unconditioned, un-programmed, original you…are the Lion or Lioness. Your inner I AM nature.

See, the Matrix attacks your identity by programming your mind. If it can convince you that you are this weak, helpless, inefficient creature who needs to only rely on its “systems”; then it has you. You will never ROAR again.

It convinces you (and I know that I’m being repetitive in all my posts) that you are this little meerkat called a persona…who needs to tow a small little line 🛣️ that it has designed for you. And before you know it; the lion in you never roars again…Not even a tiny little whimper.

And the Matrix rewards that lack of roaring… “Good little meerkat”…”Great job my little meerkat, here are other meerkats to play with, to vote with, to whimper with”…Whispers the sneaky “Matrix of Ignorance”.

- Question 2: How does a Lion or Lioness remember again?

By understanding the programming and slowly practicing your ROAR. See, all programming is mental.

Begin practicing overcoming the mind again and the roar will naturally begin to develop. You don’t have to let the conditioned mind and its thoughts of anxieties, frustrations, and fears bully you.

Now I am not saying that life will be perfect and that sometimes negative emotions won’t crop up. The key is to not be overcome by the waves 🌊 of these emotions…To find that witness consciousness who is aware of the mind but not carried away by the mind.

At first, you’ll have to muscle it. You’ll have to use mantras or inner reminders of what you are when the mind starts kicking. Using mantras like “Neti Neti”…which is sanskrit for “I am not this, I am not that“…or mantras like “I am the perfect awareness of God”…Or whatever inner statement that resonates with you/grounds you.

Eventually, you won’t need a mantra. Your mindfulness alone will keep you at peace. And at that point, the Lion within you is starting to really wake up. You are becoming a real sovereign being 👸🏾.

Now please note that the “Matrix of Ignorance” doesn’t like an awakened lion. So it won’t just allow you to ROAR undisturbed. Plenty of random people, place, or things might come at you…To stop you from being your Self. It might even try to keep you from sharing your story to help other lions remember. Stay strong and courageous and remember this fact…If you were actually weak, then there wouldn’t be a whole vast system designed to keep you from remembering who you are. The complexity of the system shows you how strong you actually are.

- Final Comment:

Be responsible. When I attempt to wake you up in these posts…I don’t mean for you to haul off and quit your jobs, stop paying bills, check out of society, or anything outlandish. No. Still be in the world while breaking free from within. Be in the world yet not of the world. If you are led to quit a job from your inner-knowing/inner-guidance with the promise of gaining another job. Perfect. But I just wanted to emphasize that I am not saying to buck the Matrix externally. The Way to ROAR will always be an inside job. Namaste 🙏🏾 .

In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna once approached Krishna about an upcoming battle. He asked Krishna how a spiritual aspirant like himself could go to war. How could that jive with his conscience. Krishna replied; “Plunge into the heat of battle but stay at the lotus feet of the Lord” (Awareness, Anthony De Mello)

Now, how come Krishna didn’t teach Arjuna to not kill or to not fight? After all, isn’t non-violence the moral thing to do? That’s because morality isn’t as important as staying at the lotus feet of the lord.

What is the “lotus feet of the lord”? Truth is the lotus 🪷 feet of the lord. And what is meant by Truth? Your inner I AM nature is Truth. See, all Christs, all Krishnas, all Buddhas are just archetypes of your inner I AM nature or Awareness Self.

And staying as the Awareness Self automatically makes you a moral, uplifted, and loving person…Sometimes without you even knowing it. 

See, religion teaches you to muscle morality. Say you are a habitual liar…The mistake of religion is to tell you that lieing is wrong and to try your best to stop doing that. Well if you try to muscle yourself to stop lieing, you’ll inevitably fail. Because the lieing habit stems from insecurity. It stems from not being at the lotus 🪷 feet of the lord…The habit stems from not being your Self or I AM nature. Besides, not all lies are immoral.

The year is 1941 in Vilnius, Lithuania and the German Gestapo visited the apartment of Anton Schmid. They had just received some intel that Schmid, a German Wehrmacht sergeant, was harboring jewish families. The Gestapo agents asked him if he was indeed sheltering jewish families. Schmid said No. He lied. Questions: Was he immoral? Was he wrong?

Morality is cool but proximity to Truth is much better because proximity to Truth is of the heart. You can even go to war like Arjuna did in the Gita and still stay as the enlightened Self. 

The enlightened move is always to never judge another’s actions but to look at the heart. I had someone once ask me how to quit watching spicy 🌶️ videos…The typical answer would be to shame watching spicy 🌶️ videos as immoral and to tell him to stop doing that. But I didn’t give that response; I told him to watch whatever he needs and not feel guilty about it. HOWEVER, more importantly, to try daily to meditate on his inner I AM nature. Meditating and contemplating on his already healed/enlightened nature will automatically draw his consciousness away from certain habits. You’d be surprised at how pure you become in the process of discovering your Self again. Coming close to your I AM nature is like approaching the sun ☀️; it will burn off all the shit that can be burned off to reveal that which cannot be touched. 

So don’t just strive to be moral or orthodox...just be your Self. You lied about something in the past? It’s ok don’t feel too guilty. Focus on your I AM nature and maybe in the future, you won’t lie again.

Morality that is NOT of the heart can be fake. There was a certain older black comedian named Bill Cosby who used to accuse young black men of thuggish behavior because their pants 👖 were too baggy and they listened to hiphop. Cosby would push himself as some model of morality and wouldn’t even cuss on his standup comedy specials.

Years later, we come to find out that Bill Cosby was drugging and SA-ing young women. But hey he didn’t cuss or wear baggy sagged jeans 👖 or listen to hiphop right? Any morality that isn’t heart-based is not true morality. It’s just faking the funk.

To conclude. If you are engaging in activities that the moral police or religious hierarchy deems as immoral…Truth won’t judge you or give a fuck. Truth only looks at the heart. So don’t worry too much about morality and focus on the proximity to the Truth of what you are. And as you are closer to the Truth of what you are, you are closer to the heart. And home is where the heart is. Namaste 🙏🏾. 

Enlightenment is about realizing what is or Is-ness. And in this post, I thought I’d briefly explain what is meant by Is-ness.

First of all, Is-ness is not Seem-ness. That is, Enlightenment is what is and not what seems to be. Now what do I mean by “what is”? What is, is that which cannot change. That which is, which was, and which will always be.

I always use this scenario as an example. When you were 5, your body was small and when you’re 50, your body becomes bigger. So your body clearly changes over time but your awareness that you have a body never changes. You were just as aware of a body at age 5 as you were at 50. This can also be applied to emotions. Some days you feel happy and other days you feel sad; however the awareness of your feelings never changes even as the emotions do change. The body + emotions can change but awareness remains consistent.

Most people might not be “aware” of this but there is an Awareness Self or Witness Self that never changes and stays constant throughout the many fluctuations of life. That Awareness Self is what is meant by Is-Ness. It is always in the background, chilling 😌. Enlightenment puts you in touch with Is-Ness or this Awareness Self.

Now, what is Seem-Ness? Seem-Ness is whatever the sense mind shows you. That which is always subject to change. The sense mind can consist of the sense of smell, taste, hearing, touch, sight, think, and feel. Essentially, that which is changeful within consciousness is what I term “Seem-Ness”.

As you realize the Awareness Self or witness consciousness; the sense mind or “Seem-Ness” almost becomes like a TV 📺 that you’re watching within consciousness. For example, when thoughts arise in my consciousness, I’m no longer carried away by them…The mind just feels like someone turned on the TV 📺 again. And staying as the witness, believe it or not, turns the TV off. 

I used to think that living in a state where you are internally quiet and not constantly thinking was woo-woo spiritual bs. I’m finding out that it actually isn’t bs at all 🤷🏾‍♂️. Thoughts are starting to not arise as much in my consciousness these days. Now it doesn’t mean that I’m a thoughtless automaton. No. My consciousness just has a better relationship with thinking. It uses it when needed and returns to witness again when finished.  Please note that I’m only mentioning this to show the firsthand account of the Enlightenment experience, not to big myself up or anything. Just bearing witness. 

So when I see people mention Is-ness or Enlightenment while referencing something of the senses/sense mind…That is not Is-ness. That is Seem-ness. It’s very simple; Is-ness doesn’t change. Seem-ness always changes. 

Now there’s a temptation to call staying as the Awareness Self or witness consciousness; spiritual bypassing. No. Spiritual bypassing is when one consciously ignores physical existence to escape from their responsibilities in the world. Please note that I never advocate an escape like this. I often say to live in the world but not of the world. To have your feet firmly planted on earth even as your head is in heaven…So to speak. 

And staying as the witness consciousness or Is-Ness is how you live in the world but not of the world. Is-Ness ACTUALLY makes living in the physical a lot easier and better in my opinion. Imagine living the physical life without the constant stress of believing that you are the changeful mind. The mind, or rather its username, the persona, is inherently unstable…One moment it’s happy, another sad, another anxious, etc. 

Once your consciousness discovers the witness consciousness or Awareness Self or Is-Ness; you become a much more stable being. A mountain. An anchor ⚓️ in the tumultuous ocean 🌊 of existence. You are not too carried away by this or that; an even keel. So Enlightenment is actually not “spiritual-bypassing” but “life-optimizing” or “life-affirming”. 

The next question I usually get is, “does Is-ness now imply that you’re a robot 🤖 without feelings?” Hell no. Some feelings actually deepen; the only major change is that you are not attached to the feelings as what you are. For example, within Is-ness, the feelings of peace and equanimity greatly increases. Feelings of childlikeness also intensifies because you’re not taking things as seriously as you previously did. An awakened or enlightened being sometimes behaves very childlike due to the fact that they have surrendered the need to overthink and obsess about things and just flows through life. 

You’ll also notice that some enlightened beings crack jokes a lot because they are just witnessing the whole show. They don’t take themselves as seriously anymore, they are not full of themselves. So you don’t become a robot and lose the ability to feel; you become the witness of the feelings. And in a pretty sweet turn of events, mostly pleasant feelings of peace, joy, acceptance, and love arise in your consciousness. You begin to realize that worry, guilt, anxiety, fear etc., sometimes arose in the past due to an overly ruminating mind. 

- MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION:

Now how does one merge with the witness consciousness?

I always try to finish my posts these days with a how-to to bring it home for you. Enlightenment is available to EVERYONE. It is not something set apart for some chosen few people/monks/spiritual beings, etc. Nah, anyone can tap into their already enlightened nature right here and now. You know those moments where you are watching a really good movie or listening to a great song or even watching an amazing sunset; and you’re so engrossed in the moment that your mind is quiet. That is an enlightened moment. You’ve probably had plenty of those.

So to merge with the witness consciousness or Is-ness and have many more enlightened moments; I suggest a discipline that helps you realize that you are not the mind. You use the mind but you are not just the mind. A good inner mantra practice is great for whenever the mind begins to overly worry about things. Repeating a mantra interrupts the programmed movement of the mind and eventually brings you back to peace.

Practice as often as you are inspired to…While still living in the world. People see me at the DMV with a smile on my face in a big ass line and they’re wondering what the hell is up with this dude. I’m just chilling in line with an inner mantra 🕉️. Completely at peace. That is the work. Eventually the work decreases and you become the mantra itself. You become the word made flesh and become what is; not what the mind thinks to be. Namaste. 

The world-matrix loves hierarchies…political hierarchies, spiritual hierarchies (guru-ship), religious hierarchies, work hierarchies (bosses + managers), social hierarchies, etc.  See, it wants you to forget what you are. So it curates an external world where you jump through hierarchical hoops ⭕️ to forget that the power lies and has always lain within you. 

Let’s take religious hierarchies for example. Look at what religion made the Jesus/Christ archetype. It turned it into a pseudo-god outside of you. Whereas Jesus is just the archetype of a healed man or woman, a Self-Realized or Enlightened Being. The story is very much about a man who did an insane amount of inner work (wilderness) to heal his fractured/separated consciousness in other to become whole or “holy (whole-y)” again.

But the matrix co-opted that archetype to make it look like he was some super-saiyan supreme being who can do things that you cannot…So you won’t realize what he realized…So you won’t heal and unify yourself. Now, why would the matrix do that you ask? Because an enlightened or healed being is a NIGHTMARE ‼️ for the matrix. 

It’s like one kid learned how to ride a bike 🚲 and tried to also teach others how to ride a bike…but a bully saw that if others learned how to ride a bike, they’d be able to easily leave. So the bully tried to hide the kid’s teachings on bike riding. And told everyone that only a specific special alien being can ride bikes not you…And to worship this mythical bike rider instead of riding for yourself. Can you see how insidious and fucked up this whole shit is?

And every second you spend worshipping the bike rider is a second wasted learning that you can also ride the bike. It really is a brilliant psy-op to keep you asleep to what you really are. 

Same with Buddha. But religion and some aspects of spirituality want you to give your power away to a hierarchy via priests, gurus, etc. Now please don’t misunderstand me, there’s nothing wrong with learning from others but the true “Guru” is within you. So please stop giving your power away to religious hierarchies, social hierarchies, spiritual hierarchies, work hierarchies, etc. 

Additionally, as I write to empower you💪🏾…I don’t mean to go disrespect your bosses, leaders, parents, etc. Nah not at all. What I’m saying is that you are the sovereign being of your inner kingdom or queendom…And as you rule that inner world, you’d be surprised as how the external will take shape to mirror that. As within, so without. 

Ultimately, the goal of my posts is to open your eyes so you can see the puppet strings 🧵 and hand you the scissors ✂️…If you want to cut the strings and liberate yourself, perfect. If not, perfect…It is/was/will always be your choice, the world-matrix just made it look like you didn’t have a choice. You do. You are the operant power. Namaste.