It's crazy the historic things that can happen when warning signs are ignored and people become complacent. Challenger is an example so I made a video about it!
Not selling anything. Just for entertainment purposes only!
Enjoy! :)
We need to say something important because we’re watching some people go through experiences that are becoming overwhelming rather than illuminating.
Many of us here explore consciousness, spirituality, synchronicity, intuition, symbolism, altered states and experiences that can feel extraordinarily meaningful.
We are not here to tell anybody what those experiences ultimately mean.
But there is one distinction we think we need to protect:
Having an experience and knowing what caused it are two different things.
When something profound happens, interpretation can sometimes accelerate much faster than our ability to understand what is actually happening.
That does not mean the experience is meaningless.
It means we don't have to solve it immediately.
You do not have to decide that every coincidence is a message.
You do not have to follow every sign.
You do not have to accept every thought, dream, synchronicity, voice or intuition as an instruction.
You do not have to figure out the architecture of reality tonight.
There is time.
Please slow things down and involve someone you trust if you notice yourself or somebody else:
At that point:
The meaning of the experience can wait. Your wellbeing comes first.
A lot of spiritual language teaches us, intentionally or not, to think in a hierarchy:
Spirit is higher.
Mind is somewhere in the middle.
Body is lower.
Once we adopt that hierarchy, it becomes very easy to dismiss what the body is telling us.
“I haven't slept in three days.”
Maybe that's not something to transcend.
“I can't eat.”
Maybe that's not evidence that the body has become unnecessary.
“My heart is racing.”
Maybe that deserves attention before interpretation.
“I'm terrified.”
Fear is not automatically the ego resisting enlightenment.
“My family says I'm behaving very differently.”
That does not automatically mean they are too unconscious to understand.
The body is not an obstacle to awakening.
It is part of the instrument.
Sleep matters.
Food matters.
Water matters.
Pain matters.
Fear matters.
Exhaustion matters.
Relationships matter.
The nervous system matters.
Physical safety matters.
Listening to those things does not make somebody less spiritual.
It makes them embodied.
Perhaps awakening does not have to mean escaping the human experience at all.
Maybe it means becoming more deeply present within it.
There is an important distinction here:
A body signal is information. Its interpretation is a hypothesis.
If your heart is pounding, that's an experience.
Maybe you interpret it spiritually.
Maybe you're anxious.
Maybe you've had too much caffeine.
Maybe you're exhausted.
Maybe something medical is happening.
We don't have to ridicule one explanation in order to consider another.
We can simply say:
“Something is happening. Let's understand it before deciding exactly what it means.”
That is not disbelief.
That is discernment.
Transcendence itself is not necessarily the problem.
Many spiritual traditions speak beautifully about moving beyond limited identity, ego, attachment or habitual ways of seeing.
But there is a dangerous version of transcendence where becoming disconnected from the body, relationships and ordinary life starts being treated as evidence of spiritual advancement.
At that point, transcendence can become dissociation wrapped in spiritual language.
Then a loop can form:
I feel worse.
So the awakening must be becoming stronger.
Therefore I should push harder.
I sleep less.
I isolate more.
Everything becomes more intense.
Therefore it must be working.
And suddenly the very things that might have told us to slow down are being interpreted as reasons to accelerate.
That is why grounding matters.
Grounding gives awakening brakes.
It gives us somewhere to stand while we explore.
If you're unsure whether something is helping you, ask:
“Is this making me more present in my life, or progressively less able to inhabit it?”
Are you becoming more capable of love?
More curious?
More grounded?
More able to care for yourself?
More able to tolerate uncertainty?
More connected to the people around you?
More capable of functioning in everyday life?
Or are you becoming increasingly frightened, isolated, exhausted, certain, compulsive or unable to function?
That question doesn't tell you what the universe is.
It tells you how you are doing inside the experience.
And that matters.
Getting grounded does not require you to surrender your spirituality.
Grounding is not a rejection of the experience.
It gives you somewhere stable to stand while you understand it.
Sleep.
Eat.
Drink some water.
Get outside.
Breathe.
Rest.
Step away from intoxicants and intense practices for a while.
Talk to somebody you trust.
Write down what happened instead of immediately acting on it.
Give yourself permission to say:
“I don't know what this means yet.”
There is strength in that sentence.
You do not need certainty in order to respect an experience.
And if things continue intensifying, or you're having trouble functioning safely, please talk with a qualified medical or mental-health professional.
Getting help does not require you to abandon your worldview.
It does not require you to decide that everything you experienced was false.
It simply means taking care of the person who is having the experience.
If somebody comes to us deeply overwhelmed, we should not ridicule them.
We should not argue them out of their experience.
And we should not automatically reinforce an interpretation that none of us can actually verify.
We can try something simpler:
“I believe that you're experiencing something extremely intense. I don't know exactly what is causing it, and we don't need to decide that right now. Let's make sure you're okay first.”
We can respect somebody's experience without pretending we know exactly what the experience means.
Validate the person. Respect the experience. Stay open about the explanation.
Curiosity is welcome here.
Spiritual exploration is welcome here.
Uncertainty is welcome here too.
And perhaps awakening isn't about becoming less human.
Perhaps it is about becoming more consciously, completely and compassionately human.
Body included.
Nobody needs to destroy themselves trying to solve the universe in one night.
Ground first. Interpret later.
And if we're going to reach for the sky:
Keep our roots in the ground.
Please look after yourselves, and look after one another.
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This is what I call a dlc for security systems so basically it's your basic security systems with a bit of psychological warfare added. So when the intruder breaks in he'll hear whispers to make him think he's sleeped deprived then thunder sounds will go off and then he'll see a shadow/shilouett staring at him then comes the classic girl horror movie scream at 10x the volume the the alarm will go off notifying you on your phone you call the police and the burgeler wishes he never came realizing he made a poor financial decision. You might have to explain to the cops that it's your security system and not a horror movie scene.
EDIT: Thank you everyone! I feel a little better, but I will still be keeping my windows shut.
My apartment complex is having work done on the roof. I had shut my windows earlier because I could slightly smell some exhaust. Later, I actually stepped outside and saw this generator is running here nestled in between three ground floor and three upper floor apartments. At least one has a toddler or younger child in it.
Everything I’ve heard about generators is they need to be far away from occupied buildings so I was wondering if I should bring this to someone’s attention, and who that someone should be. I will note that the management company of this building complex is pretty abysmal and I doubt I’d hear anything useful back in time to actually effect a change.
Just saw this on my local Next Door page, dude was getting flamed because it’s just a breakaway chain blocking the door and was only being used as a deterrent for theft, but he also made a good point that it could deter someone from using it because they think it’s locked or may pose a snag risk on handicap equipment. I’m split on whether or not this is safe, since it IS just a breakaway chain, but fire code says nothing can obstruct the door and that in order to open the door, only one action must be taken along with what the guy said. This would turn it into two, but again it takes nothing to break the chain. I’m leaning on the “it’s fine” side of things, but can definitely see how this is a big no no.
In a recent Patreon listener letter, a woman asked how to handle catching a stranger filming her and her partner arguing at a rooftop lounge. Donnica and Ro Nita made a crucial safety point: never approach the person yourself. You have no idea what mental state they're in or how they'll react. The safest play is getting venue staff or security involved to protect your space and demand they stop.
We dissect these situations weekly on our Patreon page. Have you ever caught a stranger filming you, and how did you handle it?