We live in a time where it’s painstakingly difficult to discern truth from manipulation on multiple levels of awareness. As one discovers larger truths about the reality of our world, one may witness that their findings are at a complete contrast with prolonged belief systems.
Here are some tips aiming to help you navigate the seeming chaos with a steady focus towards healthy levels of discernment.
1. Know That It Is Part Of The Process
No, you’re not going crazy! It is completely normal for you to experience cognitive dissonance and feel like you’re losing ground from the intensity or quantity of information that you are trying to make sense of. Have compassion as you hold space for yourself and try to incorporate new, possibly conflicting information.
2. Give Yourself As Much Time As You Need
A state of uncertainty has a tendency to bring with it, Fear! 2020 is perhaps THE year where one has witnessed this fact in all its nakedness. Any restlessness or anxiety that you may be feeling is possibly arising from the fear of not being able to distinguish up from down. It would help to be aware of how much you can take on at any given moment and integrate new findings at your own space.
3. Ground Yourself As Your Worldview Expands
It’s easy to lose touch with our physical reality in the initial phases of piercing through the veil. Try to bring attention to your immediate physical reality to ground yourself and anchor in stability. This will prove to be key in helping you navigate through expanded states that may feel like uncharted territories. Exercise, body movement, barefoot walking and dynamic meditations are some activities that assist with grounding.
4. Build & Cultivate Self-Awareness
Upon centering oneself, a cultivation of self awareness follows in developing a guidance system to test any type of incoming information. Self-awareness is akin to a sharp blade that cuts through projections stemming from lifelong conditioning. It enables one to deeply understand the root of all complex mental structures, and essentially know where their truest inner resonance lies.
5. Test Your Inner Guidance System
A strongly developed inner resonance can be used to test any information, including potential future plans. Having a strong body awareness aids in building this resonance as emotions are felt in the body. A unified heart-mind connection will help you successfully gauge what is in resonance with you in that present moment.
6. Know That The Learning Never Stops
There is no end to learning, and one quickly finds that the path to Self knowledge is non-linear. It can even be said that we are conscious onions, peeling layers of ourselves to reach the center. It’s best to take it as it comes on an adventure as grand as exploring infinity and beyond!
7. Pay Attention to Synchronicity
Synchronicity in the everyday are wonderful signs from the You-niverse that you are on the right track. Look closely and take hints! As Dr Joe Dispenza states, “synchronicity means you are close!”
Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the Truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.
Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetian Book of Living And Dying