Reality Control #1
In life, we all start from different beginnings. The first few years are all but a dream where we are still asleep. And perhaps we spend our ENTIRE lives, just beginning to wake up (only to fall asleep again)…
At some point, there are moments. FLASHES of brilliance; that shake us up and force us to see the truth about ourselves: that we are living a lie, an illusion and that we are and always were meant for more than the life we see in front of us.
These moments of clairvoyance come to us all, but they are often short-lived as the mind is hijacked once again by the next race in the hamster wheel or worse… ourselves.
These past few days I’ve been talking a lot about how I’ve been working on eliminating the mental barriers adding an extra difficulty to completing a level in the game of life.
Allowing yourself to indulge and feel negative emotions and FEED it is like going to the settings on a video game and changing the difficulty (that was on easy) all the way to su!cide.
It’s an added, unnecessary barrier that you unknowingly created and picked up… highly likely due to the environment you were born in. It’s a choice!
take a step back and “observe your mind processing it” like you would a child “showing you the work for a math equation” OR completely shift your focus to something else,
As soon as you are AWARE (which is easy → does it make you feel bad? does it make your mind activate and “take over” your thoughts?) → PLANT A NEW MEMORY, consciously bring up positive memories,
the time you won big
a beautiful woman on your arms
travel and sunsets
OR … be immersed in the present and simply amazed by the beauty of life! take a look at whats around you, the sounds, the way the wind blows against the snow or the leaves of a tree, the people around you, the stories told and the ones yet to be written
if all else fails, LOWER IMPORTANCE ; accept the comedy of what is happening at the moment, find a way to make it funny…
By far the single most powerful way to move through the world is as if everything is just one big inside joke and curriculum that exists for the sole benefit of your personal evolution. Everything becomes funny. Every obstacle is appreciated. Every experience injected with joy.
For much of life no-one had this sort of access to information:
a carpenters son would be a carpenter
a blacksmith a blacksmith
a farmer a farmer
a king a king
Our lives were set in stone for most of history from the day we’re born. For most, not much has changed. Except replace “tribe” with nuclear family & modern society as we know it.
The masses sleep, yet here you are my friend. You and I, on this journey talking to each other. Sharing notes on what we learned and allowing others to do the same.
…because the first and foremost step to this infinite game we are playing is information. Specifically, the right information.
My challenge for you today is to create a Study Diet.
Here’s a Notion template: free of charge
Information is the new tool that is designed to keep you asleep. Information without direction.
Now, imagine a not-too-distant future where all inputs that you allow into your head are consciously controlled to the best of your abilities. your life would change!
controlling YOUR world begins with controlling the INFORMATION you allow to enter it
Get rid of the algorithms controlling what enters your brain as much as possible and replace it with a conscious and deliberate method of absorbing information be it courses, books, podcasts, or people. SCHEDULE the information you intend to consume, and be DELIBERATE.
- SS
P.S. I tracked 47 of the most successful people I know and have found 33 commonalities between each of them. I wrote a short guide highlighting each of them. If you want it, all you have to do is REPLY.