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The Truth Behind The ‘Make Money Online’ Niche

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Quick Facts

-Participating in the make money online niche can lead to the affectionally-named ‘make money online circle,’ or MMOC.

-This circle is fairly easy to escape from and when you do, you may find more and more meaning and satisfaction appearing in your life!

Intro 

I don’t usually make posts like this, and I am not someone who is quick to judge anything or anyone. However, I’ve noticed a couple of interesting things about the make money online (MMO) niche. Many interesting things, as a matter of fact.

This post isn’t going to be an ‘exposure’ post, nor will I target any particular people, but I will tell you why and how it works (especially when combined with other niches that don’t do so well), and I will give you the overarching concept of what’s going on here!

So, grab your popcorn, and let’s begin!

What Money Does To Our Brain

It doesn’t take a scientific expert to figure out that anything that has to do with money, many of us are all eyes and ears.

If a YouTuber flashes their lambo on camera they’ll most likely get a ton of views compared to another YouTuber who does not. This is because we’ve been valuing money (currency in particular) as a species for a long, long time.

But, did you know that the promise of money can active the ‘risk-taking‘ part of our brain as well as the reward circuitry part of our brain? This means that if someone is really good at delivering a promise of a lot of money, they’re activating primal parts of our brain that tell us, “just go for it. It’ll work.”

To me, that’s a little deceitful! I understand that many MMO products and services are cheap nowadays, but it’s the principle of the thing – promising people a ton of money by working online gets their hopes up, even if the ‘guru’ has no idea what they’re talking about. 

There are some people who genuinely understand how making money online works, and I’m quite grateful these people exist – they understand that it can be a struggle, a long process, something that doesn’t happen overnight (at least, not usually). These people often help us succeed whereas the other kinds of people make their quick buck and often fade away.

Plus, Each Website Is Nice and Appealing

Yeah, I’ve yet to come across a money-making website that doesn’t look like a lot of money was poured into it! Sometimes this is good, and a lot of the time, it’s to prove a point. “Yeah, I can throw $10k into a website. That’s because my program works! Buy it now!”

But take my website as an example – I spent no more than $150 for the Genesis framework and child theme that I’m using right now, and I gotta tell ya, it looks pretty darn nice! I didn’t spend a ton of money or have a ton of developers look at it, I just found what I wanted and went for it.

The truth is, a lot of these people put on a face to get their point across, whether their product works or not. They play on primal reward circuitry (whether they know it or not) and they make money by doing so, sometimes by intentionally scamming their audience. This leads me to my next point…

But, Here’s The Thing… 

This is the meat and potatoes of the article, so I hope you’re paying attention!

Whether or not we’re scamming people or being 100% legitimate, there is a cycle I’ve dubbed the ‘make money online circle,’ or the MMOC, that we participate in whether we’re the teacher or the learner! 

Let’s say we’re the teacher and that we’re being 100% authentic and genuine about making money online. We’re providing tips, resources, tools, programs, books, and/or plans for our audience to begin making money online all on their own. And, let’s say they’re working! A lot of people are finding success with our programs! 

One thing to note, though, is that these “students” are probably going to enter the MMO niche right out of the get-go. And why wouldn’t they? It’s familiar, they see it works, and they have a pretty good idea about how to make the kind of content they need to succeed. However, this also means that they’ll emulate the teacher in many ways – they’ll provide tips, resources, tools, programs, books, and/or plans for their audience so they can begin making money from home! 

Do you see the circle? Often enough, those who teach others how to MMO are teaching them to enter the MMO niche, which can be seen as a kind of “positive trap.” Positive in the sense that we’re making money and we’re learning how to survive, but a trap in the sense that we aren’t learning or teaching anything substantial beyond that.

Of course, some “students” take what they learn and apply it to other niches such as relationships or tech, thereby breaking the circle. However, some of us don’t break the circle and stay in the niche forever, and I almost feel sad for these people – they didn’t deserve the fate they found themselves in, and often, they’ll think it’s too late to turn back and start again.

So… Is The Whole Thing A Scam? 

I’d like to clarify that, at the end of the day, this isn’t too big of a deal unless you’re like me – someone who likes to learn and teach things that are deep and substantial. It can be a trap if you have other, better things you want to do in your life other than teaching others how to make money online, but if you don’t mind, then you simply don’t mind.

I suppose the whole thing can sound like a scam, even if you’re doing it extremely authentically. After all, if all you’re doing is selling products to other people so they can learn how to sell products to other people, then it kind of sounds like a glorified pyramid scheme! On the other hand, you can view the MMO niche as a place to learn and grow your marketing skills. You can take what they have to say into account as you continue to grow and thrive in your life.

Personally, I don’t think the entire idea itself is a scam unless the person selling their products is a scammer themselves. I definitely don’t want to write for this niche as I feel I have better things to write about, however, that comes down to personal preference, it’s not a conscious avoidance. Do you feel me? 🙂

What We Can Do!

Let’s say you’re knee-deep in the MMO niche, whether you’re a teacher, student, or student aspiring to be an MMO teacher. Honestly, it doesn’t matter which one you believe yourself to be!

First, I recommend you read the meat and potatoes again, and second, I want you to realize that you’re more than the money you make through the internet. You have dreams, goals, hobbies, friends, likes and dislikes, beliefs, and perspectives! When we’re operating in the MMO niche, it can be easy to forget all of that and judge ourselves by the numbers we see coming in (or not coming in) every month. I’ve made that mistake before, and I certainly don’t want to see you do it! Go ahead and pursue whatever else you want to pursue whether that be travel, reading, exercising, you name it. That’ll help you get out of the circle and live your life the way you truly want to on another level!

Also, you can view my $19.99 pamphlet on how you can actually make money online. I’m going to increase the price soon, so go ahead and buy it now!

*Smiles*

Final Thoughts 

Making money while I’m writing about the things I’m writing about isn’t easy, however, I find much more meaning from it than writing about relationships or money, even though I’m knowledgeable in both subjects. Sometimes it’s tempting to join the pack and do what they do since they make a lot of money, but I’m going to stick to the path I’m on and keep going since this is where I want to go!

Conclusion 

Thank you for reading my article, I truly appreciate it! I’ll see you in the next one 🙂

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An Intelligent Perspective On Love

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Intro 

This isn’t an answer to the age-old question “what is love?” Rather, I simply want to lay out a perspective on love that’s formed from an intelligent approach. Why? Because I feel as if many people have already explained love through the lenses of poetry, philosophy, and writing, and because I feel like a perspective like this is refreshing/helpful for obtaining and retaining a high level of wellbeing.

The Biological Aspects

Love can very easily be considered a chemical cocktail of oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, and other chemicals that make us feel good! Studies are showing that meditation allows us to produce a higher level of these chemicals, and my argument is that this is a very big reason why we feel good while we meditate.

And love can easily be physical self-care, such as exercising, eating healthily, and preventing ourselves and others from getting hurt. Even if the most poetic writer of love were to eat their own optimal diet they would feel much more elevated since taking care of our biological self is a very, very grounded and effective way of being healthy and loving ourselves. 

The Metaphysical Aspects

When we travel into our mind we can form the intention of going deep into our heart to see what’s inside. We can also choose to become more grateful and loving, and for me, this often produces a white/green color that I can see in my mind.

Love can very easily be considered to be a certain energy field, just like how authenticity can easily be considered to be a certain energy field. We can say any words we please but the tone and energy we speak them often leaves a much greater impact (for better or for worse) than the actual words themselves. This seems to be widely known, however, I don’t see the knowledge being applied very often. That is, why not try to speak with loving energy instead of “lower” energy, even if it’s hard?

On Loving People Being Taken Advantage Of

People who are born with big hearts are often born with a decreased IQ. I don’t know why, but it would be interesting to find out. 

This often leads to them being taken advantage of, sometimes without them even realizing it. And sometimes they even rationalize it to themselves and others, especially if one of their family members is the wrongdoer. Being agreeable and swallowing the corruption has its place, however, I feel as if many good-hearted people should stand up against it since that’s often what’s best for their long-term wellbeing.

Summary

At the end of the day, love is most strongly experienced as a feeling. It is its own unique experience and it’s strongly considered to be positive and genuine, biological and metaphysical. 

We see (feel) this when we take DMT and 5-MeO-DMT most prominently! Yes, we can increase our sense of love through meditation and conscious intention, however ingesting these molecules more often than not produces a feeling of love that is so prominent and so intense that it is unrivaled by everything else.

Once we know that love is a combination of the physical and the metaphysical we can appreciate it and take very effective steps to live in it long-term 🙂

Final Thoughts

The higher level of “base love” we have as a species the less destruction we partake in. Love, in essence, is regenerative, and so my theory is the more psychedelic trips we partake in the less destruction we inflict, and the higher our quality of life will be as a result. And we raise the “base level” of collective love by raising the level of love within ourselves and encouraging others to do the same 🙂

However, it seems to me like many people in power want the opposite of this. They yearn for destruction, no matter if it’s physical or metaphysical, but even so, love continues to ultimately rule over fear.

Conclusion

Thank you so much for reading! I’ll see you in the next post 🙂

My Childhood, and Why It Was So Detrimental

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Quick Facts

-Having narcissistic, angry, smothering, manipulative parents can be extremely damaging! 

-Parenting while being/feeling like this is not a good idea.

-We can recover from our nasty childhoods, and we can become the best parents we’ve ever known!

Intro

Not everyone had the perfect childhood, but it’s rare to find someone who had a childhood quite like mine. I truly don’t mean that in an egotistical way, but in a melancholic way – I want people I can relate to, not say “I had a worse childhood than you did” too!

The time has come to write this post, and usually, I hope my memory will serve me well… This time I know it will.

The Overall Situation 

Here is a general perspective on my life growing up:

From ages 0-18 I lived in my parent’s house. Both parents stayed together for the entire time, and I lived with 3 siblings. My parents proclaimed themselves to be protestant Christian, and we were homeschooled the entire time we lived there.

They “proclaimed” themselves to be Christian, but in reality, my father displayed traits of a cold, unloving narcissist and my mother displayed traits of a manipulative, smothering, overprotective, traumatized, anxious woman for the entire 18 years I lived in their home.

This meant mandatory compliance instead of mutual respect. This meant no free thinking was allowed. This meant I had to believe what they believed, and if I didn’t I was seen as someone to be converted instead of loved. This meant I stayed at home most of the time since they didn’t have a lot of money/didn’t want to be bothered. This meant having to constantly deal with two parents in emotional turmoil with almost no breaks whatsoever. The list goes on and on…

But, perhaps worst of all, it meant my siblings hated me since I (somehow) kept an individual identity throughout all of this. They liked my parent’s values (some of which included silence and compliance) and hated me when I displayed the values I held which were the opposite (like expressing my emotions and doing my own thing without worrying if I was complying or not).

Home life was extremely damaging, but not in a physical way, in a way much more subtle than that – when I left the home I had little to no identity of my own, I was scared of everything and everyone since I had almost no exposure to the outside world on my own, I had no marketable skills, and very few friends that still lived in the area. I was emotionally distraught, depressed, insecure, sad, fearful, and angry with little reason to feel good about myself at all – or, that’s how I saw it with my limited perspective.

One totalitarian narcissist and one traumatized manipulator – I don’t remember feeling loved at all. They would say, “love is in the motions, it’s not exactly a warm feeling all of the time,” but then why didn’t they work to change themselves? Why did they continue buying us crappy food? Why didn’t they let us live our own lives for a bit by going to public school? Even if they stuck to their own definition (which I don’t fully agree with) they still didn’t try to act it out.

Specific Examples 

-I don’t remember this, but my grandma tells me that she would be holding me as a child, my father would come home, and that he would take me away from her while saying, “this is my son. You don’t get to hold him.”

-When I was 6 I remember being in Sunday school, and the teacher was telling us something about God. I raised my hand and asked something to the extent of, “what is God? How do we know he’s real?” The teacher didn’t give me an adequate response so I went home and asked my parents. They replied with (paraphrasing), “aren’t you too young to be asking those kinds of questions?”

-From 6 to 18 I remember being overly scolded and shamed because I was trying to live a free life. I was also scolded because I expressed a lot of anger that was being generated because of their suppressive ways.

-Sometime before my teen years I remember my mother having a moment of clarity. She was punishing me for something ridiculous, and she started punishing herself as well. Both of us were crying pretty bad. The change didn’t last, she went back to her old ways pretty quickly.

-At 13-14 we were being sat by a babysitter. We loved her because she was a good person, and she was okay with letting us be normal children. My parents came home, however, and my father noticed that we were acting ‘rambunctious,’ so he yelled, “sit down! We leave for a few hours and you guys start acting like gorillas!” The anger in his voice was so intense that we were even afraid of going to the bathroom lest he punish us for getting up.

-At 14-16 my father and I were arguing about something. I don’t remember what it was, but I remember I was in the right. We were arguing from across the room, and I said something especially incriminating. He stormed over, put his face 2 inches from mine, and produced the most menacing growl he could possibly manage. He didn’t touch me, though – at least he was smart enough to refrain from going to jail.

-15 was when I began my journey towards “becoming cool” as well as meeting (and remembering) normal, healthy men. We went to a family reunion and I met one of my 2nd cousins and my other 2nd cousin’s husband. They were some of the first men who I compared to my father, and that was when I started to see what was really going on.

-At 15-18 I watched porn for the first time. My parents believe that porn is wrong/sinful, but instead of handling the situation healthily they grounded me for 6 months and told me to never do it again. All I had to lose were my video games, but those were my life due to the suppressive nature of my parents… I got caught again after that, so they put a filter on the internet, when I found my way around that, they grounded me permanently (until I moved out of the house). 

-At 16-17 they tried to enlist me in the army, without my consent. Thankfully it didn’t happen!

-At 17 I tried cannabis for the first time. Instead of my parents applauding me for going against the law and ingesting a healthy plant, they said “no drugs,” and it was part of the reason for my permanent grounding.

I remember vague parts of other things that happened, but these are the main ones. 

Why My Childhood Was So Detrimental 

You may be wondering, “gee, there must have been some good times, right? There’s no way any God-loving mother and father could be so bad, right?”

We did go places occasionally, and we shared some laughs here and there, but the good times were few and far in-between – most of my time with them was terrible, and most of the “good times” were tainted to the point of no repair, at least with the positive power I had then. I certainly can’t remember any specific examples besides a few field trips where I got to break away from my parents.

Anyway, I want to derive some value out of my parent’s mistakes, so I’ll list the reasons why their parenting was so terrible:

-Free thinking wasn’t encouraged or allowed.

-The “mandatory compliance” mindset left no room for input from the children. What they said went, and this has never been an effective way to parent.

-Suppressing children’s desires is detrimental because doing that doesn’t make their desires go away, and smothering them is detrimental because they don’t get to leave and build their own life.

-The unwillingness to change their ways, even if they could see their ways weren’t working, was a gigantic issue.

-The intensity of their fear, anger, and sadness affected us kids very greatly. Anyone who has major emotional issues shouldn’t be having kids unless they’re consciously improving/realizing themselves!

And, when it really boils down to it, the lack of love, trust, and mutual respect were the worst of it all. “You need to respect me and I don’t need to respect you.” “You need to reciprocate because I feed you and clothe you.” “I can’t trust you if you don’t comply.” “You need to be just as afraid and angry as I am.” All of these base beliefs were largely unspoken, but intensely felt in my childhood, and they’re extremely damaging to a young child’s psyche. Please, I beg you, love your children, trust them, and respect them!

What I Did About It!

This is my favorite part of the post since I get to feel all giddy and excited about sharing my solution to this dilemma!

When I was 16 I threw myself into the world and got my first job. I worked at the same place (a semi-cutthroat kitchen) from 16-19, learning how to work and properly interact with other people. I gained some valuable experience and wisdom while I worked there, some of which I’ll never forget.

When I was 18 I ingested psilocybin mushrooms for the first time… They helped me heal immensely, and they helped me form a new, healthy perspective on life as a whole. More than a dozen psilocybin/LSD/DMT trips followed in the span of 1 ½ years or so, all of which were extremely helpful.

When our company went bankrupt I moved to Texas and began working at a country club while sleeping in my car. I learned what it was like to start over, with no friends or family, and make it without any help whatsoever. This was when I began listening to Terrence McKenna and doing some psychological healing.

When I learned the job was a sinking ship I moved to East Texas looking for a job. I submitted 99 applications in a month and didn’t hear back from any of them – except one in Austin, TX to be a Favor delivery driver. 

I moved to Austin and began working there. I learned the entire city like the back of my hand, I learned how to be a self-starter (since I was working as an independent contractor), I learned how to be business-like and professional. It was my first time living in any city so I learned how to transition well, I learned how to make it without friends or family, but most importantly, this was when I really started the sorting out of my mental faculties. It’s where I saw Jordan Peterson for the first time, it’s where I discovered Jung’s and Niechieze’s work, it’s where I had many of my revelations and spiritual experiences, and it’s where I started to think critically about my mental state and really change it for the better. I was still sleeping in my car.

Now I’m almost 22, and I can successfully say I’m a strong, healthy person. I’m hardworking, charismatic, I can write, speak, and think, I can stand up for myself, I’m confident, I can love, and I have a passion for life! 

So, if you’re like me and had to suffer through that or worse, I only encourage you to throw yourself into the fire like I did if you’re certain you can handle it. Otherwise, I encourage you to change your mindset first and do everything you can to develop your sense of self. That’s what a narcissist doesn’t want you to have, after all!

I don’t want you to think I’m victimizing myself because I’ve moved past the bullcrap. I’ve taken care of the damage they dealt and I’m a very strong person now! I write this post so that we can relate to each other and help each other while we’re in similar situations.

Final Thoughts

I have a sneaking suspicion that no one will believe what I say, even though it is the truth. But then another part of me says not to worry about it, since it’s the truth.

Sometimes I wonder if I’m screwed for life because something will pop up from my subconscious and seem immovable, but I always disidentify from it and heal that too! All wounds can be healed, even though astrology says otherwise!

I wish I had a normal life. I wish I didn’t know the things I know, I wish I didn’t have to go through what I went through, I wish I wasn’t like this! Why? Because even my dreams are so intensely positive that I feel terrible not being able to bring them into the world and share them with others!

And, tell me, is my life going to be smooth from here on out? What’s next?

Conclusion

Thank you so, so much for reading! It’s very therapeutic to write all of this out, and hopefully, you derive value from it on one level or another. I’ll see you in the next post!

The Fear of Life

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Quick Facts

-Some of us are so used to pain and ‘dark energy’ that we’re afraid of the light (positive emotions, people, experiences, etc)!

-We can expose ourselves to this light by meditating, and we can disidentify from our fear of it! Doing this is very healthy for our mental state.

Intro

Following my post on the fear of death, I’ve observed many, many people who are also afraid of life. Often I’ll try to lift someone out of their rut and they won’t budge, but in a way that screams “I want to be here because it’s where I’m comfortable.”

Some specific examples are trying new things, seeing things from a new perspective, and feeling good about themselves. Too many people are averse to doing these things, it’s actually hurting our collective existence on our lovely planet earth!

What Is The Fear of Life?

From my perspective, the fear of life is the fear of:

-Feeling better (higher) than you do right now.

-Trying things you’ve never tried before, especially if you’ve been told they’re fun and healthy.

-Seeing things from a new perspective, especially if the new perspective is better than your current perspective.

Case in point: I once worked with a man who was (still is) a workaholic. One day I mentioned how I used to be a workaholic when I was younger, and that I used to believe I had to work all of the time. I was about to finish the sentence with, “but I realized there is more to life than just working” when he interrupted with “well, you’re right!” In a tone that screamed, “I know what’s coming and I don’t want to hear it.” He wanted to hear what he believed (that we’re supposed to work all of the time) and didn’t care to hear about my higher perspective. That’s most likely the fear of life in action. Sorry dude, you’re a cool guy, but your mind is very, very closed.

I saw the fear of life in myself a few times as well! When I was working my first job my co-workers (and even some customers) would compliment me on the work I did, only for me to shoot it down. I truly didn’t believe I deserved to feel good, and I was afraid that even if I did I would do a poorer job than if I was feeling crummy.

And of course, the many times I sat down and talked with people about the truth of the world. Maybe one out of one hundred listened, the rest reacted with fear, anger, or otherwise ignored me. Most people wouldn’t even give my words any thought, even if I was talking to them because their actions were hurting me!

So, the fear of life is fairly easy to spot, and it’s everywhere. It’s the act of consciously staying in a low state of mind and body because of “fear of the light,” perhaps because it’s foreign and new.

Do We Really Fear Life? If So, Why?

As I’m writing this post I’m asking myself the question, “are these people truly afraid of feeling better, or are they afraid of something else altogether?” It could be that they’re simply afraid of the unknown, or perhaps they’re angry because they believe their mind cannot wrap around the perspective that’s being shown to them. But then, have they never taken the risks? Have they never faced their fears, been victorious, and felt the positivity on the other side?

And, if we put this in a literal perspective, the only thing we can fear is life because life is all that there is. I like to narrow it down to mean what I’ve explained above, however, the only other thing to fear besides life is death, which I’ve written on the fear of death here.

Some of us are afraid of being afraid, however, I don’t think that being afraid of being afraid is as detrimental as being afraid of being conscious, because I think it’s easy (and not very rewarding) to face our fear of fear, but it’s difficult (and very rewarding) to face our fear of consciousness.

And why, exactly? Partly because we’re wired to be creatures of habit, and partly because of the programming and conditioning we’ve been subjected to since a young age. We often get accustomed to feeling a certain way (or we get accustomed to feeling in a certain pattern/cycle) and any perceived changes are then seen as foreign, therefore worthy of skepticism, and even criticism! Sometimes the skepticism is understandable, but sometimes it’s held by people in a low state of being towards those in a higher state of being, and these are the kinds of people I want to address in the following section.

How Can We Stop Fearing Life?

It’s extremely easy to stay within the “black vibrational void” and not be able to experience any other form of life. In fact, some people believe they have no choice and are doomed to be “depressed” forever. But what’s the solution to this?

The easiest, quickest, most efficient, and safest way is by sitting alone, accepting our fear as it is, and then consistently choosing to feel the way you wish to feel! It begins with the abstract (you speaking/thinking the words) and it turns into a felt reality once you choose to go in that direction. Please keep in mind that if you have physical pain, a better solution may be to sit and accept the pain. This is much more difficult than accepting emotional pain, however, it’s still beneficial since accepting your pain will allow you to consciously choose the emotions you feel.

Then, you live in the experience! 

After doing this it’ll be much easier to do it again, and again. Then it becomes much easier to go explore (in your mind and/or in the world) and face the unknown, which gives massive loads of confidence. Eventually, it starts a positive snowball that doesn’t stop, and you’re living exactly the best way you possibly can, all of the time! 

You can also jump right into the fire as I did… After going through my shitty childhood I landed my first job in (pretty much a) cutthroat kitchen, moved to west Texas and got a job at a high-end country club (where we served 800+ people on the Easter of 2019), moved to East Texas to get a better job, failed, then moved to Austin to be a delivery driver… All while sleeping in my car!

I also faced my fear of life by doing mental work… Whenever a fear would pop up I’d disidentify from it and ask myself, “why do I feel this way? Is it rational, or should I let it go?” That combined with some other “sorting out” of my mental stuff greatly aided in making me who I am today.

I’m not saying you should be as unconventional as I was (or put yourself in as much danger as I did), but I am asking you to face your fear of life in whatever way you see fit. I’m asking you to do it consistently, and even to let it snowball in a positive direction as time goes on! I have provided the process, now I’m asking you to follow through 🙂

Final Thoughts

I love feeling good, and sometimes I still feel a strong urge to go back to the fear and suffering I once knew. Maybe I should consciously break that habit, and now that I think about it, I have been slowly breaking that habit as time goes on.

Also, if you know someone (if you’re friends with them, if they’re your family members, etc) who is dead set on being afraid all of the time, I encourage you to see them as an opportunity to develop your own ability to be positive in their negative presence, and/or a person to avoid as much as possible. You have every right to not spend time with them, after all 🙂

Conclusion

Thank you so much for reading my post! I’m truly grateful for your presence, and I’ll see you next time!

On Death

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Quick Facts

-Death is often considered the ceasing of physical existence, however, death can be considered in a psychological sense as well!

-Going through egoic and psychological death is very healthy for us!

Intro

Death is such an interesting topic. So many people are frightened of it, and many people embrace it as well! But what is death? Can we consider death to be anything else besides what we traditionally associate it with? Even if we could, should we?

What We Consider To Be Death

As it stands, almost everyone believes that death happens when a living being ceases to live in the physical world. When our breath is gone, our heartbeat stops, and we permanently stop moving others consider us to be “dead.”

This can be thought about all kinds of living things – squirrels, trees, dogs, rabbits – when they permanently stop moving, they’re “dead.” 

Also, some people are smart and remark that someone seems “dead” or “brain-dead” when they exhibit a lot of black energy. They are beginning to refer to death as a mental state rather than a physical state.

What Death Can Really Be

While we think of the above as death, there is another perspective I want to write about! 

When a tree dies, for example, it goes into the soil and becomes fertilizer for other plants and trees to grow on top of it. Since its nutrients are being used for another tree to grow can anyone say it actually died?

Some people argue that death and decay can only truly happen if we don’t let the earth reclaim its own, by putting our bodies in caskets, for example. When life “dies” it becomes the grounds for new life, and anyone/anything that disrupts that process is asking for trouble! The earth only has so many resources, after all.

Others argue that death simply doesn’t happen, and that life always carries on whether it be in physical form or metaphysical form. 

And lastly, speaking of the metaphysical, death can refer to psychological/emotional death. We tend to hold the same beliefs, emotions, and fears for a long time, and they grow in intensity the longer we identify with them. When we disidentify from them and release them from our being we refer to this as ‘ego death,’ and it often feels like death when a feeling that intense becomes replaced with another intense, positive feeling.

Why Death Is Good For Us

Most of us are afraid of death and dying! I see a lot of people who harbor a subtle (sometimes not-so-subtle) fear of death, and I want to argue towards the contrary – if we’re afraid of death and dying all the time our quality of life will dramatically decrease on the mental and physical levels. It’s the same for any kind of chronic fear, but it’s especially true for the fear of death since most of us fear death more than anything.

In fact, the act of death itself can be seen as rather… Unceremonial! When we take the emotional context away from it it’s rather simple and painless. This is me talking about the physical death, but what about the metaphysical death?

When a large but detrimental (outdated) part of our psychological/emotional being is disidentified from, we often become a different and better person entirely! We feel better, we treat ourselves and other people better, we are more likely to think and perform well, the list of benefits goes on and on. While metaphysical death can feel painful, I assure you, anything that deserves to be slain in the mind probably wasn’t worth identifying with anyway. Learned from? Maybe. But not identified with!

However, this kind of death is intense and, often, unpleasurable. Digging up traumas, old emotions of the past, and subconscious/suppressed pain hardly ever feels good in the moment, especially if it comprises a large part of our identity. However, if we’re willing to let it go, feel the intensity, and come out on the other side, we’ll have gone through a kind of death that’s very important to our well-being!  

Why We Shouldn’t Be Scared

Some of us mistake the fear of death as the actual act of death itself. Sometimes we say “wow, I feel like death” because the pain and suffering that we feel can be thought of to be like death.

In reality, however, there is no reason to associate pain, fear, and negativity with death. This is why I propose we shouldn’t be afraid of any kind of death! And what I mean by this is, literally, we shouldn’t identify with the fear of death. Perhaps we can feel the feeling, but we shouldn’t identify with the feeling and be the feeling. We should feel the fear and pain, accept it for what it is, then release it, because that provides a lot more wellbeing than simply staying afraid! 🙂

Final Thoughts 

My speculation is that we’re programmed to be afraid of dying from a very young age. TV shows, movies, commercials, our parents, other adults… I’ve even gone so far as to speculate that the government does this on purpose so it can keep most of us compliant and afraid. It makes sense since this is what an intelligent government would do if it was completely and totally void of morality or positive power and totally obsessed with gaining control and corrupt power, which is true for most (if not all) of the (at least American) government.

I used to think that all fear stemmed from the fear of death, however, I’ve recently been wondering if other fears are completely autonomous and completely okay with existing on their own. IE, she’s scared to meet this new group because she wants them to accept her. Why does she want them to accept her? Because she wants them to accept her. And the loop continues. I feel as if I cannot say the fear of death is the root of all fear, however, I can say that it is the root of a lot of fear, pain, and suffering, so I highly encourage you to disidentify from it by continuously repeating, “I choose to disidentify from the fear of death. I do not need to fear death anymore.”

Conclusion

Thank you for reading my article! I hope you found some value in it, and I’ll see you in the next post 🙂