what's beyond the binary . . . .

(this article was originally published on reality sandwich in response to Daniel Pinchbeck's article)
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It’s an important step to say ‘I don’t know’ because it suggests that, on a certain level, you have let go of your attachments to a solid and limited sense of self. I liken it to that moment you get ‘unplugged’ from the matrix because it’s accompanied by an underlying relief despite all of the confusion. It’s almost like feeling alive for the first time because perhaps the one honest thing you can say is you don’t know anything. I think our fundamental problem right now is a crisis of identity. Cultural and individual identities are always reflections of each another and it’s pretty obvious that we're not entirely empowered as individuals. If we could each take responsibility for our lives and move from the viewpoint of being who we are versus being scared – I think it would greatly strengthen our ability to make choices and organize our lives according to a sense of satisfaction and validation - integrated individuation.

Instead of being challenged by ‘other-ness’ or the need to juggle the complexities of opposites, we'll feel secure in our abilities and truly enriched by the experience of ‘other’ because it will no longer threaten our being - it will add to our knowledge and experience of the world. When we are conscious of ourselves, we can truly be conscious of others. We will no longer get lost in a sense of race or class or gender, nationalities or political parties - instead we will value dynamic knowledge – the power of choice and the uniqueness of moments as they unfold.

If we're moving from primary to binary . . . .what comes next . . . tertiary? For some reason, I'm always coming back to the Hegelian dialectic. You have to actually get lost in ‘other-ness’ in order to come out on the other side that’s marked ‘conscious-ness’ . . . . at least that’s the way I understand it. Yet, I really doubt it’s an entirely rational process (i.e., you can’t print people a map) because it’s an integrated experience. It has to happen to you – organically – but it is happening.

Changes like this are hard to quantify because it’s such a continuum, it takes time, but every step you take it gets better. I do believe that. Why is this happening to us, right now? I don’t know – that’s beyond my capacity for imagination – but I could just as easily say, ‘Why not?’ What else is there to do except revel in the fact that you can be as alive as you really, truly want?

The Hopi elders once said something about three . . . how it’s the first symbol that can build a structure (which kind of makes me think of the self). I wish I could remember exactly what they said. Sometimes I wonder if my view of the world is ‘self-ish’ because I tend to focus on what people can do within themselves versus how they interact with others but I compare it to the mind and the breath. Everyone wants to control the mind but you can’t. You can control your breath and your breath controls your mind . . . it still works even though it's indirect. In the same way, I feel like people have fundamental problems with themselves and this is what motivates them to do shitty things that make them limited. I think it starts on the inside and that's of course where it ends – this is about spirit. The outside is the part we can enjoy together – this is the matter. Spirit manifests itself in the world in order to understand itself – to eventually become 'conscious-ness' which is conscious of itself. Whether that is enlightenment or death, I’m not really sure yet but I think your perspective has a huge impact on how you experience the world. At the same time, I also agree with the people who say just focus on what's good.

“Because what happens in just a small fragment of the holographic energy interference pattern affects the entire structure simultaneously, there is a tremendous connectivity relationship between all parts of the holographic universe”

Vibrational Medicine by Richard Gerber