What are you "Buying Into"?
When we "buy into" a belief system or healing protocol, we are employing someone else to think or feel for us or on our behalf.
There is nothing wrong with doing this...
However...
Don't be surprised, when the time comes to withdraw or evolve past this perceptual container, if you are treated with shame, doubt, and criticism from the very person/s you invested in.
Those others who remain "bought in" will do everything they can to defend the system, because they are afraid to be proven wrong. They can't let go of all the time, money, and attention they've invested.
Those who profit from your investment will DEFEND until the END, because their life and income depends on the brain-washed followers.
This mind trap is prevalent everywhere, from facebook to casinos...from church to health protocols...from politics to modern medicine.
It stems from a desire to "be led"...that is engrained in us since childhood.
It is passed on from our parents and further drilled into our heads in school and church.
We are programmed to think we need to either be a leader or follower, and that the followers owe something (typically money or favors) in exchange for what the leaders can teach us.
Facebook and social media in general can potentiate that tendency in us as well, by allowing the language of "following" to infuse into our subconscious. It can also be a platform for deprogramming from this mentality...sharing is caring😊
If you have made it this far in reading this...perhaps you are wondering...what do we do with this awareness?
How do we wrangle ourselves out of this mental trap that school, church, and capitalism has sucked us into?
My thoughts go towards unschooling, unjobbing and reviving the gift economy.
Sure we need money to pay bills...at least we think we do. 😉
Sure we can allow abundance in all forms in exchange for the gifts we give to this planet.
However....
We can choose to reframe the old "this for that" paradigm.
We ARE reciprocated for our giving just by being grateful for the opportunity to give.
"WE" means there is no "THEY"... so what WE offer to others, we offer to ourselves as a whole.
Our gift to one person may in fact be returned and translated into a thousand more nourishing breaths...a thousand kisses from a lover...or the unwavering presence of a stranger...instead of money.
Through unschooling, we can free ourselves from this destination consciousness that equates "external rewards" with progress.
We can allow that intrinsic reward system to flower.
We can gradually say "good riddance" to the old paradigm of quantifying, competing, monetizing, and qualifying.
These are my thoughts, as of today, in how we can break free of this unsustainable monetary system.
How we can limit the "buying into" traps that keep us from evolving and revealing infinite truths.
How we can tap into that interconnectedness of all beings and access our innate wisdom...co-create solutions instead of employing others to think for us.
For those of us who are still accepting money in exchange for goods/services...this is not a judgement, or a call to stop this behavior.
It is simply a reminder to reframe our thinking.
To real eyes abundance and reciprocation can come in many forms.
And the more we act outside of this capitalistic paradigm, the more we shift as a collective whole, into abundance, empowerment and "paying the gifts forward".
We all have something potent and useful to share...and we don't need to put a price tag or catchy slogan on it for it to feel like TRUTH, or for it to MATTER.
And last but not least...the more we simplify our lives, the less we will need to monetize our gifts.
The old "less is more" adage goes a loooong way!!!!
Loving all of you in ALL WAYS!!!
Pachee