"When you can genuinely own your voice, your currency, and your data why remain in a structure that limits them?" The Digital Community Manifesto, Chapter 2 
I had to chuckle at this quote because twice my content has been governed. It’s the reason I no longer wish to post in Hive, the reason I choose dissent. This quote, written about Network States, once resonated, but theory in practicum is imperfect when you don’t account for the human element. You cannot expect lasting change when we move the same as before, when our hearts remain unhealed. The force for change is always Love and faith, because this change is regenerative, and truly empowering.
I wish for as many people to view what I’m writing as possible because my greater mission in this world is the transmission of my voice. In this, I require an uncensored platform. I thought when I joined Hive that I would experience more freedom, that I would be empowered, but communities are so hell bent on rules of curation that they are isolating information. They are isolating groups. They are causing people like me, who is a rebel, to conclude that the idea of Network States in the application of Hive, are a ploy for power over, not true self governance. Financial freedom is not something that motivates or moves me, though in this experience I found it to be true, and I wish to appreciate this.
On one hand I can understand that in tribal societies beliefs were held and if you did not comply you would need to find your way out, with or without your life. In this way I know I will find my people as I walk forward into the world. I am not upset about this conclusion, but informed and grateful for the experience. It reiterates what I knew to be true; change is made inwardly before it can be rippled outwardly.
We as humanity have this idea that we can wield power for good, but this thought is based in the ego. To state, it is quite alright to move from ego, but for those of us who understand that what we are really to wield is the Cosmos through us, we must move as such. It’s a responsibility that requires brave and bold movement and never leans on the thoughts of men.
We needn’t worry about good or bad, judgement and morality are just constructs to oppress. Good and bad are illusions irrelevant to Cosmic Politics. In this way if I’m opting into a community such as this, I am supporting the perpetual power structure that we are all desperately trying to escape.
The true escape is returning to Self, which isn’t escaping at all, but reclamation. To understand that you are just to exist in the energy of all things, in the flow state. To realize ego is a playground and not the compass, and to have fun.
When I joined Hive I was truly curious about what this model could offer and met some beautiful people along the way, but in the end, was turned off by the fear that is pervasive in the current that moves this society.
It is not to say that any one society is perfect, it is our right as humanity to explore our limits, to push and pull at everything. Societies are not meant to be bigger than 150 people. Not meant to exist more than 200 years without war, or disruptions. It is all impermanent and in this a delight to explore possibilities.
In my expression, my existence, I am understanding that where I align my energies is to be carefully invested. I tried this on and it didn’t fit. I see its limitations and while I am here in this iteration, I must be willing and ready to strip away from my life that which limits my existence. I encourage you all to do so. This community can only benefit.
When I first listened to my friend speak of this society I was all in, but pointed out, with a giggle, that it was only recreating a box that already exists. Trying to redesign with pieces manufactured by those before us.
I wish to change the world, much like the founders of Hive. However, we all have our different missions and in this, I am confronted by the limitations and the desperation. The fear and the need to be seen and heard, our army crying in battle, if you will, but the war; the wind.
When we try to create things with people who are not in full alignment with us, the mission fails. We need community and nothing can be done alone, of course. Which is why it is my mission to help people to resonate in their frequencies, true and clear. To reach the right note so that what they create moves the world unbound.
I offer to anyone who is brave enough to find their vibration, so that they may not oscillate from the wounds that drive their choices, so that discernment of ego is always present.
I am off to forge my own path, to bring community to me, to change the way that the world does business, how we fall in love, how we create societal structures and to set the blueprint for a new way. I walk this path in faith, giving myself completely to the unknown. Each step presented to walk as I move with the energies of the collective consciousness.
It has been an absolute pleasure to be a part of this for the few months I have been here. I love everyone and do not wish to say this is wrong, but I invite it to be better. Each and every one of you can turn inward, can become your greatest selves, to create something undeniable.
Live free. Love loud.
All For Love and Love For All,
S.