u/Blackmagic213

I’m always a bit careful when sharing teachings on Truth because one has to be ready. That’s why I open up the most to those whom the fire 🔥 to awaken has already dawned within.

To some who are merely intellectually exploring this shit or just looking for a means to control their lives or others; I typically won’t say as much. Why is that? To protect them. Reaching Enlightenment can be a very destructive process. To those who are ready to surrender, this is the greatest blessing. To those who are just looking to feed the ego, it might shock their entire system; they might freak out about the process.

So please be honest to yourself; are you here because the yearning to awake is ablaze within you or are you trying to get money or worldly gains out of it? The difference is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

Now, why do things fall apart as you near Enlightenment and why is that the GREATEST thing ever for the ones who are ready? It’s because you have to understand that you have spent lifetimes and this life building a life that is suitable for the ego and not the Soul.

What is the ego? The ego is that mental/conditioned thought about who you are. It is not actually what you are. And the world-matrix has convinced/conditioned you to build your entire existence to feed that false self; that false paradigm.

So as you near Truth or Enlightenment; all false paradigms will have to crumble. There will be many tower 🗼moments where the entire false tower that you have built might crash.

- Career:

Maybe you built a career to please parents, impress friends, make a shit ton of money, or get societal status. Well those are all egotistical purposes and there are many more I didn’t list but you get the point. You actually have an innate career that you’d love. This Soul career can give you a type of fulfillment that the ego career won’t even come close to touching. Your true purpose or love in this physical reality. However, the matrix and society has conditioned you only to build around the ego. So, as you near Truth or Enlightenment; you might be shocked as your career starts to crumble ⛓️‍💥. For the ready ones, this is a phenomenal sign because as they stick with the process and the false falls. Then the real can commence to be built.

- Romance:

Maybe you built a relationship out of a sense of insecurity and not strength or a deep knowing that you are a deeply loved aspect of existence itself. Maybe your relationship is sex based; maybe you did it to impress others, or maybe it’s a trauma-bond. Plenty of egotistical reasons to build a relationship. As you near Truth; this false ego relationship might start to crumble ⛓️‍💥…Because Truth knows what your Soul wants and needs and isn’t too concerned about what the ego thinks it wants.

- Friendship:

You guys get the point. Maybe you are in a friendship where you’re faking the funk and pretending to be cool to fit in. Maybe the so-called friends have been devaluing you subtly; gossipping about you behind your back, or secretly wishing you don’t achieve greatness in life because it will make them feel insecure. As you near enlightenment, you might be surprised as friendships start ending. Towers 🗼have to fall so the real can be realized.

You are even seeing that today on Earth. The false shit is starting to crumble all around us. So, I caution those who come close to the light 💡or Truth. Make sure you are ready to surrender to the process. Because it is destructive first before it is constructive.

To give a funny illustration. The ego is a shitty interior decorator. Imagine you’re on vacation and a thief who was a shitty interior decorator; I’m talking Trump level bad at decorating, broke into your house. The thief began to hang faux-gold everywhere in the house and terrible pictures of himself or herself. Decorating with faux-gold and plush purple 😂…Turning your house into a cartoonish crossover between a strip club in Miami and Louis XIV’s palace. You come back from vacation and you’re like “WHAT THE FUCK”. After kicking the thief out, you are gonna tear down everything he or she built to rebuild.

That is what nearing enlightenment will do. It will destroy the false, so the Truth will shine again. So to those ready; don’t fear the process. Move with faith and trust in the process and we shall see a beautiful rebuild. Namaste.

I wrote this a while back but thought I’d reshare incase it helps someone in their ascension journey.

1) Sattvic Lifestyle:

- If you can refrain from alcohol please do so. It is said that the word “Alcohol” came from the Arabic term “Al-Kuhl” which means body-eating spirit. I know those in their 20s are still in their party phase so please be moderate with this stuff. Also, those having tame glasses of wine 🍷 are completely chill. For me, I cut it out completely about 4 years ago because it just never served me. 

- This one is a big one if you can do it but please stop the pornography. Now again for those younger folks, this might be tough but I’m just gonna keep it real. Nothing removes mindfulness as much as pornography. I cut it out like 4 years ago and practiced retention and the energy that I typically expended rose within me. Most men don’t know this but they’re depleting their “Chi”/inner essence with that stuff. So if you could, refrain. If not, it’s cool too not telling you what to do 😌. Also, the myth that is out there is that porn is only detrimental to men but that's not true. It can also negatively impact women as well. So if you are a woman who watches that stuff and you’d like to abstain from it, I completely support you. A loving practice of sex with the right partner is great but please remain mindful. 

- A clean diet if possible. I stopped meat because Ramana Maharshi and Meher Baba wrote that meat eating might lead to picking up the animal’s karmic imprints or sanskaras. But up to you to figure out your relationship with food. It helps to have a mindful approach to what you eat. Please only consider this if you’re inspired to; being vegetarian doesn’t automatically equal enlightenment. Just sharing a path I walked. After years of vegetarian practice, life recently just returned me to meat eating a month ago, forced my hand somewhat 😂.

- Be mindful of what you watch. Are you watching things on TV or YouTube that could lower your vibration? If you love the news that's ok but don’t overly watch that stuff. What you intake into your consciousness is so important and some things we watch on the screens can be poisonous. 

- Weed is cool but use it as a meditative shamanic tool. Not as a way to escape life. It helps one delve into the subconscious to meditate away karmic imprints. 

2) Help Others:

Now in this section, I don’t mean going out of your way on some GRAND save the world type shit. Or open a soup-kitchen type shit. Nah. In your personal life, there are always opportunities to help others. Maybe it’s listening to Grandma tell stories from the 50s, maybe it’s lending a buck to the homeless woman down the street, or maybe it's answering questions for seekers on here. Look out for opportunities to lend a helping hand in your life. And please note that you don’t have to go out of your way to do this, just help within the flow of your life. It might even be a kind warm smile to a stranger. I’m not talking about doing anything outlandish. Just small small stuff. 

3) Contemplative Meditation:

When I say meditation, I don’t mean the Calm App. I’m talking about Spiritual Meditation. I’m telling you this right now. Mantra chanting both inner and external, preferably inner, will do more to raise your consciousness than almost any activity that you could engage in. Why? Because when you chant mantras, you’re keeping the mind single-pointed. And keeping a single-pointed awareness is how you discipline the monkey mind 🐒. Now please meditate daily if you can. Abstaining from porn will give you the inner discipline and gumption to meditate daily. However, if you are wasting your life force consistently then your power is dissipated making it harder to be disciplined. Chanting “Rama“ is a good mantra that is related to the heart or “Om Namo Bhaghavate Sri Ramanaya”…but whatever mantra resonates with you is best.

4) Pass Spiritual Tests/Temptations:

This is probably the most important component in opening the Spiritual Heart. You are always going to be tested to move you away from the inner Bodhi Tree 🌳. Some calamities will come to try to move you away from your center. Do not let it move you. Always stay as Awareness and don’t let the mind carry you away into the thought world. Whatever calamities that arise (Bills, breakups, sports losses, impending notices, etc.) please find the Bodhi Tree internally first before solving it externally. Stay as Awareness always, stay as the Self and once you have stilled the inner waters of the mind; then go solve that external problem. It is also SUPER important to remember that you are not the mind and that you use the mind. That way, you can stay as the Awareness that uses the mind. 

5) Satsangs/Spiritual Teachings:

Stay close to and in touch with folks who have reached a high level of spiritual consciousness. With technology, this can be easily done. You can go to Mystic Scribe on YouTube to find books on saints, Samaneri Jayesara on YouTube to find meditations on ALL types of saints, Conscious Circle channel on YouTube for a breakdown of Ramana Maharshi’s teachings. Even Mooji could help, he speaks very lucidly and directly. There are plenty of options out there so please find what resonates best and get it popping. If you come from a Christian background, Herb Fitch is fantastic in expounding the mystical nature of the Christian tradition.

6) Practice Authenticity in Everything you do:

Never be a fake person. Always keep it real even if it looks like keeping it real might be a disadvantage. Now I don’t mean to be a mean and callous person. No still be considerate but remain authentic to who you are because you are so important to the Universe. The Universe loves you and the only way to get in touch with this love is by being authentic. I’ve interacted with some folks on here who say things like “It’s probably my ego that inspired this”…That authentic statement is so amazing. It shows that someone is willing to see themselves even if they are so-called “imperfect” in that moment.

If you follow these 6 steps; it’ll make a significant impact on your journey back to Self. Namaste 🙏🏾.