I’m a fucking holler rat, man. That’s how I was raised. That’s who I am. I had no way of seeing or knowing what a conscious revolution could be. I can wear sheep’s clothes if I want, but I’m still a fucking rat. I am a being of my upbringing. We are who we are. I am who I am. Many of my fuck ups in life are directly attributed to my upbringing. The ugly screens (that create our egos) that I put over my Self protected me from the world. A world that I was confused by. There are dear people out there that this holler rat has hurt. For this, my true Self is sorry. Lick your wounds, and deep down, know that I love you.
These beliefs and thoughts are what keep each of us locked in our own personal hell.
These beliefs keep us from quitting that shitty job, from writing that amazing paper, from painting that masterpiece, from asking for that raise, from making that one phone call, from standing up for yourself, from creating that life that we all dream of.
At birth, society (our parents, our teachers, our pastors, our governments, our TVs, our smartphones) quickly stamps us. Whether we are stamped a holler rat, suburban cat, a sheep shaker, or are left sucking on that highly coveted silver spoon…we are all held hostage by the beliefs of who we are. Even if we can break free from this labeling, the options that are offered to us hardly ever make sense. The poor are tortured by thoughts of riches, while the rich are tormented by thoughts of becoming poor.
We have all been stamped and conditioned by society to be exactly what we are, and there is no way that we could be anything else at this point in time. It is from this space, however, that we must each work to figure out who we are, and then we must break free of the societal fabric that locks us into place.
To address this challenge, we must go within. This means dismantling the construct of our individual realities, including the misperceptions, programming, beliefs and the lies that we’ve all been told that we mistook for truth. Only then—when we begin to free ourselves from the conditioning that has been pressed upon us by our life experiences—can we make the most effective impact for ourselves. Once this is accomplished, we can each creatively foster a new world of potential for ourselves and the world that we exist in.
This means dismantling the construct of our individual realities, including the misperceptions, programming, beliefs and the lies that we’ve all been told that we mistook for truth. Only then—when we begin to free ourselves from the conditioning that has been pressed upon us by our life experiences—can we make the most effective impact for ourselves. Once this is accomplished, we can each creatively foster a new world of potential for ourselves and the world that we exist in.
A conscious revolution is the best hope to move beyond our current paradigm as an individual and as a species.
A prerequisite for this revolution is present moment awareness (for obtaining awareness is the most revolutionary thing that each of us can do). We must work to bring consciousness to every individual in every moment. This is the vital work that each and every one of us must undertake so that we are able to come into—and remain in—the current moment, and solve our challenges from that place.
Being a fucking holler rat, was built into my lizard brain (more beat into your ass than the mammalian brain). To override this built in belief system, we must somehow have a paradigm shift. We must reach a higher plane of reality. Awareness is the most effective tool in obtaining this higher existence. With awareness, the playing field is leveled. I understand the game now. I understand that I’m not a rat. I’m not a rat at all. I’m a mouse. A beautiful mouse. Just like you.