The Consciousness Expansion Thread

Sometimes I am a firecracker. To be expected of someone that calls themselves "V" like "V for Vendetta."

But I stumbled across a poem this morning, that really makes me reflect on my journey, and whether I want to treat my mission as some kind of war, or fight.

In particular, I recently had an experience where I felt a lot of judgement for not being "dynamic" enough. Facing a rejection because I am "not enough." Because to some, to grow and move forward, means to run, to never stop, though I disagreed this was the healthy approach. I did not enjoy suggestions, that to transcend humanity, one must bound away from its comforts and experiences, quickly, sooner rather than later, to be a fully recognized soul.

I began to realize that the more I fought these suggestions either to fulfill them or reject them, rather than let this person go and decide I wanted peace, and to stop feeling judged, lesser, because I am not in agreement, was to continue hurting myself.

Credit goes to Larson Langston

I don’t want to kill any dragons.

I don’t want to fight demons.

Let them breathe fire elsewhere.

Let them roar down empty roads.

I’ve set my sword down.

I’d rather have tea under the tilting willow tree,

watching the wind stir its long green fingers,

listening for whatever truth the leaves remember.

I don’t want to do more damage—

not to the shadows I carry,

not to the soil I’ve scarred just by walking.

No more battles inside my chest.

No more betrayals in the name of becoming.

There’s already too much wreckage in the world—

why should I add my own smoke to it?

I want to sit.

To stay still enough that even the shyest wonders

crawl out of the cracks and speak.

Not to be heroic.

Not to be healed.

Just to be here.

And let the world tell me something true.

Let the thunder pass without my name in its mouth.

Let the storm forget me.

I have no need to raise my voice above the rain—

I’ve found shelter in the quiet.

The earth hums beneath bare feet,

a language older than war.

It tells me I am enough, even in pieces.

So I stay,

cup in hand,

watching the steam rise like prayers I no longer have to speak.

If peace is a rebellion,

then let this be mine.

Woke up today with this song on my mind and felt compelled to share it:

Strong feelings of discontentment with daily life, a yearning for understanding, surrender to the unknown and keep moving forward.

Been putting off meditating today, this song comes on, urging me to peel back the veil again.

Ride a horse that's cleaving through

The air and space of dreams

Travelling through time

All alone I pray

Where am I? Who am I?

And that old man trust in me

His words are running now

Because we have lost all guides

You're extended now to a world of light

You're not the one

You think you are

Since you were born

You're only love

On a mount I'm standing now

And it's coming over me

That I'm not here,

I am on another plane

Humping around, hit myself

I returned inside of me

Tears sliding down my face

(I die again)

And the horse is leaving me

Running out of space

Running out of reach

You're not the one

You think you are

Since you were born

An Indian tribe

Artist is Dionne_Ong (Instagram)

Got another one here for our sci fi fans. Anyone else love Star Wars? Was a huge part of my journey, and, as a fun side note, Luke Skywalker was my first crush ever. 🤭

That aside, I wanted to share a relevant message in this thread today, especially for those in the United States that may be feeling troubled...

Transcript:

"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic, have fallen with a dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place.

This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi.

Trust in The Force.

Do not return to the Temple... that time has past. And our future is uncertain.

We will each be challenged. Our trust. Our faith. Our friendships. But we must persevere.

And in time, a new hope will emerge.

May the Force be with you, always."

Thinking about The Lord of the Rings, but in particular, Frodo and Sam tonight.

one last thing before I run off to grab food

I fix my attention on this ball

While spinning round inside of me

Deep inside

Revolving conscious planet

On an axis around this star

By the light

And the black holes in the vault of heaven

Make me wonder, wonder why

How matter can disappear

Are there doors in this wall to reach the light

From time and space

Now I see those mounts of fear

Feel the weight of nonsense killing simplicity

I can touch this wind of night

That erases our light and makes us paranoid

But my legs are now so tired

Climbing all alone, all space, and all the time

So I fix my attention now

On this perfect planet revolving around this star

And the sun, it seems so close

I can touch the heat of presence and I know...

I can see this monster light

That embraces those notions, space and time

The black holes in the sky

I ask the reasons why

Light blackened? Door opened?

Swim back time, door giving entrance to

Supernova as only light

Meet the earth and all the stars

The entrance, the essence, supply us

I've been watching clips from films and animations that have always inspired me and I am seeing so much in them now that makes me realize on a deeper level why they resonated with me so much. For instance, the scene in Atlantis where Kida responds to the crystal. It reminds me so much of the awakening experience. Her sudden remembrance and connection to the energy. Her oneness with it and and knowing. The way she ascends into the source and becomes one with it, embodying its energy. I used to just think it was a really good scene, with the amazing music and animation and all, but now I see why this scene hit me so hard and why I kept returning to re-watch this one scene my whole life, among many other scenes in other films.

The entire discography of TOOL is expansive in spirituality, and great to meditate on, both the words and the vibes. There's a few songs off most albums that cold be looped for meditation. (-)Ions, off of Ænima Mantra, off Lateralus Lipan Conjuring, off 10,000 Days Viginti Tres, off 10,000 Days Legion Inoculant, off Fear Inoculum. These work great for void meditation and even reminiscent of GATEWAY type if wearing headphones. I'm not sure if they mix binaural beats in, but I wouldn't doubt it. Spiral Out. This band has been deeply important to me and held anchor points throughout my life that were timed so that the right music prepared and healed me for things to come and things that's passed. If you only listen to one thing from them, make it two and listen to parabol/parabola back to back

The game Final Fantasy 9 is deeply important to me. It shaped who I am as a person. I had a very rough and lonely childhood, and this game was a huge comfort to me.

I play it again every few years. Specifically the themes Eiko and Dagger’s storylines explore made me feel less alone in the world. As a kid I related to Eiko, and now as an adult I relate more to Dagger.

The soundtrack is incredible. Just a gorgeous game all around that explores the meaning of what it is to be alive and what it is to have a relationship to higher forces.

Hello All! I would like to share another song and a movie, one I've personally resonated with since childhood. It comes from the movie Home (2015!), which has a core theme of misunderstandings and fears leading to unnecessary conflict, along with themes of acceptance, and self discovery. (Some SPOILERS from here about the movie, as I think it holds beautiful lessons) The movie features a plot based around this 'alien' species called the Boov who are a fearful species known for fleeing danger. Their leader instilled a culture of fear and cowardice, causing them to abandon their planet and lead a nomadic life. The Boov are fleeing from another 'alien' species known as the Gorg, whom the Boov believe are ruthless enemies that are inherently malevolent. What they don't know is that their leader, Captain Smek, stole the Gorg's last offspring which was inside of a sacred rock, causing the Gorg to pursue them.

This is a common thing I think many people have to learn: No galactic race is inherently malevolent. Just as no human race is inherently malevolent. We have to transcend our belief systems and biases to truly see TRUTH, to truly see the bigger picture. Yes, it is very lovely to look at the finer details at times, but it becomes an issue when we get lost in the details, when we're so obsessed with them we form our own biases and feed into fear and negativity.

The Song: Towards the Sun

I came across this song today and remembered the impact the lyrics had, still does.

It felt important to share it with all of you!

I had a few thoughts that I wanted to share here.

I've always been a big fan of TV shows, however these days I don't seem to have much time for them. Severance just came out with a new season and as much as I loved the first one, I had to ask myself "is this the kind of content that I want to keep ingesting" and thinking about the themes, I realized that recently I have been drawn more and more to content with the theme of "Knowledge hidden by the Elite becoming exposed", it's interesting how much that theme is showing up these days. Severance, Fallout, and Silo come to mind. I'm sure there are others.

Also, today, I was reminded of a favorite movie from my youth: I Heart Huckabees. From the first time I watched it, I wanted to become an Existential Detective (if such a thing existed). Such a great movie and I should have realized way back then that my path would always be searching for answers and higher truths. It's such a quotable movie and if anyone were to appreciate it, I would think it would be the people in this forum.

One of my favorite quotes from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp0vr1n25u4

About 3 years ago, is when I truly started working through depression & anxiety, and is also when I started to realize my habit to suppress any and all feelings/events that made me uncomfortable. I used to think I had a good grasp on life, and at some point, I stopped putting myself first and tried to find my happiness by making others happy. But 3 years ago, I started getting a little bit of myself back and have been putting the pieces back together one day at a time. Pieces for the new me. I began to set goals to find my true self, who I am without all the ego, and need to please others, sacrificing my own being. So each year, I choose a word that would be my focus/affirmation, first being Perseverance. The next was Empowerment, and this year's it's Intention.

1st video is Jim Carrey's experience/awakening story. His words deeply resonated as I'm going through my own journey (battling with ego, confidence, self worth). The 2 songs were apart of important life changes that now have such different meaning. <3

Jim Carrey's Awakening - "How to Embrace the Universe Beyond the Ego"

https://youtu.be/r2A2p3pZ5hM?si=1FLAZnW_vJ9ZHS6z

Drops of Jupiter by Train

Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong

https://youtu.be/GEGieUB4b3c?si=d6EbFnAG8KUr_sDf

As a child

IT ZWIBBLE series by Lisa v werenko and , just rember3d this when my niece dug out old stuffed animals...

CHILDHOODS END, Arthur c Clarke

I read this at 17, r3ally opened my mind to the ideas of clean contact. Touches on ethics, but is mostly a fun short scifi read. Best book of his IMHO.

THE PASSANFER, STELLA MARTIS, by Cormac McCarthy

This is the most recent pair of book, written to read together, by Cormac. It touches on destiny, family, schizophrenia, quantum physics and topology. Enjoyable work of realistic fiction. Cormac is my favorite author.

There are more, but these stand out to me the most

Edit,

As for music, Calva Louise came to me recently and is amazing...

https://youtu.be/k84XVjdZKz0?si=Uk2nzbRcBNOF2qbk

Up In The Dark, by The New Pornographers:

Particularly, this part in the second verse:

You have secrets, told them

They were the weakest ones we heard

Only when the lights were killed

They sang that verse

A beautiful song about forgiveness, surrender, and love. To anyone reading this, know that it's okay. You're okay. The Universe loves you more than you can imagine, and nothing will ever change that.

Love this thread!

I'd like to share some lyrics from a song that I've been listening to for a few years, but only recently payed real attention to the lyrics.. and they really spoke to me, especially after learning what we have here.

At the 2:48 mark:

"Don't let all your doubts

Consume everything you know,

Feel your heart,

Don't let the world prevent you

From making it your own,

Feel your heart"

Mind you, I've listened to this song so many times, but the other day those lyrics in specific really stuck out to me and they are SO SO true!

All is ONE, and LOVE is the key my friends! FEEL YOUR HEART! 🖤💫

For me this is what changed my life when I saw this. It is different from art but I hope it applies because it did move me. There was music with the original video that I quite liked but I can't find it any longer

Very lovely. Here is one of my favorite songs: https://youtu.be/2PMnJ_Luk_o?si=FFubh6uaR0qCRwcd

The Great Gig In The Sky; it helped me transcend the fear of death. The singer represents a woman diagnosed with cancer coming to grips with the mortality of life and the horrors of death; from anger to acceptance.

This song changed my entire life. In a way, this place is like sanctuary to me:

Love this idea ! I want to share one of my absolute favorite artists : https://www.deviantart.com/yanadhyana Her works are so wimsical and special to me 💙🖤💙

This song was absolutely a huge part of 2023 when I began to have the Big Realizations of connection with the GCS. It always makes me feel it.

I believe this is a valiant effort to bring community activity in a way that almost anyone can register. Thank you for creating this thread, Lady Justice. I'll post this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCU-lYb0G4&ab_channel=TOOLVEVO - since we've been discussing how much intent/focus matters - then this song as "intention/intension" begins to make sense.

Since I created this thread, I'll start off by sharing this wonderful song by Coldplay that's called My Universe that was released at a very meaningful moment in my life and fed more into my personal awakening.