/01 Spinning on the Axis

Where did it all start for you? When you came into this world, what was your origin story? How would you go about creating yourself, becoming yourself, or realizing yourself? There is so much noise in this world, and everyone has something to say. Maybe they tell you how you should live your life and go about it. Look at how people live their lives. We are conditioned from the start, through culture, customs, social norms, and more. The ones that we call family, friends, loved ones have a social influence over us. The world view is shaped. The experiences that we live through, have the ability to challenge us and ask us "Who are you in this situation?" Though isn't this the same for any human? You came into this world and you were told what to expect, what was normal, what was abstract, and what was right and wrong. If these conditions were met, you were praised and if they weren't you were most likely told that they were wrong. The conditions must be met for the status-quo. They mentally migrate in unison and your social survival becomes engraved in the group. When did you ask yourself "Are these thoughts my own?" and if you have not asked yourself this, and met the question with honesty, why? Through all this noise... was there any room left for you to shine? There is no shame in this, only realization and acceptance. Simple answers allow you to dust your shoulders off to complex questions and situate yourself in a falsified sense of security. Simple answers, a failsafe for seeing the world for what it is and navigating it, harnessing its complexities as a process rather than a fixed point. It is one thing to find your function in the world around you, its another to thrive in a function that you can love and accept. Many are just getting by and surviving, and yet they call it living. Distractions and the distortions, the noise of the world drowning out the self. Many misinterpret the noise as their identity rather than the self. Your answers are not commands, but rather questions to the questions that have been posed. So question. - K.L.