Boxes and labels. Spiritual ? Or merely ego based judgement of right and wrong?

Its a tricky time for people trying to get aligned with a new spiritual dimension, partly because we are called to get into congruence with what we are and find integrity in what we do and authenticity in the way we live, and all from the starting place of what we are growing out of....

There is bound to be judgment as we look around for the next level to pull ourselves onto...But perceived versions of  'rights' and 'wrongs' will eventually just smooth away as we become more streamlined out of this clunky form of Spiritualism.

The form of 'Spiritualism' that is seen today is really quite, reactionary. But it will move to responsive as more and more of us move into our own smoother streamlined spiritual responses.
Its all evolving and we, ourselves take the lead in our own, personal spiritual evolution.

The article below is about the writer's perspective in not wanting to conform to the judgments and behaviours expected within a certain group. You are perfectly free, to randomly sail your boat in and around different island waters, collecting specimens for your own understanding and experience, and building on them and letting them go as you get to 'like' 'trust' and 'know' yourself more and more.

Michaela.

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2017/10/08/the-simple-reason-i-choose-not-to-be-vegan/

Who You Truly Are

It wasn’t because I was trying to avoid being seen as vegan, but because I felt that label didn’t truly project who I was. I believe, like many other things, it creates more confusion, division and loyalty to others of ‘the same kind’ much like identifying with our cultures, traditions and countries we’re from can.

And this is a happening that’s taking place in a number of ways these days. Whether it be people identifying with being cannabis users, vegans, following diets like paleo, a sports team -anything really. It’s like an identity we build within ourselves as another layer of ego that I believe we take on for a number of reasons.

1. We want to feel better about our choices that we have doubt about, so we aggressively push them onto others or identify with them so as to not have to look at our own doubt. In essence, we aren’t coming from a place of peace within ourselves, we’re operating from the ego.

2. We are hiding from some other form of emotional challenges we have within ourselves. This seems most prominent in regular cannabis users and psychedelic users, but I feel it happens to people with food as well.

3. The ego is a tricky program. Once you step out of one box, the ego looks to quickly identify with another box. It wants an identity and way to express itself. This creates more suffering than we realize.

The Interesting Experience of Not Choosing To Identify

I’ve never been loud about the things I am attracted to per se. And it’s interesting what happens as a result of that. This isn’t something that just happens to me, I’m sure it happens all over, but I’m going to use myself as an example to illustrate the point.

People often assume I am a certain way because I founded Collective Evolution. Because I’m often not loud about my intuitive abilities or ET experiences they might think I’m simply a highly logical person or not spiritual. I don’t dress ‘spiritual’ or attend ceremonies or ‘spiritual’ like things and thus people think I’m not spiritual. I see this happening all the time and while I understand that it’s a journey of going through various identities for people, I want to share the message that true ‘spirituality’ isn’t something you have to prove to others. You don’t have to even call yourself spiritual!

We’re in a time where spirituality and consciousness are becoming trendy. And as a result, many people are experiencing spirituality through the mind. This is OK. I truly view this as a step on the journey, but again like before, I wish to share an authentic message for those that are ready to hear it. Truly ask yourself what it means to be “spiritual” or “conscious” in your own definition. Then determine how much of it is a surface level, mind based or external expression of something vs how much is truly about your relationship with yourself INSIDE.

I took this direction in this article because whether we identify ourselves by our diet or by the trendiness of spirituality, we are often doing the same thing. Boxing ourselves and our consciousness.

So if you are a person that feels authentic in who you are and yet people don’t understand you because you don’t ‘fit the mold’ of what they might feel is vegan, spiritual, conscious etc, great! Your authenticity is all that matters. Truly exploring the deepest aspects of consciousness and spiritual evolution comes without labels or having to be a certain way. This is a meme I believe will become VERY popular in the coming years.

If you want to explore yourself and aspects of consciousness deeper and authentically, you can take CE’s 5 Days Of You Challenge here.