When we begin to become more of who we are, we enter into a process of Individuation and separation from the group mind. We begin to look more and more through the eyes of the soul and the upper intuitive mind and experience, rather than through the eyes of the reptilian brain. Through this process we undergo a radical metamorphosis which begins to peel us away from the tribal divisions that have previously held and sustained us.
This tribalism serves to keep us, for better or worse, within our social structures so that order might reign. This order serves the function of providing a sense of safety and a feeling of belonging which are fundamental natural human needs and experiences.
But When we are not deeply rooted within ourselves, when the culture itself is profoundly out of balance and unwell, and when we have not begun the soul process of Individuation and delineation from group, then these fundamental needs can be easily manipulated. We become ripe prey for the lower reptilian brain, victims of the consensus consciousness, where we loose any deeper sense of self as we allow ourselves to be assimilated into the hive.
The Individuation process is intertwined with coming to terms with the projections of the consensus, and the indigested human shadow of group consciousness. Many people live their whole lives molding themselves to the projections of others, and to the shadow aspects of our collective human soul. These humans are destined to never truly know the beauty of their own being.
This incredible mass conformity feeds the tribalism, allowing for a violence to permeate the culture on the most basic of levels. This violence and inability to tolerate anyone with a differing view and experience who exists outside the boundaries of “normalcy” in this inverted civilization, reflect a process of dehumanization and “othering”, which is the very root of human evil.
The journey of Individuation is intertwined with the experience of alienation and loneliness, for the path into the life of the soul is a path that we must each embark upon alone, and in our own hearts and minds.
We must cultivate the courage to learn to stand beyond the definitions of who we believe ourselves to be, as well as the antiquated tribal notions projected upon us by a crumbling culture, so that we might have the chance to experience the miraculous flow of our own soul becoming.
This courage is naturally born from the spark of our own divine experience, and reflects the ecstasy of the awakening life. When this ecstasy is awakened, we begin to connect ourselves into a vast cosmic network that becomes the new ground for a deeper experience of safety, and an expanded sense of soul belonging.
This is why we must move always from the hearts natural longing and towards that which we love. Without following the mystical experience of this deep longing, the longing of the great return, then we will inevitably be pulled into the lower, reptilian and more superficial tribal divisions which define a fractured world.
