lotsa woo woo lol
Just some random journaling and reminders for me here lol.
Thereās this saying, it goes something like:
āAll answers you seek lie within.ā
This is pretty important because most people look outside themselves for answers.
They look for permission and donāt question things.
Meditation can help with connecting to your intuition, connecting to higher parts of yourself, trusting your subconscious mind etc. It can help you quiet the mind and receive insight or guidance.
However, thatās level 1.
Congruence will always beat intellect.
I consider myself to have a masculine brain. Iām quite logical and rational. If I go down a rabbit hole Iām very thorough. When I was discovering spirituality, I relied heavily on my intellect. My logic. Scientific method. Ask questions, get answers.
Depending on where one is at, this is natural.
One day I was talking to a friend of mine. Sheās a real HSP empath and has a naturally strong intuition. I was going down rabbit holes and I was throwing concepts at her. Mainly because I was excited and I didnāt have anyone else to talk to it about. She was the one person that I knew who fit the bill. She also has had some interesting experiences with shrooms. Iāve never done any drugs, not even weed lol. Iām a clean freak. So anyways, I was throwing some high level concepts at her to see what she thought of them. Maybe itās the feminine energy or feminine brain but sheās a lot more āfeelyā and intuitive. Sheās not the type to do research, make notes or go down rabbit holes like a scientist.
She represents Congruence in this story and I represent Intellect. So I threw some ideas at her.
Her response: āOh I know that already.ā
I was like āWhat? What do you mean? How?ā
Her: āYou just know.ā
You just know.
That was the confusing moment for me.
My 600 hours of research and rabbit holes versus her āLol, I knowā.
Yeah.
My masculine brain just didnāt understand it. I thought it was all cap and she was just trying to be a smartass. Some ego thing. I just didnāt get it.
The more I developed, the more I understood. Iām basically like her now. I also understand it a bit better.
The āknowingā is like a belief but itās so strong that it doesnāt feel like a belief. It feels like an awareness of something that youāve always known.
Congruence is when you let go of beliefs and just simply know shit and are aware of it.
Intellect is when you keep the beliefs and use the logical mind to figure stuff out.
Congruence is being in a dark room and turning the light on so that you can see everything.
Intellect is being in a dark room and investigating for hours with a small flashlight trying to piece together a blueprint for the room. Even when you have the complete blueprint, youāre still not totally sure because itās still dark.
Congruence beats intellect. Intuition beats logic. Truth beats uncertainty.
Level 2.
Have you ever read a text that just seemed to resonate with you?
Have you ever been talking to a friend or complete stranger who just happened to tell you exactly what you needed to hear?
Have you ever came across a piece of information that happened to be exactly what you needed know?
Have you ever encountered information that was so profound and hard hitting in how it resonated with you, as if it was exactly what you needed to understand at that specific moment on a personal levelā¦ so much so that it was almost uncanny?
These are all āexternalā and āoutsideā of you.
The biggest illusion is that the external reality is somehow separate from you.
It is not. The external reality is merely a reflection of your internal.
So indeed, when you come across āexternalā knowledge, it is within you.
Your subconscious mind will often guide you to knowledge or insight that is āoutsideā of yourself because it may be the best way.
The saying or concept known as āstop looking outside of yourself for answersā is less about the internal/external dynamic and more about you trusting your own intuition, mind and power to receive answers that align with you. Where it comes from (internal or external) - doesnāt matter. You donāt really judge where it comes from. The way reality works is not simple enough to make that kind of judgement because literally everything is connected. There are a gajillion manifestations, synchronicities and co-creations firing off at any given second. Nothing is random. You canāt consciously see a fraction of whatās happening. Resonance is relative, itās never objective. Pathways of manifestation are relative, theyāre never objective.
Spiritual evolution isnāt about closing yourself off from the external world, itās about realizing your relationship with it.
