317: Why Things Aren't So Black Or White with Sahara Rose

Namaste, it's Sahara Rose. And welcome back to the Highest Self podcast, a place where we discuss what makes you your soul's highest evolvement. It's not so black and white. We are, right before the elections, a system that is built off of making everything appear black and white. You're either a Republican or a Democrat, either this or that. You either care or you don't care. You're either a good or a bad person. This duality is intrinsic in all human beings. All of us have this light and this shadow side. So we create these systems off of it. We create these systems that categorize viewpoints and say, well, if you agree with me on this, you should agree with me with all of these other things. And if you don't agree with me on one of these things, then you are a bad person, then you are untrustworthy, then you must be wrong in all of these other ways. We have to become cognizant that this system is being fed to us. It is being taught to us in the educational system. What we are dealing with right now is the fact that for the first time, we are not getting all of our news from the same sources. We have been taught from the time that we were in school to listen to the teacher, what the teacher in the history textbook say is right and don't question it. So we've been conditioned since the first 18 years, 22 years of our lives, to trust authority and not question it. So that went on to trusting our bosses, trusting our, you know, spouses, trusting our presidents. Any authority figure, we assume that they must know because they are higher up than us in this perceived ladder. Well, the ladder has fallen. That has fallen in the past, you know, since 2012 and before, with the Internet and the spread of consciousness and the awakening that is happening. However, it is creating a great deal of perceived chaos. And I say perceived. Now, the perceived chaos that it's creating is the fact that we're all getting our information from different sources. So if all of my information that I'm getting every single day says, there's gonna be a war, there's gonna be a war. And everyone that I follow on social media is saying, there's gonna be a war, and I'm seeing people prepare for the war, and I'm seeing politicians make comments, and I'm like, oh, that's about the war. Then of course, if someone comes and tells me, oh, there's not going to be a war, I'll say, are you crazy? You're out of touch. You don't watch the news. What kind of world are you living in? Are you living under a rock? There's of course going to be a war. Everyone's talking about it, right? I'm just saying this like as an example and if someone else was watching the news and it said, you know, we're going to create a unified government across the world and everyone is talking about, we're going to create a unified government across the world. There's going to be no more borders. We're going to have, you know, share our resources with each other. And everyone's talking about, and they're planning about, et cetera. And then you come and tell me there's gonna be war. I'll say, are you crazy? You're fear based, you're out of your mind. So do you see that? It's just coming from where you're getting your information and where you're getting your information is based off of where you grew up, who you surrounded yourself with, what jobs you've worked, your parents, all of these situational upbringings. So if I were you and had the same exact experiences, you had the same upbringing, you had the same past lives and DNA and ancestry that you had, then I would think exactly like you, because your viewpoints, I believe that everyone is just trying to do the best that they can for the most part. So your viewpoints are based off of, with the information that you have been given, you think that this is going to help people in the most way. So of course we're going to have people butting heads because they haven't been shown the same criteria. And what's interesting about this time and this dilemma that we're seeing is there's this battle between do we want more quote, unquote censorship or less. And again, I'm coming at this with a completely. You choose your own, you choose your own adventure. So there are the people who are, who are saying that the media is, social media is being censored, Facebook is censoring us. They're not allowing us to speak our truth. Anything that's considered woo, fringe, holistic conspiracy, quote unquote against going the mainstream is being, you know, taken down. It's not being shown is being flagged. Anything that goes against the CDC's, you know, protocol, even if it's a doctor saying it's being flagged. And that's not fair. And then you have this other school of thought that is saying that it's not fair that the Facebook algorithm is even letting people post these conspiracy theories because they could be pegged from hate groups and they could have racism attached to it. And we don't know what the roots of these things are. And they might not be based on facts. And it's very dangerous that it's being spread. So you have these two groups of people who want the greatest good for all, but one of them thinks that it will come from having more regulation when it comes to spreading information to prevent the quote, unquote fake news from being spread, which is also a subjective term because fake news for one person will not be fake news for another person. And then you have this other side saying that we are losing our democracy, we're losing our freedom of speech because we're not able to share our beliefs and our theories and what we believe, which might not be in alignment with what the mainstream media is telling us. Both make sense, both are valid points. So we are getting caught in this once again dualistic viewpoint of we're either not doing enough to censor or we're doing too much to censor. If you question the government, you're QAnon. And if you question these QAnon or wherever they're coming from theories, then you are a close minded sheep. You're a sheeple, right? And it's again, these, it's interesting because a lot of it is coming from the spiritual community of like, are you going to take the red or the blue pill? And again, it's this dualistic viewpoint point. You're either awake or you're not, you're conscious or, or you're not. And what this is creating in a way is this internal civil war. It's this internal spiritual war which is going within each and every one of us because each and every one of us is very confused because we're receiving contradicting information. And sometimes we're receiving this information from two different people that we trust. You know, two people that you might look up to and you might resonate with their viewpoints and so many different things, but these two people are completely different when it's coming politically. And the thing is with these rabbit holes is the more that you go down them, the more you find more information to validate your viewpoint. So then all of the information you receive is to validate this. And then you're in this echo chamber and you're not receiving information from this quote, unquote, other side. So the point of me sharing this with you is to take this higher look perspective of what's happening. Just look at this dualistic worldview. How is this Showing up in my life. How am I maybe judging other people? Oh, my gosh. They questioned maybe why we've been in quarantine for so long. They must be a grandma killer, right? Then we go and label that person. Or. I watched this documentary, and it said that, you know, Trump is the savior, and it really made sense to me. And then suddenly, you know, you're questioning everything and you're voting for Trump, you know, and it's like, again, these two. These two very different worldviews that really come from the same thing of trying to do the best with the information that we have. So my invitation for you is to zoom out is to look at what's happening from the higher perspective. You know, when we meditate, we witness our thoughts. Instead of getting so entangled up in them and trying to think our way through them and trying to understand it all, we say, oh, I'm thinking a lot. Okay. What's the quality of my thoughts? Oh, it's very scattered. Feels like I'm rushing somewhere. Okay. Oh, I'm feeling a little bit of anger here. Oh, now there's a bit of sadness. Do this with the world right now and do this with yourself right now. Because when you're able to take yourself from that to that witness perspective, you're able to see these are just people, all of us, who are hurt and wounded and confused and overwhelmed. And we're trying to cling onto any theory that we can to help us make sense of these times. And the truth is, the only thing that will help us make sense is to tap into our own truth and into our dharmas. So whatever you're moving through right now, I feel you, and it's valid. And take this time to get off of the social media, get off of the. Trying to figure out everyone's opinion on every single subject. And am I allowed to say this word anymore? Am I allowed to do that? Am I? Is this good? Is that, oh, this guy must be evil. Oh, no, this guy must be good. Let's just get out of that. We've spent a lot of time getting tangled into this web. So what would it look like if we zoom out, focus on ourselves and allow ourselves the space to actually listen for the solutions? Because we're never gonna think our way through the problem without allowing ourselves to see it and notice the webs and the knots that we wouldn't have seen when we were inside. And then from there, we can see, how am I here to serve? What are my gifts? How are my talents aligned with the world's? Needs and that is living in alignment with your Dharma. So I hope this episode was helpful for you navigating these times and know that greater clarity, purpose, joy and freedom is waiting on the other side and it just is our invitation to expand our spiritual selves, our strength, our well being, our courage as well as our intuition. Sending you so much love at this time. 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