We're nearing the end of 2015, and it seems like the end of the year always brings “end of the world” types of predictions. This year it's supposed to happen sometime in this month, September. Exactly what is supposed to happen varies depending on who you ask. I've heard everything from predictions of mass ascension, to the return of Niburu, to Russia/China ushering in some sort of political revolution. Of course, all that stuff has become pretty standard now, these are all things that have been predicted many times before. It's interesting to see who jumps on the bandwagon, telling people all their problems will be solved in the near future is an easy way to get attention since it's something most people really want to believe.

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It's easy to see the appeal of projecting yourself into the “future”, you can make up anything you want! You can be rich, powerful, famous, Enlightened, all those things and more... This is why so many people spend so much of their time “living” in the “future”. You can imagine all your desires while escaping the reality of the Now.

Of course, when change is in the future, it can remain there indefinitely. Tomorrow is always a day away, and waiting for change, especially when it depends on someone or something else, is a very effective way of avoiding change.

Ego sure gets plenty of abuse nowadays, I always see people talking about how nasty it is, how the ego is the source of all our problems. It's become the black sheep of the spiritual community, and you know what? The ego loves this.

The ego wants to be blamed for everything, that way it still gets to be the center of attention. It wants  to be abused, it's like an unruly child, negative attention is better than no attention at all.

The ego is both the abuser and the abused, it is the sadist and the masochist. It's certainly not your Divine Self that fights against the ego. Don't just passively read this and believe it though, you have to catch it happening within yourself to truly understand. Look carefully at which part of yourself struggles against the ego.

Our society views suffering as something noble, something purifying. People hate suffering, but at the same time they defend their suffering. You don't want to suffer, but at the same time you don't think you deserve to be happy. It's part of the madness of duality. We think the cure is somewhere hidden within the poison. No wonder real healing is so difficult for most people.

This is all rooted in our cultural mythologies, and we think we've transcended that kind of stuff in our modern culture but it remains buried deep within the subconscious. We've been given this image of God incarnate who is hated and abused by humanity. Then somehow, through his murder, humanity is “purified”. Doesn't make any sense to me, but people take this interpretation very seriously, whether or not they believe it's true.

We begin our lives being almost wholly dependent upon our parents, especially our mothers. This is how it works for everyone, from the beggar on the street to the Queen of England, we start out helpless and unable to survive on our own. Gradually, we start to take care of ourselves more and more, until one day we're able to live on our own. We become independent, or so it seems...

Here in America, you get your own job, your own car, your own house, and now you're free to live your life. You're an independent, hard-working adult and a contributing member of society. Except there's a problem here. If you're like most people, you begin your “independence” enormously in debt. If you don't pay the bank, that house and car that seem to belong to you will be taken away, and by force if needed. The bank that was so friendly when they stood to profit off of you will suddenly become your worst enemy. If things like your transportation and shelter depend upon paying someone else, how independent can you say you are? If your whole lifestyle depends upon you keeping your job, are you sure you're really independent?

Even if you're already wealthy, consider this: What you flush down the toilet, it just magically disappears, right? The way people behave, that's almost what it seems like, but no, someone actually has to deal with your shit. Same with the garbage you throw away. The gas that your car, how many people worked hard to bring that to you? Same with your food, water, clothing, all the things you depend upon for survival, they came from other people, didn't they?

So you've discovered the incredible level of corruption that exists within the world's governments and you're wondering why more people aren't more outraged by this. You're ready for a revolution, you're ready for massive change, but you're wondering why the majority of people still seem so complacent. You've taken it upon yourself to start telling people the truth, to start changing people's minds. Maybe you've dug even deeper into the world's conspiracies, dug to the very Core of your Being, and you discovered God there, smiling at you. You discovered a Reality that transcends all dreaming, and you want to share the bliss and wonder of Oneness with everyone.

It's perfectly natural to want to share, it's a beautiful thing. A big part of being human is sharing our experiences with each other, it helps us to learn, grow, and evolve. However, there's something that has poisoned human interaction, and it seems very rare that people truly share freely. The thoughts people share with each other almost always have strings attached. We don't just share our beliefs, we try to convince others to believe the same way we do.

I see this question a lot, how do I change other's minds? How do I get them to believe what I believe? My answer to that is, don't. Sure, share with other people, share your thoughts and feelings, but don't attach strings. Be very careful about putting hidden desires and intentions in what you share with others. If you do that, even with best of intentions, you will still be adding to the problem. You're not setting anybody free by trying to get them to conform to what you believe.