Thanks for submitting a question, using the contact for or for talking to me. You have this URL (bookmark it now!) which is a secret page just for you.
I love the idea of stuff that is hidden in plain sight.
This page will change over time and will feature all sorts of goodies to help you on your search and to learn to connect with others.
You are not alone.
This page is proof.
Great Podcasts
- Sam Harris – controversial and incredibly deep thinker, also has some great guided meditations
- Tim Ferris Show – Long form conversations about everything and anything
- Tara Brach – Guided Meditations – find her on iTunes podcasts or her website
- Comedy Bang Bang – For when you just need to laugh and snort milk out of your nose
- The New Man Podcast – Tripp is a trip and his podcast and free courses are excellent (FYI – Tripp writes and coaches men)
Things to Read
- Daring Greatly by Dr. Brené Brown
- Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change by Pema Chodron
- SuperBetter by Jane McGonigal
- Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki – I read this when I was younger and couldn’t get through it. I recently went back and it was like my brain exploded. This book is stunningly insightful and wonderful
Things to Watch
- Overcoming Bad Inner Voices (School of Life)
- Your Life Is Not A Journey (Vimeo video)
I somehow stumbled upon your story while surfing on the web. Your story intrigued me because it really hit home. We really are not alone. But, I am also a skeptic. Is this just another creative way to lure me in and then to try to sell me something or to otherwise make a profit? I guess time will tell. As I said I am intrigued and have been wrestling with the same demons as you. I have felt for a long time that I sold my true self out a long time ago; not deliberately but as a result of choices I made. I want to find myself again and to live at least a portion of my life as it should have been. So, I will that this leap of faith and subscribe. I’ll take the red pill.
Mick: You know what’s true and not true – I DID start this to see if I could build some sort of business. But as I’ve written more and and spent time actually unplugging, that’s NOT the goal anymore. The goal is for me to just be honest with myself. If I can do that, I’ll finally become the person I know I am meant to be – creative, excited, passionate and fun.
For me, now, the only challenge is to keep writing, and keep building this community by assembling people on the journey. People who are lost like I am but know there is something else out there waiting for us. If one day there is something to “sell” it will have to be life changing and fucking incredible. If not, it won’t happen.
More posts coming soon, welcome to the real world.
Amazing time for me to find your site; reading your blog at a time when I’m going through the same process and having the same, almost haunting, realizations that much of what I thought to be true, and what I believed, was complete bullshit.
Really good job, my friend. Look forward to more from you. Remember that each new level of awareness must have an accompanying level of facing fears and combatting your ego. But the electricity you begin to feel as you exit The Matrix serves as ample motivation to keep going. Forward.
Take care, bro
Chris
Chris – you have literally no idea how excited I am to see your comment. I’m fucking unplugged dude and it’s scary and great. Welcome to the real world. New post coming soon!
“Don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm.”
Just wanted to share that.
I have been searching for you. Thank you for finding me through Higher Existence 🙂
Thank you for finding me!
Like you, I’ve been searching for answers. Who am I, why am I here, why are we all looking for happiness in everything external & even when achieving “a good life”, still feel something is missing. I’d lost connection with my true self, fooled by “the Matrix” of everything external telling me where to find happiness…none of it worked. I’ve now taken the “red pill” Awareness, being the “observer” of my life was the first step to redefining my “reality”. My search has led me to Dr Joe Dispenza (Quantum physicist/Chiropractor), first came across him in the DVD “What the Bleep” & “Down the Rabbit Hole”. I enjoy learning that’s science based He’s shown me how important our thoughts/ beliefs are….it affects us on a subatomic cellular level!!. Most of us are walking around in Survival Mode & change cannot happen in that state. I finally understood that to change habits, I have to “Break the Habit of Being Me”. Dr Joe’s material has honestly changed my life!! Check it out I recommend it to everyone who is seeking change that sticks And yes, Meditation really helps. It literally changes your brain waves/energy! Did you know, most of us are living our lives running on auto pilot, 95% in our subconscious brain, made up of all our past experiences/beliefs. This is where change needs to happen Keep an open mind, explore! Take the “Red Pill” & Live a new Reality
Thanks for your comments and thoughts. I’ll have to check Dr. Joe out. It does seem as if many people are living on auto-pilot, but one of the things I am personally focused on is learning to not worry what others are up to, and focus on my own self. If they are on auto-pilot, I can’t help them until I figure it out for myself first.
Hi, Read your story. I to feel that way myself. I have meditated over thirty years to find some kind of answer. I even healed myself using meditation and wrote a book about it. You talk about the Matrix i feel like I am out of the matrix and now no one hears me. People are so lost with the info they are forced fed. They are in information over load. So much information no one can think anymore. They search through their tid bits of information to make sure they can find the popular answer so they fit in. As a culture we are lost in the fake idea of happiness. Happiness is a choice it is a extreme its being out of balance. Because to have happiness you also need to have sadness. You need to accept the polar opposite.
The Matrix or who runs the Matrix is taking lesson from organized religion. Strip the masses of their power by telling them they cannot do anything on their own. Tell the masses they are unworthy. Tell them only through me you will be powerful. It called fear. Watch tv everything is about how you are powerless.
Hi!..This weekend I don’t have much to do and I just wanted to ask what good movies/tv shows are there about waking up??
Off the top of my head…
Kumare
I am
The Matrix
I Origins
Vanilla Sky
The Matrix and Vanilla Sky are sci-fi goodness packed with analogies about waking up. The others are pretty much about living life. Enjoy!
If there are others you know of or find, let us all know!