SIGNAL 002

Let’s do a thought exercise.

Today you were born. Congratulations. Welcome to life on Earth.

After you take your first breath, you are assigned your role in society. You will be expected to perform this role for the rest of your life. So get comfortable.

From this day forward, you will spend decades being taught how to think and act as a member of the human species. The values you were taught were preselected long before you came to be. These values will be echoed in every social interaction and in the media you consume. Over time, your rawest impulses will be filtered through a sieve. These impulses never really go away, but you just become better at repressing them. The general rule of thumb is these preselected values that you were taught are more important than your own organic impulses. A human being is “rewarded” for how well they perform these values within their assigned role. Your exposure and eventual adoption of these values are critical to your integration into the collective. Being “successful” as a human is really just glorified obedience.

The unsaid aspect of joining the collective is you cannot dissent. Technically you can, but it is heavily discouraged and comes with severe consequences (physical, verbal, psychological, social, economical, environmental, etc.). This is because the collective is dependent on your participation and cannot survive without it. Society rewards conformity and punishes dissent. Your assigned role promises belonging and security if you perform your role well; however, it is extremely limiting and discourages you from expressing your true individuality.

Everyday you choose to accept the role you were assigned or decline and deal with the consequences of nonconformity. In every situation you find yourself in, you decide to perform the role or not. That includes interpersonal relationships.

The moment you are perceived, people often project their desires, needs, or whatever is activated in them at the time. Most want to recreate their childhood trauma with you, because it is most comfortable for them.

Do you accept the casting call? If you choose to decline and not fit their ideal archetype, you may be met with hostility or rejection. And that’s okay.

Are you able to accept your individuality in the presence of one person rejecting it? How about ten? How about one thousand? One million? One billion?

If the whole world rejected you, would you still choose yourself over the role?

Its interesting how its seldom the opportunity is to be your authentic self.