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The path to self-actualization is facing and owning all the ugly truths about yourself. That’s hard as fuck, not to mention terrifying. But that’s 100% where it seems we’re being pushed. Preconceived notions, patterns, our assumptions…they’re all getting thrown out the window. I would say to prepare us for something.

@chelsea Very valid reasons for resisting change/one’s true self. And unnerving as it is, perhaps we’re being pushed to break free of all that.

@wanda102 I can think of a few reasons. Habit, fear, and comfort all come to mind right off the bat.

Later on last night, A reappeared during a discussion on the role of the forums vs the role of Slack. We were wondering if the lack of forum activity was the reason we’ve had nightly songs go unposted, posted but without quotes, or posted with quotes taken from other sources. Mike G was in the middle of expressing the idea that the forums are no…[Read more]

@russell yes, I find it extraordinarily inspiring. Just as you inspire me by driving toward expanding beyond the preconceived notions many have of you.

If the people around us are not what they seem, what’s to hold us to remaining what we’ve seemed to be, in turn?

@russell So you think Mason was shedding the shackles of the persona we’ve come to know??

@russell I can’t help but notice that this sentiment also aligns with what Joyce told me Friday night: “Do you always do what they tell you to?”

@wanda102
How can you not be inspired by someone feeling freedom to shed shackles and truly be themselves?

Certainly fits. In Tension they saw us declare all but blind allegiance to factions we didn’t even really understand and get aggressive when we felt wronged by our perception of what those factions were.

Playing with those rabid allegiances could and has lead to… interesting results

@bcbishop Duuuudddeee. I couldn’t agree more. I think we are circling back to the focus on the individual, something I feel like has been pushed at us for a long time. But humans are pack animals. They find comfort in groups. What if the goal is to get us to hate each other? To split and divide until there’s nothing left, except as you say, how…[Read more]

@russell this is the read I’m leaning towards. So If Briarberg’s a lie…then Mason no longer needs that persona. You imply then, that his behavior last night is reactionary?

Couldn’t agree more!! It’s like they’re trying to show us that these factions, allegiances, all this is detracting from the real story…which is our personal truth, every one of us. I think we’re all gonna have to face our darknesses to get there- “the only way out is through.”

@chelsea I tend to find self-proclaimed “darkness” and “edginess” to be nothing more than junior high theatrics. Same with the kind of posturing that comes with tribalization / factions (something we’re seeing on a nationwide scale right now). Any true darkness comes from the self, when the safety net of friends, co-conspirators, and alliances are…[Read more]

@bcbishop I’ve been waiting for the factions to all break down. I think we are starting to be shown who people are, and at the end of that little learning exercise, the allegiances will be no more. If you’re right, then this is all about to show us how dark we can really be.

No allegiances. No factions. There is only the self, and where our true nature leads us – as dark a place as that may be.

Thanks for sharing some wisdom, @russell.

You have your differences, but he knows you trust him overall.

Not So Crackpot Theory…
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Briarberg group is a lie. If Mason is discarding what we are familiar with and associate with him, doesn’t that mean that there is nothing for him but absolute freedom? Anything he has embraced in the past and anything he chooses to embrace in the future is possible.

Sometimes when you realize people around y…[Read more]

Up until last night, I’ve been wondering if the truth was that Briarberg actually WAS an escape route and Joyce’s death was faked, like @bruinbown said. Maybe all the deaths were faked and Mason was a mole within the OSDM, acting as a “cleaner” when he was really conducting the underground railroad.

And @mike was used by OSDM as a false flag to…[Read more]

@mike it seems like you’re talking about “Mason,” no? That he’s your friend?

More “similarities” to Russell’s message after the whole locked in Mike’s basement incident. (Post: https://thelustexperience.com/forums/topic/calls-from-mason/#post-26539)