When will you begin to embrace the journey?

[Cazman043]

Many times through the psychedelic experience I am reminded to embrace the journey rather than seek a destination. Life seems to be filled with motives to seek future security which seems to be structured by our egotistical minds. Through our fears we worry about our futures, whether our job will maintain a high enough salary to support our existence, will I find that significant other, will I have enough money for retirement, what will i do in my life, how can i maintain a lifestyle and do something I love? Endless questions towards that one idea of security, of wanting to know what lies ahead.

We seem to live in two states, fear or love. Love seems to embrace the moment, it seems to trust in the journey of life and not question the experiences the human form undergoes, including all its suffering. And yet, on the other side, we have fear which can course through our veins and control our every movement and decision, it can run our every thought, directing them towards the worries of the future or the hellish past.

So often my mind is projecting into future worries such as the ones mentioned before, much of them seem to be a desire to reach the destination which the "I" is striving to attain, enlightenment being the biggest focal point (yes this is a trap) and god am I the only one?
We sit, we meditate, we understand the minds workings, we take psychedelics and journey into unmapped realms of unconsciousness to make it conscious, we explore these altered states in the hopes and aspirations to one day be free of the tapestry of illusive worries we create through fearful thoughts.

And yet, I wonder, when does this fear end and when does the embracing begin? Maybe it begins Now. And yet each Now passes, how does one maintain an infinite presence, an eternal state of Being without wavering towards those nitty gritty thoughts. These thoughts captivate our awareness and so we again become identified, and in that moment, we forget who we are, and become what we think, only to take all those thoughts so seriously until, that shift of consciousness comes through again, and again you remember who you are, and again you laugh.

My Blessings - MC

 

[travsha]

The journey is the best part.

I think making the most of each step along the way is one key to happiness. There may be other keys as well, but this is a big one.

 

[Psilosopher?]

I can only speak for myself here, but I take psychedelics to explore my inner world. I have no aim, no expectations, no purpose. I seek nothing in particular, which really means I seek everything.

The journey builds up to the destination. You can't just instantly transport from where you are to where you want to be. You need to traverse the path, taking it all in. Only then will you realise the road you walk, and why you walk it.

Only the individual can grasp the state of Being. No one else can experience the inward journey of another. All we can do is talk about what it is, which is self-defeating. To experience is to know, and until we can connect brains together, we cannot transfer this experiential information to another.

I truly believe that those who have dissolved their ego know what Being is. Dissolving the ego is like holding a lot of baggage, then throwing out all the crap that is unnecessary. An ego death is like letting go of all the baggage and taking a step back, only to see what you've been holding this entire time. Then you can decide the best way to hold all of it and carry it with you.