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What Do You/Can You Truly Control in Life?
The illusion of control can be broken by mindfulness.
Our collective consciousness is full to overflowing with false notions of control. From the fictional, where powerful sorcerers can control the masses with magic, to reality, where politicians strive to control the masses with fear, the notion of control is incredibly convoluted.
The idea that someone can control someone else is the main issue. That’s because, in truth, nobody can control anybody else. You have zero control over anyone else at all.
Beyond people, we have even more limits on what we can and do control. The weather? Traffic? The stock market? War? We control none of this. Not even a little bit.
Unfortunately, the collective consciousness is one of fear. That fear is not the healthy, useful fear our ancestors needed to survive. It’s fear of intangibles and things that might potentially hurt or harm us. More often than not, the truest fear is the fear of suffering when “X” comes to pass, or “Y” happens.
The amazing technology that interconnects us instantly across the globe also distracts and disconnects us. Rather than build bridges and expand knowledge, it’s too often used to divide, conquer, and create echo chambers of disinformation. Much of this is where the…
