True Rebellion

What happens during the years between childhood and adulthood leads almost everyone to be buried in deception for the rest of their lives. The teenage years in this world encompass a desperate attempt to find one's place. The world is no longer a playground, but responsibility is not at the level of making a living and providing for a family. The malleable, self-conscious minds are stuck in limbo, looking for answers, looking for somewhere they belong.

The school experience entices some and deters others, and a range of conformity and rebellion becomes apparent. The educated minds impose and the students mingle and clash in a frenzy of new encounters. Who to listen to? Mom and dad try to guide and control with advice and discipline. "Listen to your teachers... do this... don't do that..." The input from the parents, the relatives, the teachers, the coaches, the priests, the government, the media, the peers... it pours in and molds the perspective. A vague idea of what one should be forms and causes conflict. What to believe? What should I strive to be? The older folk must know best, right? "They've been through the ropes. They must know what's going on, so I'll just take their word for it and strive to be like them."

But then there are those who say, "what are these rules, these guidelines, this society?" The rebels. Maybe they didn't get enough discipline and advice, maybe they blocked out the input from the minds of the older folk, maybe it feels unnatural to sit in a classroom for 7 hours a day talking about flashcards and writing between the lines, maybe they don't want to get a career and dress in business suits. Whatever the reason, conformity seems ridiculous, like some kind of joke. So they put down some drugs, put up with ridicule, and look for satisfaction. Maybe they dress differently, listen to music that isn't "mainstream," try to be unique. Maybe they end up pregnant, in a gang, in jail. Even so, most fall back into the mindset of conformity after enduring enough ridicule and punishment. "Stop being so immature. It is time to grow up, get a job, and settle down. You need to be a responsible member of society."

It is rare for a teenager to not go through some form of rebellion. What society and the adults say is right may be perceived as conformity, and what society and the adults say is wrong may be perceived as rebellion, but all of it is just mind perceptions. Whether one perceives themselves and others as conforming or rebelling, it really makes no difference. Both ways lead people around in circles and bury them more and more in deception with each passing day.

What are people really rebelling against? Rebellion results from the subconscious intuition to resist the influence of the mind of society and this world, but it is just too powerful to resist, nearly impossible. Even if you think you are rebelling, you are still getting sucked in like the obvious conformists. Like an infectious disease, the input and reinforcement from other minds pulls you into a false sense of security or into a spiral of doubt, worry and regret. Something like: "As long as I listen to ma and pa, make lots of money and pray to God up in heaven, I'll fit right in this world and go to heaven when I die." Or: "How will I get my next meal... where can I get my fix... what did I do wrong... what will I do next?"

Either way, you are just as dead to the life that is present. The adults don't know what is going on, no matter what they tell you or how much they look and pretend like they are in control. They were and still are just as thrown into it as everyone else. They are so buried in deception and so closed-minded that they don't even realize that they are. Everyone is dead to life, but the older folk are dead and buried in their religious myths, their beliefs, their distorted values, their careers, their finances, their pleasure seeking, their regret and longing, and the other BS that keeps the mind in control. When the youth need guidance and advice, the only thing adults can see to do is pass what they think is true and right to the younger generations, which just perpetuates the ignorance. Adults don't have much of a chance to see the truth and break down the illusions of the mind, and so they wait in blindness until it is too late.

The saying "with age comes wisdom" is not true.
With truth comes wisdom.

The mind is what makes us dead to life, because it separates what we are from the life that is coming to us by blocking, filtering and distorting it. The mind is so powerful and in control of this world that it makes people more dead everyday. Teenagers and young adults are just dead, not buried yet. Young people have a chance to see a radically different explanation of the truth, the truth that is very different from the mindset of material consumption, money, power, religious myths and political solutions that just make the problems worse. The young have the chance to resist and break down the mind's illusions before they get buried by them. Young people need to see that the truth is the only real and permanent solution, the only true rebellion.

To the youth and those who are not yet buried in BS:  Can you see that the way adults in power are behaving and running this world is destroying the environment and leading toward unparalleled global catastrophe? Are you sick and tired of the lies and empty promises from your political leaders, clergymen, lawyers and other people in power who will gladly sell and steal your future for their shortsighted benefit and profit? Does it make you angry that people will say things are true without knowing beyond a reasonable doubt that they are true? Do you want to do something about it that will actually make a difference?

Let it be known that there is only one true rebellion, only one way that really makes a difference and doesn't lead people in circles. The truth is the way. The way of truth is literally the exact opposite of whatever the mind thinks is the way. The truth is the only way that doesn't conform to this world. Your help to find, define and spread the truth will literally banish deception and division from this world, and more importantly to you, from the life that you are living. The truth will change your perspective so that you can recognize the illusions the mind creates and live clear of them as much as possible. The truth shows you what life does and where it is, and reveals your true self as a receiver of life, reuniting you with all the life that is always coming to you here and now. The mind is overcome, and you are born again to life, by way of truth. You will still be in this world, but beyond it and all the BS that plagues mankind.

The only true rebellion is working to learn and spread the truth. The first step is knowing that you do not know, seeking truth. Teenagers and young adults are more likely to not be set in beliefs and buried in BS. This is not to say all adults are hopeless or that none care about the truth. Most adults think they already know, so they behave accordingly and are not actively seeking truth. Those who think they are the closest are the farthest away. Beliefs are the opposite of the truth. It doesn't matter what anyone believes; the truth will be the truth, regardless. A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the truth even if no one believes it. Know that you do not already know, and seek what is rather than what you and others think should be.

Everyone wants to accomplish something, drastic, subtle, or somewhere in between. The aspirations that people work towards just keep them going around in circles, missing the present. There is only one thing you can accomplish that really makes a difference, now and in the long run. It doesn't require getting famous, getting rich, meditating daily, blind faith, overthrowing the government, or anything else except for intent and commitment. "You say you want a revolution, well you know, you better free your mind instead." The way to be free of mind is to know and understand the fundamental, eternal laws of nature, and the nature of the mind which distorts and hides the truth. Seek the truth, and you will find the truth. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.