Confusionism

There’s Confucianism, and then Confusionism, a word I’m completely making up. It seems that we may go through a repeated cycle of clarity, confusion, clarity, confusion, clarity, confusion… The confusion is not a problem, per se. It’s simply a symptom that some of your previous held beliefs about the world are not holding up in the face of reality. Reality is showing you straight up that part of your belief system is off target and so the mind doesn’t know what to make of it. The mind is sitting here looking at two different “realities” and there’s a discord between the two which we register as confusion.

This is wonderful though, as funky and uncomfortable as the intermediary confusion itself may be. See, it’s part of the progressive stripping away of illusion and misperception, revealing a greater degree of clarity and truth.

The confusion may seem so cloudy and dense at certain points that it seems like absolutely nothing makes sense. So be it. It’s a wonderful opportunity to surrender into the veil and not try to dig your way back out with your mind via analysis, rationalization, and understanding. Just be with what is, as it is.

Recommended Links

I recently stumbled across an article of 51 Symptoms of Spiritual Awakening which also includes what to do should you experience the various symptoms. I’ve found this list to be incredibly handy.

Also there’s a wonderful ~90 min. satsang by Adyashanti on the topic of surrender. It’s quite possibly one of the best talks I’ve ever listened to. Cassie from the forums shared it with us. If you click on the link, it’s ID #111. Check it out. I highly recommend it!