Radical Self-Honesty
There’s an undeniable power in admitting exactly who and what we are, without pretense. Most people deceive themselves not just because they fear judgment from others, but because they fear facing their own reflection. But if we strip away illusions, we can finally see truth, not in the grand, cosmic sense, but in the deeply personal one.
A liar who admits they are a liar has taken the first step toward either embracing or transforming that nature. A murderer who acknowledges their own darkness has more clarity than one who hides behind justification. The real struggle isn’t about morality; it’s about recognition, can you look at yourself and say, this is what I am? And once you do, what comes next?
The Mosquito & The Nature of Elevation
When you swat a mosquito, you instinctively assert your own survival over another being’s. But then comes the question, Am I better than the mosquito? Evolutionarily, maybe. Spiritually? Who decides?
If elevation is measured by intelligence, then humans are “above” most creatures. But if elevation is measured by balance with nature, lack of suffering, or ability to fulfill one’s purpose, then a slug might be far more advanced than any of us. A slug never doubts itself. It never questions its own existence. It simply is.
Maybe that’s the real paradox, the more we think, the further we are from true elevation.
Hierarchy of Evolution vs. The Illusion of Superiority
• A mosquito follows its nature.
• A slug follows its nature.
• A human constantly resists its own nature, questions it, and judges it.
Which one is truly free?
Maybe elevation isn’t about hierarchy at all. Maybe it’s about self harmony, being so deeply in tune with what you are that there is no longer a need to rise, fall, or compare. Maybe that’s what we should strive for, not being “above” anything, but being whole.