Offended by your own consciousness

Recently I wrote an email that offended someone (GASP!). Wasn’t the first time and won’t be the last.

(BTW 90% of Evolve Already Letters and emails I send you guys are not posted on my website. If you aren’t subscribed to my emails + aren’t offended easily then you may sub yonder.)

As I continue to study psychology, I have noticed that humans “being offended” interests me greatly.

There are 2 main factors we know about “being offended”:

1. The topic must attack your self-identity
2. It must be something you believe is true

My go-to example (which I recently used in a Tik Tok video below this paragraoph) is when you call a skinny person “fat” they will laugh. When you call an overweight person “fat” they will probably not laugh.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS6JD9S41

Only truth hurts.

Anyway same goes with your own damn consciousness.

People don’t like hearing about “consciousness” if it is explained to them in a way that isn’t magical. They even get mad about it. Anything bad about consciousness will be offensive to “you” because “you” are literally “consciousness”.

I don’t make the damn rules.

But what if consciousness wasn’t remarkable?

Good luck trying to explain that to humans!

A man by the name of Lee Siegel (who was definitely an expert on the street magic of India) has already demonstrated exactly what I am talking about. He wrote a weird book called “Net of Magic” and inside you find this:

“I am writing a book on magic, I explain, and I’m asked ‘Real Magic?’

By ‘real magic’ people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts and supernatural powers.

‘No’ I answer. ‘Conjuring tricks, not real magic.’”

Real magic, in other words, refers to the magic that is not real. While the magic that is real, that can actually be done, is referred to as not real magic.”

Your own consciousness is similar to real magic.

There is no way to explain consciousness in a non-magical manner that won’t come across the same way as calling an overweight fellow… fat. If I say consciousness isn’t special, you hear that YOU are not special.

Sorry bro…

…this is my damn job!

Last week in Evolve Already we covered how consciousness evolved naturally over time in a non-remarkable fashion. It was a simple start. Besides the fact that consciousness is you, turns out this shit ain’t anything too special.

But this week we cover a new perspective you can use to view your own consciousness from outside yourself, that can also give you an advantage over your bad habits and addictions – magic not included.

If’n ya ready to hear the non-magic real version of your very own consciousness (without being offended) then sub your non-magical ass to Evolve Already in the next 24 hours:

https://tristanweatherburn.com/evolve

Keep Reality Real,

Tristan Weatherburn
https://tristanweatherburn.com

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