You should move out of your home town and explore the world.

WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE.

I recently caught a piece of advice on the interwebs suggesting everyone should move out of their hometowns and get away from the same 10 people they always interact with.

This is actually solid advice.

I would know, having moved several times for different timespans.

In fact, I’ve been living in this alchemical cauldron for 7 years now which really stirred the pot for me. You can read about it in an earlier post.

Back to the advice, there’s a good reason for moving away from the environment where you grew up in.

By sinking into different customs, you expose yourself to a set of normalized behaviors slightly different from those you took on growing up.

The consensus on what passes for acceptable and unacceptable code of conduct is slightly different.

And the more you ponder this, the more it dawns on you that these are entirely arbitrary.

You aren’t aware of your own code of conduct until you get out of the sandbox.

You’re given an opportunity to examine and compare the various quirky things people do on different sides of the Planet.

That’s typically one of the conversation drivers amongst a wide cultural group.

So if this is your first time reading my letters, you might confuse me for a travel blogger.

You’d be half right in any case.

I am a travel consultant of a sort.

It’s just that the destinations and vehicles of transportation I charter for you are a tad unorthodox.

I frequently like to joke around and say; WHEREVER YOU GO, YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE.

The common denominator of all your shifting about is you.

If you don’t feel comfortable in one place, there’s a good chance it’s not about the place.

You can’t escape yourself, no matter how hard you try.

Until you learn to sit still by yourself without scratching that cheap dopamine itch, you’re in trouble.

So go elsewhere, push the strategy of your life philosophy to its extreme.

That’s where you’re able to see its merits.

It’s a fairly extraneous strategy though, especially if the journey you’re being called to undertake is within.

It’s calling you to plunge into your subconscious self and get to illuminate all of the uncomfortable and unpleasant parts.

After this journey, you KNOW it matters not where you plot your butt geographically.

You can just as easily go back to your home town because it’s not the you that left that is returning.

You no longer feel alien on planet Earth and know you’re always home.

Always have been.

This of course doesn’t dismiss the utility of removing yourself physically from an environment that is not conducive to your being.

In fact, after my inward travels, I’m convinced more than ever of the importance of designing regenerative villages and towns that invoke consciousness expansion.

And to keep with the ethos of my practical philosophy here’s one actionable piece of advice.

Travel inwards, not only outwards.

Do it frequently and explore the uncharted territory of your unconscious self.

While I’m a strong advocate of a multidisciplinary approach to life, I recognize the overwhelm of choice.

So here’s one inward journey modality worth pursuing: Lucid Dreaming.

If you want a practical playbook for lucid dreaming, here’s a thread that you might find helpful.