The world we live in today feels more divided than ever. Polarization runs deep, with both sides often unable — or unwilling — to see the humanity in the other. It’s easy to lose hope when every conversation seems to turn into a battlefield of egos and ideologies. Even when you approach with respect and sincerity, you’re met with resistance, misunderstanding, or outright hostility.
From my in the middle perspective we have deep polarization on both ends of the spectrum. Lower vibrational interpreters of our 3D world so very asleep and caught up in their own lack of awareness and what they believe is right. Sorry if that offends you and if it does my hope is to inspire some deep reflection within you for the greater good of our species.
Maybe it’s my intense pursuit in search for answers and truth that I’ve embarked upon in this life time through all the psychedelics I’ve utilized. Sigh, It is just so challenging for me engaging with the normal frames of consciousness because they seem so lost. I say that as humbly as I possibly can, judge me if that’s what your ego feels compelled to do. Hope at times feels lost for them but I reflect and continue to believe in them and their potential to awaken for the greater good of our species.
That’s why I’m persevering to write this despite the risk of back lash and having family members see this and disapprove. I’m afraid to hit the publish button, but I must if I truly want to walk the walk of working towards bringing our divided species into unity.
I recently found myself reflecting a lot on this after a simple Facebook comment resulted in accusations and blame. It hit me deep on a collective level with people so far gone in their belief systems it left me wondering: How are we supposed to move forward as a species when we’re so far divided, clinging tightly to “us vs. them”? My 3D self, the part of me tethered to this chaotic reality, couldn’t see a way forward.
But there’s something deeper in all of us — something that can.
I believe we are capable of transcending this division. It won’t happen through more arguments or debates, but through something far greater: compassion, creativity, and collective intention. It’s about each of us holding the vision of a better world, even when it feels impossible.
When I couldn’t see the path forward with my logical mind, I turned to prayer and no not the bible thumping christian kind of prayer.
I’m a recovering catholic by the way!
More of a moment of stillness of reflection with intention. As I drew deep breathe after deep breathe I became more still. I sincerely asked of what ever higher intelligence is out there for humanity to find its way, to awaken to the possibility of a new world where we no longer define ourselves by what divides us. A vision I’ve held onto for years but really needed help with in that moment.
These questions I asked and the answers I felt within reminded me that healing starts within and it starts with every single one of us. If I want to see unity in the world, I have to cultivate it in my own heart and emanate it outward. As I write this I’ve refrained from commenting a response due to the polarization of attacks that I am receiving and it was just a couple, nothing insane but certainly reminders where those highly polarized on the left side of things are very much stuck.
For the record yes many on the right side of the political spectrum are just as stuck in their bullshit too! This blog post will be my response. I am grateful to the humans that are attacking me because it has inspired me to create in the form of this writing that I feel can have more impact on our collective consciousness than a snarky facebook comment could ever have.
I’m also grateful to my cousin who has been mediating from a very grounded and respectful place. They are seeking to understand and have defended me to some extent from those lashing out from their polarized place and lack of understanding. I tend to resist in engaging in political social media but with their post seeking greater understanding I just felt compelled to respond. I even regretted it to some degree after seeing the back lash from people I don’t even know but ultimately I’m glad I spoke up. Ruby you rock for facilitating constructive conversation between people that have different points of views!
You are so amazing for creating a post and then being firm about what the space was for. So many people on both sides of the political spectrum want to lash out, point fingers and blame and it’s not constructive. I commend you for taking the higher ground!
Discgrebook
I do want to take the time to address the attacks and respond in a respectful way here and not on Facebook so if you are one of the few who attacked me please read carefully and thoughtfully consider the thoughts that may be outside of your reconfirmation bias bubble.
For the record I believe in privacy so I will be redacting everyone’s private information, I will be green because it’s my favorite color, nice people will be blue because it’s my 2nd favorite color and the people who verbalized their opposing views will be red because it’s definitely not my favorite color, and it’s also the color of republicans so that makes me laugh inside. You’re welcome for protecting your privacy!
Here is Ruby’s original Post:
Again I wanted to resist commenting but I appreciate what they are doing here so much I just had to say something, plus they are my cousin and I love them forever unconditionally no matter what! I hope any other family members reading this with differing views feel the same about me.
This was my response:
Love you Ruby! and Jamie thanks for the validation even though it’s just my opinion, my ego truly knows nothing. There is no wrong, there is no right but 3D me appreciates it. Thank you. :)
Now for my response to the people who I am of the belief are coming from a lower vibrational state. Nothing wrong with this, it’s just something we can shine light on and hopefully transmute into something more unified than its current state of separation, fear and probably a culmination of many other primal emotions that are not serving the greater good of all.
First off I’m going to attempt to not go into too much political depth here because this blog post would never end but it will be difficult so be warned that I will touch on some political aspects here. I will do my best to respond respectfully and then address the deeper root of the comments so we can all grow together.
Discerning Misinformation in a World of Misinformation
Russell, thank your exposing your need to be right and for me to be wrong. That tells a lot, I can also defer a very polarized stance that leans heavily to the left. Your use of the word “misinformation” is an indication of the narrative and “misinformation” that your frame of awareness is currently entangled in. For the record those are my genuine words formed from my own opinion and experience, not what I’ve seen or read online, thanks for assuming, your assumption aids me in gleaning insight as to where you are.
Just so you know I voted for Biden in 2020 because I was so enthralled in the fear tactics and “misinformation” the left was throwing at me! So I can empathize and relate to where you are coming from. Those are my words formed from what I have witnessed in complete incompetence over the last 4 years from Biden and Company.
I also want to point out I have a very left leaning past. I was a top performing canvasser at Greenpeace for 3 years literally persuading people on a daily basis to give money to environmental and left leaning causes I believed in at the time. I also voted for Bernie in the 2016 and 2020 primaries and felt betrayed by the Democrats both times. The 3rd time the left leaning establishment betrayed me was with RFK Jr. in the 2024 election. That’s when it become apparent to me that the left was the most undemocratic and dangerous political entity. Even when that became apparent to a life long Democrat RFK Jr. who dropped out and told me to vote Trump, even then I still did not vote for Trump. I didn’t vote for RFK either but I did vote.
I’m sure many reading this are thinking “Oh but RFK is an anti-vaxxer”. If you are it is indication of the compromised state of your mind. There is a significant effort mostly from the left to discredit him. If you follow the money a lot of these people have financial interests rooted in pharmaceuticals and agriculture. The corporate capture of politicians is very real. I imagine you are thinking “oh no that’s only on the right”, sorry to inform you but it’s very real on the left. If you actually listen to the man he talks a lot of sense. You’d have to be very polarized not to agree and if you are that’s okay but it’s not helping the greater good so wake up.
I’m not denying that right-wing propaganda twisting the truth exists but my perspective is there is an equal if not potentially greater effort to fool and mislead the public from the left side of things. If there is a shadow government it appears to be rooted much in the left side of our government but I’m sure it exists in the right as well. I’ll refrain from using the word Deep State, I don’t want to trigger anybody. It’s the puppet masters behind the curtain that are the true threat to our nation and our planet, not the left or right side ideologies. If anything the shadow government is twisting both sides as they have been dividing and conquering us for decades. If you are allowing yourself to be polarized heavily to one side or the other you are falling right into their hands.
The left side ideologies all sound great yet they mislead people into believing they are the right ones. Equality, Social Justice, Environmentalism, all the things that you would rationally think are good things are all disguises for a darker agenda and control of our minds. These ideologies are still good but the people pulling the strings are not. Take it from someone who was brainwashed in network marketing for several years of his youth. It was a very painful part of my life and a valuable lesson to question everything and see past the true intentions of what we are being told. I write this urging people not to convert to the right but to instead wake up and question everything you ever thought to be true. A battle for our minds exists and it is imperative that on a collective level we become far more discerning and seek truth. The further divided we are the further lost we are as a species.
Misinformation is a word the left uses heavily for anything that doesn’t fit the narrative they are crafting. Russell, I imagine you are very caught up in that narrative like so many others, I empathize as so was I at one point. It’s my experience in what I see living in a very blue city and state that there is a lot more hate coming from the left than what I see from those on the right, many more calls for violence and racism. I saw someone wearing a blue team hat just the other day calling to assassinate the guy. By giving into the hate whether you hate the left or the right, either way you are falling for it. As wise Yoda once said “Hate leads to the dark side.” The left is no exception to falling for it despite the right being labeled the hateful ones.
And you may think to yourself what racism? One example is all this DEI stuff I’ve been exposed to over the last decade which is in my opinion racism disguised as anti racism. And no, this is not some “misinformation” that I’m reading online, that’s my experience as a “cisgender privileged white straight male” or whatever people feel the need to identify me without my consent. I have endured racism and sexism in multiple facets in my personal and work life when I had nothing to do with being white or male, I was born this way and people just assume that I’m straight, wow so privileged I know. I’m not saying racism and hate doesn’t exist on the right but I see a lot of hypocrisy from those outraged on the left right now. Russell if you are reading this, I thank you for being here and considering my words.
Another thing I want to mention is my little brother died of Fentanyl poisoning laced in his Ketamine in January 2024 at 34 years old. I miss the shit out of him everyday and my heart is struck with sadness on a daily basis. I don’t know all the details of the Fentanyl crisis but I do feel the likelihood of that being in his drugs would have been much less if our borders hadn’t been left wide open. Judge him as an addict if you must but that was my little brother and that happened under the watch of the Biden Administration.
RIP Zachary
Voting out of FEAR and Transcending it
Cat, your comment is in effect shaming me for having gay friends and not voting for your candidate. How entitled can one be to expect someone who doesn’t vibe with either candidate that their team is entitled to that vote just because the person they are voting against is just so bad and so evil??? I have gay friends, so what? Voting against someone out of fear is not the way to the vote. You are voting for what I believe to be the wrong reasons, again that’s my opinion, there is no right or wrong here. I don’t blame you, I fell for the vote out of fear campaign in 2020. Just never again will I and it’s my hope that you and millions more will never fall for it again either.
Just so you know, I live in a blue state. It ultimately didn’t matter for your side of things but what does matter is my free will choice. Swing state or not it’s my vote, not yours, not the blue team’s and to you and those shaming people shifting blame to non voters what makes you think that Kamala is someone they wanted to vote for in the first place? Many people who voted blue did so reluctantly cause they felt that was their only choice.
And by the way I did vote, just not for the lesser evil like so many polarized individuals did. I refuse to reluctantly vote for someone I don’t believe in. Oh no now we have a big bad Trump and it’s all the non voters faults. No I would argue it’s the previous administrations fault for showing up so poorly for the American people. They pretended Biden was still sharp as a tack with no signs of mental decline until there was no denying it at the first debate. That’s when your party gave you no choice but Kamala, so democratic huh? The DNC straight up lied to all of us yet so many still blindly voted for them.
So no Cat I will not be shamed by you for not voting for your candidate. I don’t love Trump but you can’t deny the guy is taking more action than Biden ever did. I don’t agree with every action but there is nothing I can do about it. But I can write this blog post advocating for unity. Protesting or resisting is counter productive.
What you resist, persists.
Whether you voted for him or not now it’s his job now to fix the country, so I sure as hell hope he does a better job than the last guy. He wasn’t amazing in his first 4 years but it sure seemed like we weren’t involved in any wars during that time and I’m sick of our country participating in foreign wars I want nothing to do with. I don’t know how far reaching the impact of this change will be but I do know is that change is in fact happening. And change is what we need more than anything to catalyze our species forward toward what I believe is possible… A world that works for everyone.
And remember it’s only 4 years, it’ll be over quick, but one thing for sure is our world is radically shifting and changing before our eyes and its going to be a very different world 10 years from now. I can only hope the change is positive. I believe we have the potential for drastic positive change on this planet in our lifetimes. We just need more people believing that than those who believe the opposite.
America under Trump may suck for all I know but it sucked under Biden too and I’m sick of the same old bullshit. I’m sick of the corruption that exists in our government since before I was born. I don’t know if Trump will weed it out, perhaps he will create more of it. All I know is that’s its part of the trajectory of our planet and the more we resist the harder it will be so go with the flow and accept that change is the only constant we have and it’s necessary for growth. Remember this time around more and more people are sick of the bullshit the democrats are bringing to the table than those who wanted more of it. That’s why its an election, so the American people can choose and from the results they absolutely chose.
Also I want to be clear. I am not for the right, but I am certainly fed up with left at this point in my life. I know for certain I am not the only peace loving hippie that feels that way.
“Whether you are right-wing or left-wing you are still a one winged bird flapping around in circles.” — Yours Truly
Transcending FEAR
Back to the gay stuff. Some of my gay friends are in fact terrified but I’m asking questions and being curious working to help them to realize they don’t need to be. I feel there is a lot of fear being thrown around especially from the left. Some of the things I hear is they think they will be persecuted or fired for being gay, rounded up, put in camps made into slaves or whatever crazy fear mongering media they are being exposed to that just isn’t true.
Sure Trump rolled back some federal protections but honestly can’t we all just be equal? Being a white male I never had any protections and I’ve been okay even despite the racism I’ve experienced. Sure I should check my privilege at the door right? But I’m so damn tired of all these identity politics! I’m also tired of the act of being white equalling something I’m supposed to be ashamed of. If I wanted to celebrate being white I’d immediately be labeled a racist but other races get to have whole month in celebration of what they are. That’s inequality on a societal level but any acknowledgment of that makes me a bigot. Why should I have to be ashamed of what I am? I shouldn’t have to be and that’s firm. As humans we all carry enough shame and trauma as it is so please no more of this shaming others for the color of their skin or their gender. I hope that’s something we can all agree on.
I’m of the belief my gay friends are going to be just fine, and sure you can say easy for you to say you’re not effected Matt. The truth is you have no idea how I may or not be effected. But I can tell you that in fact one of my buddies just got promoted 2 days ago at work. Can you believe it? A gay person got promoted in a post Trump world. You know why they got promoted? Because they are fucking amazing at what they do! Not because they’re gay, not because of their gender or race but purely because they are a badass and well deserving of that promotion. We need more of this and less of giving people special treatment because their identity falls into a special category. Where I work is nice, they don’t practice Diversity through Exclusion. I’m of the belief those words define DEI so much more than what it pretends to be.
Sadly even with his recent promotion he is still scared of what Trump as president could mean for him and his community. I feel for him. I’m trying to help him move out of that fear but he is so enthralled in the leftist brainwashing he is really struggling with it. But I continue to care about him and I check in with him regularly.
If you are gay and scared, I empathize I really do but I ask you to not let fear rule your world. If you haven’t heard all FEAR is just FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL. You are still a living, breathing, beautiful human just the way you are. But if you choose to let FEAR rule you as I have in the past it will be your master until you decide to rise above it. Easier said than done I know. So seek truth by going deep within and do the work to stop allowing external sources of fear to rule your mental space.
That’s the end of my soap box. When I commented on Ruby’s post I had no idea it would lead me here. I almost didn’t finish this post because I didn’t feel I had the time to write it and I was scared of the potential back lash but it was a good process for me. It even inspired some lyrics I have jotted down for a song titled “Transcend the Divide” I’m still working on putting music to it.
Ultimately I’m grateful to the people I don’t know at all that responded with their polarized opinions because now I have a blog post that I hope positively impacts somebody or many somebodies and a song to work on with the intention of even greater impact. And Ruby I’m grateful to you and proud of you for creating constructive dialogue between people of differing perspectives. That took courage and we need more of that in this world!
Also Ruby I hope my article has answered some of your questions on your post even though I’m not a Trump supporter, you know the east coast side of our family absolutely is and I was raised by them after all. I do want to give my parents credit for being the most kind hearted, tolerant, fully vaccinated conservatives I’ve ever known.
A Higher Calling For Us All
This is where art comes in. Music, writing, creativity — these are powerful tools to bridge the divide. They bypass the defenses of the mind and speak directly to the soul. They remind us of our shared humanity, our dreams, our pain, and our potential. So please feel your souls, feel your pain, feel your fears, hopes and dreams and bring them up from deep within to share with your fellow humans so we can all connect on what makes us human. We are all capable of such beauty and if we can come together and heal that which divides we are unstoppable as a species.
I don’t have all the answers. Some days, the vision feels distant, like an echo I can barely hear. But I know this: every prayer, every song, and every small act of love is a step forward. The path may be unclear, but it’s there, waiting for us to walk it together.
So I’ll keep praying. I’ll keep creating. And I’ll keep believing that we can rise above this. Because the future is ours to shape — and I refuse to let division be its defining feature.
I believe in a world that works for everyone!
Much love and gratitude for every spark of humanity that played a part in shaping this blog post. Keep being you, keep an open heart, keep an open mind, be open to growth and new perspectives and just shine you beautiful humans shine!
~Matty BOOMBOOM
Damn, look at that beautiful home we all have in common.
This the part where you rip me a new one in the comments for not confirming your biases. Knock yourself out… or just take a deep breathe and reflect on how we all can do better as a species. How are you going to show up? Are you going to create unity or further fuel the fire of division?
Again, much love and thank you so much for reading this far!
And as a P.S. if you haven’t done a shit load of psychedelics in pursuit of truth, asking the tough questions that have the potential to completely shatter your understanding of reality as you know it… I’m not telling you should, but I will tell you it changed my life and I’m forever grateful to these tools of discovery.
P.S.S. If for any reason you think I’m coming across as thinking I’m better than others. No, My ego knows nothing. But one thing my ego certainly is, is really fed up with the stupidity of my species when I know we are capable of such greatness.