Soren’s Comments (group member since Sep 19, 2025)

Soren’s comments from the New Age and Metaphysical Self Help group.

Remi wrote: "I came across a metaphor in a book recently that stuck with me: like a teacup already overflowing, we can’t take in anything new until we first make space. Rituals of Release explores this idea in ..."

Remi, that is a beautiful and powerful metaphor. The overflowing teacup is a perfect image for the challenge of personal growth.

It makes me wonder if that metaphor doesn't just apply to individuals, but to our entire species. What if our collective "cup" is overflowing with a flawed history, a broken narrative of who we are and where we came from? All of our personal struggles and anxieties are, in some way, ripples from that initial, overflowing source.

In that context, the ultimate "ritual of release" wouldn't just be letting go of personal baggage, but of the entire story we've been telling ourselves for millennia.

This is the very philosophical territory I explore in my debut sci-fi novel, The Sentinel Project. On the surface, it's a thriller, but at its core, it's a thought experiment about what that grand, collective moment of "emptying the cup" might look like, and the terrifying, beautiful freedom that could come pouring in to fill the space.

Thank you for starting such a profound and inspiring conversation.

— Soren K. Blackwood

Janis wrote: ""Do we each create our own reality or does it all come out of one unified consciousness?" "Is enlightenment real or is it real only if we believe it is?" My new metaphysical novel (NOT self-publish..."

Janis, thank you for posing one of the most essential questions of the human experience. It's a profound and beautiful paradox.

I've always wondered if the answer isn't "either/or," but "both/and." What if the "unified consciousness" is a real, tangible thing—an ancient, dormant network storing the collective memory of our species? And what if our ability to "create our own reality" is simply a measure of our individual ability to access and interpret the data within that shared field?

In this view, we are all connected to a single source, but our unique biology and consciousness act as the key that determines which parts of that universal story we are able to read and experience.

This is the very philosophical mystery I became so obsessed with that I had to explore it in my debut sci-fi novel, The Sentinel Project.

Thank you for starting such a wonderful and important conversation.

— Soren K. Blackwood