13. The Spiritual Evolution of Bipolar Disorder Part One: Love, Fear & Spirituality

[gadionson1]

this video is really good! it shows hope and give more strength to those people who are suffering from bipolar disorder.

[bipolarorwakingup]

@gadionson1 Thanks. I like it!

[Alexm5225]

I fuken love your videos. All of them. You have no idea how much this means to me right now.

[bipolarorwakingup]

@Alexm5225 If you like the videos, you might like my book, "Am I Bipolar or Waking Up?" I just launched the book trailer today - (see my channel)

[thankyou1100]

What do you think about the fact that when coming off meds its most common to go through a depression before experiencing the spiritual mania. and how many people have you helped through these experiences

[manypackers]

i feel like i went through all of those ego deaths and i am only 16 , am i incorrect or am i just on a faster track path , which i had maybe chosen to create for myself previous to this life ?

[thankyou1100]

Hey Shaun thanks for your videos, I had my first psychosis in 2002 and just six months ago after watching your videos tried getting off my meds and went into a mania which felt entirely spiritual, the deppression which followed was scary but the whole experience has changed my life dramaticly. Im still on meds but am trying to meditate and work towards coming off the meds soon.

[bipolarorwakingup]

@thankyou1100 I think that anyone who cuts their drug use and starts meditaing is on the right track!

[PureTeenageIgnorance]

...Nah.

[cantusamator]

your retarded.

[aprilmalone1]

Wow. I had experiences that fluctuated through stages 1-6. Not like a definitive line but a look at all persceptives back and forth through different ages. But 7 I am now learning with full understanding. Thank you.

[bipolarorwakingup]

@aprilmalone1 And at 7, we see the value of 1 to 6. The levels are more like gears in a car...you need them all, some are better in some situation than others. But, if you can , you would prefer to be in 7 (or 8, 9, etc.)

[theroadtothedimault]

Beautiful, note the beginnings of the circle diagram and how we experience ups and downs as we incorporate new levels...ie) grow and aling ourselves :)

[Silvertrine]

Your description of fear will be destructive to people who experience it. We are interconnected beings the more spiritual one becomes the more likely they are to feel fear. One just needs to learn how to walk with fear, to talk with fear without fear consuming them. Fear isnt a good or bad thing it just is. It must be accepted.

[lupon18]

dude how did you learn all of this? the stuff you talk about is stuff that has been floating around in my head for some time, but the way you explain it in detail is truly amazing. keep making videos man, i don't think you realize how helpful this stuff is to some of us..

[bipolarorwakingup]

@lupon18 Thanks, I think its floating around in all of us.

[infinateregress]

Untill recently I hadn't really realised that the genres of perception that had washed over me like soothing waves are what would make me in the catagory of bipolar disorder. I disagree with the term because there are not two specific points which you fluctuate between, and it is certainly not a disorder - it is an attempt to appreciate order spiritually.

PLEASE can you tell me where to get the full quality that appears ten seconds in to this video?

[tubercelli]

How do I communicate with you directly, not by posting? I have some information to share with you. Thank you for compiling and sharing all this info a modern format and sharing it with the world!!! You are a part of the solution.

[bipolarorwakingup]

@tubercelli Great to see you so excited!!! I´m at bipolarorwakingup@gmail.com

[ferbedollwine]

love the kittyscope

[steveduffyraw]

well said man.

[t4ac3y1]

This is so amazing, how much sense your video's make!

[AIOKCH]

wow

last sentences....

thank you for the awareness of the level of openness of the 5th troath-chakra (expression, truth speaking, serving to the highest, etc.) during a psycosis. that gave me a very positive look at my psycosis-phase :)

thx!

[AIOKCH]

yeeeahhhaoooohmmmmm...

hehehe :)

i'd like to have a chat with you trough instant msn.

i went trough a psycosis myself..now i was on 'now-level' before that... actually there is no 'peak' in the polar world. so once i tried x and got y and knew all about z, i still had to accept with humility, that there are higher levels (humility=thankfulnes & respect for the way to come)

i have to thank you anyway for showing a couple of fears which order i don't agree and anyway can work with :)

[MrOrbitum]

You are a genius!

[SingAlexandra]

I LOVE YOU!

[dracentsparkle]

Thanks for the kind sharing*

[mirandabetts1]

thanks sian. i'm really enjoying your videos and blogs.

[CubistCafe]

You can be in the present moment and feel fear, because the universe is chaotic and violent.

You can feel love in that, but to create this false dichotomy of fear and love put your right back at the first level.

You can feel fear and love simultaneously, along with many other things.

[allforjesus22]

sean...after our last talk I came across this video. Please go to ' What You Are Is Space-part 1 ', on you tube. I am crying tears of deep gratitude and peace, and the feeling of, WHY ME GOD? WHY ME?

[MsChrispy]

This video is so interesting and you explained it really well. But I have a couple questions...

How do I really know what level of conciousness I'm in? It's a little confusing. Is there a way I can help myself to get to the next level of conciousness besides getting manic? Cause I have a few more weeks of school left before I graduate and I don't want to mess it up or anything. But once I get out of school I'm quitting my meds again. I'm very determined.

[bipolarorwakingup]

Hey, glad to see you are still watching!

I´ll be making a few new videos which will explain a little more about the details of levels of consciousness...they should help you. My first video on the subject, done last year, may help you too! I think the best way you can elevate your consciousness without going manic is to keep educating yourself. Go to university, and take subjects that interest you!!! And if you cut your meds, please do it SLOWLY!

[spaceage614]

hey brother great vids. i was wondering if youve heard of any people with a bipolar manic episode having telepathic communication with the NSA national security alliance. when i had my episode i had frequent telepathic conversations with the NSA which is the most advanced agency in the world bigger than the c.i.a and f.b.i. they were pretty evil to me and told me nobody would believe me and that i was a nigger. just wondering if youve heard of any telepathic communication with government agencie

[bipolarorwakingup]

I´ve heard of people havind all kinds of telepathic communications and some have proven to be entirely valid. However, it is also common for people to 'project' their own inner feelings about themselves. That means, they have deep feelings inside of themselves that they don't recognize as their own. Then when the feelings come up, they are recognized as coming from an outside source. If you are 'receiving' negative thoughts about yourself, chances are that the source of those messages is you

[athanassiost]

I agree with bwu that most vivid experiences during the 'journey back to innocence' to the other stable side, especially the anxious ones are projections of the general fear, mostly symbolised with dragons and horrible beasts in the past symbolism as our friend bwu nicely shows in his videos. At that time it is pretty healthy to stay in touch with people you have the feeling they understand you, make you calm down and go on without going to the wrong direction.

[athanassiost]

Keep the mind calm.. Some physical exercises can really help to stay in the middle of the path and still be able to cope with ordinary life as well. This is also very important according to my experience. The aim is not to become superman but a vivid, creative, happy person.

[maladaca]

jusy by relating to most subjects in his videos you can almost clearly say you are post modern

[bendeecat]

Just watched your vid, full screen format using my kids' Playstation 3 on our widescreen HD TV and it was absolutely STUNNING!!!!!

All I could think during, and after, was YES EXACTLY!! You put it so clearly, succinctly and beautifully.

Thanks for all your hard work...I can only wonder what's next :-)

[bipolarorwakingup]

I think you are gonna like where I´m going on the consciousness tip this year. A little deeper....but this is the foundation...love and fear

[CCSofChocolatesvill]

I think the bipolarorwakingup videos are great and have helped me show "normal" people what has been happening to me which is often difficult for me to express as my brain is clogged up with anti-phycotics through being sectioned many times and as a type 1 Bipolar, so keep up the good work.

[bipolarorwakingup]

Hey that's great! How you are using my vids is exactly what I'm hoping others will do as well.

[wolffenhaus]

My son is 8 and has a concrete way to face fear when he battles in video games. Today I told him that I built a shrine for my fears. Putting them as they surfaced in fabulous containers and offering them to the unknown. I find the best reply to fearful thoughts is "hello".

[bipolarorwakingup]

Sounds like a plan. I think just recognizing our fears is a huge first step.

[swim888]

1 John 4:18

[jusplendore]

Great video Sean!

I'll send this video to some friends!

When are we going to translate all of them?

kisses

Ju

[bipolarorwakingup]

We can start this week! I´ll call you tommorow. Beijos!

[Regal1800]

I faced my fears with a terrible boss at work and got two letters threatening to terminate me so I surrendered to them because the pay is good!

[bipolarorwakingup]

You faced your fear of your boss, but you didn´t face your fear of death, or should I say....survival. How long are you gonna put up with it? How many more years?

[Regal1800]

i'm struggling to answer your question, too many thoughts going through my head!

[ProfessorMystic]

excellent.... wish i could live that way. i find that i still bounce around between all those levels of consciousness and never remain in any one. it seems unrealistic to be totally free of all those fears associated with each level. but the presentation is fascinating. great pictures too.

[bipolarorwakingup]

'I wish I could live that way'....that´s what I said when I first saw Joseph Campbell talking about 'Follow your Bliss' back in 1992. Now I live it. It takes time and courage. First you need to understand it on an intellectual level (which you do) then you need to take the risks, a little at a time, to try and live that way.

[ProfessorMystic]

Thanks a lot for the personal reply. I followed Joe Campbell and all the popular teachers since 1986 believe it or not. There are many other issues that prevented me from getting past a certain point in my development. Life is tough and a person may regress. Dependency can be a problem, not only with drugs but with people and money and everything else. It would take a lot to explain. Maybe I will do another video if I get the nerve. Meanwhile I will keep following yours. Great job.

[seb6leal]

please keep them coming

[bipolarorwakingup]

Thank you, I will. Glad they are appreciated.

[seb6leal]

amazing, ive emailed you before sean about 3-4weeks ago, these videos are amazing and really ring true in my life.

[boundarydweller]

This is brilliant. Omg. I am astonished. Hey Sean, I am 20 and I would say I am in the Post modern stage. How do I go one up?

[bipolarorwakingup]

Patience, Grasshopper.....and mediate!

I have videos on how to do it. See my channel

[boundarydweller]

Thanks a lot. This really helps me since I was diagnosed bipolar 3 years ago. Man you rock! I have seen every video of yours today. What you say is so true. Keep them coming.

[spiralslarips]

BRAVISIMO SEAN!!!!!! Great comic illustrations (the rat race) and we had the sniper kitty hanging up at work! You're doing a great job still. I'm very happy to have come upon your great sites and links.

[bipolarorwakingup]

I loved that Rat Race comic too. It was perfect.

[odddom4]

a masterpiece, Sean!

[bipolarorwakingup]

Thanks Jan! Still coming to Rio?

[odddom4]

Still thinking about it! As I'm a summer-person, I'd prefer to go when it's autumn or winter here...

[akinomt]

I love the way you explain very difficult issues. Easy to undestand, logical and a lot of evidence. Loads of great and funny pictures makes the viewer to keep attention from the start to the end. And for me personally it is so true!

[bipolarorwakingup]

I´m glad you appreciate how difficult it is to explain some of this stuff simply! I´d be lost without the graphics!

[dreamdanni]

ok love the kitten with the gun, ditto on the passive aggressive behavior attitude in the past, notice as you take the steps of letting go and moving up... my life has done EXACTLY what you are talking about. So for that thanks for putting the words! Realized my biggest problem to date is I can't stop seeing the shadows and hearing the voices...NOTICED when I access the power of now I neither hear voices nor see shadows. Feeling I can be in the now and believe in God above. Peace and love,

Danni

[bipolarorwakingup]

Thanks D.  Take your time on the true path!

[ojosdelaluna313]

brilliant....as always.....

[itoh138]

excellent, very informative video.

[Elizruth]

What a beautiful video you have created. It makes so much sense. Bipolar is the fast track to spiritual advancement. Sometime it feels like it; sometimes it don't.

[bipolarorwakingup]

I´m hoping in the future more people will feel like it is more often! Thats why I keep making these videos!

[mananirvana]

Hey man thank you, as always I love your vids, and I was wondering if you could make more vids on the depression of bipolar, because thats where some of my friends and I are at. We have a lot more lows and highs. :(

[bajan13k]

Great video overall, btw!

[dianeticstu]

so good, thanks

[bajan13k]

I guess it depends on how you define "spiritual", but I don't seperate the physical and spiritual across love/fear boundaries (but I agree with the other parts of the duality).

Fear to me, can be just as spiritual.. and love, just as physical ("love is a verb"). If anything, fear is more, bound in the mind of each individual, and love involves inter-relations along the trend of integration.

[bipolarorwakingup]

I could go back and forth with you on this, but I don´t have time!!! Thanks for watching!