The lesson of third density

[rva_jeremy]

Indeed. It's the density of choice.

And way too much noise. Choice and noise!!

Ah, but you get to decide for yourself what IS the signal and what IS the noise. Talk about the dilemma of choice!

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i don't believe one has to be a social butterfly. i avoid people as much as i can but that doesn't mean i don't get along with them when they come my way. but i literally get sick from spending too much time "out there". and i don't think that means i have a blockage or is anything bad. it's just my sensitivity.

I think it gets into the Jungian introvert/extrovert dichotomy of where you draw your energy. I also think that there's a place for the theory of inner-directed vs. other-directed people. Inner directed people know who they are, more or less, and as painful as it can be to be rejected by others they do not compromise their own sense of identity just to get approval / attention / energy. Other-directed people are not simply drawing energy from social activity - they DEFINE themselves in a certain sense by this social context. They are comfortable there because the sense of self they have is demarcated by the rituals and exchanges in social intercourse.

Given that model, I'd say it makes perfect sense that wanderers would be inner-directed, but can be introverted or extroverted about it. It just seems like it's the introverts who suffer the most because the core social lessons of 3D are obvious, whereas extroverts' struggle isn't front and center on the social stage. Most people who still haven't accepted themselves on some level -- or are in the middle of 3D evolution and not wanderers -- probably just don't have a sense of self aligned with their energetic dynamics, still emerging from the herd mentality of 2D perhaps. Conversely, those who are mature denizens of 3D have a good sense of self (whether or not they accept it is, I believe, where lots of wanderers struggle). Even STS types can have a good sense of self - a sense that sees the self as desiring control over others, but nevertheless well delineated.

Again, inner-direction doesn't mean that you're well adjusted or happy - it just means that it's natural for you to figure out for yourself how you will go about your life, even if it causes you pain. I think this dovetails well with the way Ra say that more mature souls start to choose their lessons - you cannot effectively choose lessons for yourself if your sentience is still relatively unformed.

This is all just speculation, though - my favorite pastime! And I'd say none of it is absolute; you're somewhere on a spectrum of inner/outer-directedness, not really one or the other.