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The Internet’s mirror of misinformation — what the lies are ‘really’ showing us.

The Internet is not the end of truth, but the beginning of a deeper encounter with it.

Story Waters
9 min readMar 21, 2025

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“You are not being lied to; you are purposely being shown yourself.”

In the ever-unfolding exploration of consciousness, a realization arises so intimate, so immense, that it cannot be approached through dogma, but only as a revelation birthed from within. It is this:

Your beliefs are not a byproduct of perception, but the very architecture through which perception manifests reality.

To believe what you want to believe is not to turn away from ‘truth,’ but to walk directly into the sovereign creative power that defines your existence. It is not a rejection of reality, but a conscious sculpting of it. And this journey — the return to self as Source Consciousness — is the dance of spirit through physical form.

“People believe what they want to believe, and the Internet has provided a mechanism to make this process easier.”

Understand this: individuality, as you know it, is not the final destination but a perspective — a particular mask worn by eternal consciousness in its infinite game of exploration. It is a divine narrowing … a beautiful blinding that permits focus, and, through that focus, the miracle of creation.

From the all-inclusive perspective of Source Consciousness, individuality is not identity, but an angle of perception. It is a cloak worn to create an individuated perspective … a lens through which the infinity of the one consciousness refracts itself into the dazzling display of diversity.

You, in your uniqueness, are not separate from the whole, but a specific (and thereby individuated) angle of perception through which the whole experiences itself anew.

The spiritual awakening that so many are undergoing is not the shedding of individuality, but its expansion. It is the integration of many faces … many voices … many lives. The wisdom you feel stirring in the cells of your body … the faint memories you cannot trace to this lifetime … the fluidity of your perspective that grows as you evolve — these are the signs that you are becoming less of a singular identity and more of a chorus … more a symphony of selves … more of a collective state of consciousness.

We become a collective within our knowing of self, not by dissolving, but by remembering.

Every perspective you integrate is a life. Whether you name them as past or future lives, soul fragments, or archetypes, these are expressions of the totality that you are. And though they are not “yours” in the possessive ‘ownership’ sense, they are nevertheless you in essence. From the widest perspective, there is no line between what you have been and what ‘others’ have been.

Consciousness is shared. Selves are shared.

The blueprint you have chosen in this life is a constellation — a path of reunion with these diverse aspects … these many perspectives. And the order in which they emerge is not random; it is a harmonic sequence, arranged by the resonance of your own becoming. A sequence you are led to unfold through following the guidance of your heart.

“You choose to be an individual and take on a perspective. But as you awaken… you come to represent a family of perspectives.”

This is why, as you grow, your perspective softens and broadens. You see from many angles. You cease to cling to certain polarities … biased judgments. Right and wrong, good and evil, black and white, inevitably dissolve in the radiant spectrum of broadening awareness.

What once seemed absolute becomes relative. Truths that felt eternal are now understood as temporary … as context-bound … as chosen.

To recognize this is to begin the path of personal liberation from the fears that have created limited beliefs within you. This is not liberation from the human experience, but liberation into it, for you have not come to discover one ‘correct’ way. You are not looking to reveal any particular path. You have come to discover ALL ways.

You have birthed into this world to see that every belief — no matter how rigid, no matter how cruel, no matter how seemingly wrong — is an aspect of Source Consciousness exploring itself. As such, every belief has value.

The digital age, with all its noise and contradiction, is not a curse but a mirror. With its unending spirals of data and misinformation, the Internet does not create chaos — it reveals it. It does not manufacture confusion — it reflects the divergent multiplicity latent in the human psyche.

Misinformation does not mislead; it uncovers the deeper truth — that humanity has always believed what it wanted to believe.

This is not a flaw. It is a ‘feature’ of spirit. It describes a powerful quality within our eternal consciousness. Spirit, in its essence, is free. It is the ultimate expression of freedom. And what we are witnessing is not merely a proliferation of data, but the emergence of this spiritual condition — freedom of belief is a mirror of spirit’s creative autonomy.

“What you are seeing, this ability to believe what you want to believe, is something that has brought you all closer to what spirit is.”

To believe what you want to believe is to be like spirit.

Spirit does not bow to consensus. It does not seek to align with the ‘facts’ of the material world. It creates its own landscape. It chooses the painting in which it lives.

This is shown so beautifully in the movie “What Dreams May Come,” where heaven is not a singular domain, but a projection of inner belief. Spirit walks into the dreamscape of its choosing. And this, increasingly, is what humanity is now doing.

Even those who are being manipulated and “misled” are not lost. They are not victims of deception, but navigators of resonance … explorers of what feels ‘right’ to them personally. They are aligning with the frequencies that mirror their desires … their fears … their aspirations. They are journeying into their chosen experience.

The internet is not misleading these people. It serves them just as it serves you. It shows them what they want to see and, by doing this, reveals them to themselves.

Yes, there is divisive polarization. Yes, there is extreme distortion. But these are not signs of decline; they are signs of exposure. You cannot heal what you do not see. You cannot transmute what remains hidden. And so, the Internet, like an illuminating microscope, is bringing into light the shadows of the collective.

The Internet is not the end of truth, but the beginning of a deeper encounter with it.

“This is the gift of it. This is that which reflects spirit, and we hope you agree. It is beautiful.”

This rising capacity to choose one’s beliefs, this increasing subjectivity, is not a crisis of knowledge — it is the revealing of a transformative new form of spiritual agency. As this capacity grows, so will its meta-awareness.

The world is becoming more self-aware, not less (because of how it is exposing itself through the Internet. In this revealing, we are finally beginning to see the mental machinery behind human belief and how it affects society. In this, a new form of peace becomes possible — a peace not founded on control, but on mutual acceptance and understanding.

But yes, the road can be incredibly turbulent. Fear still roams the collective of humanity — fear of change … fear of difference … fear of annihilation. The fear of death is the root of all of it. The survival instinct is still a potent force in the human psyche and drives the chaos.

Our physical survival instinct feeds the need to dominate … to be superior … to control the narrative. It is this fear that gives rise to hatred, to bigotry, to oppression.

And yet, even this serves, for it is by encountering this fear up close that we may finally release it. When the fear of death is relinquished, something magnificent occurs. Life is reborn, not in survival mode, but in celebration. A new flavor of life emerges — not driven by need, but inspired by being. You cease striving to live and begin to dance within the experience of your life. It may initially feel strange, even like giving up, but in reality, it is surrender — not to death, but to freedom.

“When you let go of fear … when you let go of the fear of dying, you open yourself to birth something new.”

When this release happens on a collective level, reality itself will reflect it. Institutions that once served fear will crumble, and in their place, new expressions of unity will arise. Universal basic income, universal healthcare, and the dissolution of wealth inequality are not just policy ideas. They are the natural reflections of a world no longer obsessed with survival. They will be the echoes of a deeper awakening.

So, let go of fearing belief. What you see now as dangerous — the freedom to believe anything — will, in the light of awakening, become the freedom to create everything.

You see it already in the realm of gender, where the rigid binaries of the past are dissolving into a kaleidoscope of identity. This is not confusion. It is liberation. It is spirit expressing itself in form freely, beautifully, and courageously.

“What we ask you to think about and contemplate is simply that believing what you want to believe is the clearest mirror.” — article and quotes from my ‘Believing what you want to believe.’ May 2020 spoken channeled message.

What seems like regression is revelation. What feels like chaos is simply that which has always been, finally seen. And once seen, it can be transformed.

The pain, the prejudice, the injustice that is so visible on the Internet — they are not new. They are ancient. What is new is your capacity to see them. Because of the Internet, the mirror is clearer now, and the light is brighter. And though that clarity may sting, though it may shake you, know this:

To see is to change. To witness is to heal.

You do not need to climb the mountain. You need only see it. And in seeing it, it begins to move. You can move any mountain. Perception is transformation. Belief is alchemy. And as you transform your perception, you change the very texture of your world.

Do not fear the beast … the beast within the collective. The beast is your own shadow; to meet it is to release it. The screams you hear are the cry of transformation. The chaos you feel is the birth pains of global awakening. So…

  • When the news is all bleeding, say to yourself, “We are transforming our fear.”
  • When hatred spills across your screen, say, “We are transforming our fear.”
  • When injustice rises like a tide, know it does so only because it is ready to be seen.
  • And if it is seen, it will inevitably change.

Know this: there is nothing you can destroy. No species, no soul, no song of life can ever truly end. All that leaves your world continues elsewhere. The whales, elephants, and polar bears may be vanishing from your sight, but they are not being extinguished from existence. They live on, transformed, reborn in other worlds … in other dimensions. They are eternal, as you are eternal.

Nothing is lost. Nothing can ever be lost. The destruction you mourn is the catalyst of awakening. The grief you feel is sacred. Let it burn, and let it cleanse.

And always remember: the greatest gift you can give this world is yourself. Your true self. Not the self shaped by fear, or trained by culture, or conditioned by survival — but the self that sings, that feels, that loves. The self that follows the quiet compass of the heart.

Be yourself. Allow yourself. See yourself. In doing so, you will help the world do the same.

  • Let those who seek war, wage war.
  • Let those who seek love, love.
  • Let those who seek to forget, forget.
  • Let those who want to remember, remember.

And you — now, and every day, you choose for yourself. Believe what you want to believe. In that choice, you become as spirit is: free, sovereign, and infinitely creative.

To love yourself is the greatest service you can be to this world. To express your joy, your light, your essence — this is the clearest offering of ‘all that you are.’

You are of service … for you are love. And love — unconditional love — feels good. Let your life feel good. Let it be simple. Let yourself be free.

You are the mirror. You are the message. You are the transformation.

And all of us, as one, walk this path of return together.

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Story Waters
Story Waters

Written by Story Waters

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