There is a way forward. There is always a way.
What you’ve learned is that there are many trails. There are many layers to reality. There are many truths you can embrace when you walk.
You’re a ghost piloting a skeleton wrapped in a meat suit.
You’re a soul.
You’re a ball of light.
You’re Buddha.
You’re the suffering and you’re the joy that surrounds you.
You don’t exist.
You are everyone.
These are just flavors of ice cream to taste.
Sometimes you can taste a few flavors at once.
Sometimes you can choose not to taste any ice cream at all.
From another angle, from another layer, you’re a friend, you’re a coworker, you’re a brother, you’re a son. These are just more flavors of perspective to choose from.
The ideal way forward is to act in such a way that all these parts, all these flavors are in harmony.
The way forward is to speak truth, to offer kindness, to live through curiosity.
When there is difficulty acting such a way, when there is discontinuity, that is the work you must do. That is the place where you must work. That is where you need to focus and offer self inquiry, offer self compassion. From there you find unity.