Getting Clear

Getting Clear

By David Ranscht

We live in a world clouded with noise.

Everywhere we turn, we’re met with opinions dressed up as facts, advertising disguised as concern, fear pretending to be foresight. Bias has become so baked into the narrative that most people don’t even notice it anymore. They’re swimming in it — unaware that what they believe isn’t necessarily what’s true, but what they’ve been trained to believe is true.

Every click is a suggestion. Every scroll is an input. Every commercial, headline, social post, and podcast shapes the lens through which we see the world — and more importantly, ourselves.

We’re told what to buy.
What to fear.
What to be outraged about.
What side to take.
Who to blame.
And who to be.

But underneath all of that...
There is clarity.
There is peace.
There is truth.
And it doesn’t scream.

The Distortion We’re Soaked In
Let’s call it what it is — distortion.
This society thrives on distortion.

News media spins a story not to inform, but to engage emotion. Fear keeps you watching. Anger keeps you clicking. Bias keeps you coming back to your echo chamber.
Advertising manipulates your identity, planting the idea that you are lacking something — beauty, success, freedom — and that a product will complete you.
Social media promotes performance, where value is confused with visibility, and curated images are mistaken for real lives.
People speak from conditioning, not presence. Most conversations are not dialogues, but dueling monologues — each side trying to prove a point rather than understand a truth.
Even many spiritual or self-help messages are just dressed-up ego in disguise — another identity to cling to. “Awakening” becomes a badge. “Healing” becomes a performance. “Consciousness” becomes a brand.

In a world like this, confusion is normal.
But it’s not your natural state.

So What Does It Mean to Get Clear?
Getting clear is coming home to yourself — to the truth that’s always been underneath the noise.

It’s not about learning more.
It’s about unlearning.

It’s not about being louder.
It’s about listening more deeply.

It’s not about getting it all right.
It’s about being real.

To get clear means:

You stop reacting.
You pause before responding. You notice the emotion before acting from it. You realize not every thought is true.
You let go of needing to be right.
You become more interested in what is, than in being seen as smart, spiritual, or correct.
You cleanse your inputs.
You limit media that drains or manipulates. You choose what you watch, read, and hear with discernment.
You spend time in silence.
Silence is clarity’s best friend. When you remove external noise, your inner truth gets louder.
You question everything — even your own thoughts.
Where did this belief come from? Is it serving me? Does it align with love or fear?
You practice presence.
Right here. Right now. You breathe. You feel. You remember who you are beneath the programming.
Clarity Is Your Natural State
It’s not something you earn — it’s something you uncover.

You are not your thoughts.
You are not your fears.
You are not your conditioning.
You are not the character society cast you to play.

You are the one who sees.
The one who chooses.
The one who can say: “No. That’s not mine. That’s not true for me.”

You can choose to get clear.
Right now.
By letting go.

By breathing.

By coming back to what is.

And from that place, you become a beacon for others — not by force, not by preaching — but by the quiet clarity of your being.

That is the real revolution.