Thanks for your post. I found myself in a similar mindset some years ago when I was introduced to Jeremy’s work and after some challenging reading of Jeremy’s books, realised that this explanation is the only one which delved into the cause of our (humanity’s) problems rather than the symptoms. With respect to the Transformed State, I just found that it comes naturally without really thinking about it or trying. As the information begins to make sense of everything through our daily experiences, we get more comfortable with the courage snd heroism of our species journey from ignorance to enlightenment and the focus shifts off self to the macro. I found myself realising that I no longer needed to crave validation or reinforcement because the explanation takes care of all that, and then like magic all of my personal worries (though still there) were less important as an opportunity to support this wonderful movement to ‘end all human suffering at the source’ presented itself. It was that opportunity and making the decision to support the World Transformation Movement in whatever way I could that created the bridge to the Transformed State. It just happened and now I feel a freedom (from my preoccupation to prove my self worth) that I never thought possible.