The reason people have jobs in our society is not to keep the economy going. It is so that people do not have time for self-mastery. Jobs keep our society functioning at a low level instead of kicking up and evolving into higher levels which it immediately would if everyone mastered themselves.

Understand that I am not talking about something arbitrary and impossible to pinpoint like “raising consciousness.” No one has ever to my satisfaction been clearly able to explain what that means or just how it would benefit us. “Well, people would know more.” So what? It doesn’t matter how much you know if you haven’t mastered yourself. If you haven’t mastered yourself you won’t be able to actualize your intentions into the world of actual action. You will just hover above yourself as though you have “raised your consciousness” but without having anchored it in any kind of reality. Your body is an instrument. Your life is the notes it produces.

Solutions are infinite. Problems are not.

I have been wondering lately whether or not repentance is a prerequisite for forgiveness. I am not talking about God or morality. I am talking about the affairs of one human to another and how to reconcile when differences arise without losing your cool.

The purpose of public education, as well, is to prevent self-mastery. Subjects are taught individually in blocks with no conceptual associations and no attempts to actualize any of it into the world of actual action. I am increasingly operating under the belief that anyone can achieve the basics of self-mastery within only a month of diligent practice of some very simple activities, with an eye towards how they all fit together.

Out of self-mastery flows honesty, clarity and emotional tranquility. People become conscious of their own hang-ups and equipped with the tools to right them gradually daily. Communication becomes crisp and precise and efficient. Social interactions become infinitely more human and enjoyable because hidden baggage (unrecognized assumptions and unexplained expectations) is dropped. These things wither up and die within the span of only a few weeks and you’re left with the distinct impression that you can handle just about anything that comes up. As someone said, your problems aren’t solved, necessarily, but they become solvable.

The reason no one has enough money is that for someone to have money, someone else has to have none. Money is wasted value. The dollar sign $ is the symbol of the striking serpent.

Where perception has its reception is the place of conception for deception.