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Patience.
Patience is a virtue. It is a skill learned, not taught. Patience is something I am still working on, even until this day.
Rage. Rage is an asset. Rage is a power which even the strongest fear. Rage is a bull with one target and one target only, going all-in on what he wants most. Rage is something which must be channelled, in order to create the desired results.
If a man has Rage and Patience- anything is possible. If a man can peacefully, calmly, sit back and absorb the energy he holds within, without letting it consume him- he can accomplish what his heart desires. He can do whatever is necessary to achieve his goals. He can move mountains, and split rivers. He can open up the sky and send lightning and rain hailing from above. He can shake the very ground from which you walk on.
Is it better to live life as a monster? Or is it better to live as half a man? I’ve contemplated that very question for far too long now. I’ve been caught between the duality of it all, trying my best to understand. Overall, I’ve made my choice. I’ve come to accept the things I cannot change. I have no desire to sit back, and allow life to pass me by while I focus on being a “good man”. The monster inside yearns for control. It keeps on shouting, grabbing the wheel. It will do whatever is necessary in order to steer the ship and take over from here.
Part of me wants it. Part of me is tired of trying to play this game. Society is such a mess. We constantly have to balance between some unwritten rule book, where right and wrong are constantly changing. Where usury and lying have become normal, and where stealing and cheating is the expected game. Overall, I grow tired of trying to simply “fit in”. To bury my head in the sand, and accept the brainwashing. To just roll over and say “it is what it is” and shrug it off. Sometimes inside of me no longer wishes to play this game. No longer wishes to simply go along and allow myself to be manipulated by other’s will.
Being an individual is the most challenging task, especially in today’s society. In a world where you are shaped and molded into a specific type of person- staying true to yourself is the greatest challenge. Being able to look the world in its eyes and remain who you are is the most difficult task anyone can ever face. We are constantly being pushed and pulled, by forces externally, trying to manipulate and tell us what to do. Trying to make us into something we are not. Trying to bend our very consciousness into becoming a part of the machine.
Resistance is difficult. When every single person around you has fully submitted, has fully embraced the manipulation, lies & deceit- it can become difficult. Surrounding yourself with non-playable characters is a great way to end up depressed. Maybe that’s why I’m so good at it. Despite all that, I hold onto hope. I cling onto a goal. A goal to become the greatest individual I am capable of being. To lead and demonstrate to others that it is possible. That there is a way out of the system, where one can truly be who they are.
Society is run by animals. A full-blown group of people who have been reduced to their lowest brainwaves. Eat, sleep, drink, work, fuck. Nothing else in between. A constant schedule of go-go-go, not allowing one to fully sit down and smell the flowers. Not allowing them to immerse themselves into the very Universe created by God himself. We are pushed into running through the simulation, as quickly as we can. To burn ourselves out. To ignore all signs around us. To become nothing more than slaves, bound to the machine with debt. To consume, 24/7, without even hesitating. Work hard. Bigger house. Bigger car. Bigger suppers. Bigger parties. More. More. MORE.
Consumption is the death of consciousness. Constant consumption is known as Gluttony. Gluttony is one of the cardinal sins. And for good reason. When one is constantly consuming, they become weak and malleable. Ever try and accomplish something after eating a huge meal? Not possible eh? Think about after your Thanksgiving Turkey dinner. What happens? Night night, Jim Kyte. We as humans are not meant to be constantly consuming. When we constantly consume, we become complacent. We become bloated and tired. We become influenceable. Imagine the ego, consuming all that money can buy- then all of a sudden, somebody comes along and tells you what to do. What to say. How to act. The individual who is constantly full, is likely to obey.
Slavery hasn’t been abolished- it’s just been revived as consumerism. It’s been painted over with a brush, showing the world that it is all voluntary. That even the brightest of minds will bend to fit their own chains. Debt is what drives the world. We as humans become consumed with debt, leaving us running around, scrambling, for the rest of our lives. Grown men and women, missing out on their children’s activities, because they are enslaved by debt. Daddy can’t make your soccer game? Sorry sweetheart, Papa’s gotta work off the car he bought last year, for the next 7 years. Momma can’t come to your after-school play? Sorry love, Mom’s gotta grind so she can afford to pay off her credit card this month. Constantly running around, consumed with consumerism and debt in which they have willingly chained themselves.
Being an individual and becoming free of the system is a challenge near to impossible. It is practically a pipe dream, with a window which gets smaller every single day. Yet here we are, living our life. Here we stand, chasing a dream. As we see the rest of the world around us, slowly falling into chaos- our eye-sight adjusts to the very target in which we see. We ignore the outside. We ignore the noise. We lower our head and drop our shoulders- as we prepare to release the monster inside.
Glory Be,
Amen.
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