Gateway to the Greater Life
» 2 days ago at 12:32pm |
Only by following Nature's Pathway can the Soul be truly satisfied. For in so doing, a man finally arrives at the realization of the Greater Life.
It is upon these grounds that a man's dissatisfaction in Life is in direct relation to when and where he diverges from Nature's Pathway, just as his satisfaction is in ratio to the degree to which he stays the course and follows through.
For the Pathway of Life is found in building the Gateway to the Greater Life, and then walking through it, as follows:
- SELF-MASTERY is the foundation of the Gateway to the Greater Life.
- It's headstone is HAPPINESS, which is erected and supported by two pillars, PROSPERITY and LOVE.
- The domain and the terrain traveled beyond the Gateway of the Greater Life is ALTRUISM — or the mutual effort of husband and wife, governed by their Moral State of Marriage, in working toward the Service of Humanity.
And though, as men, by our essential natures, Prosperity is our domain and Love is woman's, both must work out Nature's First Obligation and make the First Great Achievement, Self-Mastery.
With this accomplished, comes the unfoldment of Masculine Power in the man and Feminine Receptivity in the woman, whereby the State of Marriage becomes capable of supporting Happiness, and so finally establishing the conditions back True Altruism.
The Two Pillars of Happiness
Just as there are two pillars that make up the Gateway to the Greater Life, there are also two corresponding "composites" within a man's (and woman's) Character that make for a weak foundation.
Should a man attempt to erect his pillars upon such a foundation, they will fall, along with the Headstone of Happiness. Thus, blocking the pathway to Altruism, whereby the Soul is finally and fully satisfied.
That said, I want to share the specific Destructive Impulses I've discovered that make for a foundation of sand, and therefore undermine the conditions necessary for Self-Mastery in direct relation to both, Prosperity and Love.
It should be well noted:
Prosperity and Love are established only by and through the absence of these specific Destructive Impulses.
Thus, the man who, either through his ignorance or deliberance, so violates Nature's Constructive Laws and admits any of these Sins into his Consciousness (whereby they are given time to ferment and translate themselves into habitual outward expressions) condemns himself to Scarcity — though he may have a million dollars in the bank — and Loneliness — though he may be surrounded by or bed dozens of women.
At least until he can recognize his transgressions and work out his crimes under Nature's Jurisdiction.
For the Anti-Pillars of Happiness — Scarcity and Loneliness — are nothing more than states of mind brought about by the continued admission of specific Sins, regardless of the external conditions which may temporarily be present.
It will further be discovered that those who deliberately attempt to attain the outward "symbols" of Prosperity and Love (or money and women), in spite of the presence of these Destructive Impulses, have no other reason for doing so than to compensate and appear to the world as if they are not miserable — perhaps with the secret motive of attempting to hide this very fact from themselves.
Thus, let us discuss the specific Destructive Impulses which weaken the Foundation of Self-Mastery, decay the stability of the Two Pillars, topple the Headstone of Happiness, and ultimately undermine the Domain of Altruism.
For with the problems before us, we can learn to erect the Gateway to the Greater Life, of which all the Great Masters attempted to teach and reveal to us, no matter how others have perverted their messages through the sloth of their dogmatism.
For it is true:
"What you attempt to take from your neighbor, you truly only take from yourself."
Left Pillar: PROSPERITY
The Destructive Impulses back of Scarcity are those of ENVY and GREED, of which Man is more susceptible to.
It will be found that the man infected by Envy will waste his effort attempting to stop or sabotage his neighbor from creating the kind of life he wished he had the courage to create for himself.
Yet would he recognize that he could use that same effort not only to his own betterment through his own Act of Service, of which he will be compensated for in relation to his effort, but that by stopping another from serving humanity in their chosen way, he also strips his Brothers of Society from living a better life through its benefit.
And in so doing, Nature brings the Great Level upon him and condemns him to poverty by weaving into his Character those outward expressions that repel others who might have otherwise collaborated with him in building his own life as he wished.
On the other hand, the man infected by Greed will spend his effort coercing or stealing the possessions of his neighbor instead of earning them through his own Individual Effort or Act of Service, of which he would therefore be justly entitled to Compensation.
Yet should he understand that by taking something that has not come to him through his own Individual Effort, the time will come when it is no longer available to him and having come to depend on it, he will find himself in a worse financial situation than before he placed the Value of Money over the Value of Service.
Again, Nature brings the Great Level upon his Soul and penalizes him through the Effects of his Sin.
It is upon these grounds that it will be discovered that Prosperity — which is only erected through an Act of Service to Society — can be firmly founded through the Mastery of the Destructive Impulses of Envy and Greed.
Until a man has accomplished this, permanent Prosperity will forever elude him.
Right Pillar: LOVE
The Destructive Impulses back of Loneliness are those of Jealousy and Lust, of which Woman is more susceptible to.
The operations of Jealousy and Lust perfectly parallel those of Envy and Greed, with the exception being the Soul Craving back it:
Where Envy and Greed are the murderers of Prosperity, Jealousy and Lust are the assassins of Love.
The man who allows himself to become infected with Jealousy will waste his time attempting to stop his Brother from finding the Love he feels himself to missing out on.
But should he come to the realization that by attempting to manipulate and control women (or a woman) into conforming to his own standard of conduct, and thereby, in his mind, making them not unlike any other possession he may own, he creates within their minds a severance of Trust, that great prerequisite of True Love.
Thus, Nature administers the Great Level, and since Love is spiritual in nature, that which a man attempts to take by physical force — or its social equivalent, "logical argument" — will forever elude him.
On the other hand, the man so infected by Lust will forever search for the satisfaction his Soul craves not through its Spiritual Channel — whereby it is truly found — but solely through the Physical Channel of Sex expression.
Yet would he understand that Sex Attraction seems to be Nature's motivator or "call to action" in the Pursuit of Love and not Love itself, his Soul is forever left vacant. And like a drug, he finds himself addicted to the short-term pleasures at the expense of the long-term satisfaction of his Soul
Again, Nature brings the Great Level by killing off the finer sensibility of his nature and debases him to that level of the animal, no longer capable of True Love.
Thus, it is upon these grounds that Love — only found through the absence of desire to control another — can only be firmly planted in the Foundation of the Gateway to the Greater Life through the Mastery of the Destructive Impulses of Jealousy and Lust.
Until a man has made this accomplishment, True Love will always be that mirage that disappears just before he arrives.
And until a man succeeds in mastering both sets of Destructive Impulses — Envy and Greed, and Jealousy and Lust — the foundation of his Character will be nothing but sand, incapable of supporting the two pillars upon which rests the Headstone of Happiness, crowning the establishment of the Gateway to the Greater Life.
| Published by Jay Julio under Beliefs and Attitude |
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Nature's Obligations
» Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 06:27pm |
We have heard it said, "Ignorance is bliss."
But I say, "Ignorance is the inability to recognize misery."
For it is true:
Without the ability to recognize a thing as it is, according to the attributes of its character and upon the conditions of its function, no remedy can be made.
Furthermore, it will be found that, through Vanity and Egotism coupled with Ignorance, we have a strong tendency to deny, excuse, or justify that which runs contrary to what we often term Happiness.
But Happiness is a result of Natural Law, which is the Effect of a Cause.
That Cause is founded on specific conditions, which are established only by undertaking and fulfilling Nature's Obligations, specifically the first.
For Nature holds us responsible for two Obligations in Life, the first lending to the second.
It will be found that it is upon the Ignorance of Nature's Obligations which can be held accountable for much — if perhaps not all of the recurring problems, crimes, and miseries that plague a Family, Society, Nation, or Civilization.
Would we all be given definite Knowledge of Nature's Obligations early in Life, hold ourselves accountable for undertaking them, and personally dedicating our lives to working out the problems back of them, the Moral fabric of Society would refine and enrich itself through Cause and Effect.
Thus, here they are...
Nature's Obligations
NATURE'S FIRST OBLIGATION is the commission to take responsibility for and work-out the Destructive Impulses of our natures, through which the conditions of the mind are finally prepared for Prosperity and Love, back of Happiness — the essential prerequisite in successfully undertaking Nature's Second Obligation.
NATURE'S SECOND OBLIGATION is the commission of starting a family and raising children so that they are fully prepared for Life by the age of Maturity, yet it is only by first accomplishing Nature's First Obligation that it truly becomes possible to successfully fulfill Her second — for without Self-Mastery (or at least an adequate understanding of the operations back of Morality), no child will have learned Personal Responsibility and Self-Reliance by the age of Maturity, the keystone of Nature's Second Obligation.
It will be found that a child's Self-Reliance at the age of Maturity is in direct relation to the State of Marriage of the parents.
And the State of Marriage is in direct relation to the dynamic established in the Marital Union.
The State of Marriage could be said to be the "blending" together of the collective attributes of each individual spouse's Character to makeup a third, invisible Moral Character, which is that force back of and responsible for the formation of the children's Characters.
Should a child move through Life on the "default" he adopted through the influence of his parent's State of Marriage, he will unconsciously reproduce that exact same dynamic in his own marriage through his own Character and by attracting a woman who corresponds with it, whereby it will be reproduced in his own children (should they also refuse to seek Knowledge and work-out their crimes under Nature, and Nature's Great Creator).
And on it goes, if uninfluenced or unaffected.
Furthermore, it will be found that our irresponsibility in taking on Nature's Obligations is the reason why superstitions are born, procreate, and survive centuries after their births.
Not only that, it will also be found that back of many of the common superstitions still running rampart today, is due, in no small part, to a fear of or misunderstanding of Sex.
The Danger of Dogmatic Abstinence
There is perhaps no greater barrier in the preparation of a man's Moral Development for fulfilling Nature's Obligations than Dogmatic Abstinence — that impish child of Jealousy and Lust, perhaps the vilest combination of Destructive Impulses the Soul is susceptible to.
Yet the common justification the dogmatist gives us in defense is:
"If you have something special to share, shouldn't you save it for a person you truly care about? After all, if you share it with others, it's not special anymore."
According to the facts and operations of the Human Soul, it will be exposed that the truth is just the opposite — for it will be found that, under such Dogmatism, the secret motive and focus of the relationship falls not on the dynamic within the Union itself but on Sex and Obsession, no matter how it is justified to the contrary.
Furthermore, through this secret motive it will be observed that nothing aids in the fostering of Jealousy and Lust in the Soul more than Dogmatic Abstinence, those enemies of Marriage and assassins of Love.
Let it be known with absolute certainty:
No marriage can or will truly succeed until both spouses have mastered the Destructive Impulses of both: Jealousy and Lust.
Without this accomplishment, there can be nothing resembling harmony in the Union. Either both will not see it — or one partner will not see it, while the other is "forced" to compensate for their partner's ignorance.
This, the only outcome of Dogmatic Abstinence:
One believes in an illusion, the other avoids addressing it and instead caters to it, at their own expense.
Is there any worse misery in Life?
Deliberate Promiscuity
The desire for promiscuity is in direct relation to the Moral Character of a man:
There is no greater urge for promiscuity than in those of very low Moral Character. Though the desire is surpressed and compensated for, often through acts of crime and violence, it is the most pronouced, even though there may be no outward sexual expression.
Though the actual urge for promiscuity is less in the libertine than in the dogmatist and their Moral Character is more evolved than the devoutly religious, the the desire is acted upon readily and given outward expression through any available channel, where it often reaps havoc in relationships.
Finally, there is little to no urge for promiscuity in the those of high Moral Character. When no woman is present who he knows would harmonize with his Individuality or he deems himself not yet prepared for Love (upon the awareness of any lingering dominant Destructive Impulses), the Sex urge is transmuted in such a way as to give the best benefit to others, that Great Force known as Altruism.
It is upon these exact grounds, that, if promiscuity is deliberately used as a "training room" to identify and control the deadly combination of Jealousy and Lust within one's Character, with the intent of developing Moral Character — perhaps in the same way that it's necessary to take several falling and shaky steps before we learn to balance — it serves a man two Constructive purposes:
- The experience and skill to establish a harmonious dynamic is gained throughout the process of failing through a list of relationships, thereby learning the essential lessons to attain the ability sought after, thus truly preparing him to lead in marriage and please his wife, and
- The Knowledge necessary to identify a woman of high Moral Character and who harmonizes with his own Individuality — instead of opting for the instant gratification by defaulting to the first option.
For it will be discovered that, through constant association, the true Character of a person often eludes us the more familiar we become with them. Close association often has a strong tendency to cause us to lose the capacity to make distinctions based on the the facts of their Character.
Instead, they become recognized as "so-and-so":
"That's just how they are," we say, without truly questioning or identifying the impulses or true motives back of their actions.
For it is a fact:
Without points of contrast, and based on direct experience, a thing cannot be truly known.
Therefore, it will be found that the majority of "virgin marriages" go down in misery — except either one or both will not recognize their misery, due to the "missing points" omitted from their experience necessary to make the contrast and see the truth.
Denial is not too far behind.
Which is why Ignorance is not bliss; it is only the inability the recognize misery.
For if we find ourselves in a marriage to a woman, and that is the only or limited sexual experience upon which we have to make our distinctions (which is none or next to it), how is it possible to truly know whether it is, indeed, a happy marriage or not.
It might also be wise to note that by observing "virgin marriages" (after the one-to-two year novelty wears off), the man tends to drop the act he unconsciously put on to win her and becomes self-righteous, which causes the wife to become disagreeable yet she submits to maintain as much harmony as possible, only to succeed in brewing silent animosity for and toward him.
The End Result?
True Love between husband and wife — or that dynamic, when established, where neither has a desire to control the other, both consciously and unconsciously — only truly accomplished through the attainment of Self-Mastery, is the foundation of successfully fulfilling Nature's Second Obligation.
It is the fundamental condition necessary for the raising of children, whereby the child is fully prepared to leave the family with a strong sense of Personal Responsibility to his Brothers of Society, and with complete Self-Reliance.
All this due to having had the opportunity to associate with and model those of high Moral Character, and, through association, absorb the Essential Attitude into their own Souls.
Only thus, can Nature's demands and purposes be fully satisfied.
For we as men, and in direct correspondence with Nature's Obligations, have two critical roles to play in Life:
- Husband, and
- Father
One unto the other, both backed by our Moral Characters, that definite determinant by which we succeed or fail in fulfilling our Personal Responsibilities, under Nature and God.
For it will be found:
The man of low Moral Character will make for a poor husband because he will be incapable of satisfying the needs of his wife, and a poor father by encouraging his children's social Irresponsibility and by tearing down or undermining their Self-Reliance instead of helping them build it up within themselves...
Just as a man of high Moral Character will make for a great husband by fully satisfying each and every need of his wife, and a great father by actively aiding his children in developing their sense of Personal Responsibility and Self-Reliance.
Thus, if we hurry into marriage before we've developed our Characters and learned how to satisfy women as a sex, and in so doing also gained enough Knowledge to identify a Moral woman (what I used to refer to as a "Quality" woman) — or stated differently, one who has gained an adequate amount of Self-Awareness and learned to exercise a suitable degree of Self-Control over her dominant Destructive Impulses — whereby a high Moral State of Marriage is established in the Union, we are almost destined to fail at fulfilling Nature's Second Obligation, having already failed in Her First Obligation.
This is especially important for us men, as women tend to adapt themselves to their men much more readily and perhaps to a much greater degree than the reverse.
However, all is not lost if this path has not been followed.
There is an alternative:
It is found in both partners cooperatively deciding to undertake Nature's First Obligation together (the Pursuit of Self-Mastery) by working through their Sins in a spirit of mutual effort, with an understanding of the Dangerous Dynamic, until that which I refer to as True Love (where there is no desire to control each other) has been established in the Union as the State of Marriage.
Only then can a man raise the Left Pillar upon which rests the Headstone of Happiness, that Gateway to the Greater Life!
| Published by Jay Julio under Women and Relationships |
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The Sins of Man and Nature's Penalties
» Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 10:39pm |
The dogmatist says:
"If you sin, you are an evil, wicked, and unworthy wretch destined to burn in hell for all eternity! But lo! Do whatever I tell you to and refuse to pursue what I don't have the courage to attempt for myself — for if you should achieve what I haven't, I would greatly envy you — therefore, I will fabricate a terrible punishment and implant it in your imagination, then offer you an equally phony way to escape it... all as a means of stopping you from enjoying what I don't."
But the Master says:
"If you sin — or allow a Destructive Impulse into your mind — it's outward expression will not only tear down your fellow man through association by default, but more importantly, it will evoke an equal or even greater penalty, through Nature's Laws, upon yourself... and stop you from living the Greater Life, of your own Volition."
Yet if any Destructive Impulse we admit into our minds and, as a result, give it opportunity to produce itself through an outward physical expression, whether unconsciously or deliberately, just why is it we often welcome and encourage it, despite the torment it brings upon us?
It will be found that almost every Destructive Impulse appears to carry with it an initial short-term benefit — which, when matured and has grown to fruitation, carries a much greater long-term penalty.
For example, we know that the desire to get revenge on someone who we feel has wronged us often appeals to us. Furthermore, we justify it with the archaic aphorism, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
But to anyone who's witnessed another spend endless time plotting and committing vengeance has probably observed the great misery it brings, perhaps initially to his victim (only to do him a service by forcing himself to grow stronger), but much more notably on him who admits the Destructive Impulse of Revenge into his mind — for he slowly destroys the conditions of his own mind which set the foundation for his own Happiness in the process.
The same can be said of Lust:
There is the initial satisfaction of sexual pleasure in the short-term, but he who over-indulges in the sex act also brings the Level, as he suffers a great dissipation not only of his vital energies but the Great Creative Force within himself, a necessity in the pursuit the Greater Life.
The dogmatist, who simply passes down the dated tenets of the Dark Ages, tells us we should not sin because it's "bad". Instead, we should mimic the outward expressions that come naturally to him of high Moral Character. The reason given for this act of Dishonesty is to avoid a conjured punishment that has no basis upon the facts of Life.
But the Master, who has observed the effects of the continued admission of the Destructive Impulses (or Sins) into the mind, knows better:
He proclaims that every Destructive Impulse penalizes the one who admits it, and in so doing, also destructively influences those who merely come into contact with him; therefore, it is to the individual's best benefit to workout his crimes under Nature.
Not because he "must" or because he "should" nor because he is condemned if he does not, but because it is the only way by which he may truly profit in Life.
For it is true:
Where others can avoid the one who harbors a Destructive Impulse of which the outward expression they find repulsive, he who admits it out of habit must bear the yolk and burden — if and until he can deliberately workout his crimes against himself, and thus, lift Nature's Penalty in correspondence from his own Soul.
Only thus may he erect the Gateway to the Greater Life.
| Published by Jay Julio under Spirituality and Soul Growth |
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The Essential Attitude in the Pursuit of Self-Mastery
» Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 09:46am |
To the best of my knowledge, Self-Mastery is the foundation of Mastership, wherein the dormant potentialities or spiritual faculties and powers of man are unfolded and placed at his conscious, deliberate command.
In "Grow Rich! with Peace of Mind", Napoleon Hill revealed that the Masters from the Great Parent School of Knowledge are aware of all those who have taken on the Pursuit of Self-Mastery, and that their progress is being monitored — through methods unknown to the men of the masses.
He further goes on to say that when a man achieves Self-Mastery, he automatically becomes an Initiate of the Great Parent School and is directly notified by a Master of the School, with the purpose of assuring him he has made the First Great Achievement.
And should he desire Mastership, a Great Master is placed at his side for the Instruction in taking on the Second Great Achievement.
It seems to me that each Great Achievement carries with it a specific benefit, not only to himself, but to everyone who comes within his influence — as we've seen with those Masters who were commissioned to take the Instruction public:
SELF-MASTERY frees a man of his Destructive Impulses, the real cause of pain and suffering in Life, which, in turn, allows him to instill a harmonious union in his Marriage with his wife, and be a true Friend and encouragement to all who are open and receptive to Truth.
MASTERSHIP allows a man to prove to himself, without doubt, that Life continues after Death, along with the definiteness of what events occur thereafter, which he may pass on to those who have Faith in him, giving them Peace in their "hour of need".
Though I have not made either of these Great Achievements, I have accumulated a definite stock of knowledge, backed by direct personal experience, concerning the ESSENTIAL ATTITUDE required in the Pursuit of Self-Mastery, that First Great Achievement upon which Happiness is founded.
I want to share my findings with you by laying down the critical attributes I've discovered to make up this Essential Attitude, and perhaps save you some time — should this be an aim in your life.
It will likely be found that the Pursuit of Self-Mastery or the construction of a Moral Character follows this progression:
STEP 1: Knowledge of Human Nature
STEP 2: Self-Awareness
STEP 3: Self-Acceptance
STEP 4: Self-Initiative
Let's take them up one at a time:
STEP 1: Knowledge of Human Nature
This concerns itself with knowing the impulses which motivate the Soul, and perhaps, through observation, learning to recognize the ways in which they manifest themselves, along with the effects those expressions tend to have not only upon the state of mind and body of ourselves but also, through their Instinctive Channel, upon others.
It will be found that the Dangerous Dynamic often serves as the "Classroom of Morality".
Within, the Wisdom concerning the wicked ways of Man is learned, whereby means of protection can further be constructed.
Laid out simply:
Knowledge of Human Nature involves the understanding of both the Destructive and Constructive Impulses of which make up Man, compounded with the understanding of their corresponding expressions and the Instinctive Responses they naturally elicit from others.
And since the Pursuit of Self-Mastery is a matter of Morality, which could be said to be the act of deliberately stopping off or redirecting the Destructive Impulses along constructive lines, aiding and allowing the Constructive Impulses to better come to dominate one's Consciousness, knowledge of and the ability to identify the Impulses of Man is the starting point.
For without it, is it not impossible to see the truth about others and the ways in which their behavior tends to affect us, with emphasis put upon how it may tear us down unconsciously?
And perhaps more importantly:
How are we to see ourselves as we truly are if we are ignorant of what motivates our thoughts and actions, along with the knowledge of how giving expression to them destroys or builds our lives, and transforms others into Antagonists, where the fault is on us — or Allies, through our sympathetic and cooperative effort?
STEP 2: Self-Acceptance
There is perhaps no greater flaw in our natures than our reluctance — or at least our initial reluctance to acknowledge the negative or destructive tendencies within ourselves, which, through Cause and Effect, stops us from gaining the Self-Awareness required to see ourselves, not as we may believe, but as we are.
It will be found that our inability or instinctive hesitance to see ourselves as we truly are is perhaps the greatest roadblock in the Pursuit of Self-Mastery.
For without knowing our starting point, how is it possible to direct our efforts toward our aim and so finally arrive at the gateway of the First Great Achievement?
Since the crux of civilized man seems to be his desire to separate and label all things as either good or bad and right or wrong, often administering great penalties to those things we term bad and wrong, it will be observed that the result is the fear of making mistakes.
And with the fear of being bad and wrong, two problems arise:
FIRST, in our fear of being a bad person — lest we unintentionally do the wrong thing — we place that great barrier between Self-Ignorance and Self-Awareness in position.
Thus, when fully erected, we prevent ourselves from looking at ourselves, and identifying and acknowledging our Sins — or our dominant Destructive Impulses.
This sad condition makes Personal Responsibility impossible, which is why Dogmatism (and its sibbling sister, Intellectualism) is that deadly advocate of Immorality.
SECOND, when we do make mistakes or, through our ignorance, tread upon the rights of others, we ignore them — or if they assert their terms, we justify our crimes with the hope that we will not be held accountable for our transgressions.
Thus, we attempt to convince and prove to others — through the creation of any number of what we deem "logical" reasons and arguments — that they are the problem (only to generate resentment from them) instead of accepting that we were at fault. Then perhaps using that experience as incentive to take greater responsibility for the thoughts we admit into our minds, which caused the outward expression of our crimes to begin with.
Upon these facts, the KEY SHIFT in perspective I've found critical is to start looking at things not as good and bad or right and wrong, but as Causes and Effects.
The effects can then be taken and separated, without judgment, as either Constructive or Destructive, not through condemnation but through the observation of the nature of effect:
Does it build up? Or does it tear down?
And with this criteria in mind, the motive for change shifts from not wanting to be a bad, wrong person to wanting to live a constructive, altruistic life by removing the destructive barriers.
STEP 3: Self-Awareness
Only with the Knowledge of Human Nature as the foundation along with the removal of the "dogmatic stigma" of being bad (or the "intellecualist stigma" of being stupid), does it becomes possible, accompanied by the aid of courage and humility, to begin seeing ourselves as we truly are.
The Knowledge of Human Nature becomes that lens upon which all Self-Evaluation can be made, with definite accuracy.
Human Nature is constant and immutable; the opinions of Man are variable and whimsical, often twisted by a stock of snap-judgments and prejudices.
Self-Evaluation founded on Human Nature is the only path by which a man can begin to see himself, not as others — or even himself — may have come to believe himself to be, but upon the truth of who he actually is, based on the facts of his Moral Character, orchestrated by Nature's Laws.
And through careful Self-Analysis, based upon our understanding of Human Nature and the elimination of Pride, Vanity, or Egotism through their "psychical solvent" — Self-Acceptance — we can begin to observe the current state of our Moral Characters and identify our dominant Destructive Impulses.
It is with these realizations that we can also start recognizing the many ways in which we let them, through their unconscious admission or deliberate expression, tear down our constructive faculties and powers, along with the detrimental Instinctive Responses they elicit from others.
This reveals to us our personal path and individualized effort necessary in our Pursuit of Self-Mastery, the Master-Key to the Greater Life.
And since the Greater Life is found in mastering the dominant Destructive Impulses of our Natures — those things which repel Prosperity and Love, back of Happiness — the solution has been set down and all that is left to be done is to take upon ourselves the Great Work.
STEP 4: Self-Initiative
After the above conditions have been setup in the mind:
- A workable knowledge of Human Nature has been gained, namely the individual identification and operations of the Destructive Impulses of Man,
- Acceptance that the presence of the Destructive Impulses of our natures is a problem to be solved instead of hidden, ignored, and compensated for — or deliberately welcomed and acted upon, with the Conscience put aside — and
- Identification of the dominant Destructive Impulses individual to and prevalent within ourselves, along with the expressions they manifest and the negative effects they have on others through the Law of Transmission...
But one thing remains:
Self-Initiative to work-out this Great Problem, backed by adequate Self-Disipline required to follow this course of action through to completion.
For I wager, through Reason and Intuition (since I have not yet proved it to myself) that to solve this Great Problem and achieve Self-Mastery establishes the fundamental conditions necessary to living the Greater Life:
PROSPERITY is found through the cooperative effort with others in working toward the Service of Humanity.
Yet while there exists a domineering Destructive Impulse in any of the minds of those leading the Act of Service, it will, and must meet its demise due to competition, that bastard offspring of Greed and Envy, of one upon the other.
LOVE is found through the harmonious partnership between husband and wife in taking on Nature's Second Obligation, the Family.
Yet with any dominant Destructive Impulses present in the mind of those making up the Marriage, the marital Union will soon sour, which will be permeated into the children and undermine Nature's Second Obligation, as most often tends to be the case where a marriage is wrought-out with the Impulses of Jealousy and Anger.
This is what I can gather from the facts available to me, but I do not yet know on every account mentioned.
However, I suspect that he who has lived it will vouch for its accuracy.
| Published by Jay Julio under Character and Personality |
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Automarketeer: Online Sales and Marketing Software
» Saturday, January 9th, 2010 at 11:29pm |
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I spent over a year, some days working from the time I got up in the morning to the time I went to bed at night, killing my social and dating lives, and making undesireable sacrifices in order to put most of my effort into learning the necessary skills to develop a piece of software for internet marketers (or anyone who wants to sell online), called the Automarketeer.
I released it this last summer, and given that I've failed at selling it, I see no reason why that should stop those of you for whom it was created for from benefiting from it.
It was to be the basis of my First Act of Service to bridge the way and create the financial foundation to go about fulfilling my Second Act of Service.
But given my current situation, I thought, "Why not jump to the Second Act of Service, just along different lines?"
Thus, the idea to offer it completely free of charge flashed into my mind, and I've just finished spending the last 2-3 weeks improving and refining it.
Companies who sell this kind of software generally price it between $300-$500 per unit, sometimes higher in bulk to larger companies who use it on several different computers.
But I'm offering mine 100% free to all who wish to profit from it.
So perhaps the question is:
Is this for you? And can you use it to your advantage?
Here's the rundown...
The Automarketeer was designed for anyone who has a gift, talent, hobby, or interest that they can or already have transformed into a marketable service or product that can be delivered digitally.
In other words: you writers, recording artists, photographers, graphic designers, and any line of work that can be delivered to others online.
So if you are a writer who wants to sell your writing online, it will help you.
If you are a musician or recording artist who wants to sell his work online, via MP3, it will help you.
If you are a photographer or digital artist who wants to sell his art or pictures online, it will help you.
In fact, even if you don't sell online but you have a website or want to create a website to market your personal "hands-on" service, the Automarketeer can also help you do that in the most effective way possible, by recruiting potential customers and automatically following-up with them and building a relationship without having to do the work with each individual prospect.
You just create an email campaign once, then all your prospects receive a sequence of newsletters — likely tweaking it to make it more effective as feedback comes in.
Every aspect or department of an online business is fully integrated into the system: products, sales, marketing, affiliate recruitment, advertising, customer service, accounting, and administration — all easily accessible and right in front of you on your computer.
It makes them all easily manageable, very quickly.
And the best part about it is that it's been designed to be as user-friendly as possible, so it's extremely easy to use. In fact, I designed it particularily for those with little "technical" know-how, who just want to focus on doing what they enjoy, without having to learn new skills in order to make it profitable.
The truth is, if you can use a site like Facebook, you can use the Automarketeer — and learn how to use it within an hour or two.
In fact, you might find your Automarketeer homepage, telling you that you just made a sale for $30 (or whatever price you sell at) while you were sleeping just a little more satisfying than reading your friends updates.
So if you're someone who has a talent that you can transform into a saleable product or service online, perhaps along the lines of the examples mentioned above, here's exactly how you can get started right now...
STEP #1:
You need a product or service, or an idea that you can get started on right away.
STEP #2:
You need a website. This can be setup for as little as $5-$10 a month.
STEP #3:
Since the Automarketeer is integrated with ClickBank, an online transaction company specialized in handling the online payments for digital goods, you'll need to open an account with them. It's free to create, but they do charge a one-time fee of about $50 before you can start accepting payments, then they take a small cut from every sale you make. Creating an account takes about 5 minutes.
STEP #4:
You'll need to download the Automarketeer (download link below), which will need to be installed on your website's server. This involves transferring the program files onto your site's server via FTP (or it can be done from your browser with many website hosting companies) and then running the installation from your browser. It is relatively easy to do, and takes under half an hour if you already know what you're doing.
If not, perhaps an hour or two.
STEP #5:
From the Automarketeer control panel, you'll need to upload your product (just like uploading a profile picture on Facebook) and write your salesletter (just like writing an email) — or your message to your potential customers, telling them how your product can be of service to them.
STEP #6:
Again, from the Automarketeer control panel, you can create a newsletter campaign to follow-up with your prospects and sell them on the idea of purchasing your product at a later time. For example, by giving them short, simple tips or giving them samples of what you have to offer them.
If you're not sure this is for you, think about it over the next week...
You might be surprised to discover that an idea suddenly flashes into your mind, which you could convert into something valuable others would want to buy from you.
But if you already have something you'd like to sell online, to get started immediately...
Download The Automarketeer -- FREE!
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Pride's Obituary
» Monday, December 28th, 2009 at 06:16am |
"Abashed the devil stood, and thought how awful goodness is."
- John Milton
Being "smart", "right", "good", and "helpful"... there have been times when I've held great stock in most of these so-called "virtues".
Now I find little else more disgusting, despicable, and degenerate.
Looking back, I've realized several things:
Never was I more ignorant than when I thought myself bright.
Never was I more wrong than when I considered myself right.
Never was I more immoral than when I believed myself good.
And never more discouraging than my unsolicited advice helpful could.
On the contrary:
Proclamations of my assumed Knowledge made me the Fool.
Demonstrations of my righteousness made me the Outcast.
Advocations of my dogmatism made me the Villain.
And acts of unsolicited advice or aid made me the Hypocrite.
Thus, an important lesson I've learned is this:
"Pride in a Virtue makes it more base than its opposing Vice."
| Published by Jay Julio under Beliefs and Attitude |
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Jesus Christ: Martyred Savior of Mankind?
» Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 08:33pm |
I want to tell you what Christmas means to me:
The Hope that it is possible to control the Destructive Impulses of our natures, the Faith that it is within our capabilities, and the Charity or True Altruism which is the result, through Cause and Effect.
Is that not the Science back of what the Master came to teach?
Most of us are familiar with the common belief concerning the Master Jesus' birth and life:
We know that the dogmatists claim He was God incarnated into a man for the sole purpose of saving humanity from their sins by being murdered, so that we may escape the misery of Hell after we die and instead gain entry into Heaven.
But, upon the facts of Nature (responsible for all the operation and functions of what we call "reality") is this, and perhaps more importantly, can this be true?
If we investigate it, and in that investigation should we remove the toxic superstitions from this common myth — of which nothing seems to have a greater force in binding the minds of men to the chains of ignorance, that great Antithesis of Knowledge necessary for Happiness — it will be found that we are, in fact, left with the truth; thus, allowing a man to throw off the limitations it creates for himself within his own mind, thereby unfolding new channels of power to him.
However, like a glass of pure water that has even one drop of poison added to it, consequently making the entire glass lethal, so it can be said of but one superstition mixed into any of the Great Truths.
For with the presence of that one superstition, like a single drop of poison added to a glass of water, it alters the "chemistry" and transforms it from a tonic into a toxin.
And a myth in the mind will destroy his "mental" health as surely as a poison in the body will destroy his "physical" health.
Therefore, let us remove the superstitions!
Let us drink pure water, free of toxins!
It is known that three Great Masters made the trip from the Himalayas to be present at Jesus' birth and make their first contact with Him. Through their Knowledge of the operations of Prophecy, they foresaw Him to be born and eventually evolve Himself into a Great Master, with perhaps unmatched faculties of Reason and Intuition, perfectly balanced.
According to the Bible, we see this quite clearly when, as a young boy, He confounded even the most learned scholars of His time.
Then we hear nothing of Him from that time until His return from, assumably, the Himalayas, to begin His Mission and fulfill the Great Commission set for Him by the Wise Men who paid homage at His birth.
It will be found that His commission was, indeed, to "save the world from their sins" — just not in the manner of which the ill-informed have come to believe.
Most of us who have come to the age of mental maturity know that we are all susceptible to the Destructive Impulses, such as Envy, Jealousy, Anger, etc. — which motivate us to trespass against the rights of others.
And we know the axiom of the Master's Message was "The Golden Rule".
But can I or anyone else directly stop you from admitting or expressing any of the Destructive Impulses?
There is no doubt it is possible for someone to coax another into not expressing them, but does anyone else truly have the ability to stop us from reacting destructively from within our own minds, without our cooperative effort?
Upon the facts, it will be found it is impossible. Some form of Personal Initiative and cooperation are necessary.
Did He come to "save us from our sins"?
He had Knowledge, accumulated over thousands of years by the Great Parent School of Knowledge, and backed by over a decade of His own persistent effort and practice in mastering the Destructive Impulses that all us men are ere to, which was exactly what He was Instructed to teach others, when His preparations were complete and the time arrived for His obligatory "Ministry".
If it could be said that giving us a method by which we can master our Destructive Impulses is synonymous with "saving us from our sins", He did come for that purpose.
Did He come to "save us from Hell" that we may "gain entry into Heaven"?
When the Master spoke of Heaven and Hell, He was simply referring to states of mind. With any amount of life experience, where any of the Destructive Emotions have been experienced, I doubt not one of us would vouch that Fear or Jealousy or any of the others are "heavenly" states of mind.
In fact, we know that they create "Hell" in our experience by twisting our stomachs, making us sick, and bringing about anxieties.
Thus, in the sense that He came with the "Good News" or "The Way" to harmonize one's thoughts to coincede with the Constructive Emotions, while eliminating the Destructive Emotions from making a haven for themselves in the mind, and thereby creating the state of mind known as Faith or what He often referred to as "Heaven"...
Yes, He did.
Did he "die for our sins"?
Upon the fact that he was killed because he became a "political" threat — as the Instruction He gave was aimed at freeing the masses' minds from their superstitions and since it will be found that perhaps the only way by which "Leadership by Force" can be so-called successfully accomplished is when those to be led have had their minds doused in superstition.
By teaching the masses how to free their minds, in an indirect sort of manner he did "die for our sins" — or more accurately, since the purpose of His Mission was to teach others to master Sin through the use of Practical Knowledge, as he had already accomplished this feat under the Instruction of those who had gone before, His purpose became an obstacle to those "in power".
Thus, He was murdered for it, through the support of the Envy of the masses, who would rather see a man fail and die than watch Him enjoy what they secretly believed themselves to be missing out on.
It is written:
"Whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life."
Does this mean to "invite Him into our hearts to save our Souls from damnation" — whatever that signifies?
Nay!
It means to believe that what He said, or the Knowledge he was Commissioned to impart, was true to the facts of Nature and that, if applied correctly, would unfold the dormant potentialities of any individual, as it had already done for Him, to the best benefit both here and hereafter.
Thus, upon these grounds:
Be gone you Superstitions!
You seeds of Fear and products of Ignorance!
You servants of Greed and Self-Righteousness!
You bastard childen of Vanity!
Be gone!
| Published by Jay Julio under Spirituality and Soul Growth |
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The Soundest Structure of Service to Humanity
» Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 02:33am |
The Master said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Being that everything the Masters have told us has a scientific basis back of it, that is generally aimed at our own individual best interests (as well as collectively, through Cause and Effect), this has always baffled me.
Perhaps it is for the simple reason that I have not, in my own experience, figured out what the true reason, as it relates to Natural Law, is.
When I defined my Definite Purpose in Life about 7 years ago, there came to me an idea or specific "structure" of Service (which I have not yet had the occasion to successfully put into practice), and perhaps it is not a new idea.
But in light of my recent failures:
To you who think globally and aim high, and to you who have come to know that we are compensated not for what we feel unjustly entitled to in blasphemy against Nature, but rather for the Quality and Quantity of Service we render in the Spirit of True Altruism, I would like to offer that structure to you — perhaps that you may make better use of it than I have had the opportunity to.
The idea is relatively simple:
It is the use of one form of service as a vehicle to support another form service — or the use of the "blessed" public's money (in exchange for service) to provide service to the "less blessed" of the public, without encouraging "something for nothing".
Stated differently, the act of giving to receive (or exchanging) as a way to truly give — without expectation of monetary gain.
The demonstration is this:
FIRST, it involves rendering service in exchange for payment, through the form of a business, where the customers are those blessed with excess income.
This is the First Act of Service.
SECOND, it then involves the greatest use of the excess profits gained from the service rendered to the consumers as a means of providing free service to those in need of it, who do not have or know of the opportunities readily available to others.
This is the Second Act of Service.
Stated even more simply:
The purpose back of giving to the public so that they may give back is to give back more.
I am a Man of Words — and perhaps little more.
But to you Men of Action, bold enough to build a system in order to receive payment for service rendered and humble enough to give back all that is beyond your immediate needs and Ideal Lifestyle, what say you?
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