To properly defend yourself, you prepare for all contingencies. You do all you possibly can, ahead of time. . And then one of two things happens: 1. Because you are so very heavy with all the preparations, mental, emotional or physical – imagine wearing full gas, biological, radiation & armor protection – you can’t … Read more
To see if you’re manipulated in anything, just look for the opposite of what is commonly believed. If you cannot easily see the opposite, you can readily be manipulated in that subject. Alcohol is both Salvation and Temptation. (It’s also a decent antiseptic!) Having rich Parents makes for both an easy life and … Read more
Survival depends on being totally ready for what ‘might’ happen. Specially, if it’s an animal who might attack at any moment. Seeing animal tracks and knowing its attack pattern is not good enough. By the time you actually see the animal, it’s usually too late. So you have a system that monitors your thinking. … Read more
A threat is perceived when two unrelated subjects are presented at-the-same-time. . Eat all your vegetables or… I will spank you /you can’t go out to play = Threat Eat all your vegetables or… you may not be as healthy as you could be. No Threat. Also, to prevent the perception of threat, present … Read more
What does a rough diamond look like? Do you know? I don’t. A man sold his Homestead and wandered the world to return one day only to find fences protecting what was now a Diamond mine. He could not identify what a Rough Diamond looked like. So he sold his place for far less than … Read more
You cannot build a hill that has only one direction. You may want it to go only ‘up’. Fine, but it does go both ways. To take away uphill / you automatically take away downhill __ You have no option. None. OK, so? Well, why do you try to build an Impossible Self-Image for yourself? … Read more