As biological beings co-participating in the unavoidable Out-Breath of the Universe, our Natural Prime Imperative is Reproduction. In order to facilitate the Replication of Form we fall under the grip of Three Natural Drives:
1) Self-Protection: a sharp sound and the baby flinches and pulls away; The Reptilian Response of the R-complex, our basal ganglia and thalamus.
2) Hormonal Flood: during puberty as the sex drive engages. If the mind has not fastened onto any of The Great Questions prior to this 2nd drive, all intelligence is lost and we should never expect more of such a person than we would of any other 14yr old.
When we have an expectation of how another should respond and they do not meet our expecation we get upset. The problem is that at that point we are in the weak position - upset at REALITY.
I know, right?!?! Not exactly a position of power.
Expect no more of most than you would any other 14yr old and watch how much more peaceful your life is.
They did a forty year study or somesuch and determined that only 4% of the U.S. and 2% of the global populace had matured to the level of the Centaur; which arises out of the ashes of an Existential Crisis, the 'chutes and ladders' of higher thought where vision-logic washes away the contradictions from the earlier realms of concrete and form-op logic - the 14 year olds world.
98% of humanity is going to upset your expectations.
How about surrendering the instinct to protect yourself from all those 14 year olds?
3) Power: A belief we beneficially influence the future when truly we are preventing a chance for others to experience positive change.
The self-tests are simple: if it benefits you, or you have convinced yourself it is best for the whole, it is most likely at the expense or suffering of another; if you are trying to fundamentally change another without first fundamentally changing yourself, it is most likely at the expense of another.
This drive is evident only when there has been a failure to successfully navigate the inherent pathologies of the first two drives.
Einstein said this is the most important question one should eventually answer for themselves: “Is the Universe a friendly place, or not?”
The failure to successfully navigate this pathology results in Fear. In denial of being afraid, we will seek what seems to be the antidote: power.
Stop living in denial at the cost of others. All that you create will crumble to dust: build no houses here.
"It is not I that hits, it is the fist that hits."
"There is no I, so there is no enemy."
Bruce Li, Way of The Dragon.
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Take relaxation and tension. This tension, linked with power, keeps increasing until it’s time for your instructor to walk up and whisper, “Relax your muscles.” A dilemma still seems to raise its ugly head. Often the heavy punch that is also relaxed will probably be the most powerful punch that you throw, but not necessarily. Vital Pressure Points Dim-Mak. THE SWORD.
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