500 WORDS, DAY 23: We Think of Ourselves as Above Being Influenced

So, now that I got that recap out of the way, I’m ready to continue with the topic I left off on. Hip-hop is the music I mainly chose to create, because it was the first genre to inspire me with its potential to be a powerful tool for change, and because it was a … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 23: We Think of Ourselves as Above Being Influenced

1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 46: Renunciation, Annihilation of the Will.

The whole human race, ashamed, afraid to look at each other's face. Living to cause death, only killing time and taking up space. Some of us wish that we could disappear from the life we know, without a trace. We're ready to throw the towel in, what a disgrace. We must use the past as … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 46: Renunciation, Annihilation of the Will.

1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 28: What Is Living In The Moment?

Regardless of all the talk about being in the moment and fully living that way, it's essential to understand that this does not give us permission to live with no planning whatsoever. One can and should plan for the future, seeing as we all have free will in this world as well as the power … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 28: What Is Living In The Moment?

1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.

The Universal Will is beyond pain and pleasure, and it is beyond any one human life. We are all instruments bringing reality together, essential parts of the time in history which we were born in, and each death is just as important and significant as each life. When we realize that death is such a … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 26: The Universal Will.

1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 23: Habits, Self-Control, Spirituality, Attachment.

23 days into writing a thousand words. Writer's block feeling is creeping up. Damn, I knew this day would come. Scratch that 'damn', I can't complain. No, really, I can't complain. I'm about a week into my new goal of catching myself whenever I complain, ideally before the words leave my mouth. A mental complaint … Continue reading 1,000 WORDS (2nd attempt): DAY 23: Habits, Self-Control, Spirituality, Attachment.

Self-control is the science above all sciences.

Manly P. Hall was an amazing scholar on occultism and Divine matters regarding religion and spirituality, and it is no surprise that his perspective on wisdom would be so clear and accurate. As Plato once observed and stated, “Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be … Continue reading Self-control is the science above all sciences.