Success
"All you need in life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."
— Mark Twain
In the narrowest sense, we are all successful. We go through life making choices, moment by moment, and experience the results of our actions. Some would call this "success." But, it is often little more than unthinking, unaware, habitual, uncreative behavior. It is very important to understand what it is you want to be successful at, and what you are already successful at. For most people, living in denial, success is measured by their satisfaction in remaining stuck in the traps, addictions, and illusions they already have. Of course, this is the exact opposite of any real definition of success. It is failure.
Other people may be more successful at what they consciously choose to do. But, in many cases, they still lack any real sense of purpose in what they do. Okay, so you are really, really good at organizing events in the rat race. But, what does that mean? What is the true reward? All too often, the reward is merely compensation for selling out. It is compensation for having given up the dream in your heart, and, instead, just going along with everything and everyone, and doing what is expected of you. If you are doing that, you may notice that you still feel sort of unfulfilled inside you; you may feel a void that is simply not addressed or relieved in any real way by what you wind up doing in the world, in the name of "success."
Next, we come to those who are considered the greatest successes by their society. Just think of who is paid the most, who is rewarded the most for the invaluable service they provide to the world ... baseball players, football players, tennis players, professional golfers, professional wrestlers, basketball players. Just keep your eye on the bouncing ball. The reason they are paid millions is that they uphold your every illusion. They prop up every possible delusion about what matters in life, and make sure it takes the place of what does. Or, are all these people running around solving the problems of global conflict, hunger, disease, crime, corruption, and so on? Consider the other highest paid members of society: movie stars. They are the self-described "gods and goddesses" or "royalty" of Hollywood. They, too, generally have limitless egos, arrogance, and idiocy. And society richly rewards them for promoting every possible fiction and illusion, as well. So, we are beginning to see a pattern here: do what keeps people lost in their illusions, cater to ego and emotion, and distract people from ever looking more deeply into themselves, in their own lives ... and you will make a fortune, and people will love you for it. In a sense, people pay for their illusions, they pay to live in denial; yes, they really do pay. Because they wind up suffering more in life as a result of filling their lives and their minds with the most meaningless and worthless unreality. They never come close to getting real in their own lives.
What do the illusions of glory in sporting events and Hollywood do for you? They cater to ego, emotion, desire, passion, lust, and delusions of grandeur — you imagine you are great, successful, victorious, a hero, yet you have done nothing to be that way. Nothing. These are multi-billion dollar businesses, profiting by people's illusions.
Interestingly, sports and movies have for the longest time been sponsored by and prominently featured drinking and smoking. The big tobacco and alcohol conglomerates have a history of doing everything they can to support illusions; that has been their entire business, to deceive and trap people in their illusions, to exploit them, while pretending to serve them. That is the agenda of those who seek to profit by your unawareness, ignorance, or social programming to just go along and do what everyone else does. The last thing any of these interests wishes is for you to actually think for your self. They only profit from your illusions, even if it kills you. And they are righteous in lying, covering up, deceiving, and targeting you, any way they can. It's what they do. Is this the model of success you believe in? read more ...
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