"Dramatis Personae"

“The Universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are” – Rumi

“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In this life, we're placed in an arena of judgment, influence, and pressure. It’s facile and risk-free to avoid hostility by conforming to one’s environment.

Yet our self-esteem and happiness stem from our sense of “self” and authenticity. One of our greatest struggles is the ongoing conflict between our inner essence and the external forces attempting to shape it. Building and maintaining our character will forever nourish the toil we endure to survive.

We must sculpt ourselves.

We must know ourselves.

We must remain vigilant over our thoughts, feelings, and behavior. 

You are your behavior

You are your feelings.

You are your thoughts. 

“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” - Buddha

A cruel reality we must all face is that what’s internal… mirrors the external. What is up is also down. What is left is also right (literally, the planet’s a f****** sphere). 

A cruel reality we must accept is that what is unseen, never equates to what is.

Nobody cares if you believe and verbally express that you are strong. We want to see it. We want to experience it.

"Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all costs.” - Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power)

The beauty and aesthetic of our character should never be underestimated. For the foundation of our mental health is our body awareness. We must have the courage to decorate, beautify and naturally mold our bodies in any way we see fit. 

We must have the courage to be ourselves, always.

We must have the courage to take care of ourselves.

Our body truly is our temple. 

Our body is our work of art.

Our body is an exact reflection of our story.

To inject or remold our body in any way through surgery is to defile the gifts our universe has blessed us with. Of course, there are exceptions to minor cosmetic augmentations. However, we should instead be encouraged to shape our bodies via natural and organic means. 

By oppressing weight, we escape depression.

Through training and physical activity, we reciprocate the energy we consume. We can handle the weight the world throws on our shoulders by using fitness as a catalyst. By building the mental fortitude to overcome physical obstacles, we gain spiritual munitions against the forces against us. 

These forces are doubt, self-pity, and fear.

We should exercise our inner force in deference to that which keeps our cosmos in orbit. 

Beyond aesthetics, resides the spirit. 

When we're born, we enter light and darkness in hopes of mastering its complexity. When we're born, we are pure.

Our experiences, challenges, and temptations will mold our character. But, in the end, we are the only ones responsible for allowing outer influences to affect our purity.

In the end, we are the only ones responsible for our character.

To conquer one’s character is to achieve the Universal Mind. The Universal Mind favors those who value the duality between good and evil within people. A Universal Mind can locate positive and negative factors to achieve one’s goal rapidly and with notorious precision (ii i x). 

Acknowledging one’s mortality and demerit unveils the portal to progress.

An idea I'd love to present is “The Mirror Effect.” 

The idea behind The Mirror Effect is that everyone’s essentially connected like telephone lines. We intake knowledge from our past and present by learning from those before us. The way we're created is through the consummation of man and woman. The only way to achieve anything here as a species is through associating with each other. Looking out into the world, we perceive the exact reflection of our worth. We give existence to the universe through consciousness. Therefore, we all create one another in this shared dimension. 

“There is no such thing as a self-made man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.” – George Matthew Adams

If you analyze any accomplishment, you'll find that credibility is equally dispersed amongst those in their lineage. So, for example, instead of saying “you” watered your grass with “your water” that “you pay for,” you should rather understand Mother Earth may only be using you to take care of itself. You’re composed of Mother Earth; she will nourish and replenish herself as she sees fit, regardless of your emotion.

Mother Earth waters her own damn grass (literally–the water cycle).

You’re only a byproduct that occasionally mutilates its face. The compromise is the human experience here on Earth until interstellar travel becomes a reality. Thereafter, Mother Earth may only be using humanity as a vehicle for it to coexist with other planets and organisms.

We live inside the nexus of life and energy, thriving to experience more joy and adventure through the medium of consciousness.

Within our interaction with material lies a hidden symbiosis: the material’s interaction with us. As discussed with modern-day artificial intelligence, we may be preceding a potential matrix of A.I. that metaphysically created the human race for humans to develop their carcasses.

Imagine the physical world as your elder, always watching and orchestrating the network governing your behavior. It’s even more strange that we're consciously aware of our coalescence with our environment. The mystery behind why this machine even functions in the first place is beyond my capability as a human to explain or comprehend. 

As a mortal, I hope to find a spiritual dimension beyond my current state of existence. However, if it's anything like the human experience, it’s a hard pass. It would be much more interesting to be reincarnated as a cat or bird, so I can sit quietly on a storm drain with my friends, watching you guys honk at each other for texting at the light.

As a mortal, I am unworthy of identifying or analyzing the source of all existence.

As someone who exists, you’re incapable of non-existence. You are; therefore, you don’t know about what isn’t. Don’t stick your head into that rabbit hole for too long though. You might go blind.

If nothing is within infinite nothingness, then everything is possible throughout the visible universe. The only limit we have as a species is the limitation of space between solar systems, galaxies, and planets. 

The only limit is that which we place on ourselves. 

The sky's the limit. 

Super cheesy, I know. 

Passion will always be the primary factor driving innovation. Without passion, humanity is doomed to mediocrity and, ultimately… extinction. Our greatest sources of wonder and captivation are found within our passions. Our deepest affections evolve into the powerful currents that drive our passions.

May our passions serve as guiding spirits toward positivity and productivity. Passion endorses value. The fiery and compelling impact of passion pushes humanity forward to conquer and overcome anything.

The passion to survive.

The passion to live.

The passion to love.

One of my greatest passions in life is, indeed, writing.

A great power I've found in writing is the ability to discover my innermost being. It’s almost like throwing a ball at a wall so hard it comes back to hit you in the face. And like with the ball, you can dodge the advice you write to yourself or take the hit of its truth.

I am infinitely intrigued by the guiding nature of manuscription. Because as I commit more of my ideas and beliefs onto paper, my motivation to dive deeper into the facts and details increases. I need the facts and details to fully understand any situation, dilemma, or subject. It must have enormous value if it’s important enough that I feel the need to write it down. If it catches my attention and exhausts my time, it deserves premeditation.

“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.” – Ernest Hemmingway.

If I do not practice what I preach, it would be detrimental to my character because I wouldn’t lead by example. Therefore, I'm pressured by my discipline to stay as loyal as I can to my beliefs and foundations. 

Without my passion, I have no purpose.

Writing has helped me discover what character role I choose to play—the theater for our characters being the Universe. Everything around us can be viewed as a form of art. Whether it’s being recorded or not, we all have a role. 

We all have character. 

We admire and study those who were made out to be incredible characters in the story of humanity. 

These include the great Leonardo Da Vinci, Abraham Lincoln, Apollos Hester, Jim Carrey, and Jesus Christ.

Christ is a mortal ‘character’ and not ‘God’ exclusively because of The Theory. This is that ‘God’ transcends all beings and in no way, shape, or form should be held to reproduce into the image of man. ‘God’ transcends all creation. God transcends all humans and animals. The ego of man hath truly sanctified the depictions of Christ.

He plays one of the most critical characters in our entire history. It would be foolish to dispel his teaching. However, The Theory apprehends man as inferior to the realm of death. Humble yourself by accepting ‘God’ to be the equivalent of everything and nothing. Everything consists of man. Totality isn't totally man.

It is about everything.

It is about nothing.

It’s about me.

It’s about you.

We shall move past anthropocentricity.

Jesus continues reminding our characters of the love we should mirror daily.

If he believed that he was the son of God, then The Theory would confirm he was right in his mind. No truth should be enforced into any mind except that which is embraced.

Let his prophecy be a delineation of spiritual immunity.

The Theory favors no religion or faith specifically, for it only serves as a supporting beam under the foundation of theology, which creates the understanding of our infinitely expanding universe.

While we all maintain the right to worship and idolize whichever character we choose, it's essential to be aware of the only true character that should ever matter to you as a person. 

That is of your character. 

The trials and tribulations we face quotidian are the slow chiselings of the statue left at your tombstone. Your actions chip away every angle and detail to your marble block. The story of your life ultimately creates your character. Serving as your character is a duty of life, not something you choose to participate in voluntarily.

We all have a role to play. 

We’re all a piece of this puzzle. 

We’re all a piece.