Excerpt II from Ch. II "The Universal Mind"

When we're born, we enter a world of 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 us. A Universal Mind can locate positive and negative factors to achieve one’s goal rapidly and with notorious precision.

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 absorb knowledge 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. 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 consider 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 a 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 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.