Wallowing in Superficiality

Humanity is far too preoccupied with matters of shallow relevance to see truth. Most are doomed to wander obliviously through a pathetic life of superficial existence.

If only I can maintain an observer's point of view, it could all be so entertaining.

Evil Engine #9 - Thorn

A great handstand pushup song:

Simplify

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind... Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify.

-Henry David Thoreau

I would just summarize by adding my own view, that "to live in luxury, is to rot your soul."

Control

Controlling others is an ego thing. Controlling yourself is a discipline thing.

Trying to change your circumstances by changing others is a futile use of energy and the path of losers. The best way to foster change outside oneself is to be able to master control of your own self. There is something almost magical about complete self control and self discipline that alters the world around you. (At least, that's what I've heard).

Fast Food Anathema

From henceforth, I detest fast food. It is almost as deceitful as candy. Today, I begin nurturing a repulsion towards it.

That Burger King/Hardees smell is particularly loathsome.

Non-Smilers

Non-smilers suck. They are the worst kind of polluters. They pollute the cosmic energy with negativity. They are perpetuators of bad Karma.

I hope to never become a non-smiler. I want good Karma. So, from henceforth, whether confronted with good, bad or indifference, I will smile. When someone talks to me, I will smile. When I pass people I don't know, I will smile. If someone wants to kick my butt, I will smile.

Cash Cow America

I sense, that America is in it's "cash-cow" phase of existence. The world is changing, and the momentum is no longer on America's side. America has peaked. Underlying currents of economic and political turmoil are growing. But this is not inherently a bad thing.  It is a naturally occurring universal law as a warning against complacency.