8. Ataraxia

Ataraxia

So here we are in August, it has been a hot couple of weeks, sleepless nights and lazy days.

This month is bringing on a real change in my thinking; I am taking energy from where I find it, most of all- I am listening to myself! 
To say that I need to tidy and decorate my house [albeit true] is ridiculous. It is true that I get virtually no time to myself. The reason is work. 

So, I am going to jack the job in and get something else that will give me a little more time, valuable time for me to be doing what I should be doing...rather than thinking or talking about it.

I am looking for any crappy old job, something where I don’t have to think much [or do much!]. I can conserve energy for the weekends, and really get things moving.

I have also started to catalogue my ‘stuff’ for sale. I think I know the few items that I will be unable to part with, but the rest is just stuff, trappings if you like, things that weigh me down, and things that do not and will not enrich my life in any way. So, out it goes.....

The job will go, the stuff will go..allowing the thoughts to grow. If I am to make this happen, I need to get active and do something about it. So, the next few months should see me in a new job, decorating and making firmer plans.

Hard work but rewarding, as I will be aiming for something, working towards something- and heading towards freedom with each step. 
I see people all around me who are stuck. They talk the talk but don’t walk the walk... I desperately do not want to be one of them. My life is all about moving forwards, and to not do that would suffocate my soul. 

I hear people saying that they hate to conform, well don’t then! 

I hear people saying they want more than what their current situation offers them, well move on then, make it happen.

I believe your present circumstances are the result of your past thinking and your future will be the result of what you are thinking now. Your thoughts have to be higher than your present circumstances for you to rise higher. Constantly tell yourself what you are striving for. If you do this, your behaviours and mental images will harmonize with those thoughts and take you closer to your goal. I now visualise a better life for myself. This will be a life that I create for myself, if I'm unhappy with anything that I create for myself- I will change it.

I am slowly realising life is as simple as we want to make it. I should’ve learnt this years ago, but better late than never. Onwards and upwards, pushing towards something new and exciting, something that I actually WANT!!!!

Thoughts from within;

WAKE UP! By now you have noticed the manipulation and bias within the media. You've watched as your government has sold you down the river. Corporations have buried their money into your politics and now influence the decisions of your government. The banks continue to grow more ruthless and unethical in practice. All in the name of profit. Your future, your children’s future...it means nothing to them. The only desired outcome is maximum profit, obtained with the least possible expense.  And whether you want to admit it to yourself or not, you already know this.

Is this what it has come to? A price-tag on life? A world coursing with greed, intoxicated on monetary gain and material conquest?  Why have we allowed this?

The world around us has been manipulated, coerced in a direction where human life is outweighed by profit.  Corporations and bankers now influence the policies, regulations, and even the decisions made by our own governments who have sold us down the river. They took our dreams, our futures. They took them from you, from all of us. And in their own arrogant, condescending fashion they expect you to roll over and accept it. 

They pass into law further restrictions on your personal rights and freedoms. They want to shut you up! Keep you quiet! Keep you alone and all of us divided.  Marketing has you chasing an image, telling you what you need to do, what to think and say...how to feel, how to dress...how to be you. Who are you? Do you even know? Can you honestly tell me that you are happy with life as it is defined for you? Open your eyes! It's all out there in front of you. Stop trusting these crooked politicians. They don’t care about you! The will of the people is not a profitable investment.

All the while you chase the dream life they created for you, waving it in front of your face like a carrot on a stick. Stop it! Stop being guided through life! We need to quit letting the decisions of a few control the lives of the many. We need to take our future, our children’s future...back into our hands.

When did we become so careless?

So reckless, apathetic and submissive?

When did we lose our connection with others, with community and family?

Stop focusing on our differences and start acknowledging and building upon our common grounds. Start sharing, connecting, teaching one another and learning from each other as well. Build our bond as human beings. Find your strength in unity. Find your voice...and then let it be heard. Because, my friends...what you have to say does matter.  We just need to get off our knees, stand on our own two feet, and remind them just how much we do matter!

Become the change that you want to see. Build the future together!  A decent future.  A future where life is cherished, rather than spent worshipping money. Where justice, fairness and liberty is doctrine. A world invested in education, ingenuity and creativity rather than war and conquest.

Rid yourself of your cynicism, your ego, your fear. Instead open your hearts, your minds and your eyes. Broaden your horizons. Respect others for their own opinions, just as you can expect the same in return. It's time to change our ways. To evolve and break free of this vicious cycle.  It’s time to educate ourselves on the issues affecting us and to work together to create progressive, effective solutions. 

Welcome to the future.

Create your OWN future and stop swallowing what society tells you think.

I didn't create this society, it is not of my making and not a part of me. People need to wake up, open up, and create THEIR own lives and way of living. Maybe this will help, if just ONE person follows this [although I am fairly certain that YOU [the person reading this] is not strong enough or simply not interested enough].

1, Get rid of your TV. Never watch this brain washing shit... EVER!

2, Never buy newspapers.

3, Don't vote, it only encourages them.

4, Believe nothing.

5, Look into creating a better life for yourself.

6, Try to live off grid and consume less.

7, Stop trusting the government, banks, the media and large corporations.

8, Go self employed and lie on your tax returns, don't pay tax.

9, Simplify your life, get rid of the trappings and bullshit.

10, Stop believing you show your love at xmas and birthdays by giving shops your money.

Peace -x- 

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2nd Aug 2013... and so the shift begins...