Anarchistbanjo's World

One of the greatest joys in life is to learn new things and gain an increased awareness of our world. Being conscious and aware is what this mental energy is all about. We use this energy when we absorb and learn from our environment. We develop it by becoming walking question marks. We are curious and listen to others and learn all we can. At first we are accepting of what others tell us without question. Authorities tell us what to do and we do it. Each human is highly suggestible and responds to external authorities instinctively.

Mental energy is developed as we make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. This energy is not creative except in the ability to learn. At first we make mistakes and don’t learn from them. As we acquire more of this energy we learn and don’t repeat those mistakes.

As our life experience accumulates we devise strategies and systems that get us through each situation. These are mental programs like how to drive a car or ride a bicycle. The more mental energy we have, the more complex our mental programs can be.

The human brain works like a computer program. Instead of treating each situation as unique we devise programs to get the things we want. At first we try all behavior patterns to see if they will work in new situations. Later we take programs from successful people and try to make their programs work for us. When they don’t work we learn from those mistakes as well and alter the programs until they do work for us.

We all have a tendency to use old behaviors in new situations. A truly successful program will get a person what they want. The magnetic charm or appeal of this person comes from a well polished and perfected program that allows him or her to be the best at whatever they do.

This is the smooth talker that can charm the opposite sex and break hearts. This is the business person that is highly proficient and productive in his job or skill. This person uses a program to become an expert and is highly predictable. He cannot easily deviate from his program and may become trapped in it when it doesn’t work. The more developed this astral body is, the more adaptive, resourceful and universal our program becomes.

In summary we first absorb and learn from our environment. After we understand what is expected of us we try doing things and fall flat on our faces because of inexperience. We are easily influenced by authority figures. Ultimately we find doing what other people tell us to do is not rewarding and does not bring us any closer to our hopes and dreams. That is when we begin the slow and hard task to devise programs that work for us.

It’s easy to admire the person that is talented and slick. We want to become like them because they make it look so easy. The danger lies in becoming stuck in behavior patterns that no longer work. A good goal is to become highly skilled and adaptable at the same time. A well-rounded education and general knowledge plus life experience gives a solid foundation for specialized knowledge.