POSTED: 2-12-09

A SIMPLE, POWERFUL QUESTION

FOR PERSONAL INDEPENDENCE

Written for "The Shaman's Tent"

By George Harrison

As I look around me at the mess Mankind has gotten itself into (again!), it occurred to me that we need an easier way to visualize the hypnotic trance we're caught up in today.

This website is about Personal Responsibility, the one rare thing that can make EVERY problem go away and which EMPOWERS each and every one of us in the process.

We've been trained all our lives not to be personally responsible for anything that could make us free and independent.

We've been placed into a trance-like state of mind day-to-day thru tv, media, politics and school that tells us others (authority figures who "they" will designate):

• Will think for us, 
• Will teach us how to think  
• Act for us, 
• Protect us, 
• Make rules/laws for us  
• Provide for us 
• And punish us. 

These are things that perhaps a small child should expect from their parents.

But, in an adult, no one who respects another as an adult would seek to take all these responsibilities from another's life.

It would stunt their growth as a free individual and prevent their growth to higher levels of spiritual and mental development.

Why would anyone even want to do that?

Only one reason:

To retain Power & Control over someone else.

And, in our economic system, Power & Control translate to MONEY and PROFIT.

The best way to break out of a trance like this is to identify it for what it is once and for all.

That's the key because, believe me, once you see what I've seen, you won't be just sitting there in front of the tv and taking it anymore!

Here's the question to ask:

"How much more is this action going to cost me?"

If the answer to that question has any dollar value above zero, you've probably exposed another source of illusion, potential pain and trouble in Life and not a solution or real need.

Here's an amazing fact:

Nothing natural or needed will cost you more than you're spending now.

You already have everything you need if you're eating, breathing and sleeping now.

Nobody needs 150 channels of digital television, 3 cell phones, a swimming pool or a gigantic house to store their stuff in.

Nature says you need:

• some clothing, 
• shelter from the elements, 
• air to breathe, 
• sunshine and 
• quality food to eat, 
• some labor to provide those things which provides 
• the physical fitness and health to enjoy them. 

It's a perfect system with no eternal hand held out asking for more money or price increases for the same benefits.

Nobody needs all the "stuff" that the system says we need and nobody explains it better than George Carlin in his skit about "Stuff" below:

Basic shelter that can actually be paid for and some land to grow some food on.

What happens once you have that?

• Less need for more pay or money. 
• Less stress from rising food prices or scarcity. 
• Less fear 
• less reliance on others or government. 
• More self-reliance 
• Independence.  

Sure, having property and providing for your own needs creates some physical labor.

But, it also reduces the reliance on others.

It also eliminates the necessity to get better and better jobs with higher and higher pay due to inflation.

That's an important asset to have in a job market that is getting tighter and tighter.

The truth is that raw land or vacant land is far cheaper than a standard constructed home by huges amounts.

Take a look at other forms of alternative construction.

When you look, for example, at straw-bale houses, you'll find that you can construct a wonderfully beautiful, warm, human home for less than 15K-20K, sometimes even less than this if you want something like a cabin size (probably less than $3,000-5,000).

No one's going to tell you about this alternative.

• Not "Home Depot" or your local building supply company (who won't get to sell you 10 times the material you'd need so you you can build the "conventional" house), 
• Not your local Banker who won't make tens of thousands of dollars from selling you a mortgage with over 30 years of interest payments. 
• Not your local building contractor who doesn't know how to build something simple AND cheap and wouldn't be able to make a "living" the way he's accustomed to. 

Well, almost no one will tell you.

I, however, will tell you.

Because finding alternatives to the "beast" system way of doing things is what I do best.

Why would you want to get sucked into mortgages that will sap your substance and keep you working for 30 years to pay them off.

All to buy $150,000 houses that you'll end up paying $300,000 for over time.

You have to work to pay for all that!

Why not set up a system of your own where you won't have to work for 30 years.

Don't need the shiny, gas-guzzling new SUV.

Don't need the huge home with the huge mortgage.

Whenever the next "deal" is offered you, just ask the question: "How much more is this going to cost me?"

You don't need more. Society and advertisers want you to buy more.

But, as we've recently seen, "they" won't be there to help you pay the bills or stop the foreclosure.

Think of the Big Bailout and the present Government horses..t  going on.

Trillions spent, but, none for you. Only the bill for it all.

Become independent of these bastards and start today. They're not on your side.

You are the only one on your side and YOU ARE ENOUGH!

Every step that takes back your Personal Responsibility for your Life and Goals, is a step in a EASIER and less stressful direction.

Start today even in a small way.

Think about it a little bit. It should make sense.

We'll talk more later. - George

*NOTE PLEASE: Remember, these chart posts & analyses are for entertainment or educational purposes ONLY and only express my opinion and are not a suggestion to BUY, SELL or even trade at all. All trading is RISKY and you should consult a professional. I am merely a student of the markets and Mankind and not a licensed advisor or broker.