I recently watched a YouTube documentary by a creator called Asha Logos (edit: can’t find source, sorry guys), and he said something that struck me: "Let them have cronyism, nepotism, endless promotion even complete temporary material success. Let us focus on mastery, excellence on wisdom, on physical, intellectual and spiritual maturity and health. When the rift between these two grows too large, not a man in the world will fail to recognize the game being played" — Asha Logos Each of you guys is worth thousands of the dutiful little errand boys that make up our governments and global power structure. WE CAN WIN. And by virtue of our example, we will inspire others to come to our side. If you can be pro-CTMU and also be great at something else and be wise, articulate, mature, intelligent, healthy, and strong, then you'll make the CTMU look good and you can bring new people into the movement. If you're ‘just a CTMUer’ and aren't good at other things, then we look worse and you'll siphon value off more capable researchers. Does this give you hope for our movement? Comment below →→

Every evening, I used to follow Ben Franklin's virtue tracking to evaluate my day and ask whether I’ve succeeded in “imitating Jesus and Socrates,” the thirteenth and final virtue, respectively embodying the virtues of Universal Love and Wisdom. Socrates, in particular, is a paragon of integrity and humility, yet he was condemned to death for 'corrupting the youth' and challenging the Greek pagan religion. He was executed for sharing knowledge and virtue and challenging his students to be deep thinkers and never accept things at face value. These qualities make you a fantastic person but a terrible subject. Socrates understood that we have more significant duties than keeping peace through ignorance. He speaks thus in The Apology: "Men of Athens, I honor and love you, but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and strength, I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting any one whom I meet. . .. For know that this is the command of God; and I believe that no greater good has ever happened in the State than my service to the God." We should serve our family, community, and nation with all our heart, soul, and might. But when it comes between these and God or Truth, we must choose the Absolute over the conditional. Socrates loved Athens, which is why he called them out like a ‘gadfly,’ poking them over and over again to wake themselves up from their complacency. He strove all his life to instruct them in the way of truth and wisdom because he honors and loves his country. “God orders me to fulfill the philosopher's mission of searching into myself and other men.” — Socrates. What do you see as your ‘philosopher’s mission’? How do you balance your commitments to pursuing wisdom and your duties to others? Can you do both? Comment below →→

Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well today. I thought I would share something with you all which made question the legitimacy of the Kybalion. I was talking to Nicholas Morrissey on his newest article: https://substack.com/home/post/p-145750546 And he mentioned a few historical and moral problems with the Kybalion and Hermeticism as a whole: - "Its all to take credit from all the major religions in order to give credit to cults and theosophists." - "Hermes is a made up character likely by early theosophists. Its mostly complete historical nonsense mixed with stolen and bastardized truths." - "There is just so much historical and religious contextual thievery in the Kybalion, that as one advances more and more is much more easily noticeable." he claims that: - "A majority of it [hermeticism] is taken from Hindu texts. Anu: Atom, Mentalism: Buddhi, Manas, Manu and so forth." It is for this reason I will be temporarily removing large parts of my article where I delve into hermeticism: https://headchef.substack.com/publish/post/144844455 and when I find the time I will be creating a new article which properly credits the right people. Blessings to you all

I'm gonna be re-watching this multiple times to process it all 😅; a great video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQDLmB-TdAs I highly recommend you watch this.