We are...

We are all one and the same

We are one Consciousness with the power to change everything

We are individuals with the potential to affect everyone

We

are people,

We are Apart of Life

We are Life

 Itself

(the Journey)

As a man who was always in his head, I became obsessed with 
"The World that Could Be"
because I was always running from
"The World that Existed"
But as Time passed I realized I had to accept my circumstance for what it was. 
And as I learned to accept it I gradually learned how to over come it.
Meaning I grew because of it. 
And with the vision of 
"The World that Could Be"
still fresh in my mind,
I then learned how to create the world I always imagined.

Never Stop Believing in Your Dreams,  

Because it is a World that You can actually Create.

The best things in life start in the bedroom: Sleep and Sex

Thief

Depression is a thief that steals your personality right from under you. Don't lose yourself to it. 

Because nothings more depressing than looking back on your life and realizing you're no longer the person you used to be. 

On the Days...

On the days when I'm simply fed up with myself
On the days I wish I were more than what I am
On the days I try to find happiness and simply can't
On the days I struggle to get myself out of bed because I know this day is no different

I remember.....

With each passing day I'm learning how to be a better me every step of the way.
and I can't help but think this dream of mine isn't too far off in the distance.

"Life will get better"I won't stop until I see that dream realized.

We're all fighting to break Free

Everyday is a fight against slavery. Everyday is fight against what keeps you restricted, Everyday is a fight against what keeps you bound to your limitations. Both mentally and physically. We're all fighting for freedom. No matter who we are. 

Unattractive

Having no confidence is even less attractive than being ugly. 
Think about it...

Lift your Head

Walking with your head down resembles shame. Lift your head, Walk with pride. Be proud of who you are. 

Uncertainty

Uncertainty is an abyss of constant questioning and self doubt. In some respects it's intended to be simply a precautionary measure in the human mind. When we are not completely sure of a positive outcome we hesitate until we rationalize the situation enough to decide whether or not we are willing to take the risk.  But when a man becomes addicted to the mentality of uncertainty. When he fears anything that is not 100% certain to work in his favor, He is a coward. Like a mouse he lurks in the shadows because he is afraid to show his face in the light. He preoccupies his thoughts with his own safety rather than the outcome of a new experience. This is the description of a man who is afraid to live. Don't let life pass you by. Live free of worry.

In my most recent song, This is my favorite Lyric.

As I Reminisce on my Innocence I find pure Bliss in my Ignorance. Who knew the world was Destined to be so Cold. Who knew my smile would fade as I grew Old. 

Visionary

Those with insight are cursed to spread universal understanding. 

Cursed because they have to,

Blessed because they can.

If we do not take care of our own and teach the people how to find happiness

Who will? 

(Tribute to the visionaries: Bob Marley, Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, Mahatma Gandhi)

 

Music

Music is a reflection of a person's emotional state. 

The melody is a portrayal of how that person is feeling and the lyrics are the description of that feeling so you, the listener, can understand the feeling that much more.  

Through music we can truly understand each other. 

Happiness

People can't make you happy because happiness is not a circumstance. It's a State of mind. It all starts within you. So be happy.

Think good thoughts

Forgive

When you can't forgive someone for the things they've done it eats away at you, Not them. Make peace with your past before your anger destroys your future.

Life

I'm alive therefore I am a part of Life. I am Life itself. A part of the whole with an irreplaceable contribution. I create an experience. If it were not for the contribution of every living thing creating an experience there would be no life. As individuals we matter that much. Every Life Matters.

Your life Matters

Think Good Thoughts

Reality is the Manifestation of your imagination. 


How you think determines how you talk
How you talk determines how you act
How you act determines how the world reacts to you. 
It all starts in your head.


So think good thoughts and good things just might happen.

Remember Who you Are.

You'll never stop being the Kid you always were. So never forget to be the Adult you always dreamed of being.

Situation

The Situation you're in is a situation of your own creation. So since you have to deal with it anyway, why not make it something enjoyable?

Be Genuine

"The best way to be better is to be honest, the best way to be interesting is to be original"

SPEAK!!

"Weak words fall on deaf ears. Mean what you say and say what you mean. The power of life and death lies within the tongue. Your words determine everything,"

Who Am I

"The question "Who am I" can be answered in many ways. I can be one thing, I can be many things. I can be all things, I can be nothing. But at the end of the day I am who I choose to be."

Individuals

 As individuals we have boundless potential. There are endless possibilities of who we could be but instead we narrow it down to one thing. Being who we are.  

People

If the people don't realize that they are "Limitless" then they will forever be "Limited".
~FoodForThought~

Random Selection

Free Form

Shelly

Bella

Lea

Chances Are...

If you're 100% sure he's an Asswhole

 and

If you're 100% sure she's a Sweet heart,

There's an even better chance that they're neither. 

Nothing in life is ever too One sided. 

Progress

Progress is like climbing a flight of stairs. Everyone wants to make it to the top but it order to make it there you have to start at the bottom. Every step forward becomes apart of the repetitive rhythm of "Foundation and Ascension".  Every Ascension becomes the foundation for the next Ascension and every Ascension is greater than the last.

When you set out on a new endeavor, don't get discouraged if your aren't the best immediately. No one can climb a flight of stairs in one step. It takes time just like everything else. Just strengthen your foundation and keep moving forward. You'll be amazed at how high you can ascend.
~Food-For-Thought~

" Your body coveys your message whether you speak it or not. "

Unity

The Corrupt utilize the philosophy '' Divide and Conquer'' because they know when the people are "'United we prosper''.  The downfall of man is the segregation of man. Live together, live forever.

" Don't wait for opportunities, create opprotunities. Be the very thing you've been waiting for."

" We are able to learn everything when we realize we know nothing."

Good or Bad

Nothing is good or bad. All that exists is Love and Hate. When you consider all the bad experiences in your life you realize it wasn't the experience itself that was bad it was how you felt about it.  How the experience itself made you feel determined the way you looked at it. If you remove the aspect of emotion from the experience the entire perspective of the experience changes. This is because circumstances, at their core, are neutral.

Circumstances cannot be bad or good because they are simply a sequence of events that are just happening. But how these circumstances effect our emotions determine our entire perspective on that circumstance.

Therefore the terms good or bad/Right or Wrong become terms that can no longer be used accurately to describe an event or action. It's to vague. There is no right or wrong simply because what may be right for you may not be right for some. Meaning there is no universal right way of doing anything because there is no universal one way of making someone feel positively about their circumstance.  Emotions vary from person to person.

So people have to live their life doing what they love and being who they love to be without hesitation or the fear of whether or not what they're doing is right or wrong in the eyes of their peers. In other words if you Love what you do it's the Right thing to do and if you Hate what you're doing it's Wrong. It's that simple. 

Your emotions are the foundation to your entire experience. 


Love= Is positive. Therefore it has attractive properties. It's something that unifies the people. 
Hate= Is negative. Therefore it has repulsive attributes. It's something that divides the people.

If you unite the people. You are doing the "Right' thing.
If you divide the people. You are doing something "Wrong".

Relationships

The Time you spend together determines
The experiences you create together
Which determines the memories you share
Which strengthens the bond of the relationship.

The more time you spend with a person. The more of a relationship you have with that person.

If you Love someone spend Time with them. 

If you believe that love doesn't exist. You'll come to find that feeling of hopelessness makes it a reality. 

"There's nothing I can't do because there's nothing I can't learn how to do, as long as I can formulate an idea of how to do it." 

Free Form2

The Dilemma

Women confuse me. I don’t know what it is about this parallel force in my day to day existence that throws me off my game. But I can’t help it. They do something to my mind set and I get stuck. It’s like everything I would do normally needs to be flipped, Inverted by their very presence because this is a woman. My speech changes, my message changes, my actions change. All within a matter of seconds because a woman is present. And  I know it’s not just me. it’s not just men. This is the case for everyone regardless of gender. We are each other’s polar opposite yet at the same time this is the reason we are all the same. Because we’re all just people trying to figure out how to introduce ourselves so we can get to know each other. When did saying hi get so damn complicated? 

I'm so use to being a disappointment to myself I don't even get mad anymore. I just look for ways to better myself, my failure is the reason I learn how to succeed. Im a success even in my failure. 

"Life is like a rollercoster that you only get to ride once, so while yur on it scream like theres no tomorrow and live for today."

"The silencing of your soul and thoughts in order to avoid confrontation is not respect, thats just avoidance."

College

We go to college to either destroy ourselves with alcohol, drugs and superfical pleasures or recreate ourselves and how we see the world. To start anew. But in order to create you must destroy. Meaning there's no escape. Something's got to give. So in the in end what will you lose? Your inhabitions and mental limitations....or the very thing that makes you, you. Only time will tell.

A man who is thrown through the fire and emerges with a smile is a man who has conquered the fire. A man whose been through hell in life and still finds the strength to smile is a man who has conquered life. A smile is the sign of a champion. Food for Thought.

Everything you have is everything you've worked to achieve. If you have nothing, that means you've worked to achieve nothing. Its not a matter of your worth. Its a matter of your effort.

Jason Raikes                                                                                                    12/12/11

Philosophy 1000C

What determines a man’s limits? Existentialism is a philosophy designed to help people understand that, as an individual, we have power. The power to create ourselves based on how we choose to define ourselves as individuals. The power to change our circumstance based on which actions we choose and choose not to do. Existentialism is a frame of mind centered around the idea that people’s lives don’t solely rest in the hands of invisible Gods that exist on a celestial plain. The lives we live are the end result of the life we’ve worked to create for ourselves. We determine the outcome of our own lives. We each create our own individual experience. Therefore we are the Gods of our own experience.

 This is a positive perspective of the human condition because of the freedom it suggests. With this concept in mind people are no longer thought of as beings basked in sin eternally indebted to a higher power that, for some reason, needs a weekly donation from your life savings. With this mindset you realize you are free to be anything you want to be and live any way you want to live. Of course now that you can’t simply pass your sins over to God to be forgiven you are left with sole responsibility for your mistakes(Existentialism is humanism,page23). But when you can embrace your mistakes and shortcomings with no fear you realize its okay to make mistakes from time to time. With mistakes come valuable life lessons on how to succeed. When the concept of sin is in a person’s mind every mistake they make is accompanied with an abundance of self loathing. Imperfection is not tolerated when trying to appease a higher power. But when these concepts of Gods and sin are removed a sense of relief takes its place. There’s no longer a need to try so hard to reach the goal of perfection and a new level of comfort is established. By then the question of “ what can I do to make my God happy” is then changed to “ what should I do to find my own happiness”. That is where the growth begins.

The principles of life are very much interconnected. Any being with life has the potential to greatly affect all the lives around it. It is all the individual interconnected lives that come together to create one big entity known as life. Now if every individual life creates their own experience then the experiences themselves are interconnected as well and, as a collective, make up the accumulative experience known as life. This being said every individual life has a contribution to the accumulative experience known as life whether they are conscious of this or not. Now what existentialism is saying is what you contribute to the experience is entirely up to you. It’s your life therefore it is your experience to create and define(Existentialism is humanism,page22). Understand that everything that you do or choose not to do has the power to change everything. Take for example a child being scolded by their parents. If the child speaks their mind and angrily retaliates the child risks further punishment and quite possibly a beating of a life time. Whereas if the child assess the situation and remains as obedient as possible they can more than likely leave the scenario safely with minimal damage to their backside. Or let’s say a college student has a term paper due in three days. The student has the option of doing their work ahead of time in order to reduce the amount of stress they’ll have to undergo or wait until the last minute and lose a lot of sleep. Either way the experience the student chooses is up to them.

“Man is not only that which he conceives himself to be, but that which he wills himself to be, and since he conceives of himself only after he exists, just as he wills himself to be after being thrown into existence, man is nothing other than what he makes of himself”(Existentialism is humanism,page22). Everything we have is everything we’ve worked to achieve. No one is born the best at anything. We work to become whatever it is we’re trying to achieve. Meaning everything we are is developed over time through trial and error. As people there is nothing we cannot do because there is nothing we cannot learn how to do. To be able to learn is to be capable of improving one’s self and man’s unparalleled ability to learn gives us virtually limitless potential. No matter how similar two people can look it is impossible to find two people that think the exact same way or have the same talents. Learning is the rate at which someone or something can understand a concept. The sooner you understand something the faster you can learn making understanding the key to development, the key to growth, the key to progress. So when a person understands how to be something that understanding will eventually manifest into a state of being. If I understand how to draw I am an artist. If I understand how to fight I am a fighter.  If I understand how to educate I am a teacher. This is the condition of the human mind. We have a blank slate that we fill with our own interests. It’s almost as if the brain acts as a genie in a bottle. We are our own wish granters. We need only be aware that these wishes don’t manifest instantly but gradually through sheer will and understanding.

Man is a very impressionable. Even though we have limitless potential if we are not aware of this potential it is the same as the potential not existing. Again understanding is the key to growth, the key to development. If we do not understand that we are limitless we are limited. The concept of Gods revolves around their omnipotence, their ability to create, destroy, and influence. But when broken down their abilities are simply exaggerated versions of our own. People can create other people. People can create concepts and objects and numerous other things. People can destroy. People can destroy objects, their environment, and other people. Most importantly people can influence other people.  Once an idea ferments in the mind of a person they can potentially be changed forever. A person can virtually change another person with an idea. That person only has to believe what they were told. Like when a parent tells a child about Santa Claus. The child is told that if they are well behaved for a year a fat man will reward them with gifts and with that knowledge the child’s entire demeanor can potentially change simply because they believe what they are told. The child’s belief in the idea makes it real to that individual child and therefore the rules and conditions that are required to receive a gift are now followed. To control a person all you have to do is make them believe they will be rewarded for their obedience and they will obey.

In order to limit the potential of the people you have to limit the mindset of the people. The concept of Gods places people in a bubble where they are not in control of their own experience. The experience they live in is in the hands of an invisible higher power that can make them suffer if they do not please it.  So people go about thinking “If I want to find happiness I must make God happy” and, much like Santa Claus, the primary way to make God happy is through obedience. The end result is countless generations born into a state of mental submissiveness and ironically enough most of them are miserable. We are subconsciously taught a mentality that teaches us that there is a natural hierarchy in the world and those on the bottom should be happy at the bottom and submit to those at the top. People are free to create their own experience but they choose not to because they feel as though there is an invisible force above their heads ready to cast judgment and create a series of unfortunate events if angered. The people of the world are subject a state of mental slavery where they are not free even in their own minds. No longer free to be who they want to be and forced to be who they’re taught to be. “we merely mean to say that God does not exist”(Existentialism is humanism,page27) With no God to restrict us we are free to be who we choose to be. “If God does not exist, everything is permissible. This is the starting point of existentialism.” (Existentialism is humanism,page27)

Existentialism is a Humanism, a system of thought that centers the importance of life around people rather than supernatural or celestial deities. It stresses the limitless potential we have as people and the limitless good we can do for the world around us once we realize we have the power to do so. When you live a life at the mercy of Gods that seek undying submissiveness and obedience you’re left with an inescapable sense of powerlessness. Subject to a mentality where your input does not have great importance and your experience is already predetermined. But remove the concept of Gods for only a second and you have the power to make anything happen. You are in control of your own life. You’re free to live and free to think. Because we are the Gods of our own experience. We are the God of our own Existence. 

Street lights
My destination is out there but im just not there. I wish I was. I wish I was in the place I need to be, long to be, want to be. It feels close, really close. With every passing day I feel a glow of confidence radiate from within me telling me that this is the way. And it feels good. I don't know what its like over there ,In the far off land of my ambition, so I can only imagine. The dream comes to me, constantly reoccuring. In it Im free, I'm at peace with myself and the people around me, im happy all the time. I accept myself and understand through accepting myself I accept everyone around me because we are all connected through the blessing known as life. And most of all, I'm not alone...its beautiful and warm. Full of love and finally I'm no longer searching for what I can not see and instead acknowledge the blessings that exisit. Im limitless. I want to see this place one day. I know the way. The destination is in my sights but im just not there.... Not yet.

These are my notes on the theory of " Dominance" 

In order to understand what makes a personality dominant and another submissive, you have to understand what a personality is. A personality is a collection of survival functions put in place by the body derived from past experiences in order to live life easier, more efficiently, and safely. In other words, I believe personalities are one big survival technique. When we experience unfavorable events the personality changes accordingly in an attempt to avert the same experience in the future.  The event can vary from a bad break-up to a knife fight.

Now think of life as a pillar and a personality as the foundation. If the foundation is weak the pillar will lean and begin to fall. Much like a man with a self-destructive personality whose life seems to be falling apart. Personality is a means for survival so for a foundation to be weak is to have a personality that isn't self-sufficient enough to survive on its own. Because the foundation is weak, life/ the pillar is unstable and could give way at any moment.

This is where dominance comes into play. It is common sense to grab on to the closest thing around us to regain balance when we feel as though we're falling. Dominance follows the same concept. When the weak cannot stand on their own foundation they rely on another pillar to keep them up. They lean or tack onto the life of someone close to them whose life seems more stable than theirs whether it necessarily is or not. They seek these ppl in the hopes that being around them will teach them how to have stable foundations/ stronger personalities too. Those that can survive, teach, and those that can't, learn. And this is what defines dominance.  The foundation people choose to lean on to survive other than their own. If you cannot survive without something/someone to keep you standing, you're the submissive and if people depend on you to survive you're dominant. 

Dominance comes with the responsibility to constantly be strengthening your foundation/ personality. To constantly be as capable as possible because the more surrounding pillars lean on you the more they weigh you down. In order to avoid crumbling under the pressure, you must match the inner strength people believe exists in you.

Frantic Thoughts 

Time seems to stand still for me. Because I’m getting nowhere. It’s been how many years of me trying to understand my own insanity. How many nights of sitting down trying to pinpoint the source of all my limitations and snuff them out only to find out the next morning I missed my target. What am I doing. Why can’t I do this. Why can’t I live? Why can’t I live!? Why don’t I know how to live?! I  don’t understand. I don’t call this living. Waking up every morning just drifting by smiling as though everything’s alright. Talking to people that swear we’re friends while in reality they don’t know shit about me and to be honest I barely even remember their names. I ask what do people want from me but at the end of the day I’m really asking myself what do I want from me.  I can’t take it . I can’t take always being unsatisfied with myself, my life, everything. Why is there always more, why is everything I want conveniently out of my reach? Why can’t I do this thing called living. Maybe if I list want I want. Maybe If I see it ahhh fuck it! Why!? Why do I have to work so hard to be at a level of existence most people are just born into. How is it these people can just live such full and satisfying lives while being so sure of who they are and happy with who they are while I sit here panicked and scared that I’ll never wake up feeling that same way. I’m just so damn tired. 

The Mentality Flux Theory:


As children we are all victims of circumstance. Incapable of living our lives independent of our parents. We merely tag along and accompany the life of another. Therefore whatever circumstances the parents undergo the child undergoes as well. A person's personality is the end result of mentality that is cultivated by the circumstances we are forced to survive as children.

The fundamental learning technique that is instilled in us as children is the foundation of how we learn everything. We observe, analyze, and then come to a conclusion. We work to understand our surroundings and Develop a Mindset and that Mindset that we develop becomes the key determining factor to the events that follow.

First you Analyze your circumstance and create a Mindset because a mindset is mainly a personalized technique created in order to handle a circumstance the best possible way in order to ensure a positive outcome.

From there That Mindset determines your actions

Your Actions Determine how your surrounding environment reactions to you.

From that reaction an entirely new Circumstance is then created and from there you must again chose how you must handle it. How you choose to handle your circumstance determines the entire cycle known as the "Human Experience"

How you understand the world to be determines the world you live in. You Create Your Experience.

Theory on Personal Development: The Manifestation of Imagination. 

"I am the God of my Experience,
I am the God of my Existence,
I am an Idea!"

" Never stop asking questions,
Never stop understanding why things are  the way they are and you'll Never stop developing who you are, because you are an Idea."


"With the life you have you develop an Idea of how to live, and Death is the end of the total amount of possibilities that could have been created based on the lifestyle that you chose to live"

" when your ideas grow you grow because you are an idea. The idea of how to live life better."

"My body is simply the tool in which i express my ideas through. " 

"Know why you live, Enjoy the life you live, And love HOW you live"

"The people that live the longest in life are the those with the best understanding of life's true value. "

"Philosophy is the practice of productive self loathing. I hate myself therefore I wish to change myself for the better. Through understanding why I am the way I am I have the opportunity to change who I am. Understanding is the fundamental building block to development."  

" there is nothing to fear. Just something to learn."

People Confuse Me.

People are strange. Sometimes I feel as though I will never fully understand us. I want to, I try to but the closer I get the more it feel as though something eludes me. Why do we hate what hasn’t wronged us? Why do we fight to stay separated from people that are no different than us? I don’t understand this instinctive foolish nature that breeds a poison that corrupts all it infects. I want more of us. I want everyone to see that we are all a part of the same whole known as life. What we hate in others is what we hate in ourselves. Find peace within you and you’ll be at peace with everything.  I don’t want to be a preacher. I just want to live a life with fewer complications than what’s been put in place by generations before me.  I feel a lot of it’s unnecessary. When things progress some things must be let go in order to move forward. So in order for us to move forward as a species we must let go of our “every man for himself” mentality. It’s destroying our people’s minds at their core.  People were never meant to be alone. So for a society to have a such selfish mentality as a mantra is a contradiction of human nature. It is human nature to survive together. That’s why we’ve been able to evolve to the extent that we have.  Everything we learn and acquire we feel the need to share. We created language in order to share our thoughts and teach others around us how to live life better. We created means of transportation to ensure that no one is out of reach.  The downfall of man is our division. Only together can we flourish.  Life is like a three legged race except EVERYONE around you is tied to your ankles. The only way to move forward is to move together. 

" we are put on this earth to make sure we all make it through." 

My Philosophy Response 

Love is a concept I try to understand every day.  Why people go out of their way to make someone else happy with no regard for their own happiness. What drives people to act this way and why does it feel so damn good to know that you’re loved by someone.  People will search high and low just for the chance to experience love and so far the only reason I can think of is love exists is because we know how empty it feels to know that you’re alone. You feel hollow and you know that something is missing but you don’t exactly know what. It’s because human beings were just never meant to be alone. It goes against our nature.  Human beings naturally gravitate to one another and because of this humans have learned to live together and evolved into the species that we are today. So to know love is to know loneliness. Love is the gratitude you show to the people in your life that have saved you from that emptiness known as loneliness. Love is something you show people that make you feel complete.

" you body coveys your message whether you speak it or not. "

" there is nothing to fear. Just something to learn."

" everyone is your student and everyone is your teacher".