Infinite Future
It seems undeniable that most people are drawn to better themselves economically, given the chance. But what is often overlooked is that this is only part of a much broader human desire for more. We can and do seek more in material terms. But if we find more only in material terms then most of us are left with a sense of lack. To put it generally, human wellbeing requires something other than just more material prosperity.
That something else is the more that humans seek to gain in art, science and language - more feeling, more insight, more knowledge. It is why relationships are key to wellbeing too: in friendship and love, we reach out and find more to life in others. It is why religion, in its various guises, is more or less universal: the transcendent might be thought of as the ultimate “more”.
SourceFollow your bliss
BILL MOYERS: Do you ever have the sense of… being helped by hidden hands?
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time - namely, that if you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.
Will
The human will is both active (Masculine) and receptive (Feminine); the former definition most commonly associated with “act of will.” The active will acts upon the environment and knows itself through its effect on the world, whereas the receptive will sits where it is and absorbs information from its environment and is affected. When synchronized, they form a flexible kind of strength of magical proportions. In order to consciously synchronize these two halves to express your whole power, it is imperative you find out which half you’re stuck on and which orientation you must restore for equilibrium.
Six levels of intelligence
Stupid: This is where you are passively taking everything in without associating, interpreting or thinking about it.
Bright: This is where you begin seeing the associations and relationships of whatever you are taking in.
Smart: After seeing the associations between things, this is where you begin to predict outcomes by combining those associations in such a way as to get desired results. Here we have “figured it out”. (Most people stay here.)
Silly: When you are bored enough with being “smart” it is possible to be silly. This is where you start seeing the relationships between apparently incongruous elements in your inner and outer environments in such a way as to be utterly delighted.
Brilliant: Whereupon you begin combining incongruous juxtapositions towards unpredictable yet illuminating outcomes without necessarily knowing why or needing to know.
Simple: Taking in, understanding and communicating what is obvious to all.