The Conspiracy Of Guilt and Blame

Education in America is at a CRISIS- kids are hardly learning anything at all, and what they DO learn is totally out of date and unimportant.

The Schools should do something.
The kids should do something.
The Parents should do something.
The Government should do something.
White people should do something.
Black people should do something.
YOU should do something.
I should do something.

Yup, and we ALL feel REALLY guilty about it, and we are ALL to blame.

But GUILT isn't a substitute for change.
and BLAME isn't a substitute for change.

In fact, Guilt and Blame keep things the same.

It's almost like if you feel guilty ENOUGH, then you don't have to change anything-
or if you can blame someone else ENOUGH, then you don't have to change anything.

But that's WRONG.

And that's not just for schools- it's for EVERYTHING.

Men who beat their wives feel GUILTY for doing it, so they don't change it.
Women BLAME their husbands for beating them, so they don't change it.

Women feel GUILTY for choosing men who beat them, so they don't change it.
Men BLAME their women for making them beat them, so they don't change it.

Smokers feel GUILTY for smoking, and they ALSO BLAME the cigarrette companies-
Cigarrette companies feel GUILTY for their product, and BLAME the smoker for smoking.

The Obese feel GUILTY for their habits, and they BLAME food.

At a time when the Dollar is imaginary;
When someone's handshake needs to be witnessed by lawyers and documented in triplicate;
When a promise to marry until death is broken within the same year,

Have GUILT and BLAME become the new currency?

Can you educate an illiterate adult with guilt?
Can you buy back thousands of Darfur lives with blame?

Why don't we cash in our imaginary currency of Guilt and Blame for a REAL good:

RESPONSIBILITY.

And not the type of responsibility that is DELEGATED or MANDATED,
but the kind of responsibility that acknowledges ALL of our power.

Whether you know it or not, just BELIEVING that we are PERSONALLY responsible for
EVERYTHING makes a difference.

With FREEDOM comes RESPONSIBILTY, and we are the most free creature on the planet-
So we are the most responsible. We have been saving our responsibility for a rainy day, but
this 21st century is a fine time to invest it:

I am responsible.
You are responsible.
We are responsible.

Let's dip into our Responsibility Savings Account and pay off our credit card of GUILT, and
maybe earn a little more responsibility and pay back that BLAME equity loan.

When Blame and Guilt come to collect, let's have Responsibility write them a check.

The Conspiracy Of Guilt and Blame

Education in America is at a CRISIS- kids are hardly learning anything at all, and what they DO learn is totally out of date and unimportant.

The Schools should do something.
The kids should do something.
The Parents should do something.
The Government should do something.
White people should do something.
Black people should do something.
YOU should do something.
I should do something.

Yup, and we ALL feel REALLY guilty about it, and we are ALL to blame.

But GUILT isn't a substitute for change.
and BLAME isn't a substitute for change.

In fact, Guilt and Blame keep things the same.

It's almost like if you feel guilty ENOUGH, then you don't have to change anything-
or if you can blame someone else ENOUGH, then you don't have to change anything.

But that's WRONG.

And that's not just for schools- it's for EVERYTHING.

Men who beat their wives feel GUILTY for doing it, so they don't change it.
Women BLAME their husbands for beating them, so they don't change it.

Women feel GUILTY for choosing men who beat them, so they don't change it.
Men BLAME their women for making them beat them, so they don't change it.

Smokers feel GUILTY for smoking, and they ALSO BLAME the cigarrette companies-
Cigarrette companies feel GUILTY for their product, and BLAME the smoker for smoking.

The Obese feel GUILTY for their habits, and they BLAME food.

At a time when the Dollar is imaginary;
When someone's handshake needs to be witnessed by lawyers and documented in triplicate;
When a promise to marry until death is broken within the same year,

Have GUILT and BLAME become the new currency?

Can you educate an illiterate adult with guilt?
Can you buy back thousands of Darfur lives with blame?

Why don't we cash in our imaginary currency of Guilt and Blame for a REAL good:

RESPONSIBILITY.

And not the type of responsibility that is DELEGATED or MANDATED,
but the kind of responsibility that acknowledges ALL of our power.

Whether you know it or not, just BELIEVING that we are PERSONALLY responsible for
EVERYTHING makes a difference.

With FREEDOM comes RESPONSIBILTY, and we are the most free creature on the planet-
So we are the most responsible. We have been saving our responsibility for a rainy day, but
this 21st century is a fine time to invest it:

I am responsible.
You are responsible.
We are responsible.

Let's dip into our Responsibility Savings Account and pay off our credit card of GUILT, and
maybe earn a little more responsibility and pay back that BLAME equity loan.

When Blame and Guilt come to collect, let's have Responsibility write them a check.

The Difference between YOUR bank account, and BILL GATES'

Ok, so I have just bought three houses, and have an offer in on a fourth.

All within a month.


And they are my first properties.

Why would I all of a sudden get so "gung-ho" about doing real estate?
It has NOTHING to do with the climate, nothing to do with the economy,
nothing to do with my personal finances. I'll tell you why:

I am finally APPLYING the knowledge I have been gaining.

I noticed this pattern where everyone gathers information, and then ACTS on it.
Some people need NEVER-ENDING information, others need very little.

For myself, I usually need very little to go on for something, but Real Estate
kinda scared me. I kept getting knowledge until I finally put it into action.

And OF COURSE, I could have done it long before; there was nothing to be afraid of.

So, then I realized that the difference between me and some of my other friends
was APPLIED KNOWLDGE.

The only difference between MY bank account and Bill Gates' Bank account is APPLIED KNOWLEDGE.

Not only did he learn to build a business, he also APPLIED what he knew.
Warren Buffet APPLIES what he knows to Stocks.

So, that's the whole thing:

"The only difference between YOUR bank account and anyone else's is APPLIED KNOWLEDGE"

It's a nice quote, isn't it?

The Difference between YOUR bank account, and BILL GATES'

Ok, so I have just bought three houses, and have an offer in on a fourth.

All within a month.


And they are my first properties.

Why would I all of a sudden get so "gung-ho" about doing real estate?
It has NOTHING to do with the climate, nothing to do with the economy,
nothing to do with my personal finances. I'll tell you why:

I am finally APPLYING the knowledge I have been gaining.

I noticed this pattern where everyone gathers information, and then ACTS on it.
Some people need NEVER-ENDING information, others need very little.

For myself, I usually need very little to go on for something, but Real Estate
kinda scared me. I kept getting knowledge until I finally put it into action.

And OF COURSE, I could have done it long before; there was nothing to be afraid of.

So, then I realized that the difference between me and some of my other friends
was APPLIED KNOWLDGE.

The only difference between MY bank account and Bill Gates' Bank account is APPLIED KNOWLEDGE.

Not only did he learn to build a business, he also APPLIED what he knew.
Warren Buffet APPLIES what he knows to Stocks.

So, that's the whole thing:

"The only difference between YOUR bank account and anyone else's is APPLIED KNOWLEDGE"

It's a nice quote, isn't it?

How is it out there?

I've had this thought on my mind lately, and I figured I'd blog about it-

I've been watching "What the bleep do we know", and reading more about spirituality lately, and I just think that we have it all wrong. I was a bible-thumping Christian for a minute (I even just capitalized "Christian"- old habits die hard I guess), and I think now I was just being lazy.

Lazy because it "let me off the hook", from thinking.

Of course it'd be nice to have all the answers, or better yet- let someone else have all the answers for me, but the older and wiser I get, the more I realize just how disgusting and lazy that attitude is. It just grosses me out at this point. Anyway-

My friend Matt just had a baby, and I'd been thinking about the afterlife lately. It just seems to me that when people think they have this idea about the afterlife that seems graspable- and they relate it to life now- it sounds ridiculous to me.

Could you explain to a fetus what it's going to be like when they are born?

First of all, you wouldn't be able to even communicate with a fetus.
Second, if you could, the fetus would have NO frame fo reference for being "outside",
much less understand that there is a SEPARATE (maybe we're not separate?) being "outside" this wall.... the list of impossibilities goes on and on, doesn't it?

So I think the afterlife is THAT incomprehensible to us here as THIS life is incomprehensible to a fetus.

I took a long time to say that, but that's what I think now.

How is it out there?

I've had this thought on my mind lately, and I figured I'd blog about it-

I've been watching "What the bleep do we know", and reading more about spirituality lately, and I just think that we have it all wrong. I was a bible-thumping Christian for a minute (I even just capitalized "Christian"- old habits die hard I guess), and I think now I was just being lazy.

Lazy because it "let me off the hook", from thinking.

Of course it'd be nice to have all the answers, or better yet- let someone else have all the answers for me, but the older and wiser I get, the more I realize just how disgusting and lazy that attitude is. It just grosses me out at this point. Anyway-

My friend Matt just had a baby, and I'd been thinking about the afterlife lately. It just seems to me that when people think they have this idea about the afterlife that seems graspable- and they relate it to life now- it sounds ridiculous to me.

Could you explain to a fetus what it's going to be like when they are born?

First of all, you wouldn't be able to even communicate with a fetus.
Second, if you could, the fetus would have NO frame fo reference for being "outside",
much less understand that there is a SEPARATE (maybe we're not separate?) being "outside" this wall.... the list of impossibilities goes on and on, doesn't it?

So I think the afterlife is THAT incomprehensible to us here as THIS life is incomprehensible to a fetus.

I took a long time to say that, but that's what I think now.

Who's PROGRAMMING you?

We went and saw CARS the other day- cute movie. Not as good as... well, ANY of the other pixar films, but still very cute.
Here's why I'm writing about it-

The "lack" programming that I see everywhere lately is really starting to get to me.

What I mean by that is that somewhere there's this idea that making money, getting rich, doing well, coming in first, being smart, being pretty- all of those things that make you stand out are BAD.
I think that "society" somehow enjoys it when someone who is doing well SLOWS DOWN so they can be on par with everyone else.

THAT'S EVIL.

It sets you up to ALWAYS fail, because if you just do what everyone else does, you're mediocre, and that's bad- and then if you do better- then you're evil somehow.

Pretty people are envied by ugly ones.
Rich are envied by poor
smart are envied by dumb.

That's how it is. And somewhere, someone told the masses that:

"Pretty people are shallow" (At least if you're ugly, you're probably smart)
"Rich people are greedy" (At least if you're poor, youre honest and spiritual)
"Smart people are AMBITIOUS" (At least if you're dumb, people like you)

That is ALL garbage, and the programming has to stop.

Keep an eye out for where you see this programming, and you'll suddenly see it everywhere-
and then you'll realize why everyone is scared of each other.

I say we let each other's light shine, and we'll have a MUCH brighter world.