MODERN SLAVES

A Slave Mentality And A Welfare Mind
Are The Essential Ingredients
For A Life Of Dependency
And An Empty Existence
That Is Filled With Self-Doubt

Laziness Is Confused With Patience
Blind Faith Is Substituted For Work
Receiving Is More Virtuous Than Giving
And Lip Service Is Considered As Equaled
To Productive Hard Work

Those Who Wait To Be Saved
By Their Politicians And Religious Leaders
Are Candidates For A Dependency Culture
That Has Very Few Opportunities

Modern Slaves Pay Homage And Respect
To The Robbers Of Their Dignity
And The Purveyors Of Despair
Who Only Pretend That They Care
About The Plight Of The Mentally Poor

Instead Of Actively Pursuing
Their Own Individual Initiatives
They Rely On The Welfare State
To Save Them From Themselves

Modern Slaves Have Low Self-Esteem
They Doubt Their Own Self-Worth
And They Are Easily Persuaded
By The Same Set Of Whores
Who Have Never Kept Their Words

Modern Slaves Need A Mirror
That Has A Persuasive Voice
To Remind Them Each Day
That They Should Look Within Themselves
For The Real Meaning Of Living
That Lies Deep Below
The Surface Of Their Shallow Selves

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MINING THE HUMAN MIND

The Human Mind Is A Natural Resource
From Which We Can Extract
Creative Ideas And Thoughts

Mining The Human Mind
Is An Improbable Undertaking
Unless We Have Received
And Know How To Apply
The Mental Training It Takes
To Sharpen Our Thinking Skills

Self-Discipline Is A Mining Machine
With Which We Can Unearth
The Essence Of Our Identity

A Belief In Our Own Abilities
Is A Mental Drilling Tool
With Which We Can Mine
The Depth Of Our Mind
For The Fullness Our Faith

To Mine The Human Mind
For The Hidden Riches
At The Core Of Our Character
Patience Is Important And Knowledge Is Necessary

Mining The Human Mind
Is A Full Time Occupation
And It Is The Special Trade Of Thinkers
Who Are Driven By The Desire
To Deepen Their Sense Of Self

Mining The Human Mind
Is A Mental Exercise
With Which We Can Strengthen
The Muscles Of Our Mind

Mining The Human Mind
Is A Lifetime Task
And It Is An Achievable Objective
When We Are Willing And Able
To Dig Deep Down
Below The Surface Of Our Superficial Self

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MINDSLAUGHER OF THE MIND

Mindslaughter Is An Illegitimate Act
Performed By Illiterate Individuals
And A Mindslaughterer Is A Vandal
Who Has No Constructive Views Or Vision

Mindslaughter Is An Intellectual Crime
Committed By Shallow People
Whose Intent Is To Mentally Murder
The Minds Of Their Minions
Who Have Allowed Their Lives
To Be Influenced And Defined
By The Mendacious Makers Of Myth

Unlike The Thinking Performers
Who Can Write Their Own Scripts
Play Their Own Parts
On Any Stage They Select
The Victims Of Mindslaugher
Are Always The Observers In The Audience
Whose Sense Of Self-Worth Is Small

Mindslaughter Is The Deliberate Killing
Of The Human Will To Think Independently
Apart From The Influence Peddlers And The Deft Propagandists
And It Affects Passive People
Who Allow Their Concepts Of Reality
To Be Created By Thoughtless Charlatans

Mindslaughter Is Exploitative
In The Way That It Uses Language
To Limit The Outlook Of Losers
Whose Lack Of Learning Is A Liability
That Keep Them From Growing Through Life

The Preys Of Mindslaughter
Have An Uncritical Reverence
For Advice From Anyone
Who Is Unlettered And Mentally Lazy

Mindslaughters Are Terrorists
Strangers To Reason
And They Are Violently Opposed
To Any Human Initiative
That Encourages Clear Thinking
And They Are Against The Idea
The Individual Right To Make Choices
Is Considered An Invaluable Personal Asset

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METAPHYSICALLY LOOKING

When I Metaphysically Looked
Into The Mirror Of My Imagination
And Shined The Light Of Learning
On My Unexamined Nature
My Exuberance For Change Exploded
And I Intuitively Knew For Certain
That I Would Never Ever Again
Think The Same Lowly Thoughts
About The Way I See Myself

Relying On Both Prudence And Prayer
To Give Me Good Guidance
As I Take Another Trip
To Find The Peak Of My Potential
I Am Reaffirming My Faith
In Things That Seem Impossible
And The Reliability Of Positive Principles

Each Movement That I Am Making
Up Toward The Apogee Of My Genius
Is Providing My Mind And Spirit
With A Deeper Understanding
And A Greater Appreciation Of The Assets
That I Have Naturally Inherited

Having Discovered My Connection
With The Universal Umbilical Cord
I Am Now More Confident And Ebullient
About My Super Star Status

My New Attitude Is Unambiguous And Awe Inspiring
My Horizon Is Filled With Hope
And My Landscape Is Enliven
With The Lusciousness Of My Outlook

The Eagle Of My Enlightenment Is Soaring
And The Spirituality Of My Eyes
Is Helping Me To See The Summit
At The Pinnacle Of My Progress
Where My Successes Will Be More Certain
Than The Rise Of The Morning Sun

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MENTAL POVERTY

Mental Poverty Is A Debility
That Weakens The Mind Of Man
When The Mind Exists
On The Toxic Waste Of Misinformation
And Lacks The Assets Of Intelligence

Mental Poverty Is Widespread
Among Individuals Who Are Unread
And Who Are Inclined To Ignore
The Written Words Of Scholars And Sages

Living In Mental Poverty
Without The Support Of Objective Knowledge
Is The Way A Loser Lives
On The Superficial Surface Of Himself

A Person Living In Mental Poverty
Is Usually Out Of Touch
With His Inner Abilities

A Victim Of Mental Poverty
Lacks The Self-Confidence He Needs
To Become A Star
In His Own Live Show

Poverty Of The Mind
Is The Burdensome Mental Baggage
That Is Constantly Carried
By The Intellectually Immature

A Person Residing In Mental Poverty
Constantly Complains About His Burdens
That Are The Products Of His Illiterate life

Mental Poverty Preys On People
Who Are Unable To Independently Establish
Their Own Outlook On Life
And Who Are Unwilling
To Undertake Any Tough Task
Without The Prior Approval Of Their Peers

Mental Poverty Is A Plague
That Can Only Be Contained
If One Insist On Seeking
The Knowledge That He Needs
To Lead His Own Life

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MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY INCOMPATIBLE

Despite Our Mental And Spiritual Incompatibility
We Tried To Extend Our Best Behavior
Beyond The Couch And Bed
Where Our Sexual Selves Soared

Although She Lived In A Small World
Populated By An Assortment Of Ordinary People
I Tried To Exist On Its Outer Edges
Without Any Personal Assurances
That My Status As A Stranger
Would Eventually Change
And I Could Become Her Closest Companion

The More I Opened Up My Inner Circle
The Tighter She Closed Her Cubicle
And She Refused To Let Me Meet
Her Card-Playing Crowd

After Months Of Seeing Each Other
She Remained Relatively Remote
From My Offers Of Affection
And My Honest Efforts To Embrace
The Sweeter Side Of Herself

All Of Her Attempts To Live Large
Outside Of The Emotional Issues
Within Which She Had Become Encircled
Were Frustrated By Her Personal Faults
And Her Unwillingness To Acknowledge
The Unpleasantness In Her Personality

When She Spoke About Her Problems
She Believed That They Were Based
On The Unfriendly Acts Of Others
And That Her Self-Improvement Plans
Had Always Been Aborted
By The Enemies Against Her Interests

We Were Neither Soul Mates Nor Friends
And To Say That We Were Close
Would Be A False Charge
About A Relationship That Survived
In The Lone Dark Shadows
Where The Sun Could Only Be Seen
When We Were Having Sex

During The Time When We Were Dating
I Spent Most Of My Weekends Alone
Without A Phone Call Or Contact
While She Made Her Secret Visits
With Her Kind And Her Kin

Except For Our Sexual Situation
The Evidence Of Our Intimacy Was Absent
And Whenever I Sought Her Friendship
She Pretended That I Was Poison

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MENTAL DEPENDENCY

Mental Dependency Is A Curable Disease
That Affects The Minds Of Humans
Who Have A Strong Dislike For Learning

A Welfare Mind
Is An Incapacitating Mental Condition
Suffered Severely By Illiterate Individuals
Who Feel Helpless And Weak
When They Have No Strong Leader
To Tell Them What To Think

A Slave Mentality Is Commonly Found
Among Cretins Who Naïvely Accept
The Polluted Advice Of Their Peers
And Persons Who Are Prone
To Subjectively Search The Surface Of Themselves
For The Lessons On Life
That Everyone Must Learn

A Welfare Mind Is An Incubator
Within Which Irresponsibility Is Accepted
As A Lifestyle Without A Stigma
And Within Which The Lack Of Initiative
Is Embraced As A Honorable Occupation

The Subjects Of A Slave Mentality
Are Especially Slavish In Their Deportment
When They Are Fawning For Small Favors
From Their Mental Inferiors

Recipients Of A Welfare Mind
Allow Themselves To Live
In A Windowless World
Where The Light Of Enlightenment Is Low
And Where Dwelling Daily In The Dark
Is Endorsed By Low Achievers
As An Appealing And Appropriate Existence

A Slave Mentality Is Toxic
It Can Kill An Imaginative Mind
Destroy Our Most Precious Desires And Dreams
And Extinguish Our Mental And Spiritual Fires

A Welfare Mind Is An Ailment
That Affects The Vision Of Its Victims
Who Lack The Insight To See
The Potential Inside Of Themselves

A Slave Mentality Is A Shooting Machine
Whose Deadly Firepower Is Programmed
To Kill All Individual Aspirations

A Welfare Mind Is A Man-Made Mountain
That Has Been Constructed By Humans
To Block Their Own Entrance
To The Universal World Of Wisdom

A Slave Mentality Feasts On Fear
Grows Well On The Manure Of Minutiae
Thrives On The Indelicacies Of Ignorance
And Gorges Itself On Irrational Opinions

When The Two Are Entwined
A Slave Mentality And A Welfare Mind
Are The Ingredients Of A Dependency Life

A Slave Mentality And A Welfare Mind
Are An Indissoluble Mixture Of Attitudes
From Which Irrationality Is Expressed
And From Which All Individual Ambitions
Have Been Completely Extracted

A Slave Mentality And A Welfare Mind
Are The Liabilities Of A Loser
Who Is Immature And Mentally Undisciplined

A Slave Mentality And A Welfare Mind
Are Perpetually Receptive
To The Utterances Of Idiots

A Slave Mentality And A Welfare Mind
Are Psychological And Spiritual Twins
And They Are Both Roadblocks To Reason

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MASTER OF SELF-PROMOTION

He Was A Master Of Self-Promotion
Who Treated His Job As An Entitlement
Rather Than As An Opportunity To Serve
And He Was An Unrepentant Menace
To The Cause Of Good Government

Enlightened Opposition To His Adolescent Outbursts
Were Treated With Verbal Threats
And He Contemptuously Cast Aside Critics
When They Challenged The Courses
He Chose To Elevate His Ego

His Perspective On The Community
Was Colored By His Obsession With Self
And He Arrogated Unto Himself
The Pernicious Powers Of A Despot

Whenever His Constituents Disagreed
With His Narrow Outlook On Life
He And His Army Of Acolytes
Would Launch Violent Assaults
Against Arguments That Exposed His Arrogance

Although He Pretended To Care
About The Welfare Of His Faithful Followers
He Plundered The City’s Assets
With His Self-Serving Schemes

As The Official Representative
For Big-Time Developers, Incompetent Allies
And Rich Men Of Means
He Paid Lip Serve To The Poor
And His Policies Kept Them In Poverty

He Neglected The Neighborhoods
Blocked The Growth Of Business
Increased The Size Of His Security Staff
And Alienated The City’s Allies

Foul Language And Verbal Abuses
Were The Intimidating Tools He Used
To Show His Contempt And Hostility
For Both His Blind Admirers
And The Detractors That He Despised

When Speaking To His Obsequious Servants
He Substituted Rhetoric For Reason
And He Used His Political Power
To Silence The Enemies Of His Interest

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MARVELS OF THE MIND

Every Healthy Minded Human
Has Deep Within Himself
The Untapped Resources He Needs
To Improve His Thinking Skills
When He Is Attempting To Climb
Up The Mountain Of His Maturity

An Active Fertile Mind
Is A Thinking Machine
And It Has The Creative Powers
To Take A Simple Thought
And Turn It Into Productive Things

A Growing Rich Mind
That Is Intent On Exploring
The Full Range Of Its Intellectual Options
Must Be Willing To Intimately Examine
The Outer Limits Of Its Intellect

In Its Lifelong Quest
For Knowledge Of The Unknown
An Inquiring Mind Must Train Itself
To Objectively Examine In Detail
Each Trail In Life It Takes

A Mind Unencumbered
By The Chains Of Traditions And Customs
Has An Enormous Capacity
To Discover New Horizons

When It Is Impartially Exposed
To Extraordinary Ideas
A Mind Has The Potential Of Becoming
An Exceptional Human Asset

When The Mind Is Infused
With Tenets Of Truths
It Can Improve Its Mental Facility
For Distinguishing Facts From Fiction

When The Mind Has Been Sharpened
By Time, Chance And Change
Then It Can Begin To Appreciate
The Immensity Of Its Powers

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LOSERS

Biases, Self-Interests, And Cultural Conditioning
Are The Common Cultural Cages
Where Most Losers Live
With Their Largest Losses

If Your Desire To Protect And Preserve
The Saintliness Of Your Stupidity
From The Exposure To New Knowledge
You Should Remain Standing
On The Slippery Slope Of Shortsightedness
Which Is A Comfort Zone For Fools

Your Need To Remain Uninformed
Can Be Perpetually Preserved
If You Will Keep Your Mind Closed
And Walk Away From Wisdom

Your Failure To Act Fully
In Your Own Best Interest
Is A Personal Acknowledgement
That You Are Afraid Of Being
Individually Different Or Mentally Assertive
In A World Of Wanderers
Where Conformists Are Contented
To Live Among Big Losers

Your Submissive Acceptance Of Conventional Views
And Your Support For The Status Quo
Can Help You Become An Expert
For A Life Without Prosperity

While You Are Performing Your Daily Duties
As A Servant Of Your Own Faults
You Can Also Concentrate Your Focus
On Subjects That Have No Substance

To Keep Your Access Opened
To The Dreams And Schemes Of Charlatans
Who Infest Their Sayings In Nonsense
Before They Are Ready For Selling
You Must Continue To Cling
To Your Old Unworkable Ways

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