11:11 Angels Message Board

Life is hard and requires sacrifice.

If you work hard, you will succeed.

There is not enough.

Look out for yourself.

The world is hostile.

“Survival of the fittest”

Competition drives progress.

Be rational.

Control your emotions.

Growing up, these were the stories I was told about who I was and how the world worked. But what I’ve found is that not only is this story founded on a lie but it is actually at the root of the many crises we face from war to poverty to racism to ecocide.

Some call this story the Story of Separation. It goes something like this…

You are a separate individual separate from other beings and the world. You come into existence at birth and you will cease to exist when you die. The entire purpose of your life is simply to do your best to survive and reproduce. In this world–perceived as, at best, indifferent and, at worst, hostile to your survival, threats to your existence lay waiting all around. But through hard work and sacrifice, you can bring some of this hostile world under your control and increase the odds that you will survive.

Operating from this assumption, I set out on a path of world domination in an attempt to bring more of it under my control.