Want to know how to be real and see what is true in the world? Easy. Keep an open mind.
How many times have you heard that?
I’ve always ignored it. My mind was already open!
If you asked everyone in the world if they had an open mind, I bet 99.999999% would say they did. I’m leaving it short of 100% to allow for those who might not have understood the question. You probably asked it wrong. Everyone believes they’re open-minded but I’m sure you could come up with a long list of people who aren’t. They aren’t because they’re members of a little known club.
Over the years I’ve met a lot of people. They weren’t attached to any political party, they weren’t liberal or conservative. They were from all walks of life but had a common link. They knew everything! They had the answer for every question and they could, and would, and did, point out all the mistakes I had made or was about to make. Open minded? Nah, they didn’t have to be – they were right and everyone else, was wrong.
They were members of the ” I am SO Terribly Aware” club.
The S T A’s were something!. They’d paid their dues. They didn’t owe anyone for anything and, by God, they had something to say and they were going to say it! They had spent a lifetime getting to this point. They had irrefutable opinions and a way of looking at you as if you just said something stupid. Without saying a word, you’d be put back in your dark little lonely place.
And… I wanted to be like them. I couldn’t wait to get “wiser” and SO terribly more AWARE! Wouldn’t you?
After watching them for a time, I came up with this list. Feel free to use it. Rather than spending your entire life waiting, this is a way to fast track your application as an S T A.
STA Checklist
1. Talk over everyone. No one has anything interesting to say and their conversation will only delay you from giving your take on everything. Better yet, interrupt constantly. This makes the other person stop talking so they can fully listen to you. If you need to, get angry. Anger Works!
2. Recognize that all reality comes from you and you alone. If you think it, it is real. For you and anyone in your radius. After all, it is YOUR life.
3. Have an opinion (facts) on everything. It doesn’t have to make sense, just say it louder (see #1 above). Argue and then abruptly end the discussion before the other person can say anything. You win again! Always take the opposite side of everyone. Also, being a Know-It-All automatically gets you in!
4. Never, ever change. If you were created by a perfect being, then you must be…well it just follows. Doing things they way you’ve always done them is not only smarter but it’s more efficient too!
5. If friends and family disagree with you, Cut Them Off… NOW. No need for distractions.
6. Complain about everything. It’s your world. You’re entitled!
7. All good things begin with the word Self. (centered, righteous, indulgent)
8. Do this with your hands – make a fist with one hand and say this is me, then take your other fist and circle the first hand saying “And this is the world.” I did this for years. Everybody loved it!
9. Begin every sentence with: “You know what you should have done? “ And then tell them. This really makes you sound like an expert.
10. Never… listen… to anyone… Ever. Why? If you have to ask by now you don’t qualify. And you never will.
I know what you’re thinking. These tips sound awfully tough but remember everything worthwhile in life is hard.
Just don’t go soft and think no one wants to hear your views. Man up! Or the female equivalent!
Someone, I’m sure very famous, once said to me and I’m still not sure why, “Opinions are like “A” holes, everyone’s got one and they all stink!” And to that I said very loudly, “Oh yeah, and just how many have you smelled?” Ha! Stopped… Him… Cold! What a hater!
And yes, it is OK – you can Hate the Haters! You’re So Terribly Aware!
Practicing these tips will immediately qualify you as an S.T. A.! You won’t have to wait until your old and paid your dues. Nope, you’re in now! Soon everyone will discover how aware, terribly so, you really are! In fact no one will ever make the mistake thinking your mind is open to anything.
They’ll stop bothering you – no more questions, no more interruptions, no distractions – no more no one.
Enjoy the Peace!
JT