{"id":19104,"date":"2016-03-23T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T19:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19104"},"modified":"2016-03-23T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T19:16:03","slug":"so-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19104","title":{"rendered":"So What?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"headline\" class=\"outer-container\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<section class=\"section\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/neilkramer.com\/so-what\/\" target=\"_blank\">So What?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"outer-container detached-background\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"main alpha\">\n<section class=\"section\">\n<article id=\"post-40\" class=\"post hentry post-40 type-post status-publish format-standard category-essays\">Becoming intellectually, emotionally and spiritually independent is an act of power that instantly and irrevocably detaches one\u2019s consciousness from channeling the unreality broadcast of the construct. It is a natural, beautiful and easy thing to do. So what stops so many intelligent people from doing it? There are many answers, but one that quickly rises to the surface is fear of material lack.<\/p>\n<p>The need to pay the bills can keep people in a loop of self-limitation and psychic compromise. Even those apparently lucky few for whom money ceases to be a hindrance, often descend into whirlpools of egotism, self-destruction and bizarreness. If someone\u2019s consciousness is lo-fi, wounded and cluttered \u2013 whatever they do will follow this pattern, with or without money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Desires Into Flesh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So what if material lack was removed from the equation? If you could materialize any object into your hands at will, from a perfect juicy clementine, to a crisp $100 bill, the pursuit of material security and comfort would quickly decline. You could \u2018image\u2019 whatever house, car, bank balance and objects you wanted, no questions asked. It would be the things that are not material that would become most significant: the quality of your experiences; the depth of your consciousness; your relationships with people; insight, generosity, conduct, healing, creativity, love, humor, transformation. The grace and integrity of your movement through life would be the only things that mattered. Now imagine that not only you, but everyone could do this same materialization trick. Anyone could conjure up anything they wanted, anytime, over and over. What would happen if this became an actual reality right now? Absolute chaos. Supreme weird darkness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So What? Becoming intellectually, emotionally and spiritually independent is an act of power that instantly and irrevocably detaches one\u2019s consciousness from channeling the unreality broadcast of the construct. It is a natural, beautiful and easy thing to do. So what stops so many intelligent people from doing it? 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