The Secret Book of Stuff

(you never heard before)

No matter how far our species progresses in its long "journey to the stars," The Secret Book of Stuff  will remain out of one's reach - as if it never existed, or was never even written. It has to be that way, of course, so as to not stifle that part of each person's brain responsible for "thinking" (in the ordinary way), and Thinking (in the extraordinary way.)

Nothing of significance is achieved by a species that can not 

Think in an extraordinary way.

It remains only at the level of the animals.

The same thing can be seen out there in the world. Hyper socialism, in all its varied forms - that is, giving everything to everyone whether they make effort or not - usually produces the opposite of what might have been intended. People may live a little longer, but they never progress past the stage of a rather sad, and defeated child at best. People NEED to struggle. They need to smarten up, about everything "known," and "unknown," so as to begin, and succeed in their long "journey to the stars."

Struggle comes in many forms and flavors, and it looks very different to different people: what is experienced as extreme struggle for one, may be experienced as the opposite for another - if not actually FUN. But, the result is the same, though in different degrees - Smartening up - because as humans are born, they are just about as dumb as the other animals on this planet. They certainly would die as infants without many years of parental care. But, at a certain crucial point, children need to be "set free" from their overseers so that they can learn how to survive and prosper entirely on their own - in both ordinary and extra-ordinary ways - even if that means losing easy access to regular meals, reasonable shelter, etc., so that they are forced by necessity to discover and implement viable solutions. And... the younger the better! This always requires activating higher ends of the nervous system - from the bottom of their feet, to the top of their head, and all points in-between - so as to bring greater consciousness, awareness and understanding to every moment in their heretofore semi-conscious (if not nearly un-conscious) life.

This, of course, is when the REAL FUN begins for one as they set out on their celestial journey acquiring/activating those skills, talents, and other gifts that Life bestowed upon each and every one, though only a very few ever succeed at This. 

They soon begin to WRITE 

- which means, think, speak and write - 

"The Secret Book of Stuff " 

(they never heard before)