The Peter Principle

Everyone should already know this principle, especially those who are still - after all these many years - wedded to their favorite (or not so much anymore, but as they often say, "Hey, what else IS there?") Yahoo or Facebook delayed-reaction chit-chat and time-wasting groups where absolutely nothing relating to Real Work (The Great Work of Conscious Evolution our species just happens to be on, in case you didn't already know) occurs on a day-to-day basis, whereas most of the willing participants actually believe otherwise. HAH! The Joke is on them.

Consider the following, and think about your personal involvement in The Work: The Peter Principle is a concept in management theory in which the selection of a candidate for a position is based on the candidate's performance in their current role, rather than on abilities relevant to the intended role.

It is a long way from an ordinary, educated person, knowing virtually nothing about The Work, to the one who has found some books, done some reading, even gotten involved for a short time with a group of other people, and knows what is next - development of consciousness up through certain levels of understanding well detailed by many people in the past. Moving from one level, so to speak, to the next level is usually never attained by most of the people who embark upon it. That is, referring to the management theory above, they have reached a level of comfort and self-satisfaction but have not acquired the talents, skills and understandings necessary to move to higher levels in The Work.

There they stay, and MANY are left with wasting oodles and oodles of time on Yahoo and Facebook (and elsewhere) trying to calm themselves with regard to their realization (only partially understood at this point, of course) that they are no longer moving forward "on their way." It is truly as if they have one foot nailed to the floor, and for the rest of their lives all that is possible for them is spinning around this way or that way. Sure, the local scenery changes to some degree, and they still have their typical wild swings of happiness and sadness, but they have stopped moving vertically.

Wherever a person is today - right now - psychologically, spiritually, intellectually, even emotionally, that is the level at which they have become quite complacent and contented, and the more you are that, the LESS you are interested in moving up to the next higher level of development, or evolution, or self-perfection (or whatever you like to call your short trip-in-a-body on this planet.) When one has become satisfied with the state they think or believe they have reached, they lose any desire to reach for something higher, deeper, broader, more fun, especially with regards to what is called (by some) The Great Work of Conscious Evolution.

There is no advice or instruction or inspirational words from your favorite cartoon character that can pull you UP into higher levels of yourself. Only that information, about the muck and mire of your ordinary life - personally gained and verified - that you use consistently, may result in you pulling your old and tired self up and out and into higher levels of a New You.

As you are right now, you don't know a thing about the HIGHER - how could you - but you can know almost "all and everything" about the lower - your current, day to day world of sleep, imagination and the mechanics and automatism ruling your life. Books, and email and messaging groups will never tell YOU what you need to know - believe it, or live forever in your imaginary beliefs. Ordinary Friends can't help you - they are just the casual ones you drink shots with at the neighborhood bar, or eat pizzas with at the local Denny's. But the Real Friends you share your Essence with, one way or the other and usually FACE-to-FACE (in case you didn't know this already)... 

Now, THAT is another matter entirely!