Preface - Mind Decentralised
In writing this book, I became acutely aware of my conditioning
around able and unable. This book became my teacher. I realised
that I started this book off as a way to feel more able - to be recognised
by others as capable, intelligent and smart. I knew this because
when I told people about this project, I got a buzz of excitement
not from the work of writing but from how people perceived
me as being an “author.” This slowly took hold of me. Writing became
hard. I was blocked and started to dread the idea of writing
further.
It was a wonderful opportunity for me to discover this hamster
wheel I was on and that I hadn’t seen for 50 years. I observed
the thought pop in my head that “I should be writing the book,”
and then the guilt and shame that followed. I watched and looked
deeper at these emotions, following the smoke until I could see the
flames.
It took two months of observing, the longest a behaviour had
stayed around for me. As the time passed, I could see the behaviour
becoming more and more panicked, but I didn’t jump back on the
hamster wheel. I just observed.
Then one day on my balcony, I saw the unable and able pattern.
It was everywhere, and it shocked me. I immediately felt immense
grief and sadness. This was and is, for most, a behaviour conditioned
from a very early age. It has driven me in every aspect of my
life. Unpacking this discovering was one of the greatest reliefs of
my life.
As if now magnetically drawn to being able, that same day, I
walked calmly into my office and finished the book. The way to be
more able is not in striving but in watching how unable we truly
are, and in seeing it, we dissolve it.
As Snoop Dogg so eloquently said in a speech, “I would like to
thank me for being me” and for spending the last 30 years looking
for why I was so deeply insecure and not content, and why I had
so much pain in my body.
Throughout my career, I have always focused on results for myself
and my clients. I was compulsively driven to be as able as possible,
bringing with it the deepest unableness. However, from this
journey I have discovered the greatest riches which I now share as
a guide of others to become like me: masterless through a decentralised
mind.
The significance of my logo lies in its depiction of the ronin
or warrior, symbolising the internal struggle we all must face to
become masterless. To become truly masterless, one must first embrace
decentralised money - bitcoin. In doing so, we can reject government
control and central bank digital currencies, which enable
control of our spending habits and imposition of fines if we do not
obey their commands.
Becoming masterless also requires decentralised
health. For instance, if you do not want to take the next experimental
drug that is coming, you must have decentralised your
approach to your wellness, so that you do not succumb to the
authority of the doctor or the pharmaceutical industry and you can
make informed choices aligned with your values. Finally and most
critically, we must cultivate and fortify our decentralised mind to
free us from the incessant hamster wheel and experience lasting
peace.
With no external authority controlling us, especially not our
minds, we are empowered to live life on our own terms. Only then
can we become masterless.
Layers of Becoming Masterless
Imagine this figure represents the layers of becoming masterless.
The bottom layer symbolised the soil. Akin to the foundational
layer of bitcoin, it is slow and difficult to change. This is
where Meditation OS and self-observation reside. They allow us
to observe, and of our conditioning and see our internal prison.
Through this awareness, we can initiate a revolution of the known
within our minds.
Moving up to the next layer, which is smaller, we encounter
lightning meditation. Here, we find the activity monitor, helping
us identify and switch off things that drain our systems.
At the top, and smallest portion of the triad, lies exercise, food,
water, and enjoyment of your way of life. Outside, we see nature’s
code, electrical ones and zeros as in The Matrix. For example, the
colour yellow1 signifies the sun, emphasising the need to embrace
natural light because. Just as plants and animals do, we need to be
energised by that life force emanating from the sun’s energy.
These three essential elements show the path to becoming masterless
and cultivating a decentralised mind. Navigating this triad
allows us to experience peace and harmony within our bodies,
maintain good health, and relish life’s pleasures while maximising
our journey while we relish our heaven on earth. And at the core
of all three rests truth.
1See the back cover of the book for a color version of the logo
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