If this was a website about fishing then success would mean something else – the number of fish you can catch. A successful person would be one who can catch lots of fish.

Donald Trump is a success because he is able to perform actions that make him a lot of money. This website would be a success if it could perform some action that would make it a lot of money.

Your statement about ‘look within yourself for answers” is interesting. That is from Star Wars right? Luke tells Vader to “Search your feelings, father. You can’t do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.” Vader replies, “It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now.”

It is too late for me, I cannot simply search myself for truth. I was able to do that when I was 5 years old. Now it is too late…I must seek the truth elsewhere. The world and all its people are my master now.

On what basis is Donald Trump anymore successful then you or I? Have you ever met Donald Trump and gotten to know his character and how he feels about his life? Is his life experience anymore interesting, satisfying or important than ours? Does he experience joy and happiness more than we do? Who knows, for me, he’s just an image on TV. I’ve never met the guy and I’m not going to try to emulate or respect his lifestyle or value his opinion anymore than I would that of my neighbors. In fact, I’d value my neighbor’s opinion more because I can met him face-to-face and speak to him directly. I’d like to speak to Donald Trump directly so I can get to know him and listen to his thoughts as I’m sure he has some unique insights, but so far in my life Donald Trump is just an image that’s presented to me via producers, publishers and scriptwriters. I don’t know the real Donald Trump nor anything about his life or his personal insights. Like you said in one of your previous posts, Mickey Mouse is a great character, but at the end of the day, he’s just a regular guy in a suit.

Look within yourself for answers. Forget these “heros” and supposedly “great” men that are presented in front of you to emulate and worship. By respecting an image on TV or a character in a book we’re no different than the primitives who bow in the face of an idol doll that the priests lift above their heads.

Setting goals is good – it helps. Donald Trump also believes in setting goals and he is a very successful person. Of course you can claim that Donald is a mouthpiece but that does not change the fact that he sets goals and is successful.

Unless you are claiming that setting goals has no benefits then I do no see what your argument is. Are you claiming that setting goals has no value and that it is simply a tool by ‘those in control’ to control the people? By setting goals you become a sheep of the master Shepard. If this is your claim then all I can say is, riiiiiiiiiight (as I roll my eyes).

For example, let’s assume a newly hired professor at a university starts giving world class lectures. He recites the greatest poetry, instantly quotes the greatest people and spouts off detailed scientific facts with ease, and anytime he’s asked a question he answers it perfectly. It’s reasonable to assume that this professor would gain quite the reputation and people would gather from far and away to hear this great man speak. His ability and the shear brilliance of his lectures will automatically bring him influence and respect. He could and would then use that respect to forward political and philosophical ideas and since he’s respected, people would consider and perhaps agree with his philosophies and political opinions, just on the basis of the fact that he appears intelligent on so many other topics. Now, lets assume that it’s found out that he actually had an earphone in this ear the whole time and that he had a staff of orators, speechwriters and scientists all with access to wikipedia feeding him data and answers the whole time. What are we to think of this great professor now, once this information is revealed. Sure the scientific facts he quoted and the poems he recited we all factual and interesting but it’s nothing special once we find out that he just got them from wikipedia through his earphone. And moreoever, what do we make of his philosophies and political ideas, the ones he started spewing off after his trickery gained him respect and fame. Are we still to respect and revere those ideas as those of a great mind? Would it not be wise to discard those philosophies or at least re-examine them in light of the fact that he was neither brilliant nor trustworthy?

I submit that Ariestoteles is more than likely a mouthpiece as in the example above. And since the information that is being presented under his name is being forwarded by deceptive people, it should be viewed with caution, skepticism and critical thinking.

I think a more likely scenario is that there is no such thing as a super human with all these capabilities whose much smarter and better organized than the rest of us. Perhaps, there existed a priesthood in Aristotle’s day that already had this information and decided that they wanted to dish some of it to the masses, whom they call the “its”. But of course, wishing to remain hidden they simply wrote under a pseudonym and/or selected one of their orphan boys to dish out the info under the guise of a superhuman philosopher. Since the priests knew that they were living in the age of Aries and they gave this character the name “Aries-toteteles”, the speaker of Aries.

With this method, the priests accomplished several things. Firstly, they dished out the info that they deemed the its (the masses, the sheep) should have, secondly, they remained hidden and out of public view and scrutiny and thirdly, they could prop up one it (sheep, slave) and make the other its feel small and insignificant because they weren’t as smart and this super brain that wrote all these books.

Another thing that the priests could do is trick us into working harder. Instead of us just relaxing in the Sun eating fruit and watching the waves the priests convinced us that we must have a “goal” in life and that we must do something. The priests wanted to get the its off their asses to start working and “accomplish” some “goal”. After all, look at all the great books Aristotle wrote just because he had “goals” in life. The priests simply dished out this crap about goals just to get us to work harder and feed the system that was supporting the priesthood and their extravagant lifestlye. It’s a brilliant trick, especially if your dumb enough to fall for it.