Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

That being said, this thin fog of foreboding – this vapored haze of hopelessness – is a
deliciously subtle one, with many people not even admitting its existence. Because we
have been led to believe that it is rational to feel powerless – unable to effectuate change
of any real significance, both in our own lives as well as in the world at large – most of us
do not even recognize the dysfunction inherent in maintaining such a belief.
Of course, there is an effective alternative available to us. And yet, how can we hope to
free ourselves of a dysfunctional mindset of which we aren’t even fully aware?
RECOGNIZING our own ADDICTION to RESIGNATION
Initially, it is important to understand that I am not speaking of resignation’s more
extreme manifestations – chronic depression, catatonic lethargy or objective
victimization. Indeed, the ways in which we freely give our personal power away are
much more varied (and equally more insidious) than those more flagrant symptoms.
We have been given the blessing of a conscious existence not merely to sow lives of great
length and reap moments of intense pleasure. No, my friends, we have – each & every
one of us – also been blessed with the power to do “small things” of Great Power. And
so, to help you identify some of the ways that you might be unknowingly abandoning this
glorious birthright, consider the following questions:
*Do you ever use the phrases “I’m only human”, “That’s life” or “That’s the way it
goes”?
*Do you believe that life has no intrinsic Meaning or that you have no vocational
Purpose?
*Do you regularly see a therapist, consult a counselor or question a life coach?
*Do you own more than one “self help” book?
*Do you believe that you — as “only one person” — cannot make a significant
difference in the world?
*Do you ever engage in “self sabotage” via poor performance, procrastination &/or
passive-aggressive provocation?
*Are you generally dissatisfied with your job? your relationship(s)? your family life?
*Does your sense of humor express itself via sarcastic comebacks or mildly selfdegrading
remarks?
*Do you get visibly angry or openly express your frustrations more than once a month?
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