I’ve learned to show strength
when there was weakness.
I’ve learned to lure an enemy with weakness
when there was strength.
I’ve been manipulated into someone else’s morality.
It’s the way that they say:
He’s not a tattletale.
He’s honest.
He’s kind.
He’s generous.
He’s a ‘Good Christian’.
He sacrifices for others.
It’s the way that they say anything
to get you to do what they want you to do.
It’s their own lie they plant in you.
People manipulate each other
by praising each other’s weaknesses.
When you buy into these lies
and neglect your higher duty
to not violate the moral control of others
you compromise the things and people around you
that are of that higher obligation
and there to help.
There is only one question:
What is truth?
This truth is your compass,
not the illusion presented before you.
If you know what truth is,
you will act in truth.
And what others do doesn’t matter.
It’s a game
and it’s all happening in a dreamland.
When you can think ahead 10 moves,
you’re getting good.
When you can think ahead 20 moves,
you’re an expert.
The Grandmaster see’s only one move:
the right move.
The right move is truth.
And that is always done from above.
(From a lecture by Koyote The Blind, poetically curated by Season)
