I’ve met anti-everythings my whole life, people who oppose individuals and ideologies they don’t believe in and resent them for their wrongdoings. They take sides, start wars, destroy livelihoods. They are in control of their own lives, they have strong opinions, they answer to no one…or do they?
Let’s look at a story with clear vision.
There’s a lion who hates a tiger’s way of living. The lion is prideful about the way he takes care of his family, he’s the strongest and therefore entitled to the liver (The most nutritious part of the prey.) He looks at the tiger and sees a loafer, a loner, someone not worthy of taking care of his family. The lion is on the path to becoming master of himself, STRIVING for the destiny that awaits him. The tiger is a slave, to sloth, to greediness, at least in the eyes of the lion. When the tiger goes south the lion goes north. When the tiger goes west, the lion goes east. The tiger eats, the lion fasts. The tiger rests, the lion prowls. The tiger is celibate, the lion gets with the lioness.
In this mythical world where these two species coexist there comes a day when the lion spots the tiger stalking an area full of prey so he tells his pride of lions that they must hunt somewhere else. The lioness tells him that there is enough for all, but the lion will have none of it. They leave and allow the tiger to have the surplus.
The tiger hunts the prey down and while eating the liver looks at the lions and says to himself, “Hmm, didn’t know there were any lions in this area.”
Spoken like a true master.
How could you possibly be the master of yourself if the thing you oppose dictates your every move! You’re worse than a regular slave. You’re a blind one. An individual that strives will never be because striving is a state in and of itself. An infinite state of never being, an infinite state of dissatisfaction and unfulfillment. Only people who sit still and embody who they are realize that they’ve always been masters.Like the mystic Osho once said, “A master is never born out of effort. Only slaves try to become masters. A master is simply a master.”
