Raw Thoughts 2 : What is Autopilot to Alive ?

What is autopilot to alive? Autopilot to alive is the recognition that each and every one of us has been running and is currently running on a program, on a path, on a hamster wheel, you could say, that we are not actually in control of why we do the things we do, why we are taking on a particular job or focus, why we're deciding to marry a particular person or have children with a particular person. And not saying that, like, those things are necessarily wrong, that if we, for example, do marry or have children with a particular person when we are running on that program, that it has to be so-called bad. There is no such thing as bad or good in terms of making those choices, because in those moments, in our lives, is that we are always constantly running on these programs, and so the choices that you make, it's basically, you don't know what is the better choice, because there is no better choice, initially. Because as you are running that program, making those choices, and say, for example, you decide that you were gonna go in, like I mentioned earlier, a career direction, a certain career direction, but not because... You want to really, truly do that because you're passionate about that, because you've put in the work to see that that's actually what you want to do, and you've been in those environments that have already kind of like triggered that like curiosity and that feeling of just like fulfillment, and that's what you want to do. But instead, you were told by people that you cared about, maybe your father told you that this was a really good idea to go down this path because it gives you, you know, financial stability, is that, you know, it's really, you know, a reputable type of job where people will respect you and look up to you in your community because you have this particular job. And so you go down that road because of that. But guess what? That right there, like I said, is that in a sense, yes, it is the wrong path, as in, it will lead to being unhappy, but at the same time, it is something that you need to experience because you need to understand what is and how it looks to be the wrong path, the so-called, quote, you know, quotations, wrong path. In order for you to arrive at the right path, in order for you to actually understand that, oh, no, so because I went down this path and I listened to my parents and I listened to other people's opinions about the reason why I needed to get a job in the first place, and it's not because of fulfillment, and my heart isn't in it, and I actually extremely enjoy what I'm doing, and time kind of melts away as I'm doing it, and I could just be in that for the rest of my life because that feels like it's literally home. But instead, it's like, oh, you know, it pays the bills, you know, I got like a 401k, you know, I got my retirement, you know, I got all of these benefits and things like that, and, you know, I get lots of time to be able to do what I wanna do, and all of these different things. Um, that's not good enough. That's not really in the end, if you decide to take out a job and take out a career path with that mentality, well, eventually that's going to fall apart for you because you did not really take on something that long term is gonna satisfy you. Because at the end of the day, when the work starts to stack up, when you feel like you have less freedoms, when maybe the economy is kind of getting a little smaller and you have to budget and you have to work more in order to actually afford the things that you want, that's where things get dicey. And that's when you realize, oh shit, I made the wrong choice. And so in a sense, there is a wrong choice because the outcome is, in a sense, going to not help you grow if you stay in that, on that path. And that's where most people are, is that they believe that this path, this wrong path that they know for sure is stressing them out, it is becoming something that is an extreme burden to them, but they just, that's what they know. That's what they even went to school for. That's what they, you know, decided to study to be able to actually get a job in. And so now that they have that job, even when it's not enough to afford the cost of living anymore, they're going to remain in that job because it is easy to know the devil that you know instead of the one that you don't, because that's where things get. Troublesome. Or that's what we at least think, we at least believe that if we were to consider taking another path, if we decide to step out of the expectations of what others expect from us in how we live our own damn lives, well then we are gonna be a pariah. We are going to be ostracized. We are going to have moments where our family members, our neighbors are gonna gaslight us. They're going to even spread rumors about us because we are choosing if we decide to take the other path. And that's actually when you know that you're on the right path, is when you are actually being judged and slandered by other people. And like I, you know, it's not actually malicious. Like the people that are around you, your loved ones, even potentially your wife and even your children, they're not doing it intentionally. They're not telling you that you're not gonna be able to make it and it's unrealistic for you to think that you could build a business and leave everything that you worked for behind. You know, it's like, you didn't go to school for that, so how could you possibly be able to be good at something outside of school, you know? These things are embedded in the minds of the majority. They are in the consciousness of the collective. And that's something that, because it's so embedded, these belief systems that you, that success has to involve schooling, has to involve years of your life sitting at a desk doing all these assignments, you're getting all these exams correct because then you can actually have the marks necessary in order to move on to the next course, to be able to have the piece of paper at the end of the four or five years of all of that time put in to be able to say that you can do that thing. There's a lot more ways to be successful than that. And so autopilot is that program, is, like I said, that path that you were told by other people that it's living your life in fear. Autopilot does not mean, by any stretch of the imagination, and survival mode does not mean by any stretch of the imagination, that you are going to be poor, that somebody that has, you know, in survival mode, that they are barely scraping by and they have so many bills stacked up and it's just, you're pinching pennies and they're driving an old Honda Civic from 1962. None of that is actually how autopilot and survival mode is measured. The way that it's measured is that do you have, at the end of the day, time for yourself? Do you have time to spend with your family and to be able to do lots of extracurricular activities, to go for a month, if you want, on vacation and just spend time, quality time with the family? No, you don't. And none of, most of us do not have that. Most of us don't have those freedoms. And that's the thing. When you have the cars and the big house and you're making $100,000 to $200,000, well, $100,000 is nothing these days, $200,000, $300,000 a year, and people think on the outside that that equals rich. You are rich. You, you have made it. You have all of your expenses taken care of. You know, you, all of the, you're living the high life. Well, I'm sorry to tell you, in 2026, that is furthest from the truth. In 2026, you are still poor if you make $200,000, $300,000 a year. Because what poor actually means is that how many, at the end of the day, how much liabilities do you have in your life? Have you bought in to, um, have you bought a sports car? Have you bought a mansion? Have you bought, or, you know, a decent home, especially in this economy that's, you know, upwards of maybe even close to a million dollars, you know, and then your mortgage on top of that, property tax, and all these different things. And then on top of that, you got your student loan debt, and then you got the taxes that you have to pay, and then all these, you know, expenses like groceries and gas and this and that, and all these expenses that are coming out of your bank account. And the more money that you, the more things that you buy, the more those things take up actually more money that you have to then take out of your pocket in order to support. So if you buy that car, well, then you have to put insurance on that car. You have to get your, you know, your, um, you will pay gas for the car, maintenance for the car. And then for the house, like I said, the property tax, the mortgage, all these different things. So when you have all these things, that does not equate to you actually being rich. So autopilot and survival mode does not mean by any stretch of the imagination that you are, like, almost close to homelessness and you're living in a shack in the woods. You can be somebody. And there are many people that are living in autopilot survival mode in the middle upper class that the middle class, or I wouldn't say the lower middle class, would, would think that the people in the upper middle class are rich, but they're not. Being rich is when you can go out and you can buy a Lamborghini, and you don't even have to worry about it. You don't have to think about the price. And you can buy, right after a Lamborghini, you can buy a Range Rover, you know? And on top of that, you can then travel to Morocco or travel to Paris for a weekend. You could take a jet, and you could fly across the country for the day because you have a meeting across the country, and then you come back a couple of hours later after that meeting, flying to your destination, back to home because you have all of that ability to do so. You have freedom of movement to literally travel wherever you want, to buy whatever you want, to invest in whatever you want. And that's where this leads, that when you start to understand the differences between living on autopilot, living in survival mode, as opposed to living alive, to being able to reclaim your life, there is no competition. There is no, there is no match. It is the difference, literally, between night and day. And that when you understand that you actually have access to be alive, is that when you understand that we in this world are not just people that are supposed to work for a corporation and get a paycheck every two weeks and be able to barely support our families on this income or to have a vacation each year only, when you're able to understand that you are more than the time that you put into your job, That's where everything changes. But like I said, is that everybody, the majority, well, it is everybody, we all start with programs, and those programs limit us because they put us in a box that keeps us separate from our creativity, our understanding, and our recognition that we can do all things in Christ that strengthens us, that we can go out into that world, into this so-called terrible and unpredictable and just a life and a way of going about things that is just going to tear us down, and instead, see the world for what it actually is, and what it actually is, is a place filled to the brim with opportunity, with opportunity to literally make as much money, to make as much influence, to make as much connection and networking and change in life as possible. The only limitations that you have are the limitations that you put on yourself. And the reason why you put those limitations on yourself and the reason why you don't go out there and get it right now and realize that you can just literally create something from nothing, you can create a business from nothing, you can make passive income from nothing, it starts as an idea in your mind, and you bring it into reality by acting on it every single day. You sit at the computer every single day, and if you wanna be a video editor, if you wanna be a filmographer, if you wanna be, because the thing is, is when you do one of those things, when you start one of those things, when you start a pursuit like artistic creativity in that way, in the format of film, it's not just video editing, it leads into other things that then you can get really skilled at, and that guess what, you will get paid for. And then from there, you'll see that, oh wow, video editing isn't just the only thing that I wanna do here. We're talking about actually filmmaking, like literally using the camera to put scenes together through actual reality, and taking pictures and all of these different things, and the lighting and the audio, and being able to even create the scripts and get the right people involved, and things like that, to set up this beautiful, incredible type of film that will share a story that I want to express. Like, there are so many avenues that when you wake up to being alive, there are so many creative pursuits that you can achieve, that you can go after, that you can truly bring into reality that will change not only your life, but the lives of everybody around you. But when you're on autopilot in survival mode, you can't even think about that thing. You can't even fathom that because you're on the program. You are running this limited version of yourself that is on this hamster wheel. People can call it the rat race. And that's the reason why people go to the rat race, the reason why they stay in it, is because they only think that their program is reality. There is no expansion. It is only the program that is who you are. That is the possibilities that you have in life. That is how the world works, is that it is limited and that you will always be limited. And what I'm telling you is that I'm not saying that you are limitless when you are alive. Because when you are alive, through the lens of God, by understanding who he created you to be, it doesn't mean that, say for example, me, I can't go off and be an airplane engineer. That's not something that I'll ever be. I am terrible at math, at numbers. I can't stand numbers and thinking, counting, and, you know, looking at blueprints and all the different symbols on them and everything. That just pisses me off. So I'm never going to be that. I'm never going to amount to that profession. Because that's not my lane. Because when you come alive, my friend, is when you understand that God created you for a particular purpose, and that when you step into that purpose, when you see that there are skill sets that you are very much gifted at, naturally speaking, that when you're able to understand that, oh, these environments that I'm in right now, these types of things that I'm doing, maybe it's writing, when I'm writing, when everything is quiet and I'm able to just focus and write out my thoughts on paper, everything just kind of blurs out, and I'm able to just solely focus on that one thing. And it brings me so much, so much passion. I wonder if that same feeling was expressed by people like J.R. Tolkien or by people like J.K. Rowling. People that have created worlds from their pen. And what happened to those worlds that they created through their books? They turned into massive, insane levels of wealth and property. An intellectual property that has lasted.This lasted the test of time. And I would even say that they are like billionaires or close to million- like close to the higher end of millionaires. And it was because they chased their passion. They understood who they were and they went after it. They decided to make sacrifices for it because they knew who they were. Because at the end of the day, people that are alive, they know who they are, what they want, and how to get there. But those people also understand another thing, is that everything that is worth something in this life does not come easy. It is not instant reward, instant gratification, instant pleasure-seeking bullshit. That does not exist. And for us to believe and to take in constantly this information of being on our phones constantly, being able to buy anything online, being able to just play video games 24/7, being able to have any, even take out loans that we don't even have the money to pay back, all these different things that they give us this false, this false understanding that everything that we need right now, we can get instantly. And once we have it, we're totally fine and it's just instant gratification, instant satisfaction. It's all about being happy. It's all about just like right now feeling the pleasure, going after that thing, and enjoying it and just staying in it as long as possible. If you think that, if you instill that into your next generation, into your children's children, into your own minds and the people around you, You are going to be the definition of idiocracy in this life. You are gonna be poor, you are gonna be dependent on other people constantly. You are going to doubt yourself throughout your entire life. You are gonna be in so much mental torment and shame and constant comparing to other people, and always feeling like you got nothing left in the tank because you don't, because you're working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, working for a corporation that does not care about you because the only value that you bring to the market is the value of time. That's it. That's what you are going to be living if you decide to continue down that path. And you might not even be aware of where you are right now, but that's the beauty about being human, is that we can actually think ahead and be able to see what it is we need to do in order to get the results that we want. But, and here's the key, and this is where and how we go from autopilot survival mode to alive, is that it is not a mindset shift. It is not by thinking positive and thinking that all you gotta do is just start believing that you will be able to make a million dollars and then eventually you'll be able to do it. Doesn't work that way. You think you want better relationships? Well, you just start thinking positively or you try to envision what your girlfriend's gonna look like and what kind of hair she has and the type of pants that she usually wears that she's interested in or the type of interest she has, whatever, and then she's gonna fucking spawn out of nowhere. Doesn't happen. There's no such thing as manifestation of you just thinking it's gonna happen and then it's gonna happen. The only reason why that philosophy is popular is because it gives people false hope that all you gotta do is sit on your ass and just think positive and then be able to have everything you've ever desired. Doesn't happen. The only way it actually happens, there is actually manifestation. It does exist in a certain context. And the way that it exists is through your nervous system, is that you are living on autopilot, you are living in survival mode because deep down, you believe that you are not good enough, that you don't have the potential, that you don't have any actual ability to make it in this life, to do different things and to create wealth for yourself. You have to, in your eyes, depend on corporations and the government in order to actually survive. Not just, not even close to even thriving, but I mean, just believing that you need to work for a corporation and work for a boss that gives you a paycheck every two weeks, that gives you that reassurance that you're gonna be okay every two weeks because outside of that, you would be terrified. You would literally think that you were gonna go homeless in a second, the moment that you quit your job. And guess what? I'm not gonna say that that isn't true because your nervous system, like I said, is that you have to be ready. You have to be ready in order to step into the unknown. And most people are not ready because most people have been running on the program. It all comes back to the program. And the program, this has scientific, logical basis in reality. It turns out that your nervous system is actually taking in information constantly from your environment. And because of it taking in information from your environment constantly, it then starts to perceive and see the world as either safe or dangerous. And most people look out into the world and that they have seen their parents growing up and their neighborhoods, and they are reminded time and time again through the community, through the school system, through the beliefs that were passed down from generation to generation, that you do not succeed either. The only way to succeed is to go to school. To go to school is to listen to the teacher at the front of the fucking class. And the teacher is gonna tell you what to believe, what is right and what is wrong. You don't get to ask questions. You don't get to look in a different way of solving a problem. There is only one way to solve that problem. And all you have to do is sit down, shut your fucking mouth and do your work so you can get that grade to be able to put on that test. And so your teacher will then see that you are smart. You have the capability to do this work, to sit in your chair, to be a good little boy or girl, and stop talking and be very obedient so we can control your mind and your thoughts and your actions. That is the type of belief system, the type of existence that most people are living in and have been programmed by since the very beginning. The moment that they step through those doors in that prison, which for some reason every school seems to look like a prison with concrete walls or cement, is that that is when they lose their critical thinking. That is where they lose their creativity. That is where the spark is drained from them and they no longer think about being imaginative and going after things that seem weird and strange and out of nowhere. So with all of that put on top of us, that is how we are constantly inundated, not only in school, what I just mentioned, but also in the home life. Your parents were told time and time again that you don't express emotion, that you don't share that you are having an off day, that you have to pretend that everything is always fine, and that to be smart is to bottle up all your emotions and all your vulnerability and all your difficulties and say and pronounce to everybody around you that I have everything under control. I am powerful. I am all these different things. I am capable. I'm a man, for example. Men are told that, oh yeah, you don't have to show vulnerability. You don't have to tell anybody that you are actually having difficulties and that sometimes you're actually like feeling like you're drowning and that you can't even keep up. You can't say that. That's not being a man. That's not being in control. That's not actually having the willpower and the actual discipline. You have to pretend like you have everything put together. That's actually what it means to be a man. How fucking backward is that? How insane is that? But we perpetuate that time and time again, and it just leads to more men, more women too, being totally dependent or shut down or totally numb and on autopilot to life. Because autopilot to life is very complex, but at the same time, very simple. It's that the way to move forward is first by admitting and seeing that you are on autopilot, that you are in survival mode, that you are fucking poor and that not only poor financially, but physically, that you are poor spiritually, that you are just trying to scrape by in all areas of life. And the worst and the biggest enemy that you ever have in your life is the doubt, the doubt that you believe that you're not in that at all. You're in denial. That's what that is. You are in denial because I know it's difficult to admit that you have been living on a program and that you have not actually had control over your life and that you are in a place right now where the decisions that you've let that led up to this point in your life has been because of your mistakes. But I'm not saying that those mistakes were bad. These mistakes were necessary in order for you to be where you are now, because without those mistakes, like I said at the very beginning of this, is that you would not have the true awareness and understanding of the actual path forward. Just look at the prodigal son, the Bible and the prodigal son, the story of the prodigal son. That's it for me on this one, guys. Until the next one, this was Raw Thoughts Part 2. God Bless Fuckers! 🔥 Want to Go Deeper?

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