Ramblings

On selling yourself.
The rock band Kiss have been criticized for being abashedly commercial whores. Love them or hate them, they are one of the most successful rock bands ever. They lack the depths of many of the bands from the late sixties but if you consider them as entertainers more than as artists, they make more sense. Artists can only sacrifice their pride so much. Entertainers are whores. But then I have a special place in my heart for whores.
Advertising yourself is an art form in and of itself. I think it's the way of nature. Nature is always advertising. The peacock's brilliant feathers is a grand advertising example: Sex sells.

Most people are emotionally and sensationally simple, devastatingly simple. It takes a lot of training to become emotionally and sensationally sophisticated. Takes years of practice. They're so easily swept away by sensationalism. The most vigilant of us are constantly lured by so many signals...even if we don't follow them, we are sufficiently distracted. And while we're distracted, we are duped by sleight of hand techniques by politicians, con-artists, marketers, media....

I think you have to change yourself constantly in this world. Stop that and you will not get far in this world. It's okay not to get far, but for some of us it's really painful.
Gandhi said, be the change you want to see in the world.
I think to accomplish miracles, you have to become a miracle. Everyone is special enough to every once in a while cause some miracle to happen. But a truly miraculous person can consistently produce miracles.
And further, I think if you truly integrate all the multi-dimensional selves, then I think you will go into the effortless flow state. And that's how you become a miracle. To flow with the whole movement of existence. A force of nature. All these words and teachings are cluing us in. Heed to them.
A miraculous person is child-like, supple, subtle, sublime, powerful and loving, integrated, knows himself intimately, flows unobstructed, is like a dancing star.