Actual illustration from the operation manual for IBM 5160 Personal Computer (1984) “KARMA POLICE, ARREST THIS MAN. HE TALKS IN MATHS, HE BUZZES LIKE A FRIDGE. HE'S LIKE A DETUNED RADIO.” – “KARMA POLICE” BY RADIOHEAD Right about the same time that I had run out of extra work, our class was set to participate in another group activity. There was one area of the room that I had yet to be introduced: computers. Now, at this time in the mid 1980s, computers were not quite ubiqui

My Meta Life in Tron “IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH I WAS TOLD WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN. NOW I'VE REACHED THAT AGE I'VE TRIED TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS THE BEST I CAN.” – “GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES” BY LED ZEPPELIN After spending so much time in front of the computer, I had successfully synchronized my brain wave patterns with an absolute system of logic, rules, and infallible functions. My brain was clean from incurring any possible externally-sourced bias or imbalanced. The more time t

Illustration by Alex Grey 7-Year Switch “ONE’S AMBITION, ATTITUDE, AND MOTIVATIONS ARE DETERMINED EARLY IN LIFE—THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS TO BE PRECISE. MAKING CHANGES LATER IN LIFE TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS (REWIRING YOUR BRAIN), WHICH IS PROGRAMMED IN THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS, TAKES A TON OF EFFORT AND SELF-AWARENESS.” – DR. BRUCE LIPTON Up until the age of 7, children are primarily building upon their theta-state consciousness. This is the source of our subconscious programming contai

Critical Resolution “SOMETHING TELLS ME I’M GAMING. ONE LEVEL UP, PLAYING THE NEXT. EYES ABOUT AND EARS WITHIN ME. FILLING UP THE BOOKS WITH CHECKS.” – “YOU, ME, AND GABRIEL” BY JD STAHL One of the greatest difficulties that I faced as a child was to overcome the incessant stimulation of my own senses. Quite often, it was very easy for me to get distracted by my environment. The strong connection that I was able to maintain to my innocence caused me to be incredibly sensitive

Individuated Energy Production (IEP) “BUT IF WE UNDERSTAND ANYTHING OF THE UNCONSCIOUS, WE KNOW THAT IT CANNOT BE SWALLOWED. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO SUPPRESS IT, BECAUSE THE UNCONSCIOUS IS LIFE AND THIS LIFE TURNS AGAINST US IF SUPPRESSED, AS HAPPENS IN NEUROSIS. CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DO NOT MAKE A WHOLE WHEN ONE OF THEM IS SUPPRESSED AND INJURED BY THE OTHER. IF THEY MUST CONTEND, AT LEAST LET IT BE A FAIR FIGHT WITH EQUAL RIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES. BOTH ARE ASPE

Another Degree of Difficulty (ADD) “THIS IS HOW I SHOW MY LOVE. I MADE IT IN MY MIND BECAUSE...BLAME IT ON MY ADD, BABY. THIS IS HOW AN ANGEL DIES. BLAME IT ON MY OWN SICK PRIDE. BLAME IT ON MY ADD, BABY.” – “SAIL” BY AWOLNATION The more that I allowed myself to be consumed by the unlimited number of possible human variables, the word revealed itself to be much stranger than I had previously believed it to be. There didn't seem to be anywhere that I could stop analyzing and e