Our internal tyrants

Blazing Reader,

While at The People's Reset in Morelia, Mexico, I finally purchased a book that's long been on my reading list, The Conscious Resistance Trilogy. It was co-written by the conference's organizer Derrick Broze.

I started reading it as my flight home took off the runway and I was immediately engrossed in its holistic approach to freedom. Here's just a snippet:

“In the following pages, we propose that it is not only humanity’s physical struggles for freedom that should be studied but also our daily internal struggle for freedom. We believe there is a vastly deeper and extremely personal 'fight' for freedom taking place every moment. This is the internal struggle, the mental battle, the war waged between our desire for our 'higher good' and our doubts and self-imposed limitations perpetuated by our internal tyrants. It is on this field where humanity’s greatest war is fought.

“Due to our research and experience we have come to the conclusion that it is essential and necessary to challenge and expose the physical manifestations of power. Equally important is our ability to face and challenge our doubts, fears, insecurities, and pain.

“No matter how hard and long humans try to establish a freer world, we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes of the past if we cannot conquer our inner demons. Poverty, corrupt governments, environmental degradation, and wars are manifestations of our inner struggles, and the fact that we allow these travesties to carry on shows we are a species in need of deep healing. Until that healing takes place, humanity will be ripe for control by an external source or 'leader,' and, in fact, people will continue to beg for that control.

“It is with this thought in mind that The Conscious Resistance was born. 'Consciously resisting’ means being willing to engage in self-reflection. We believe without knowing our doubts, hopes, fears, dreams, insecurities, and strengths, we cannot truly know what freedom means to us as individuals.”

You can purchase The Conscious Resistance Trilogy here.

—John C.A. Manley

PS On the subject of inner freedom, self-reflection, and internal tyrants, on May 30, my wife Ina Backbier is co-leading a three-day workshop in the Netherlands (my new home) where attendees are coached in emotional repression inquiry. Find out more in this short video.

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona, All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of philosophical fiction that are "so completely engaging that you find yourself alternately laughing, gasping, hanging on for dear life." Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber.