Level 1: Mother Nature

Earlier, I mentioned the behaviors for my life are based on a set of “Core Beliefs”. My second highest level core belief is the concept of “Mother Nature” and her uncaring, associated enforcer: Biology! Spending time and effort to objectively understand Mother Nature and human biology led me to realize and adopt qualities that would be useful in helping me to be a WINNER in life!

As human beings we live in bodies that have extremely important requirements and limitations, in order for (our) life to sustain itself (keep living)! So, it makes sense to become aware of these requirements and limitations; and then strategically live one’s life so that the requirements are met and the limitations are avoided.

In addition, as human beings, we are MORTAL creatures as opposed to the IMMORTALITY of a “Supreme Being”! Simply put, this means we have limited lifespans ( 71 years *) and most of us need to reproduce so the race continues as a whole.

Core Beliefs

Level 1: Mother Nature

Enforced by Biology

The rules of Mother Nature are painfully enforced by human biology! Your understanding of biology directly relates to a better quality of life
Mother Nature
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Biology: Needs and Limitations

Human biology has specific needs to function properly and inherent limitations due to its evolutionary design and the constraints of biological processes.
Human Biology
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Human Reproduction

Something can be both an abstraction and a concrete reality depending on the perspective, context, and the way it is experienced or conceptualized.
Mother with Newborn
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Mortality vs Immortality

Mortality and immortality are concepts that relate to the nature of life and death. All mortal beings experience a birth, growth, aging, and eventually death.
Mortality
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Welcome to Essays From a Black Patriot! I have created this platform because I want to understand why Black Americans are not doing as well as other Americans in this country.
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Watch this Space!

Welcome to Essays From a Black Patriot! I have created this platform because I want to understand why Black Americans are not doing as well as other Americans in this country.
Coming Soon
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Core Beliefs: Mother Nature

Behaviors I adopted to be a WINNER!

So, the qualities and behaviors I adopted to be a WINNER in life are:

  1. To always remember life is much harder and less enjoyable when you are a LOSER!
  2. To realize that the things I wanted in life are in limited supply and I would have to COMPETE with others for those things! There are WINNERS and there are LOSERS!
  3. To compete, I would have to LEARN marketable skills and talents because we live in a capitalist society which means the quality of your life is highly related to the quality of your income!
  4. To overcome the narrative that because my ancestors were SLAVES, I am a VICTIM and that it is not my fault if I turn out HELPLESS, USELESS and HOPELESS!
  5. To realize the ACTIONS of people ( politicians, members of the government and media ) count 1,000 times more than their words! FOLLOW THE MONEY! They are RICH and you are NOT!
  6. To realize politicians, members of the government and media; and maybe even church leaders have a VESTED INTEREST in keeping you HELPLESS, USELESS and HOPELESS! In this way, they can have lucrative careers “PRETENDING” to help you!

These are qualities and behaviors I was then able to pass on to my children! As an aside, these are traits I should have gotten from my CULTURE!