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The Boot Camp

It is the nature of men to fight one another. That is not going to change soon. One way or another, each of us has to compete and fight for survival. Mother Nature has created this planet and its organization of life and she has made sure that we were left with plenty of reasons to argue, bicker and fight about. We compete for space, water, food, love, power… anything that we perceive as necessary and/or desirable.

Life is challenging us to some kind of extreme. Notwithstanding the environment you have to live in, your human role is to strive for harmony. When your classes are over, if you have succeeded in understanding this basic principle and applied it to the best of your knowledge and abilities, you will have succeeded.

Life is not unlike a boot camp. The supreme authority has willfully created a school where a human's talents are on trial. During his life, man is submitted daily to numerous difficulties that he is asked to solve the best he can. Some will have more on their syllabus. Some will evolve one way while others will progress in another. Nobody is given the very same task or the same test at the same time. We live for ourselves alone. In a way, every other human being can only be seen as an accessory to one's life. Nobody can live my life on my behalf and it is the same for you. No delegation and no cheating is possible.

Our Master has made sure that nobody escapes the camp. Better abide by the policy than look for a way around. Playing by the rules is the only way to attract happiness. The difficulties lie in the fact that these rules are not written in a plain language. Yet they will be explained when required. Stay alert and keep listening.