Wooden Boy. Real Boy.
No others words paint this picture more clearly than Pinocchio. To be Wooden is a mimic, a mockup, a fake. A cheap knock off.
The most important lesson in Pinocchio was “Learn.”
Knowledge is The Real Boy. If you don’t know, you’re Guessing and everyone who Knows knows it. To those who Know, the Fakers look like Fools and they’re not Fooling anyone.
When I built Community Gaia, I had several people ask me and advise me about Patents, Trademarks, IP Law, Copyrights… I laughed.
“Let them!” I said. “If a Wooden Boy thinks they can replicate the work of an Ashavana… Let them. It will give me a great example with which to use in my Teachings of why “Fake by Cheaters” doesn’t cut it. And then I’ll thank them for the Content.”
Not to mention the World can easily look up those who I have Certified and Authorized with my Standard in Forum and Market, so then the World will know who is Behaving like The Cheater and The Liar and The Fake… and who is the Real Boy.
Mimic + Mirror + Repetition Response
All Apprentices Mimic. It is how we learn. The “Wooden Boy” or “Oasis” occurs when you think you’re a Real Boy when you’re a Mimicking Apprentice.
The Tradesmen is the greatest offender of this. A Tradesmen — too often — falls victim to Relief and Function of Integrated Learning, but without the Knowledge.
Integrated Learning is when your Practice becomes Integrated so you become Proficient at Mimic. The Intuition adopts the Mimic, but there is Zero Understanding — Knowledge — with the behavior.
Masters would ask the Tradesmen, “Can you explain how you’re doing it simply?”
If they cannot, then they are haven’t learned. They may be highly proficient at the Doing. But until they can explain it Simply, they do not know.
The day the Tradesmen can finally explain How they do what they do Simply is the day they become an Apprentice Master and also, an Apprentice Teacher. This is when they may begin Teaching others.
Masters have Style. Masters are Authors. Masters do not at all Mimic. The Knowledge of knowing when you are a Mimic is Student. The Ignorance of not knowing that you are a Mimic is a Delusion. That is the Wooden Boy living in the Oasis.
It is not the Mimic that is the problem, but the Self-Delusion and False Belief that you are an Author, when — in fact — you are a copy cat.
Vigilance. Constant Vigilance and Awareness of this point is the only thing that will keep you out of the Wooden Boy’s Oasis.
You drop your guard on this, and you will end up in the Oasis. That is when Harm comes to others at your hand.
A Master — if the Wooden Boy even permits a Master — can guide the Wooden Boy away from the Oasis. In fact, that is exactly what a Master is for. To Role Model Mastery so the Wooden Boy can be reminded what A Master is. And when the Master tells the Wooden Boy “You are a Real Boy” then, and only then are you a Real Boy.
My Master was Plato. I did not have this moment. I had to utilize a different approach. I notice Logical Fallacy in Plato and Socrates. And then I noticed another Logical Fallacy. And then another. When I could see the Flaws of Plato, I realized this was because I had surpassed him.
I double, triple, and quadruple checked my work. I was scared. Was I really challenging Plato? I felt humbled. I felt protective of Plato. I did not want to dishonor him. I used everything else above — the ability to explain simply — my own Authoring of New Content far beyond anything ever conceptualized before — Working Invention and the Honorable Submission of my 0wn Students who were Professionals at the height of their Vocation — before I realized I had in fact, surpassed my Master.
“If Plato was a Philosopher and a Master, and I had surpassed Plato, then I was a Philosopher and a Master.”
Then — and only then — did I permit myself to be called a Philosopher and — after 32 Years, I left the Instruction of my Master.
I was Independent.
Premature Independence
Premature Independence is the Wooden Boy’s bane.
Premature Independence : When a Student leaves the Master’s Instruction and Guidance too soon and underprepared, resulting in failures, problems, struggles, mistakes, and severe losses with High Risk. Low Quality is common. False Information is undetected. Truth is compromised. And an inability to solve basic problems is prevalent. Distrust is the primary reason for Premature Independence, which is a core symptom of Distrust.
A person who was raised with Disrupted Learning in their Foundational Ethics will never learn Trust. As a result, Premature Independence is common.
These Distrustful individuals will then grow on to struggle through all of life. When a Master does come into their Life, they will reject all further Instruction, leave lessons incomplete, and continue to reject learning due to the Distrust of Premature Independence.
Much like the child who left the home before they could even walk, the Premature Independent will crawl through life, unable to stand — believing they can’t stand — and refusing to trust anyone. Premature Independence creates a common Catch-22 that results in a Failure Cycle with Distrust at its center.
To break this Cycle, Trust, and Self-Honesty. The Individual must accept that they are not Mature enough — Educated enough — to be Independent and a Master Teacher is required.
Why? Because the Core Lesson a Master teaches is “How to be Independent,” which is the one Lesson the Student never received due to Premature Independence.
What You Need For Your Independence
You must be able to :
- Secure your own Quality of Data
- Assess your own Teacher Qualifications (See below)
- Know the Sequence of Learning
- Know the Knowledge Nuggets
- Build Your Own Equation
- Apply Scientific Method Accurately
- Locate your Own Resources
If you cannot do these seven things, then you are not ready to be Independent. You will struggle and fail.
Teacher Assessment Criteria
Can you Teach me?
- Can you measure Knowledge?
- Can you measure the Quality of Data?
- Do you know the Nutritional Nuggets?
- Do you know The Logical Sequence?
- Can you explain it Simply and Clearly?
- Can you identify my own placement in the learning Queue?
- Can you determine the Prerequisites I require before studying with you?
If a Person cannot answer these questions — Simply and Clearly — then they are not qualified to teach you. If they ever say, “well, it’s Complicated,” then they are not qualified to teach you. A qualified Teacher knows the difference between Complex, Simple, and Complicated and they do not confuse the three. And if something is Complex, then they know how to Simplify it. That is the point.
“Of course it’s Complex! That’s the whole point! Simplifying the Complex!? That’s what Teachers do! They are the people who have Mastered something so proficiently that they can simplify the Complex for a Student’s easy Comprehension! That is the entire purpose of The Teacher.”
If the Teacher does not know this and if the Teacher cannot do this then…? What are they doing?
See what I mean?
Let’s Reverse It
Teachers. We Do Not Teach People… Unless…
If A Student Wants To Learn, Then… :
- They will keep an open mind and ask questions only to resolve their Broken Logic.
- They will Listen to Receive more than anything else because they Trust their Mind to work Naturally.
- They will respect you. No matter what and in every case because they Value the Knowledge you have and what you can give them.
- They Value the Importance of Knowledge and they Know they cannot get it anywhere else.
- They don’t give up. They work through their own problems.
- They never challenge you for Power.
- They Value Truth above all else.
If a student offers to teach you, if they challenge you, if they question to Dominate you… This is not Learning. This is a submissive trying to Top from the Bottom. As a BDSM Mistress, I have a lot to say about this. (See my other book “Yes, Mistress.”)
Malnourishment Message Transference
This is a Fascinated Study. In Linguistics, there is something called “The Rebus Principle.” This is when a Symbol represents a Sound to communicate a meaning. Like “Eye” for “I.”
Freud — And this is the only time you will see me referring to Freud as a Professional — talks a lot on Dream Interpretations and this was a very astute observation he made. That The Subconscious Mind “speaks” in Rebus. Yes. Yes, it does.
But not just in Dreams.
A Man who craves or desires Large Breasts in a woman may be Malnourished and thus seeks the Origin of Nourishment. Not because he craves “Mother’s Milk,” but rather the Nourishment associated with that Time Period. 100% of all Addictions are Rebus for Nourishment or Freedom (Control Over Self).
The Narcissist who seek Power? Rebus for seeking Safety.
Rebus Comprehension is Mandatory for Understanding and Translating The Subconscious Mind.
Fear of 3rd Party Prejudice
This was a Phobia I felt in me deep for a long time. Fear of Being Judged by others who refused to hear the Whole of my Story. Fear of Being Judged by others who failed to Understand me. Fear of Being Judged by others who refused to start my Story.
How much of someone’s Story do we have to hear before we can make a Judgement or Decision about them?
Are we ever done with our Story?
At what point should you distance yourself from someone because you’ve made an Assessment and you’ve decided to keep yourself Safe?
At what point is “Too Soon?”
At what point are you over exposed to someone unhealthy all because you didn’t want to be Prejudice, but now you’re feeling Mentally Sick from the Exposure?
What points do you need to hear (and tell of your own Story) that make up the Summation of an Individual’s Character?
Is this why we should simply just… Never Judge others?
Living in Fear of a 3rd Party Prejudice shapes the majority — all? — of the decisions we make. At what point do we need to cut people off to preserve our own Health?
