In this module, we will focus on a realistic examination of life as a perpetually changing paradigm of values. You learn that adversity the norm.  It is food for the erudition of the mind. Erudition – a big word but one that is appropriate.  It means development in knowledge.  Think of it.  You are born with a body that is fully formed.  Everything that will work is already functioning.  You really do not have to do a single thing just to live.  Of course you must feed it and rest it and use it for it to function, but its function is natural and automatic.  Look at what you know.  The mind is born empty.  Everything you know now, you put it there.  And if you do not work to get and build that knowledge, it will not be there.  Knowledge is not automatic.  I will use reason (that you already have) and judgment (that you can and will expand) to help you build that knowledge and continue building it independently and progressively.

It requires and prepares you to look at stresses less as impositions that hurt or impede your survival and more as challenges that can be used to stimulate and empower you.  First you understand it yourself, and then you display it convincingly. To be an authority in an area that is obscure, one must first understand obscurity. This will be your introduction to how and why you should build insights into life, yourself, and your place in the world. You can’t truly embrace something until you understand it. So we won’t just tell you what to do. We show you why it makes sense doing it. We see this as the building of the foundation that allows you to see yourself more analytically and see what areas you need to build or strengthen. Emotions are obscure, however. We cannot truly measure them. Yet they influence every area of your ability to act, change and react, or recover from an unhealthy state.