THOUGHTS ARE THINGS.
Let's assume I want to consciously direct myself, my life. Let's assume I want to clarify what actually drives me — and work with it.
I claim that of all the instruments available to me, thoughts are the most potent — and the most accessible. They have the power to reach into every single aspect of my existence and reshape it from the inside out.
Every single thing us humans have ever created started as a thought. The chair I'm sitting on, the building we're in, the systems that govern our economy — all of it began as patterns of thought.
We can wiggle ourselves all we want through the leaves and branches of our lives — our actions and results — but inevitably, if we wish to change the fruit, we will find ourselves back at the roots.
THE SOURCE
After twenty-five-or-so years of focusing on human consciousness, trying differing approaches has led me to the following thesis: there's a hierarchy that governs human experience.
WILL
THOUGHT
EMOTION
ACTION
RESULTS
When will is clear and I align with it, thoughts that serve arise naturally. Emotions support rather than sabotage. Actions flow rather than require force. Results accumulate rather than scatter.
SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATED LIVING
Most teaching on consciousness quietly assumes a single context: me, alone with my mind. But what stabilises easily in solitude does not automatically hold when I'm in a heated conversation, under pressure, or navigating complex social situations.
SIL maps development across expanding spheres of complexity — from my relationship with myself, through intimate relationships, into professional systems, and out into cultural participation.
A Book Written As It Develops
This is as much a journey of exploration for me as it is for anyone reading it. The text here is not a static doctrine but a methodology being built, tested, and refined in real time.