You came from dust.

To dust, you shall return.

Today is Ash Wednesday. If you don’t have any plans for later, then get thee to a church. Take communion. Pray and repent.

If you manage that and you’re still looking for something to do, then come join me.

I’m running a call later today for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

I came across this gem of a meme from the female side of Facebook. Paraphrasing:

Man: Ever since the MeToo stuff, I have to be so vigilant with what I say.

Woman: I’ve been using my keys to make Wolverine claws while walking alone since I was 12, but tell me more about your thing.

Ah, ladies – they can be so adorable, can’t they?

A few reflections from this dashing chauvinist for any fine women who come across this:

Firstly, that’s a terrible self-defence strategy. Keys are going to hurt you more than it hurts them. I recommend pepper spray. If we’re talking improvised weapons, a pen in the hands of someone who knows how to use it is enough.

If you don’t know how to use it, then a gun or knife is worse than nothing. It just gives adversaries a weapon to use against you.

Secondly, you want to play the weird, out-of-content escalation game? Well, you win – no man would be petty enough to do this to you.

Woman: Upper management is such a boys club. I just can’t break through the glass ceiling, you know?

Men: Men account for about 90% of workplace fatalities but, sure, let’s talk about your thing.

If your go-to move is to dismiss valid concerns by leaping to unrelated extremes, keep in mind Sagittarius-A* is a supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy that will devour virtually every star in the sky. There will come a time when the earth will fade away, heaven will fade away and only the Word will remain.

And you want to talk about how oppressed you feel?

But thirdly – and this is the big one – why do they feel so uneasy with a good man on their arm?

Even a decent man will escort his woman down the safer streets, keep an eye out for dangers, steer her away from dodgy dudes and, if it comes down to it, fight, lose and maybe even die just to give her the chance to get away safely.

(I wonder how many women think I’m exaggerating. “None of my boyfriends would have done that!” That’s likely incorrect; if it’s true, then you have horrible taste in men.)

If thugs target lone women – cos sexism or cos they’re easy targets – then a woman with a man on her arm isn’t a target. If thugs are still willing to go after them, then this isn’t an issue of men vs women, but of criminals vs decent people.

The man on a woman’s arm is the best weapon to protect her. It’s a deterrent, it’s a shield and it’s an advanced threat detection system.

… oh?

What’s that?

You don’t have a man on your arm?

For some women out there, that’s because of the MeToo movement. Funny how shrieking about how all men are scum and you ate being approached means men stop approaching you…

Alright, ladies, you can stop reading now. Back to whatever kitchen or book club you’re late for.

Gentlemen:

No one will appreciate you – that’s a given. If you actually die to save a woman in your life, you’re more likely to leave her confused or surprised than grateful.

But that won’t stop you doing it anyway.

You might not get much gratitude for your efforts, but you don’t have to do it alone either.

I’m running a call on Ash Wednesday for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

I was chatting with a bloke the other day – a fellow Christian – talking about my plans for Lent.

I asked him if he had any plans too.

Looking back on it, maybe that’s a personal question. “Oh, yeah, I plan to stop choking the chicken, thanks for asking.”

So that’s one explanation for his response of… “eh, I don’t really do that”.

Apparently, the Christian tradition he followed growing up didn’t have a liturgical calendar. They celebrated Christmas and Easter, then treated every other day the same.

And my first reaction was…

So?

This is an excuse to give something up! To fight against your own sins and embrace your own virtues! Who wouldn’t want that?

Then I remembered how human nature works. I’m the weirdo here.

I dunno. Maybe I get excited by chances to be better because I’m coming from such a lowly place. Maybe I’m eager to fight sin because I have so much of it; eager to embrace virtue like a man in a desert embracing water.

If he already has his spiritual life sorted – like some sort of holy gigachad – then I can see how Lent would just be yet another 40 days.

If you’re not already enlightened to the point where you glow in the dark?

I’m running a call on Ash Wednesday for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

Cravings are funny things.

Sometimes I crave cauliflower and sometimes I crave pizza.

Sometimes I crave zoning out in front of trashy TV and sometimes I crave prayer.

It’s the same word each time.

And it’s a similar feeling. Except it isn’t. It’s a subtle difference, but it’s unmistakable. When I crave something that’s good for me, it hits differently.

It’s different when I ignore the craving, too. A bad craving tends to flare up, feeling so intense and then fading quickly. Wholesome cravings simmer in the background, getting stronger until I satisfy them.

Maybe you can relate.

Or maybe you can’t. Some folks feel good and bad cravings the same way – or they think they do. And some never crave anything that’s good for them – or they think they don’t.

Whatever the case, reflecting on how you crave things can only help for Lent.

I’m running a call on Ash Wednesday for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

One of the happiest periods of my life was around my high school exams.

Freed from the grind of going from class to class, my time was my own. I only had to come into school for an hour every day or two for an exam. I didn’t mind – I enjoyed it.

The rest of the time, I was supposed to be studying. I was smart enough to not need to, though.

(Book smart, not real-world smart.)

So that meant most of my days involved going to the beach and playing video games.

It made going into school a lot simpler. Instead of needing to bring my textbooks, notebooks, homework, water bottle, lunch, pencil case, hat and umbrella, all I needed was a pencil, eraser and a calculator.

I took them in an A4 plastic sleeve. I didn’t even need a backpack.

And while I was walking around school, a younger boy tried to bully me for that. He tried to make fun of my poor substitute for a backpack.

I just laughed in his face. Yeah, it was a poor substitute. Because I didn’t need the real thing. He tried to make me feel bad for having 23 hours of the day to myself, day after day for weeks on end.

Somehow, his scathing cruelty didn’t penetrate my cold heart.

That’s how I feel whenever anyone ridicules Christianity. If someone says it isn’t right for them, then whatever. But if someone says it isn’t right for me?

I laugh in their face.

No, you have to do better than that to bully me. Here’s a hint: if you want someone to feel bad, go after their vulnerabilities, not their strengths.

Speaking of strengths:

I’m running a call on Ash Wednesday for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

Only a bro knows what it’s like to lose children not through death but because their mother grew bored of you.

Only a bro knows what it’s like to comfort someone moaning about how they stubbed their toe, while your arm is torn to ribbons, leaking vital fluids and hanging from a thread. It never occurs to you to complain – what good would that do? Besides, you have things to do. The pain can wait.

Only a bro knows what it’s like to hear that you’re a weak, monstrous burden, while fatherless families implode across the West.

Only a bro knows what it’s like to believe lies about your nature and then be ridiculed when your mental health collapses. Women have been lied to about femininity just as much as men have been lied to about masculinity. But when the rotten foundations collapse for them, they get support. When it collapses for you, you’re left with nothing but aching thoughts and a home filled with weapons.

Because anything can be a weapon if used wrong.

Men, you’ve always had it tough. That’s not a problem – you like it that way.

But things are different now.

For one thing, there’s no appreciation for your efforts. You toil hard in construction sites or keep a cool head in the office – even so, you have hysterical losers shrieking “do we even need men???”

It wouldn’t take much – a kind word a month would keep you going. So if you’re starved for appreciating, it must be really bad.

For another thing, your sacrifices don’t amount to much. You’d find it easier to toil in the woods for 12 hours a day than pointlessly rearrange PowerPoint slides for six. When your work matters, you can work miracles.

When was the last time it did?

That’s why I’m looking forward to Lent.

If you give up something for the 40 days leading up to Easter, it means something. It’s an imitation of Christ. Your experiences will only bring you closer to God.

And you know He – a being of infinite gratitude – will appreciate it.

That’s why I’m running a call on Ash Wednesday for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

We’re less than a week from Ash Wednesday.

Do you have Lent plans?

If you’re giving something up – and any excuse to do that is a good one – how do you think that’ll go?

I’m running a call on Ash Wednesday for us men to hang out, enjoy some brotherhood and learn some useful skills for this time of year. And all the other times too. Specifically, you’ll learn:

• how to use an overrated mental health “technique” (associated with decreased remorse and impulse control) to pop sinful desires,
• why treating Lent as a business plan might be your best approach,
• zoning out for fun and profit,
• the neurological condition – which you can learn – that automatically brings your intentions and actions into better alignment,
• why visualisations are for suckers and what to do instead.

If any of that sounds useful – or you just want to hang out for a while – then join at the link below.

https://christianhypnotism.com/ash-wednesday

The Psident System teaches you how to be more creative.

It’s that simple.

Because creativity isn’t something you’re born with. There’s no gene for it that half the population misses. There’s no lobe in the brain where innovation springs out of.

It’s a skill.

If you see someone who keeps coming up with new, fresh and interesting ideas – whatever the context – it’s because they think differently.

They probably think a little bit like how I teach in the Psident System.

Whoever you are, whatever your job, hobbies or relationships, new ideas will help you.

But hurry:

Registrations for this close soon.

Real soon.

So sign up now and jump on the Zoom call:

https://christianhypnotism.com/psident

Father’s Day isn’t far off. In fact, it’s only about a week away.

Do you have gifts for all the fathers in your life?

Like a goofy tie or goofy socks or a goofy apron for the BBQ?

Those are classics, don’t mistake me.

But let me ask you this:

Do the fathers in your life have unmet goals? Are they poetically nursing dreams of something they’d like to accomplish?

Chances are, he does. Men like to dream big. We want to travel more, accomplish more, earn more and experience more.

That’s hard enough when you’re young and unattached. Balancing that with a father’s responsibilities and it’s no wonder why so many of them give up.

No dream is impossible, though.

Often all it takes is a little creativity.

Some goals are inherently creative, like writing a novel or building a house from scratch.

All goals require creative thinking to sidestep problems as they arise. A good man isn’t worried because he knows whatever the problem, from a lost passport to a threatening flood, he’ll find an answer.

So maybe you can show your appreciation to an awesome dad with the gift of creativity.

The Psident System seminar runs a week before Father’s Day, so you’ll have to call it an early present. That’s good – it frees up the big day for him to spend it with loved ones.

I’m sure he’d appreciate a structured system for harnessing his raw, practical creativity more than another pair of socks.

If so, here’s how to register:

https://christianhypnotism.com/psident

Quietly and without celebration, AI has crept into a bunch of tools. 

Email providers offer to write subject lines – even whole emails – at a button’s caress. 

Web hosting platforms do the same with meta descriptions and articles – even sales letters. 

What’s the point of that? I guess this is for folks who are too lazy to go to Bard or ChatGPT and ask for it there. 

Goodness gladius.  

If you’re outsourcing dull, tedious work to AI – fine. I just hope you have a good eye for detail and a solid definition of tedious. Because it’ll start with getting help with the occasional subject line. Then you’ll have it write your social media posts. Before you know it, it’s coming up with all your ideas for you. 

Then you’re screwed. 

Creativity is a muscle. Let it atrophy and you’ll struggle to rebuild it. You’ll come to rely on AI for everything, even as your rivals use superior human ingenuity to overtake you. Even as the AI training sets become polluted with the outputs of other AIs, leading to degeneration like a royal family’s inbred bloodline.  

Technology has replaced the need to hunt and gather. Now, most of us wouldn’t last a month in the woods alone. 

I’m okay with that. 

Maybe you are too, maybe not.  

But are you okay with hobbling your unique thinking the same way? 

Are you okay with taking your genius and letting it atrophy like a beer-addicted couch potato, yelling at the TV and unable to stand without groaning? 

Your unique insights, your brilliance, your experiences and your creativity – that’s your critical edge. It might be the only thing you have left, especially as AI eats more and more of the workforce. 

A lot of folks are sleepwalking into disaster, thinking they’re riding the wave of the future. Some of them are using this technology intelligently. Others are letting their thinking fade – they’ll be the first to succumb to the tides. 

Does that make the Psident System like wilderness survival training for your creativity, building your creativity while others surrender to convenience? 

You’ll have to let me know after you try these techniques: 

https://christianhypnotism.com/psident