A Psychopath's Guide To Enlightenment (Paperback)

A long time ago, life was extremely dangerous and we had to group together to stay safe. To face the world alone was almost certain death, so it became extremely important to go along with the group to avoid being cast out alone into the wilderness. As a result of untold millions of years of that behavior, you became a herd animal, genetically programmed to seek the approval, validation and acceptance of the group and not upset the social order. That was critical back then, but today the wilderness is all but gone and the social order that we follow is no longer dictated by nature but created by our cultural, political and academic elites—a group of (generally) weak, fearful, low-consciousness people with a negative worldview who don’t have your best interests at heart.

 Now the do-gooders, activists and beta males have decided that there needs to be a new definition of what it means to be a man. Having found themselves lacking the traits that define the classic male they find it easier to change the definition of the word than to work on themselves and fill the role nature has intended for them. So they have gone about castrating and flagellating themselves in a pathetic attempt to renounce and atone for their masculinity, and they want you to do the same. They think that your masculinity is toxic, antiquated and something that needs to be overcome, as if nature was somehow wrong for giving it to you. They believe that reality itself needs to be rewritten, and that they’re the ones who are smart enough to do it. 

I, for one, am not very confident in the leadership or decision-making ability of our cultural and political elite. “Trust us,” say the liars. “Join us,” say the miserable. “Medicate yourself,” say the depressed. “Disarm yourself,” say the fearful. “Abort your children,” say the moral. “Domesticate yourself,” say the domesticated.

I would like to offer you a path forward, a way out of the herd and all of its hypocritical madness and dysfunctional leadership. A break from depression and anxiety, and a perspective to set you free. Happiness, fulfillment and enlightenment can be yours if you allow yourself to stray from the herd and look at life through the lens of nature and evolution (and psychopathy) which will help you gain balance and live in harmony with your evolutionary programming rather than completely at odds with it.

Enlightenment is a state of balance–a balance between your instinctual (primal) self and your intellectual (modern) self. As a man, there is a large part of your personality that is directly at odds with 21st-century morality. Men today are conditioned from birth to suppress their instincts in favor of their intellect and as a result, the main thing keeping you from enlightenment is that you have yet to integrate your primal self into your modern self.  This failure to merge your two sides together and become one whole person causes many men to live a fractured and repressed existence in a state of perpetual mind/body dissonance, well out of balance and far away from happiness, let alone enlightenment.

The reason I tell you that I’m a psychopath is because my insight on this topic comes directly from my insanity. Psychopaths go far in life because they don't follow society's rules. After all, society's rules are only society's rules; they’re not the laws of nature. They’re arbitrary and constantly shifting and only need to be respected to the extent that you aren’t put in prison and lose your freedom for breaking them. Being a psychopath has set me free to be the exact person I want to be in life, without fear of rejection or negative feedback. I’m not afraid to burn bridges or walk away from careers and relationships that most people would find truly unthinkable. As a psychopath, I have had to find many socially acceptable ways to integrate my dark side into polite society. As a result, I’ve found balance in my life, I’m the happiest person I know, I'm married to the literal woman of my dreams and everybody likes me. So, I have decided (for money) to expose myself and report back to you with information from the other side that will help you better understand and integrate the darker parts of yourself, regain balance, and make the most of your one short life. 

I can, however, certainly understand why you might not want to listen to me. I am crazy after all; I’m a flawed person, I’m no academic, I'm no guru, I’m no spiritual leader I’m just an un-medicated, fully conscious, high-testosterone, high-self-esteem psychopath. For all those reasons (and many more), I can imagine how this all might come off as offensive, callous, and even elitist to the majority of people, which is fine; this book isn’t meant for the majority of people. This is a master class for gifted students. I’m not interested in waking up normal people; they’re too far gone. I have no interest in arguing or spending my time in the mud trying to drag people up from the bottom. Every government, religion and philosophy is already trying to do that. I honestly don’t even want to be exposing myself like this, but I see so many men who are completely lost and totally miserable in life and I want to help, but I’m crazy, so this is the best I can offer. 

In the tradition of The Declaration of Independence, The Magna Carta and The Constitution of the United States of America I will try and keep it as short and to the point as possible. Enjoy.