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Written By Sara G Blow Sunday, 09 December 2007

RATIONALISM 
Egoism is a theory that bases morality on self-interest. This theory is worth investigating if you have spent your life trying to please others and feel that up to now you have failed. Many lives have been spent and ended in despair trying to live up to the expectations of society. The vast ocean of uplifted faces shouting to tell you that you did not do it right, are those who have tried and failed before you.

When a person lives under the illusion that he has to follow the guidelines set by others will eventually succumb to being a copy of others. Being an individual and being different is not accepted by society and therefore, we find ourselves fighting against our own desires and needs and succumbing to a false sense of values set by other people for themselves. When we join this segment of society, we are to become just another member and are lost in the multitude. 

PERFECTION 
There is no such entity as perfection in man. Yet, he can become as perfect as he can be by following the perfect pattern. A pattern set by the only perfectionist who has walked upon this earth. A man of true convictions believes in himself. He, also, believes in the Creator who made him. He patterns his life as such, a design drawn for him in complete detail. How may a man live with man and be motivated by self? It takes a determined and strong-willed individual. The word "callous" does seem to fit here and is suggested ONLY as a thought to keep in mind, as it goes along with the idea. "The only thing to fear in life is fear itself." This quote has been presented in many different illustrations and to use it here is to capture such a thought and place it in perspective for this reasoning; to achieve perfection, a man must;
Believe in God.
Believe in yourself.
Have no fear of his fellowman.

Man cannot destroy man, not even by his own means can a man destroy himself. Great philosophers have predicted man will destroy himself and the world with him. Perhaps that would be true if man belonged to himself, but he doesn't. Man did not create man and therefore, he cannot destroy man. Speaking not in the sense of a race of peoples, but of individuals; yes, a soul can be dominated, ruled by a virtue of destruction created within self.

OPINION/JUDGMENT
This can bring opinion without a rational process. Always striving to be what others want you to be. Believe this, "what others think of you is not important, only what you think of yourself." To believe in self is what is important, no man can judge you by his standards. To pass judgment, a person must rise above man's standards and that is impossible for there is only one Supreme Being. I do believe in God. That is where I differ with Ayn Rand, to go one step further than she. Declaring to be an atheist, she would not let herself believe there was any perfect being. A belief that man's perfection is within herself is true, for only by being one's own self may a man come to be that mirror of perfect standard which he and he only wants projected. He cares not what other men think of his motives, only that he believes in himself. A creative person may be devastated by cruel, harsh infliction of criticism of that which he has created. His salvation comes from NOT allowing those judgments to touch him. They may only touch his creation. They may in fact, destroy that creation but, they cannot destroy the creator. When a person has created something he knows is perfect, he needs only HIS belief that the creation is just the way he wants it to be. It can be torn down by man, but he knows within himself that the creation was perfect. It can physically be destroyed by others but, will still live within the creator. This allows him to push beyond those limits to far greater boundaries. His success will come in his knowledge that he received complete satisfaction in the making of his object. He felt a great self-worth and delight in putting together a symphony; as indeed he did to be played over and over. Music is created in many different forms, some not for ears to hear, but eyes to see.

ACCOMPLISHMENT/SALVATION
Accomplishment, reaching the finish line; what does a man live for when this has happened? A true objective is never reached. Accomplishment comes when we reach the end of this life. Success we attain through virtue and that of ourselves, not of others. Motivation is the key. Keep moving, keep going, keep striving and the realm of success is unlimited for you. We have been given that privilege and what we do with it is entirely up to ourselves. No man may add to it or take from it. We might be able to deceive him by letting him think he has depleted or increased our supply of success. We might even allow ourselves to believe the deception that someone is capable of adding to or taking away from our success. However, this is not true our success is what we do. Our soul, our inner self, cannot be taken from us nor added to by any man. Believe in that, it is your salvation!