Effortless Mastery

by Kenny Werner

When a madman comes along to whom violence is consonant, his attitude may convince people that violence is beautiful. Followers go temporarily insane in his presence, falling prey to his complete self-acceptance! Later on, they might wonder how they could have fallen under that spell. Charles Manson had that mad man’s conviction. His relationship to violence was like Monk’s relationship to dissonance. Manson had such a love for violence that the people under his influence accepted his insanity. The same thing was certainly true of Hitler. People were so ”inspired” by his message that they followed his lead. It’s the inspiration itself we crave. When a person acts with complete confidence, even for insane purposes, it fills a void in us. Charismatic individuals make their followers do insane things by the force of their personalities. It proves the point that the force of a person’s will, of his self-acceptance, can be so strong that he can change the view of the masses.

Force of a person's will can change masses consciousness