We’re always told to add on in our society. We add on the gym instead of taking away the wine. We add on the speech therapist, the wheel chair ramp and the special needs wing to the school….instead of taking away the vaccines, the fluoride, the poor diet and the mercury teeth fillings for the children.

We add on the extra shift at work instead of taking away the wasteful spending. We add on the marital affair, instead of taking away the media programs that make immoral living seem perfectly normal and acceptable. We add on the anger management instead of taking away the habits and toxic intakes proven to cause anger. We add on the “support the parent-less children” charity events, instead of taking away the societal influences that are designed to destroy the conventional family. We add on the doctor’s visit instead of taking away the junk food and other destructive habits that are causing our disease. We add on the 2nd and 3rd cup of coffee instead of taking away the long hours of late night TV watching. We add on the anti depressants instead of taking away what’s making us depressed. We add on the Tylenol and Advil instead of taking away the booze. We add on the abortion instead of taking away the drunken, unplanned and disconnected sexual encounter. We add on the elective surgery instead of removing the self esteem destroying messages, which make us feel unworthy for being who we were designed to be. We add on the chemotherapy and radiation instead of taking away what causes cancer. We add on the sugar and caffeine instead of taking away the lifestyle that’s stealing our energy. We add on the tattoos and piercings instead of addressing why our need for control can only come from attacking ourselves. We add on the unsatisfying career instead of taking away the fear of not fitting in with the depressed collective. We add on another “after school” activity for our children instead of taking away our busy body lifestyles, which teach our children to take our places in lives that we’re not even enjoying ourselves. We add on the guru instead of taking away our self doubt. We add on the decoration of an empty life instead of taking away our meaningless and soulless existence, which drives our lust for materialism. If we’re not happy, we’re told that it means we don’t have enough of something. We’re told that to finally gain happiness we need to ADD SOMETHING MORE to our lives……or do we? We add and add and add…….but is this a trap?

We add on more pain and suffering in many cases, instead of addressing the root cause of the problem. The add on society is how our culture stays stuck in its’ stuckness. A system designed to trap us in a perpetual state of mental infancy. The add on society is a blue print for working 24 hours per day, in order to produce more of what we don’t want and more of what we don’t need. The add on society is about growing the economy based on failure instead of success. The add on society is about staying super busy, to build a life that no one could ever enjoy living. The add on society is about living a life of complete insanity and not noticing because it’s the most efficient way to adapt to our insane environment. Our society’s biggest lie teaches us that living on a sunny Greek Island with only a fresh organic garden, the bare minimums and our loved ones……wouldn’t make as happy, compared to us living our busy body ADD ON lifestyles. Are you sure you’re not caught in a cycle of ADDING ON, when you should be taking away?

If you want to become more efficient, more economically stream lined and happier, you’ll need to assess your life for the “add on society” trap….as a dysfunctional coping mechanism to your needs, wants, desires, conditioning and societal programming. If happiness and internal peace is the goal, the question needs to be, “what can I TAKE AWAY from my life, to make my life better?” Start there and things will start going your way in a hurry. Try taking away instead of adding on and see what happens. You won’t be disappointed. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.