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What we have done and what happens to us all accumulates inside ourselves and becomes the basis of our future consciousness and state of mind. Peoples' minds and consciousnesses are comprised of energy. If we use the example of a lightbulb, the consciousness is most akin to an electrical wave produced by the generator and the mind is most analogous to the light radiated by the bulb.

If we work in such a way that produces high entropy codebases, hides problems instead of illuminating them, or produce (or have to work with) highly inter-braided (complicated) architecture with no way or occasion in which to improve matters, then it's easier for people to be caught by grudge at their employer, clients, or circumstance. People can be influenced by these bad circumstances to abandon themselves, and in doing so, their resultant ignorant behavior will make their mind mind become dark. This is a most dangerous circumstance for a human being to live in, so the task of the modern programmer is to find out what they have worth living for, to find a good self, and to protect themselves from wrong relationships and from destroying themselves (through loss of simplicity in one's life) such that they can effect their benefit for themselves and the world. Without individual awakening then it doesn't matter what profession they hold, they still can't guide their life properly. So the most important teaching for programmers to save their way of life is that they have to understand properly what life is, how great a teaching it is for us, and just how precious is the opportunity that we have been given through our lives as human beings.



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