Jacob, I offer you a conundrum. You are the source of the answers. Be scientific about yourself, and conduct these experiments with the intent to discover your subtle workings.

Trust yourself in this process, and it will bring a greater sense of inner authority to your life and your self image. These exercises will allow you to discover your creative powers to intelligently think and be a conscious participant in ways that can add immeasurably to your empowerment. These exercises will reveal psychological dynamics that you can control. This will gradually give you conscious ways to replace unconscious patterns which typically "decide your life" for you.

Read the following amusing tale of "evil."