The Manifesto
🎩Old School 💸New Values 💎Timeless Ambitions 🔮Dash of Woo
We are Spiritually Sovereign Rebels with a Cause
We are Old School with New Values
We are Straight Edge with New Age Philosophies
We are Modern Wayfarers with Timeless Ambitions
We are Perpetual Students of Life
We are Original
We are Irregular
Living the High Life
Taking the High Road
Going to High Places
Living in High Rises
Being the High Profile
As The Moral Millenial Millionaire
Mission
We pursue Harmony through Positive, Productive, and Pleasant interactions through all 7 Human Senses, rejecting the 7 Capital Vices and developing the 7 Moral Virtues.
Manifesto Definitions
Old School
Old Academy = We refer to the classic schools of Philosophy at the beginning of the 1st millennium & Age of Pisces, specifically Peripatetic and Stoic, to learn from the past in creating new ways of thinking for the 3rd millennium & Age of Aquarius.
New Values
New Wealth = We generate an abundance of wealth where there has been none before, and valuate resources with a new paradigm of subjective worth in every exchange of value.
Timeless Ambition
We live in the now, strive to be better than ourselves in the previous moment, and aspire to better the material, emotional, mental, and spiritual environment around us - however we choose to define better.
Dash of Woo
Cosmic Origins = We acknowledge the universe is perfectly harmonious and impeccably put in order by an infinite force that gives us life and a collective consciousness that is each individual as much as it is the whole of everything.
We are Spiritually Sovereign Rebels with a Cause
We live the natural law, that all individuals are the basic unit of society and have an inherent right to freedom, conferred not by act of legislation but by God-source, nature, or cosmic reason.
We view the physical order of nature as a harmonious and self-regulating system, that there is a rational and purposeful order to the universe.
We, as all individuals, are born with the inalienable Source-given natural right of free will, life, liberty, property, and pursuit of well-being, that can never be taken or even given away.
We, as all individuals, have both a right and a duty to preserve our own lives, as the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of humankind.
We, as all individuals, are free to make choices about how to conduct our own lives as long as our actions do not interfere with the liberty of others.
We are Old School with New Values
We live a classy lifestyle
classy - attractive, fashionable, and of excellent quality; naturally able to behave suitably; stylish and sophisticated; having or reflecting high standards of personal behavior
lifestyle - the consistent, integrated way of life of an individual as typified by their manner, attitudes, & possessions
We choose a refined culture
refined - elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste; developed or improved so as to be precise or subtle
culture - the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular social group, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, laws, capabilities, and habits of the individuals
We support laissez-faire, and believe every individual is a capably self-responsible and moral human being.
- The practice of noninterference in the affairs of others, especially with reference to individual conduct or freedom of action.
- A policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society
We support free markets and open management
- prices for goods and services are self-regulated by the open market and by consumers
- open source, open book, open management - transparency, inclusivity, and people-centric
We believe in the moral and free will exchange of value, and operate under the premise that:
- Every individual holds or manifests high principles for proper conduct
- Every individual owns the derivatives of the application of their 3 resources = the physical, the mental, and the energetic
- Every individual determines where to invest, what to produce or sell, and at which prices to exchange our resources and derivatives of their own free will
- Every individual exchanges theirs resources or derivative of resources at any value they so choose
We are Straight Edge with New Age Philosophies
- We rebel through self-control, maintaining a pure body & conscience and abstaining from:
- Mind & Body Altering Substances & Procedures, including Drugs, Alcohol, & Smoking
- Physical Relationships Absent An Authentic and True Emotional Bond
- Inflicting Physical, Mental, or Emotional Harm to Any Living Being.
- We stand up against the mainstream through the ability to control our actions.
- We have strength, pride, dignity, honor, and self respect and don't engage in activities that are a disgrace to our minds, bodies, and souls.
- We aim for constant evolution and enlightenment through inwards journeys of self-awareness, self-discovery, and self-curation.
We are Modern Wayfarers with Timeless Ambitions
We are Perpetual Students of Life
We are Original(ists)
- We are a fresh initiative
- We are unique & eccentric
- We are independent & creative in thought & action
- We believe every creation should be interpreted as it was understood at the time of creation
We are Irregular
- We go everywhere and hear everything
- We are as sharp as needles
- We lack perfection
- We do not act in accord with laws, rules, or established custom
- We are contrary to the rules or to that which is normal or established.
- We are members of an irregular military force.
- We are without formal arrangement
- We are not characterized by any fixed principle, method, continuity, or rate
Mission Definitions
Harmony
- agreement of ideas, things, feelings, or actions
- a pleasing combination of different and unique parts, that creates complexity and unity, forming a larger unit that, in turn, harmonize with other unique units, to create infinite complexity in unison
Positive
- constructive, optimistic, having a good effect
- confident, fully assured
- contributing toward or characterized by increase, progression, or expansion
- indicating acceptance, approval, or affirmation
Productive
- achieving/producing a significant amount or result
- having the quality or power of producing especially in abundance
- yielding or devoted to the satisfaction of wants or the creation of utilities
- effective in bringing about
- generative creative
Pleasant
- giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment
- nice, enjoyable, or attractive
7 Human Senses
- visual
- audio
- smell
- taste
- thought
- physical touch
- emotional feeling
7 Moral Virtues
prudence
- the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason, care taken in the management of one's resources, exercising good judgment & common sense, careful & wise in handling practical matters
temperance
- moderation or voluntary self-restraint in the indulgence of the appetites or passions, Self-Control in the face of pleasure and pain
humility
- acknowledgement of being made from the earth, grounded, attitude that you have no special importance that makes you better than others, Proper ambition with normal honors, Modesty in the face of shame or shamelessness
fortitude
- mental and emotional strength in the face of difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation, Courage in the face of fear
kindness
- acts of generosity, consideration, or concern for others, without having an expectation of praise or reward, Friendliness in social conduct
charity
- where individuals mutually intend the good of the other, enjoy a common life, and have the same end, the voluntary giving of help, typically in the form of money, to those in need, Liberality with wealth and possessions, Magnificence with great wealth and possessions, Magnanimity with great honors
truth
- fairness & straightforwardness of conduct, a refusal to lie, steal, or deceive in any way, uprightness of character & action, trustworthiness & incorruptibility to a degree that one is incapable of being false to a trust, responsibility, or pledge, Truthfulness with self-expression, Righteous Indignation in the face of intentional injury
7 Capital Vices
greed
- intense and selfish desire, uncontrolled longing for increase in the acquisition or use of wealth of resources
lust
- intense desire for an object, or circumstance fulfilling the emotion while already having a significant other or amount of the desired object
gluttony
- habitual overindulgence and overconsumption of anything to the point of waste
sloth
- apathy, carelessness, failure to do things that one should do, an aversion to work or exertion, absence of desire for life, repelled by goodness, inert state without pain or care, indifference
wrath
- strong vengeful anger or indignation, retributory punishment for an offense or a crime, great anger that expresses itself in a desire to punish someone
envy
- pain at the sight of another's good fortune, stirred by “those who have what we ought to have.”, a propensity to view the well-being of others with distress, even though it does not detract from one’s own a reluctance to see our own well-being overshadowed by another's because the standard we use to see how well off we are is not the intrinsic worth of our own well-being but how it compares with that of others, that passion which views with malignant dislike the superiority of those who are really entitled to all the superiority they possess
malice
- to feel pleasure at the bad fortune of others, a desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite
Statement of
Valuation & Ownership
of Material Resources
Everything has a value.
Value is subjective to the combination of environment, experience, and personal valuation.
Therefore there cannot be anything such as 'free', because you are always paying for something.
Every interaction between two living sovereign beings is an exchange of value within a contract of agreement.
Earth is the only being with full rights to the earth's resources.
No one individual or collective owns the resources of Earth.
We co-own the resources of our physicality with the Earth.
Every individual co-owns the Resources of their individual body with the Earth. No one individual, entity, or collective owns the Raw Resources of the Earth. Earth is the singular owner of it's Raw Resources.
Every individual is the singular steward of their Resources. Every individual has the free will right to use their Resources as they choose, so long as it does not violate the free will right of any other being.
We own the resources of our mind and energy.
Every individual is the singular owner of their individual mental and energetic Raw Resources.
We own the derivatives of the application of our resources = physical, mental, and energy.
Every individual is the singular owner of every direct Derivative of the combination of Earth's Raw Resources and the individual's application of their Resources of body, mind, and energy.
Every individual has the right to access Earth's Raw Resources directly without any Exchange of Value Interaction with a Third Party.
We have the free will right to exchange our resources or derivative of resources at any value we choose.
Every individual has the right to exchange their Derivatives at any value they choose. Every individual has the right to accept, refuse, or negotiate any value
Statement of Philosophy
Philosophy does not promise to secure anything external for man, otherwise it would be admitting something that lies beyond its proper subject-matter. For as the material of the carpenter is wood, and that of statuary bronze, so the subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
— Epictetus, Discourses 1.15.2, Robin Hard revised translation
We provide a philosophical rather than religious doctrine.
Religions are primarily concerned with having a good afterlife.
Philosophy, by way of contrast, is primarily concerned with our having a good life.
What our doctrine offers is a philosophy for living.
In this philosophy, we explore what in life is most worth having and we provide a strategy to obtain it. What is most worth having, we believe, is harmony, and what we mean by this is an absence of destructive influences in our life.
In our strategy to obtain this harmony, we provide various psychological techniques and tenants to keep us aligned.
We do not consider any authority or individual to be perfectly wise, and to avoid the risk of the culture becoming a cult of personality, have chosen an amoebic title "Irregulars" for individuals.
Our philosophy has no name, for all individuals adhere to an infinite range of religious and political beliefs, and we acknowledge the free will right to personal truth, therefore cannot diminish it to a single label.
It is important to realize that we are not any kind of cult. To practice our offered philosophies, you will not have to turn over your worldly goods to a guru. You will not have to give up your day job. You will not have to dress in an unorthodox manner -- although practicing our philosophies, by making you re-evaluate the way you are living, might affect the way you dress. All you have to do to be an Irregular is put our strategies to work in your life.
Even this can be done in an incremental manner. You can try a strategy and see if it works. If it does, you can move on to the next strategy. If it turns out, though, that being an Irregular is not to your liking, you can abandon it. And if you have practiced in a "stealthy" manner -- no one need be any the wiser.
We, as all individuals, have both a right and a duty to preserve our own lives, as the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of humankind.