The document discusses how the band The Sex Pistols did a cover of The Who song "Substitute" without proper approvals. It notes that Johnny Rotten said "You don't need permission for anything!" before the song starts. The rest of the document discusses how people often seek permission or follow the crowd out of instinct, but achieving fulfillment requires managing instincts and choosing your own meanings rather than relying on instincts or others.

2. When I was in high school I liked the
band, "The Sex Pistols."

3. They did a cover of the Who song,
"Substitute."

4. But apparently they didn't bother
getting the proper approvals from the
proper authorities.

5. Right before the song starts, you can
hear Johnny Rotten say, "You don't
need permission for anything!"

6. As an anti-authority, non-conformist
high school student, that statement
has always stayed with me.

7. Of course, few people can always act
without "permission."

8. Because when we get permission from
somebody, especially a recognized
authority figure, it kind of takes away
the risk.

9. If something goes wrong, it's not really
our fault.

10. "But they said it was OK!" We
innocently cry.

11. Even if it's trying to something on your
own, people still need as if they need
"permission."

12. Many people are hesitant about trying
something new unless they see many
others go first.

13. This is part of our DNA. It kept us safe
when the world was much more
dangerous.

14. When we actually might get KILLED if
we strike out on our own.

15. But the measure of an ENLIGHTENED
human, as compared to a instinctive
one, is the ability to manage our
instincts.

16. Our instincts that tell us to eat
everything in sight, even when we
aren't hungry.

17. Our instincts that tell us it's safer to
move with the crowd.

18. Our instincts that tell us it's not OK to
call attention to ourselves.

19. If you are going to achieve fulfillment,
if you are going to become self-
actualized, you have to leave those
helpful and comforting instincts
behind.

20. One way to do that is to CHOOSE the
meanings you give to events.

21. Instead of relying on your natural
instincts to give the meanings, or the
"general public" to help you give them
meaning, you'll have to come up with
the meaning on your own.

22. A meaning that best helps YOU to
achieve your life goals.

23. Not just the meanings that happen to
you on a daily basis, but the meanings
you gave to events that happened
YEARS ago.

24. When you were still a child.

25. Because it is the MEANING you give to
those events, rather than the events
themselves, that gives you the
emotions you have today.

26. It is YOUR JOB, your responsibility, to
find those events, and RE-DEFINE
them.

27. This isn't easy, and it is sometimes
unpleasant.

28. But it is necessary to live a self-
actualized life.

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