1. Szukalism
By Shannon Szukala
"I write so I can remember who I was yesterday, in case I forget who I am tomorrow" - Szukala -
Helmand, Afghanistan 06 Oct 2010
Szukal – Polish – “He sought” – Redefined “Searched/Searching for something”
ism - Informal, often derogatory an unspecified doctrine, system, or practice
Szukalism – Seeking doctrine for oneself; self-searching.
What I wrote is what defined me at that very moment; an introspection of myself. We
must remember what / who we are is forever evolving / adapting. Overtime I may write more
to show the evolution / doctrine of who / what I am “Szukalism” the change of self-doctrine.
In the very essence I must say we are all unique; but we must recognize who / what we are
and who / what we are not. I ask everyone at a moment in time to write an honest
introspection of what defines them at the moment when the pen touches the paper. Here are
the 165 thoughts that defined me in a moment.
1. Today is the day I began to die and when the morning came I was reborn.
2. Faith brings unity and hope
3. Individuality brings self-destruction and is weakness.
4. Accept death, embrace death, and deny deaths right to take you.
5. Divide the united, unite the divided.
6. Resist against submission.
7. Die free not as a slave.
2. 8. Forgive, but don't ever forget.
9. Never repeat the past.
10. Always question yourself and your faith until your last breath.
11. Take care of yourself and your family first, then your community.
12. Life is nothing without struggle.
13. Look-in, then look out.
14. Killing is used only as a last resort.
15. Be humble, learn humility.
16. Don’t act irrationally, think logically.
17. Accept you primitive emotions. Never deny your basic instincts.
18. Being civilized is controlling your primitive emotions. Think logically. Family,
community, and then country.
19. You must serve before you can lead.
20. Never have too many leaders, they will create factions, which will divide an entity.
21. Advance one to advance your family. Create a chain reaction of events for
generations.
22. Know your flaws and you shall be flawless. Know your strength and weakness. Adapt
and overcome which shall make you unstoppable.
23. You may have all the knowledge in the world, but are you wise?
24. Never pass a chance to learn.
25. To learn you must understand and develop the knowledge you learned or you have
learned nothing, wasting the teachers and your time.
26. Always ask questions if you don't understand.
3. 27. You shall find God in yourself and humanity.
28. Human race is unique and is beautiful even in peace and war.
29. Humanity can be divided on many levels, but can still be united.
30. We are unique.
31. We must accept we are creatures of sin.
32. Sin is what separates us from the animals.
33. Respect and honor all, the living and the dead. Appreciate your existence. We are rare
and beautiful even in our darkest moment.
34. At ones darkest hour the only way is up. Even at your darkest hour never submit. We
don’t submit for are human not slaves.
35. Life is death. The day we are born we begin to die. All living things must die.
36. To be immortal you must not be living.
37. To live forever is a curse.
38. Even in deaths bed we are beautiful. Never regret the path you have chosen.
39. Greed isn’t evil. Greed can make one evil. Always be humble.
40. I rather feel pain than nothing at all.
41. To be in hell is to live outside of time and feel nothing, have no thoughts for eternity.
He is nothingness. I rather sacrifice my existence.
42. The greatest honor is self-sacrifice, the giving of one’s life to save another.
43. Live by the code and you shall have gates open to you.
44. The greatest sin is self-destruction; this is also our greatest flaw.
45. We as a species are dying. Our arrogance shall be our destruction.
46. Good and Evil exist as one. Without each other they are nothing.
47. Saying nothing sometimes is the greatest move and the wisest choice.
4. 48. When you accept your enemy’s hand, expect to be betrayed.
49. Your greatest enemy can be your greatest ally.
50. If you believe in something you should be able to die for what you believe in. This is
Faith.
51. Respect a man who will die for what he believes in, no matter how foolish the belief.
52. Respect your enemy who tells you are his enemy. Don’t honor those enemies who lie
about being your enemy. For they have no honor and are not civilized.
53. In our greatest moment humanity will unite than divide.
54. No matter how much we try not to, we will always repeat the past. This is Human.
55. First priority is to save our species from extinction. We must save ourselves from
ourselves, for we are our worst enemy.
56. Avoid repeating the mistakes of our ancestors.
57. Everyone always looks to blame someone else. If you are wrong, accept your mistake.
Learn from the mistakes you and others make.
58. We are sin. That is what makes us Human.
59. Living in denial is arrogance. Arrogance is shameful. Learn humility. Humble thy
self.
60. If you stray from the path, the path shall find you.
61. Everything comes in threes. Body, mind and soul / Family, community and Humanity.
62. Only submit to your family. Embrace each other, never betray each other.
63. Rape is murder / Taking innocents is murder / Killing not in self-defense or
punishment of uncivilized crimes is murder.
64. Sometimes the best defense is an offensive strike.
65. Avoid killing of innocents in war.
66. Destroy they enemy not his family, unless they destroyed yours.
5. 67. Respect your enemy if he has honor.
68. Do not fight civilized with people who don’t fight in a civilized manner.
69. When defending oneself and one’s family there are no rules to survive. Never stop
even when your last breath leaves their or your body.
70. Killing another human being is something that every human should know. They
should know the remorse afterwards; but hopefully never kill another.
71. There must always be balance.
72. Accept that power will always shift, times will change, adapt.
73. People make the nation, not the land. A nation is nothing without its people.
74. Have pride in your heritage.
75. Patience is not a trait we are born with. But a trait we learn in life. We are not a
patient species by nature.
76. Submit to your faith. Struggle to find reason for existence. Control ones primitives’
emotions.
77. Suppressing all emotions will cause a release of a dangerous emotion like none other.
There is no name for this emotion. This emotion will be one of your greatest moments
of weakness. Learn and adapt.
78. Love your family. You must be devoted to your spouse with absolute loyalty. Even to
the death. For you are one being when you are united.
79. Adultery is murder.
80. Teach honor and respect to your family.
81. Children must honor and respect their parents until the very end; this is part of the
struggle.
82. When two humans unite as mates they are considered one being.
83. If someone does something to your spouse, they do it to you also. Good or Evil.
6. 84. Marriage is very important; always learn from each other’s strengths and weakness.
Accept each other’s flaws.
85. Two humans must not rush into marriage, for love can be irrational; be patient and
think logically.
86. Never strike your partner physically or verbally for this is not civilize and is
primitive.
87. We must struggle against our self-destructive nature. Submit to the path and be part of
the struggle.
88. The struggle is to control our primitive and irrational self not to destroy it. We must
become civilized we must have faith.
89. Time is short; appreciate every moment.
90. Never neglect your family this is barbaric.
91. Remember the most important people are part of your household.
92. Natural selection must take place and will always take place.
93. Suicide is weakness. Suicide is human; what kind of animal kills itself? This is a great
flaw. Are the animals more civilized than us?
94. To kill one self is to refuse the struggle.
95. If you are terminally ill; are in extreme pain and agony. Euthanasia is rational. We
can’t be inhumane.
96. Everything happens for a reason.
97. Sometimes you have to go where the river takes you. You can control everything.
98. Even when we believe we are totally in control. We aren’t in control at all.
99. You have the ability to do evil and good. More easy to be evil than good; just be
ready to face the consequences of your actions.
100. I cannot deny a man his freedom if he is flawless.
101. Remember a leader is nothing without his followers.
7. 102. Never harm another unless in self-defense; or for uncivilized crimes.
103. If you kill an animal on a hunt you must not let it waste. Taking life for no reason or
benefit is a sin.
104. Benefit your family than benefit your community.
105. Expect to fail. Learn from your failures.
106. Never turn your back on your faith.
107. Don’t ever convert others into your faith; only convert those who seek your faith;
for they will be more devote. If they ask then you must teach.
108. Always give to the poor and protect the weak.
109. Always respect a man no matter their position; as long as they follow the path.
110. Never expect help from others. Always rely on yourself. When no one is there; you
will always be there.
111. Give to your faith. So your faith can become stronger.
112. If you are not poor; give to your faith so we can help the poor and weak.
113. Respect an individual’s religion.
114. Never torture unless they committed murder and are uncivilized; a person who has
committed uncivilized crime shouldn’t leave this world unpunished.
115. Don’t gamble to lose your life; games maybe fun; but your money can be better
spent elsewhere.
116. We have a brotherhood and sisterhood.
117. Men your children are always watching. Your son will look to you to see what kind
of man to be; your daughter will see what type of man who respects and honors his
wife.
118. If you are not cheating, you’re not trying to win.
119. If your government neglects common sense and the people’ bring change by peace
and the last resort is violence.
8. 120. Use corruption to fight corruption.
121. Corruption is a tool the arrogant create; use to your advantage to better your position.
Evil will use this, so you must use evil to fight evil. “Turn the blade”
122. Never neglect your responsibilities.
123. Time heals.
124. We are human we are born to struggle; to resist.
125. Unity is everything.
126. We are a nation with no land.
127. For the land; doesn’t make us who we are.
128. Never take something you didn’t rightfully earn.
129. A true leader doesn’t choose to lead. The people chose the leader.
130. As a leader guide the people honestly.
131. Never let your enemy; know your enemies until the very last moment.
132. Honor is Holy, Loyalty is Holy; Unity is Holy; Division is Sin.
133. The great void is hell.
134. Depend on no one.
135. We are a people together we make a nation with no borders.
136. Everyone has the right to be unique; don’t allow your path to disrupt your civil
duties.
137. Always love; love can be blissful and painful. Love is the most uncontrollable
emotion; love can be irrational. When in love remember to think logically. Don’t just
give part of your heart to another. Give yourself complete; every being of your soul.
Love with all your being or don’t love at all.
138. Your greatest enemy is your best friend; will always be there at your greatest and
weakest moment. Your enemy is the most dependable person in your life; besides
yourself.
9. 139. Your enemy is always dependable.
140. You must be cautious, calculating and logical in everything you do.
141. Trust no one, if you can’t even trust yourself.
142. Never lie to yourself.
143. Honesty can hurt, but can make you stronger.
144. Stand for what you believe in; Die for what you believe in; there is no shame in this.
145. Kill to eat, kill to defend, and never kill just to kill.
146. Control your inner rage. Focus your rage to improve your life, family, and
community.
147. The roots of all great nations begin in the household.
148. A nation is nothing without its people; for a nation are the people.
149. One person can change the world; one person can create a legacy.
150. Leave a legacy that you children can carry; but don’t let them live in your shadow.
151. Be wise and cautious at everything; but sometime react by intuition.
152. If there is darkness; there is light; if there is light; there is darkness. They are one
and the same; they are inseparable.
153. Even the beast have honor.
154. Live by a code that is honorable.
155. Never mistreat women or children.
156. The guest will always with women and children eat first before the host; also receive
seconds before the host.
157. To strike out due to anger is weakness.
158. You can be misguided by others if you don’t control your temper and anger; they
will control you.
10. 159. Never reveal your fullest potential until absolutely necessary.
160. Remember someone is always watching.
161. Information is power.
162. Always be ready to learn; a good teacher is always ready to be the student.
163. Be cautious of others who will misguide you for personal gain.
164. Show me someone who says they aren’t a hypocrite; I shall show you a liar. Show
me someone who says they aren’t a liar; I will show you a hypocrite.
165. Every action a human makes derives from fear.
More to come…..
