The Pyro-Technique
What on Earth is hotter than fire?
My answer would be nothing.
Why? you might ask.
It's not true, there are many things hotter than fire. Fire can only have a temperature in between about 400 degrees Fahrenheit to 9000 degrees Fahrenheit. A supernova creates a heat of approximately 100 billion degrees which is prominently hotter. A laser can burn with a temperature of 3.6 million degrees Fahrenheit. Seemingly hot. An atomic bomb detonating is much hotter, warming things up to about 13,940 degrees Fahrenheit. But, there cannot be a supernova on Earth. A laser could only exist after mankind had experimented and taken notes and the same goes for an atomic bomb. My point is that there would be none of these Earthly things if mankind had not learned to read and write.
Now, do you know what you are? You are fire!
Simply reading these words has given you fuel to burn hotter and spread further! Fire craves fuel. It's the only way you could have found me. I live in these words like a spirit or a ghost. Once you have read this, it will be done for you. Like a piece of paper with some secret information on it that a mysterious secret agent lights on fire and burns up to get rid of. The information in your brain is all that remains. This of course, depending on the material you've read, has either given you something of value or totally wasted your time. It has at least let you know what kind of things others are thinking of, whether it be fact or fiction. It has trained your eyes and mind to read just a little bit better or different or faster. When you do a prescribed amount of sit-ups correctly over a certain period of time, you will eventually form a six pack on your abdominal area. The same goes for reading and your brain.(This is like a secret message, but it's not a secret.) Reading text is like being a member of a secret society that only the intellectually privileged can become a part of. Don't believe me? Just imagine a giant public library. In your lifetime, or anyone's as a matter of fact, could someone be able to read every piece of literature inside of it. So, imagine how many libraries there are in the world which are filled with literature and add all of that reading material together. Then add all the newspapers, magazines and religious books and pamphlets anyone has ever written and in whatever language and throw them onto the pile. Put writings in stone and imprinted in gold and painted on buildings, rocks and on bus advertisements on top of that, etc. Take a guess. Do you believe your colleague, friend, neighbor, or anyone else you can think of, has ever read what you are reading right now at this very moment?
Think about this powerful, life changing message that they may never learn of unless you or someone else they know informs them about it, or they just so happen to read it on their own. They may live their next years totally in the dark, never receiving such an enlightenment. Why did you read this? I'm guessing you were curious. Why? I'm going to guess that you have an inquisitive mind. Yes, these words are generalized for anyone who reads this, but why was it you!? Simple, there is no way that a capable person would stop reading if they understood the amount of power it brought to their life. Translation: They are fire and they crave fuel. I could list all of the things reading and writing can do for a person, but you must be an intelligent person who understands or else this particular article would not be able to reach you in the first place. This is plain English that I'm writing here, but some look at it like it's ancient hieroglyphics from the days of the pharaoh.
Do I want you to read my books? Yes!!! Of course I do. I want to change you in some kind of way and then I want to be changed by your reaction, directly or indirectly. I am using a sort of mental telepathy right now and you are capable of understanding it! That is golden for any writer. For example, a dog cannot understand these words, a non-reader cannot, a tree cannot. Many people who have the ability to read such material, will not. Think about how many people there are who cannot see properly and don't know how to use braille or receive this text through audio. They cannot. Think about babies and preschoolers who haven't yet learned to read etc. This is probably a million to one chance that you are even here reading this article right now, at this very moment.
Never stop. After finishing this, pick something else out that interests you and read it. Force yourself, if you have to. Read it until you can't take it anymore and then try something else. After you've read something that you consider valuable; share it, spread it and contribute to someone else's fire. This string of actions is what I call The Pyro-Technique. Try to read something longer than a tweet. Chances are, you will find your interests and empowerments within those words somewhere and begin to enjoy it. If you too are a writer, I only ask one small favor in return. Please, when you have reached the level of success that I genuinely believe you will achieve one day, reach out and be a real writer who communicates with real words and type and let people know that I have helped you. Pay your cognitive brother a small written expression of acknowledgement where people can read it. And with that, fulfilled my life's goal of having displayed technical expertise in my trade adequate to produce an emotional or educational impact. Something I have learned from the trainings of a great teacher Mr. Orson Scott Card. This would translate in my mind as: This man has helped produce another of his kind and contributed positively to the development of present and future life. Simply meaning: My life was not completely meaningless and/or useless and I can die knowing that because hands other than mine have written, no matter how small, a testimony to it.
Every person is unique no matter what others may say. This is the exact feature that makes us all special and worthy of being heard. I thirst to exchange thoughts and ideas with others because, in the end, no one person can know everything. You will see the power slowly grow inside you as you begin to uncover what's inside of other people's minds. Most people don't write books that are full of lorem ipsum text. They are trying to communicate something to other human beings. In my opinion we are all like aliens depicted in a sci-fi film. We possess this great power to decipher symbols written by our own species and understand them. This understanding also includes human relatable emotions. Remember how long we all had to go to school in order to master this powerful ability!
Now go and spread your fire, which is the hottest thing on Earth, and witness how glorious it feels to see the world aglow!
Farewell, and may we exchange subtleties again.
James Krystalphlame
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