Get A Hold of Yourself!

Everyone knows there is a problem. It lurks inside each one of us, eating at our hearts and stealing moments of our precious lives. We are a world of sick men. And yes, we actually choose to live chaos! Why? Either because we do not know how to change it, or we do not want to. As far as Norman O. Brown and Herbert Marcuse were concerned, this world is ours for the taking. However, …

…think either one of their propositions will take place since they need mass movement in order to do so. Yet, at least Brown's plan can change the life of the individual and make life worth living. His Calzaretta 5 theory provides an inspiration that Marcuse fails to. And his theory speaks a truth that cannot be put into words because he states what common sense has always known: "He who controls himself, controls the world" (unknown).