Imperfect thoughts on thought

What do I care for your suffering? Pain, even agony, is no more than information before the senses, data fed to the computer of the mind. The lesson is simple: you have received information, now act on it. Take control of the input and you shall become master of the output.
-- Sheng-ji Yang

Consider this carefully: how much more could you do if you were the master of all your output? Think of it not only in relation to sensory information but in relation to all things. It is no simple thing that is suggested here but the implications are huge. In fact it is safe to say that anyone who achieves mastery of any output rises above the norm of humanity.

Look at pain and the implications of mastering it. For women especially this holds great potential. If you could take the pain of the menstrual cycle or child birth and make it no more than a log entry in your brain, you could once again take control of events around you. Think of those who suffer constantly, their idea of pain is often way beyond the norm. Their circumstances often force them to take control, those who don't become bitter and angry.

Now take all of this and expand it: media, food, those you associate with, what you do, etc. If you begin to take control of what you put in you can master what goes out. In what way do you wish to become a better person? Find the inputs which affect this characteristic and take control of them; soon you will master the output and become who you wish to be. The basis of this entire idea is simply that of making continuous decisions about things that you would normally leave to the unconscious.

Yet I know that this quote missed the fundamental key that enables one to act upon it: hope. Hope is key, without it nothing stands and no one can control or master, for without hope is despair which is the absence of control or mastery. The greater a person's hope the greater their ability to succeed. So we find that the true question is then, in what do you place your hope?