It is believed that because we exist, we deserve all of the material and spiritual rewards of the universe without developing character and merit. Often times we convince ourselves that the universe, physical and spiritual, is like some type of limitless treasure chest and that our mere existence warrants, by decree, admittance into the dimensions of wealth and prosperity, regardless of effort or work ethic.

As most people feel that they are worthy and deserving of “good things,” they easily become disgruntled and place blame on others while declaring themselves victim of injustice and atrocious misfortune whenever they feel they are 1) not fortunate enough or 2) when they feel their valued substance, material or spiritual, have been usurped from their possession by others. Each person considers themselves positive and for the most part, identifies those that hold adverse positions to their own as “evil.”

It has become normal within modern standards of character to desire the possession of what is termed valued things along with the idea that it is an injustice to not possess these things. It has also become trend to strongly feel that one is “deserving,” despite the lack of effort as most complain about their situation while expressing, from their hearts, feelings of social injustice that hampers their efforts toward gaining success.

The malignant disease of instant gratification, easy success, lack of patience, hatred for hard work and lack of character development created the avenue by which the “Lower Self” thrives and festers in the soils of chaos. The higher thought faculties within the realm of animalistic behaviors and parasitic fetal narcissism rationalize unjust behavior in the name of righteous action and concepts of illusion. This basically implies that man has grown to think that the world should be at his/her service to satiate his/her every need without any real effort.

As fetal life is devoid of merit and effort, man has become selfish with only the desire to feed and take. This is the breeding ground for child violence, both physical and sexual, rape, theft, acts of dehumanization, slavery and “soul” manipulation and control as it is easier to take from and overpower others for “easy success” rather than developing one’s inner and social character for divine integrity.

The desire to be loved without the willingness to love first has become the epidemic of the 21st century. This was pointed out by Noble Drew Ali as he instructed the Moors and other members of the Moorish Science Temple to “Love instead of hate.”

• 1 John 4:20 - “If a man say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?”

The “Pathology of Failure” is the lack of acknowledging the divine in others, expecting instant gratification and not willing to display consistent work ethic with merit that states, ” I truly deserve.” The perception of failure is defined by the perceiver; but the cyclical continuance of failure is a harmful device when the progenitors of social and personal deterioration aim for immediate satiation instead of collective ascension toward greater “Self” development. Just as the methodology of a virus is to infiltrate the infrastructure and spread infectiously, it also must become the methodology of the man operating in the realms of higher being - “master self and infect others with the work ethic to develop themselves for themselves and the universe, as we all are essentially one held together by the cords of life.”

- Zothyrius Ali El