If your read Julian Jayne’s book, the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind, you will learn that thinking is not conscious. It is an automatic process following a structure and the materials on which the structure is to operate. When we let a political or spiritual leader define the framework of how something should be, they are determining the conclusion we come to. They are dictating how we think. They do this for their benefit, not ours. When we take control of our thinking and become our own authority, they we can make break throughs and move our life to a higher level. Frank M.