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Why do you think people pray together? In esoteric traditions there is a concept called Egregore. An egregore is a thought-form created by collective attention. When many minds focus on the same idea with emotion and intention, they generate a shared psychic structure. Thoughts, emotions, and energies are fuel. When monks chant in groups, hundreds of voices repeating the same words, the same intention, at the same time, they are feeding an egregore. Just like millions of people sitting in front of the news, absorbing an endless stream of fear and negativity. Or being toyed by algorithms built on addiction and dissatisfaction. All of it feeding something. An egregore becomes whatever you nourish it with. Feed fear, resentment, and chaos, and those forces grow stronger. So the question isn’t whether egregores exist. But what you are feeding it with.

Regarding your Luo friend’s take on “working twice as hard” to match the Mlima level — fair question, but the real difference isn’t some invisible 50% head start. Mlima’s actual “trick” is brutally simple: 'delayed gratification on steroids'. A single shilling you save and invest aggressively while you’re young compounds at roughly 25× every 10 years in the kind of high-return vehicles many in Central Kenya have mastered (land, chamas, small businesses, and smart equity plays). - Hit KSh 100k investable capital by 25? - With ruthless discipline, it becomes KSh 2.5 million by 35. - Keep the pedal down and it hits KSh 62.5 million by 45. That math is real. But the lifestyle required to pull it off is not glamorous. It means living *way* below your income bracket for decades — driving an old car while your peers flex, renting modest while others buy flashy plots, skipping the endless rounds and trips — so the bulk of your capital stays in the game. That level of self-denial and consistency is rare anywhere, not just in Kenya. And even with the discipline dialed in, success still needs three more ingredients: 1. Luck (good health, no major family emergencies, right timing on the economy). 2. Networks — the chamas, the WhatsApp investment groups, the “I know a guy” connections that open doors fast. 3. The right partner. Marry (or partner with) someone who buys into the long game instead of someone who wants to spend every extra shilling today, and you literally double your firepower. So yes, some structural advantages exist around Mt Kenya — proximity to Nairobi, cash-crop history, land that has appreciated for generations. But the real multiplier isn’t geography. It’s the cultural muscle memory of 'save first, compound relentlessly, live lean. That’s not tribal magic. It’s just compound interest wearing a kanzu of sacrifice. Respect to anyone, from any region, who’s willing to pay that price.