'Obedience' suggests the unfortunate theme of accepting our matrix as the ultimate reality by the vast majority of the world, caught in a herd mentality being passed from one to another. Besides further ignorance, the world will always run in circles trying to catch its own tail pretending to progress without realizing they are in a sand box. When one realizes what reality truly is and what he or she 'is', then that is the very first moment when the awakened will no longer obey the system.