THE POWER OF NOW

 

                WHEREVER YOU ARE . 

                            BE THERE TOTALLY

                            CAN YOU GIVE SOME MORE EXAMPLE OF ORDINARY UNCONSCIOUSNESS?

                   SEE IF YOU CAN CATCH, YOURSELF COMPLAINING, IN EITHER SPEECH OR THOUGHT, ABOUT A SITUATION YOU FIND YOURSELF IN, WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO OR SAY, YOUR SURROUNDINGS, YOUR LIFE SITUATION, EVEN THE WEATHER. TO COMPLAIN IS ALWAYS NON ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT IS, IT INVARIABLY CARRIES AS UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVE CHARGE. WHEN YOU COMPLAIN, YOU MAKE YOURSELF INTO A VICTIM. WHEN YOU SPEAK OUT, YOU ARE IN YOUR POWER. SO CHANGE THE SITUATION BY TAKING ACTION OR BY SPEAKING OUT IF NECESSARY OR POSSIBLE, LEAVE THE SITUATION OR ACCEPT IT. ALL ELSE IS MADNESS.

                ORDINARY UNCONCSIOUSNESS IS ALWAYS LINKED IN SOME WAY WITH DENIAL OF THE NOW. THE NOW, OF COURSE, ALSO IMPLIES THE HERE. ARE YOU RESISTING YOUR HERE AND NOW? SOME PEOPLE WOULD ALWAYS RATHER BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEIR "HERE" IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH. THROUGH SELF-OBSERVATION, FIND OUT IF THAT IS THE CASE IN YOUR LIFE. WHEREVER YOU ARE BE THERE TOTALLY, IF YOU FIND YOUR HERE AND NOW INTOLERABLE AND IT MAKES YOU UNHAPPY, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS, REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE SITUATION, CHANGE IT, OR ACCEPT IT TOTALLY. IF YOU WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE, YOU MUST CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE THREE OPTIONS, AND YOU MUST CHOOSE NOW. THEN ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES. NO EXCUSES, NO NEGATIVITY, NO PSYCHIC POLLUTION. KEEP YOUR INNER SPACE CLEAR.

                IF YOU TAKE ANY ACTION - LEAVING OR CHANGING YOUR SITUATION DROP THE NEGATIVITY FIRST, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, ACTION ARISING OUT OF INSIGHT INTO WHAT IS REQUIRED IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ACTION ARISING OUT OF NEGATIVITY.

                ANY ACTION IS OFTEN BETTER THAN NO ACTION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN STUCK IN AN UNHAPPY SITUATION FOR A LONG TIME, IF IT IS A MISTAKE, AT LEAST YOU LEARN SOMETHING, IN WHICH CASE ITS NO LONGER A MISTAKE, IF YOU REMAIN STUCK, YOU LEARN NOTHING, IS FEAR PREVENTING YOU FROM TAKING ACTION? ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEAR,WATCH IT, TAKE YOUR ATTENTION INTO IT, BE FULLY PRESENT WITH IT. DOING SO CUTS THE LINK BETWEEN THE FEAR AND YOUR THINKING, DON'T LET THE FEAR UP INTO YOUR MIND. USE THE POWER OF THE NOW. FEAR CANNOT PREVAIL AGAINT IT.

                IF THERE IS TRULY NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO CHANGE YOUR HERE AND NOW, AND YOU CAN'T REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE SITUATION, THEN ACCEPT YOUR HERE AND NOW TOTALLY BY DROPPING ALL INNER RESISTANCE. THE FALSE, UNHAPPY SELF THAT LOVES FEELING MISERABLE, RESENTFUL, OR SORRY FOR ITSELF CAN THEN NO LONGER SURVIVE. THIS IS CALLED SURRENDER. SURRENDER IS NOT WEAKNESS. THERE IS GREAT STRENGTH IN IT. ONLY A SURRENDER PERSON HAS SPIRITUAL POWER. THROUGH SURRENDER, YOU WILL BE FREE INTERNALLY OF THE SITUATION. YOU MAY THEN FIND THAT THE SITUATION CHANGES WITHOUT ANY EFFORT ON YOUR PART. IN ANY CASE, YOU ARE FREE.

                OR IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU "SHOULD" BE DOING BUT ARE NOT DOING IT? GET UP AND DO IT NOW. ALTERNATIVELY, COMPLETELY ACCEPT YOUR INACTIVITY, LAZINESS, OR PASSIVITY AT THIS MOMENT. IF THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. GO INTO IF FULLY, ENJOY IT.  BE AS LAZY OR INACTIVE AS YOU CAN. IF YOU GO INTO IT FFULLY AND CONSCIOUSLY, YOU WILL SOON COME OUT OF IT. OR MAYBE YOU WON'T EITHER WAY, THERE IS NO INNER CONFLICT, NO RESISTANCE, NO NEGATIVITY.

                  ARE YOU STRESSED? ARE YOU SO BUSY GETTING TO THE FUTURE THAT THE PRESENT IS REDUCED TO A MEANS OF GETTING THERE? STRESS IS CAUSED BY BEING "HERE" BUT WANTING TO BE "THERE", OR BEING IN THE PRESENT BUT WANTING TO BE IN THE FUTURE. IT'S A SPLIT THAT TEARS YOU APART INSIDE. TO CREATE AND LIVE WITH SUCH AN INNER SPLIT IS INSANE. THE FACT THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS INSANE. IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN MOVE FAST, WORK FAST, OR EVEN RUN, WITHOUT PROJECTING YOURSELF INTO THE FUTURE AND WITHOUT RESISTING THE PRESENT. AS YOU MOVE, WORK, RUN - DO IT TOTALLY. ENJOY THE FLOW OF ENERGY, THE HIGH ENERGY OF THAT MOMENT. NOW YOU ARE NO LONGER STRESSED, NO LONGER SPLITTING YOURSELF IN TWO. JUST MOVING, RUNNING, WORKING - AND ENJOYING IT. OR YOU CAN DROP THE WHOLE THING AND SIT ON A PARK BENCH. BUT WHEN YOU DO, WATCH YOUR MIND. IT MAY SAY, "YOU SHOULD BE WORKING. YOU ARE WASTING TIM". OBSERVE THE MIND. SMILE AT IT.

                   DOES THE PAST TAKE UP A GREAT DEAL OF YOUR ATTENTION? DO YOU FREQUENTLY TALK AND THINK ABOUT IT. EITHER POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY? THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED, YOUR ADVANTURES OR EXPERIENCES, OR YOUR VICTIM STORY AND THE DREADFUL THINGS THAT WERE DONE TO YOU, OR MAYBE WHAT YOU DID TO SOMEONE ELSE? ARE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSESS CREATING GUILT, PRIDE, RESENTMENT, ANGER, REGRET, OR SELF-PITY? THEN YOU ARE NOT ONLY REINFORCING A FALSE SENSE OF SELF BUT ALSO HELPING TO ACCELERATE YOUR BODY'S AGING PROCESS BY CREATING AN ACCUMULATION OF PAST IN YOUR PSYCHE. VERIFY THIS FOR YOURSELF BY OBSERVING THOSE AROUND YOU WHO HAVE A STRONG TENDENCY TO HOLD ON TO THE PAST.

                      DIE TO THE PAST EVERY MOMENT. YOU DON'T NEED IT. ONLY REFER TO IT WHEN IT IS ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT TO THE PRESENT. FEEL THE POWER OF THIS MOMENT AND THE FULLNESS OF BEING. FEEL YOUR PRESENCE.

                   WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS FRES ITSELF FROM ITS IDENTIFICATION WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FORMS, IT BECOMES WHAT WE MAY CALL PURE OR ENLIGHTENED CONSCIOUSNESS, OR PRESENCE. THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN A FEW INDIVIDUALS, AND IT SEEMS DESTINED TO HAPPEN SOON ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. MOST HUMANS ARE STILL IN THE GRIP OF THE EGOIC MODE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR MIND AND RUN BY THEIR MIND. IF THEY DO NOT FREE THMSELVES FROM THEIR MIND IN TIME, THEY WILL BE DESTROYED BY IT. THEY WILL EXPERIENCE INCREASING CONFUSION, CONFLICT, VIOLENCE, ILLNESS, DESPAIR, MADNESS. EGOIC MIND HAS BECOME LIKE A SINKING SHIP. IF YOU DON'T GET OFF, YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH IT. THE COLLECTIVE EGOIC MIND IS THE MOST DANGEROUSLY INSANE AND DESTRUCTIVE ENTITY EVER TO INHABIT THIS PLANET. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN ON THIS PLANET IF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS REMAINS UNCHANGED ?

                    ALREADY FOR MOST HUMANS, THE ONLY RESPITE THEY FIND FROM THEIR OWN MINDS IS TO OCCASIONALLY REVERT TO A LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS BELOW THOUGHT. EVERYONE DOES THAT EVERY NIGHT DURING SLEEP. BUT THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO SOME EXTENT THROUGH SEX, ALCOHOL, AND OTHER DRUGS THAT SUPPRESS EXCESSIVE MIND ACTIVITY. IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALCOHOL, TRANQUILIZERS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS, AS WELL AS THE ILLEGAL DRUGS, WHICH ARED ALL CONSUMED IN VAST QUANTITIES, THE INSANITY OF THE HUMAN MIND WOULD BECOME EVEN MORE GLARINGLY OBVIOUS THAN IT IS  ALREADY. I BELIEVE THAT, IF DEPRIVED OF THEIR DRUGS, A LARGE PART OF THE POPULATION WOULD BECOME A DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. THESE DRUGS, OF COURSE, SIMPLY KEEP YOU STUCK IN DYSFUNCTION. THEIR WIDESPREAD USE ONLY DELAYS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE OLD MIND STRUCTURES AND THE EMERGENCE OF HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS. WHILE INDIVIDUAL USERS MAY GER SOME RELIEF FROM THE DAILY TORTURE INFLICTED ON THEM BY THIER MINDS, THEY ARE PREVENTED FROM GENERATING ENOUGH CONSCIOUS PRESENCE TO RISE ABOVE THOUGHT AND SO FIND TRUE LIBERATION.

                 THERE IS NOTHING PERSONAL IN THIS, I AM NOT TEACHING YOU. YOU ARE CONSCIOUSNESS, AND YOU ARE LISTENING TO YOURSELF. THERE IS AN EASTERN SAYING, "THE TEACHER AND THE TAUGHT TOGETHER CREATE THE TEACHING". IN THE TRUTH, THEY ONLY POINT TO IT. I SPEAK FROM PRESENCE, AND AS I SPEAK, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO JOIN ME IN THAT STATE. ALTHOUGH EVERY WORD THAT I USE HAS A HISTORY, OF COURSE, AND COMES FROM THE PAST, AS ALL LANGUAGE DOES, THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK TO YOU NOW ARE CARRIES OF THE HIGH-ENERGY OF FREQUENCY OF PRESENCE, QUITE APART FROM THE MEANING THEY CONVEY AS WORDS.

                   SILENCE IS AN EVEN MORE POTENT CARRIER OF PRESENCE, SO WHEN YOU READ THIS OR LISTEN TO ME SPEAK, BE AWARE OF THE SILENCE BETWEEN AND UNDERNEATH THE WORDS. BE AWARE OF A GAPS. TO LISTEN TO THE SILENCE. WHEREVER YOU ARE, IS AN EASY AND DIRECT WAY OF BECOMING PRESENT, EVEN IF THERE IS NOICE,THERE IS ALWAYS SOME SILENCE UNDERNEATH AND IN BETWEEN THE SOUNDS. LISTENING TO THE SILENCE IMMEDIATELY CREATES STILLNESS INSIDE YOU. ONLY THE STILLNESS IN YOU CAN PERCEIVE THE SILENCE OUTSIDE. AND WHAT IS STILLNESS OTHER THAN PRESENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS FREED FROM THOUGHT FORMS? HERE IS THE LIVING REALIZATION OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

IMAGINE YOURSELF

 

                                    PROP YOURSELF UP

                   WHENEVER YOU PERMIT YOURSELF TO THINK ABOUT

                   PERSONS, THINGS, CONDITIONS, OR CIRCUMSTANCES MAY

                  SUGGEST, YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING WHAT YOU WANT TO

                  THINK. YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING YOUR OWN DESIRES

                   BUT BORROWED DESIRES. USE YOUR IMAGINATION IN

                   DETERMINING WHAT YOU WANT TO THINK OR DO.

                                                                                  ----- CHRISTIAN LARSON  (1874-1962)

                                                                                                     NEW THOUGHT AUTHOR

           

                                  WHEN USING THE CREATION, PROCESS, USE ALL THE PROPS YOU CAN TO GENERATE THE FEELINGS THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT ALREADY. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH ITEMS OF CLOTHING, PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND RELEVANT OBJECTS, SO YOU IMAGINE AND FEEL THE FEELINGS OF HAVING WHAT YOU WANT.

                    IF YOU WANT NEW CLOTHES, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SPACE IN YOUR WARDROBE, WITH EMPTY CLOTHES HANGERS READY FOR YOUR NEW CLOTHES. IF YOU WANT TO BRING MORE MONEY INTO YOUR LIFE, DOES YOUR WALLET HAVE SPACE FOR MONEY OR IS IT FULL OF IRRELEVANT BITS OF PAPER? IF YOU WANT THE PERFECT PARTNER, YOU MUST IMAGINE AND FEEL THAT THE PERSON IS WITH YOU NOW. ARE YOU SLEEPING  IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR BED, OR ARE YOU SLEEPING ON ONE SIDE BECAUSE YOUR PARTNER IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR BED? IF YOUR PARTNER WERE WITH YOU NOW, YOU WOULD BE USING ONLY HALF THE SPACE IN YOUR WARDROBE, BECAUSE YOUR PARTNER'S CLOTHES WOULD BE IN THE OTHER HALF OF THE WARDROBE. DO YOU SET YOUR TABLE FOR TWO PEOPLE OR ONE PERSON? JUST PUTTING OUT AN EXTRA PLACE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN EASILY DO. DO YOUR BEST NOT TO CONTRADICT YOUR DESIRE IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIONS, AND INSTEAD USE THE WORLD OF PROPS THAT SURROUND YOU TO FEEL AS THOUGH YOU ALREADY HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. THESE ARE SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH PROPS AND YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT THEY ARE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.

                    ONE WOMAN USED PROPS AND HER IMAGINATION TO RECEIVE A HORSE. SHE HAD WANTED TO HORSE ALL HER LIFE, BUT SHE COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY ONE. WHE WANTED A CHESTNUT MORGAN GELDING AND MORGAN WOULD COST THOUSANDS, AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO SHE IMAGINED SEEING EXACT HROSE WHE WANTED EACH TIME SHE LOOKED OUTSIDE HER KITCHEN WINDOW. SHE PUT A PICTURE OF A CHESTNUT MORGAN HORSE ON THE SCREEN OF HER LAPTOP COMPUTER. WHENEVER SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, SHE DOODLED DRAWINGS OF THE HORSE. SHE BEGAN LOOKING AT HORSES FOR SALE, EVEN THOUGH SHE COULDN'T AFFORD THEM. SHE TOOK HER CHILDREN TO A STORE AND TOGETHER THEY TRIED ON RIDING BOOTS. SHE LOOKED AT SADDLES. SHE BOUGHT THE ONLY THINGS SHE COULD AFFORD A HORSE BLANKET, LEAD, AND HORSE BRUSHES, AND SHE KEPT THEM ON DISPLAY SO SHE COULD SEE THEM EVERY DAY. SOMETIME LATER, THE WOMENT WENT TO A HORSE EXPO IN HER TOWN. A RAFFLE WAS BEING HELD AT THE EXPO AND THE FIRST PRIZE WAS A CHESTNUT MORGAN GELDING, THE EXACT SAME HORSE SHE HAD BEEN IMAGINING! AND OF COURSE SHE WON THE RAFFLE AND RECEIVED HER HORSE!

                     YOUR SENSES ARE PROPS TOO. SO ALL YOUR SENSES TO HELP YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. FEEL THE TOUCH OF WHAT YOU WANT WITH YOU SKIN. TASTE IT, SMELL IT, SEE IT, AND HEAR IT!

                      ON MAN WOKED WITH ALL HIS SENSES TO BRING HIMSELF MULTIPLE JOB OFFERS. HE HAD APPLIED FOR 75 POSITIONS OVER THREE YEARS AND HAD NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE JOB OFFER, BUT THEN HE USED HIS IMAGINATION AND ALL HIS SENSES TO IMAGINE HE HAD HIS DREAM JOB. HE IMAGINED EVERY DETAIL IN HIS NEW OFFICE. HE TOUCHED THE KEYS OF HIS COMPUTER IN HIS IMAGINATION. HE SMELLED THE LEMON SCENT OF THE FURNITURE POLISH ON HIS NEW HUGE MAHOGANY DESK. HE IMAGINED HIS WORK COLLEAGUE. HE GAVE THEM NAMES. HE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. HE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM. HE EVEN TESTED THE TOCOS AT LUNCH BREAKS. SEVEN WEEKS LATER HE BEGAN RECEIVING REQUESTS FOR INTERVIEWS. THEN REQUESTS FOR SECOND INTERVIEWS THEN HE RECEIVED NOT ONLY ONE FASTASTIC JOB BUT TWO. HE ACCEPTED THE JOB HE LOVED THE MOST, IT WAS HIS DREAM JOB!

                  KNOW THAT WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR PART IN THE CREATION PROCESS, CREATION IS DONE! YOU ARE NO LONGER IN THE OLD WORLD WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE WHAT YOU WANTED. YOU HAVE MOVED INTO A NEW WORLD THAT CONTAINS THE VERY THING YOU WANT EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT YET. KNOW THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IT!

                POINTS OF POWER

                * TO HARNESS THE FORCE OF LOVE IN YOUR LIFE TO BRING SOMETHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT, THE CREATION PROCESS IS ALWAYS THE SAME. IMAGINE IT. FEEL IT. RECEIVE IT.

                 * YOUR IMAGINATION CONNECTS YOU TO WHAT YOU WANT. YOUR DESIRE AND FEELINGS OF LOVE CREATE THE MAGNETISM, THE MAGNETIC POWER, DRAWING YOUR DESIRE TO YOU!

                 * IMAGINE YOURSELF BEING WITH YOUR DESIRE. AT THE SAME TIME, FEEL LOVE FOR WAHT YOU'RE IMAGINING.

                 * DESIRE WHAT YOU WANT WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART BECAUSE DESIRE IS A FEELINGS OF LOVE, AND YOU MUST GIVE LOVE TO RECEIVE WHAT YOU LOVE!

                  * WHEN YOU IMAGINE ANYTHING POSITIVE THAT YOU WANT AND LOVE, YOU ARE HARNESSING THE FORCE OF LOVE. PUSH YOUR IMAGINATION TO THE LIMITS, AND IMAGINE THE BEST AND HIGHEST THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT.

                  * WHATEVER DESIRE YOU CAN IMAGINE ALREADY EXISTS! IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IT, IT ALREADY EXISTS IN CREATION.

                 * IN CONVERSATION AND IN YOUR THOUGHTS SAY. IMAGINE OF... AND THEN COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH WHAT YOU WANT!

                 * USE PROPS. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH ITEMS OF CLOTHING PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHES, AND RELEVANT OJECTS, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE AND FEEL THE FEELINGS OF HAVING WHAT YOU WANT.

                 * YOUR SENSES ARE PROPS TOO. USE ALL YOUR SENSES TO HELP YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT. FEEL IT, TASTES IT, SMELL IT, SEE IT, AND HEAR IT1

              WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR PART IN THE CREATION PROCESS, YOU HAVE MOVED INTO A NEW WORLD THAT CONTAINS THE VERY THING YOU WANT EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT YET. KNOW YOU WILL RECEIVING IT!....

HOW TO ELIMINATE BAD FEELINGS

 

                                            BAD FEELINGS

                         YOU CAN CHANGE ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE BY CHANGING HOW YOU FEEL. WHEN YOU CHANGE HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ANY SUBJECT, THE SUBJECT MUST CHANGE! BUT IN CHANGING THE WAY YOU FEEL, DON'T TRY TO GET RID OF BAD FEELINGS, BECAUSE ALL BAD FEELINGS ARE SIMPLY A LACK OF LOVE. INSTEAD, YOU PUT LOVE IN! YOU DON'T TRY TO GET RID OF LOVE IN. THERE IS NOTHING TO DIG OUT OF YOU. WHEN YOU PUT LOVE INTO YOU, ALL BAD FEELINGS ARE GONE.

                     THERE IS ONLY ONE FORCE IN LIFE AND THAT FORCE IS LOVE. YOU ARE EITHER FEELING GOOD BECAUSE YOU ARE FULL OF LOVE, OR YOU ARE FEELING BAD BECAUSE YOU ARE EMPLY OF LOVE, BUT ALL YOUR FEELINGS ARE DEGREES OF LOVE.

                   THINK OF LOVE AS IF IT IS WATER IN A GLASS, AND THE GLASS IS YOUR BODY. WHEN A GLASS HAS ONLY A LITTLE WATER IN IT, IT IS EMPTY OF WATER. YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE WATER LEVEL IN THE GLASS BY WAGING WAR ON THE EMPTINESS AND TRYING TO RIP OUT THE EMPTINESS. THE EMPTINESS GOES BY FILLING THE GLASS WITH WATER. WHEN YOU HAVE BAD FEELINGS, YOU ARE EMPTY OF LOVE, AND SO WHEN YOU PUT LOVE INTO YOURSELF, THE BAD FEELINGS ARE GONE.

                                             DON'T RESIST BAD FEELINGS

                    EVERYTHING HAS ITS PERFECT PLACE IN LIFE, INCLUDING BAD FEELINGS. WITHOUT BAD FEELINGS, YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO FEEL GOOD. YOU WOULD JUST FEEL THE ONE "BLAH" FEELING ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE YOUR FEELINGS TO. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO FEEL REALLY HAPPY, EXCITED, OR JOYFUL. IT'S THOUGH FEELING SADNESS THAT YOU KNOW HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO BE HAPPY. YOU CAN NEVER REMOVE BAD FEELINGS FROM LIFE BECAUSE THEY ARE A PART OF LIFE, AND WITHOUT THEM, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GOOD FEELINGS!.

                 IF YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT HAVING BAD FEELINGS, YOU ARE ADDING MORE POWER TO YOUR BAD FEELINGS. NOT ONLY WILL YOUR BAD FEELINGS GET WORSE, BUT YOU WILL INCREASE THE NEGATIVIT YOU'RE GIVING OUT. NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BAD FEELINGS DON'T BRING THE LIFE YOU WANT, WHICH WILL MAKE YOU MORE MINDFUL NOT TO LET BAD FEELINGS TAKE OVER YOU. YOU  ARE IN CHARGE OF YOUR FEELINGS, AND SO IF YOU HAVE A BAD FEELINGS SWEEPING OVER YOU, ONE WAY TO DISCHARGE ITS ENERGY IS TO LIGHTEN UP!

               "THERE IS A WORLD WITHIN - A WORLD OF THOUGHT AND 

               FEELING AND POWER, OF LIGHT AND BEAUTY, AND ALTHOUGH

               INVISIBLE, ITS FORCE ARE MIGHTY".

               LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN! WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN, YOU FEEL GREAT AND YOU RECEIVE GREAT THINGS! WHEN YOU TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY, YOU RECEIVE SERIOUS THINGS. HAVING FUN BRINGS THE LIFE YOU WANT, AND TAKING THINGS TOO SERIOUSLY BRINGS A LIFE YOU HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY. YOU HAVE THE POWER OVER YOUR LIFE, AND YOU CAN USE IT TO DESIGN YOUR LIFE IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT, BUT FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, LIGHTEN UP!.

                  TO LIGHTEN UP ABOUT BAD FEELINGS, I HAVE IMAGINED BAD FEELINGS AS WILD HORSES. THERE'S AN ANGRY HORSE, A RESENTFUL HORSE, BLAMING HORSE, SULKY HORSE, CRANKY HORSE, GRUMPY HORSE, AN IRRITABLE HORSE - YOU  NAME IT,  THERE'S A STABLE FULL OF BAD FEELING HORSES. IF I FEEL SOME DISSAPPOINTMENT HORSE? GET OFF IT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S  HEADING FOR MORE DISSAPPOINTMENT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GO WHERE IT'S GOING. AND SO I IMAGINE BAD FEELINGS AS WILD HORSES  I CLIMB ON, AND IF I CLIMBED ON THEM, THEN I CAN GET OFF THEM TOO. I DON'T SEE BAD FEELINGS AS SOMETHING THAT IS THE REAL ME OR ANYONE ELSE, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH. BAD FEELINGS ARE NOT WHO ARE , AND THEY ARE NOT WHO ANYONE IS. A BAD FEELING IS SOMETHING YOU ALLOWED YOURSELF TO FEEL, AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GET OFF THAT HORSE AS FAST AS YOU JUMPED ON TO IT.

                   IF YOU THINK OF BAD FEELINGS AS A WILD HORSE THAT YOU CLIMBED ON, IT'S ONE WAY TO TAKE THE POWER OUT OF BAD FEELINGS! IF SOMEONE CLOSE TO YOU IS CRANKY, THEIR BAD FEELING WILL HAVE FAR LESS POWER TO AFFECT YOU IF YOU IMAGINE THEM AS HAVING CLIMBED ON A CRANKY HORSE. YOU WILL NOT TAKE THIER CRANKINESS SO PERSONALLY. BUT IF YOU  DO TAKE IT PERSONALLY AND YOU BECOME CRANKY FROM THEIR CRANKINESS, THEN YOU JUST JUMPTED ON THE CRANKY HORSE WITH THEM!

                   RESPOND INTELLIGENTLY EVEN TO UNINTELLIGENT

                  TREATMENT.

                                                                                       ----- CIRCA 6TH CENTURY BC

                                                                                          FOUNDER OF TAOISM

                          AND SO WITH ANYTHING IN LIFE THAT I DON'T WANT, I USE MY IMAGINATION TO HAVE FUN AND TAKE THE POWER OUT OF WHAT I DON'T WANT. SOMETIMES WATCHING MYSELF OR OTHER PEOPLE RIDE WILD HORSES IN VARIOUS LIFE SITUATIONS MAKES ME LAUGH, AND WHEN YOU CAN LAUGH YOURSELF OUT OF A BAD FEELING, THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING! YOU HAVE JUST CHANGED YOUR LIFE.

                      SO IF YOU ARE FEELING BAD, DON'T GIVE THATBAD FEELING MORE POWER BY BEATING UP ON YOURSELF THAT YOU FEEL BAD. IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE JUST WHIPPING THE WILD HORSE INTO A BIGGER NEGATIVE FRENZY. THE IDEA IS A NOT TO HATE BAD FEELINGS BUT TO DELIBERATELY CHOOSE GOOD FEELINGS, AND CHOOSE THEM MORE OFTEN. WHEN YOU RESIST BAD FEELINGS, THEY INCREASE! THE MORE YOU DON'T WANT BAD FEELINGS, THE MORE YOU INCREASE THEM. THE MORE YOU RESIST ANYTHING IN LIFE, THE MORE YOU BRINGIT TO YOU. SO DON'T CARE ABOUT BAD FEELINGS IF THEY COME UPON YOU. DON'T RESIST THEM AT ALL, AND THEN YOU TAKE ALL THE POWER OUT OF THEM.

                           

                                                          POINTS OF POWER

                     * EVERY PERSON IS SURROUNDED BY A MAGNETIC FIELD. WHEREVER YOU GO, THE MAGNETIC FIELD GOES WITH YOU.

 

                     * YOU ATTRACT EVERYTHING THROUGH THE MAGNETISM OF YOUR FIELD. YOUR FEELINGS DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR FIELD IS POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE AT AY TIME.

                    * EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU GIVE LOVE, THROUGH YOUR FEELINGS, WORDS, OR ACTIONS, YOU ADD MORE LOVE TO THE FIELD AROUND YOU.

                   * THE MORE LOVE IN YOUR FIELD, THE MORE POWER YOU HAVE TO ATTRACT THE THINGS YOU LOVE.

                  * IMAGINE WHAT YOU WANT AS THE SIZE OF A DOT! FOR THE FORCE OF LOVE, WHAT YOU WANT IS SMALLER THAN A DOT!

                * YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TURN THE NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE. JUST GIVE LOSE FOR WHAT YOU WANT, BECAUSE THE CREATIVE OF WHAT YOU WANT REPLACES THE NEGATIVITY!

                * SPEND SEVEN MINUTES EACH DAY IMAGINING AND FEELINGS HAVING WHAT YOU WANT, DO IT UNTIL YOU KNOW YOUR DESIRE BELONGS TO YOU, AS YOU KNOW YOUR NAME BELONGS TO YOU.

                 * THERE IS ONLY ME FORCE IN LIFE AND THAT FORCE IS LOVE. YOU ARE EITHER FEELING GOOOD BECAUSE YOU ARE FULL OF LOVE, OR YOU ARE FEELING BAD BECAUSE YOU ARE EMPTY OF LOVE - BUT ALL OF YOUR FEELINGS ARE DEGREES OF LOVE.

               * TO LIGHTEN UP ABOUT BAD FEELINGS, IMAGINE BAD FEELINGS AS WILD HORSE YOU CLIMB ON. IF  YOU CLIMBED ON THEM YOU CAN CLIMB OFF THEM TOO! YOU CAN CHOOSE TO GET OFF THAT HORSE AS FAST AS YOU JUMPTED ON TO IT.

               * CHANGE WHAT YOU GIVE, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, CHANGE WHAT YOU RECEIVE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE LAW OF ATTRACTION. THAT IS THE LAW OF LOVE.

7 FACTS OF LIFE

 

                       GET THE FACTS DOWN ON PAPER!

                    WHEN ARNOLD BENNETT STARTED OUT IN LONDON FIFTY YEARS AGO TO BE A NOVELIST. HE WAS POOR AND HARD-PRESSED. SO HE KEPT A RECORD OF WHAT HE DID WITH EVERY SIXPENCE. DID HE WONDER WHERE HIS MONEY WAS GOING? NO. HE KNEW. HE LIKED THE IDEA SO MUCH THAT HE CONTINUED TO KEEP SUCH A RECORD EVEN AFTER HE BECOME RICH, WORLD FAMOUS, AND HAD A PRIVATE YACHAT.

                   YOU AND I. TOO, WILL HAVE TO GET NOTEBOOKS AND START KEEPING RECORDS. FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES? NO, NOT NECESSARILY. EXPERTS ON BUDGETS RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF EVERY NECKEL WE SPEND FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST MONTH - AND , IF POSSIBLE, FOR THREE MONTHS. THIS IS TO GIVE US AN ACCURATE RECORD OF WHERE OUR MONEY GOES, SO WE CAN DRAW UP A BUDGET.

                   OH, YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES? WELL, MAYBE SO, BUT IF YOU DO, YOU ARE ONE IN A THOUSAND! MRS.STAPLETON TELLS ME IT IS A COMMON OCCURENCE FOR MEN AND WOMEN TO SPEND HOURS GIVING HER FACTS AND FIGURES, SO SHE CAN GET THEM DOWN ON PAPER - THEN, WHEN THEY SEE THE RESULT ON PAPER, THEY EXCLAIM, IS THAT THE WAY MY MONEY GOES? THEY CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT. ARE YOU LIKE THAT? COULD BE.

                      2. GET A TAILOR-MADE BUDGET THAT REALLY

                                                  FITS YOUR NEEDS!

                     MRS. STAPLETON TELLS ME THAT TWO FAMILIES MAY LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN IDENTICAL HOUSES, IN THE VERY SAME SUBURB, HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY, AND RECEIVE THE SAME INCOME - YET THEIR BUDGETING NEEDS WILL BE RADICALLY DIFFERENT. WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SHE SAYS A BUDGET HAS TO BE A PERSONAL, CUSOM-MADE JOB.

                  THE IDEA OF A BUDGET IS NOT A WRING ALL THE JOY OUT OF LIFE. THE IDEA IS TO GIVE US A SENSE OF MATERIAL SECURITY - WHICH IN MANY CAUSES MEANS EMOTIONAL SECURITY AND FREEDOM FROM WORRY. PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON BUDGETS, MRS. STAPLETON TOLD ME, ARE HAPPIER PEOPLE.

                   BUT HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT IT? FIRST AS I SAID YOU MUST LIST ALL EXPENSES. THEN GET ADVICE.

                   I ASKED MRS. STAPLETON, "WHAT WOULD YOU DO, IF YOU LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN, OR ON A FARM, AND WANTED PERSONAL ADVICE ON DRAWING UP A BUDGET,  SHE ANSWERED, I WOULD TERRITORY, I WOULD ASK THAT PAPER WHERE I COULD GET PERSONAL GUIDANCE IN DRAWING UP A BUDGET - AND I WOULD TRAVEL ALL DAY, IF I HAD TO, TO GET THAT ADVICE.

                                        3. LEARN HOW TO SPEND WISELY

                 BY THIS I MEAN: LEARN HOW TO GET THE BEST VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY . ALL LARGE CORPORATIONS HAVE PROFESSIONAL BUYERS AND PURCHASING AGENTS WHO DO NOTHING BUT GET THE VERY BEST BUYS FOR THEIR FIRMS. AS STEWARD AND MANAGER OF YOUR PERSONAL ESTATE, WHY SHOULDN'T YOU DO LIKEWISE?

                                4. DON'T INCREASE YOUR HEADEACHES

                                                    WITH YOUR INCOME

                   MRS. STAPLETON TOLD ME THAT THE BUDGETS SHE DREADS MOST TO BE CALLES INTO CONSULTATION ON ARE FAMILY INCOMES OF FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR. I ASKED HER WHY. "BECAUSE" SHE SAID, "FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR SEEMS TO BE A GOAL TO MOST AMERICAN FAMILIES. THEY MAY GO ALONG SENSIBLY AND SANELY FOR YEARS- THEN, WHEN THEIR INCOME RISES TO FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR, THEY THINK THEY HAVE ARRIVED. THEY START BRANCHING OUT. BUY A HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS THAT DOESN'T COST ANY MORE THAN RENTING AN APARTEMENT. BUT A CAR, A LOT OF NEW FURNITURE, AND A LOT OF NEW CLOTHES - AND THE FIRST THING YOU KNOW, THEY ARE RUNNING INTO THE RED. THEY ARE ACTUALLY LESS HAPPY THAN THEY WERE BEFORE - BECAUSE THEY HAVE BITTEN OFF TOO MUCH WITH THEIR INCREASE IN INCOME.

                   THAT IS ONLY NATURAL. WE ALL WANT TO GET MORE OUT OF LIFE. BUT IN THE LONG RUN, WHICH IS GOING TO BRING US MORE HAPPINESS - OR HAVING DUNNING LETTERS IN THE MAIL AND CREDITORS POUNDING ON THE FRONT DOOR?

                                          5. TRY TO BUILD CREDIT, IN THE EVENT

                                                               YOU MUST BORROW

  

                          BE SURE YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES HAVE A SAVINGS ASPECTS, IF YOU WANT TO BORROW ON THEM, FOR THIS MEANS A CASH VALUE. CERTAIN TYPES OF INSURANCE, CALLED "TERM INSURANCE" ARE MERELY FOR YOUR PROTECTION OVER A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME AND DO NOT BUILD UP RESERVES. THESE POLICIES ARE OBVIOUSLY OF NO USE TO YOU FOR BORROWING PURPOSES. THEREFORE, THE RULE IS, ASK QUESTIONS! BEFORE YOU SIGN FOR A POLICY, FIND OUT IF IT HAS A CASH VALUE IN CASE YOU HAVE TO RAISE MONEY.

                        NOW, SUPPOSE YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE YOU CAN BORROW ON, AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BONDS, BUT YOU DO OWN A  HOUSE, OR A CAT, OR SOME OTHER KIND OF COLLATERAL. WHERE DO YOU GO TO BORROW? BY ALL MEANS, TO A BANK! BANKS HAVE A REPUTATION TO MAINTAIN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY WILL USUALLY DEAL WITH YOU FAIRLY. FREQUENTLY IF YOU ARE IN A FINANCIAL JAM, THE BANK WILL GO SO FAR AS TO DISCUSS YOUR PROBLEMS WITH YOU, MAKE A PLAN, AND HELP YOU WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF YOUR WORRY AND INDEBTEDNESS. I REPEAT, IF YOU HAVE COLLATERAL GO TO  A BANK!

                         HOWEVER, SUPPOSE YOU ARE ONE OF THE THOUSANDS  WHO DON'T HAVE COLLATERAL, DON'T OWN ANY PROPERTY, AND HAVED NOTHING TO OFFER AS GUARANTEE EXCEPT YOUR WAGES OR SALARY? THEN AS YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE, HEED THIS WORD OF WARNING! DO NOT DO NOT APPLY TO A "LOAN COMPANY" WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT IT OPERATES UNDER STATE LICENSE. THE 32 STATES WHICH DO HAVE THIS LAW, HOWEVER, THE LICENSED LOAN COMPANIES CAN USUALLY BE DEPENDED ON. MOST OF THEM ARE ETHICAL, HONEST, AND STRICTLY ON THE LEVEL. THEY ARE DOING A SERVICE TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FACED WITH ILLNESS OR EMERGENCY AND HAVE TO RAISE MONEY. THEY CHARGE A HIGHER RATE OF INTEREST THAT THE BANKS, BUT THEY HAVE TO DO THIS, FOR THEY TAKE GREATER RISKS AND HAVE GREATER EXPENSES IN COLLECTING. BUT, IF YOU LIVE IN A STATE WHERE LOAN COMPANIES ARE UNREGULATED. BEFORE DOING BUSINESS WITH ANY LOAN COMPANY, GO TO YOUR BANK, TALK TO ONE OF ITS OFFICERS, AND ASK HIM TO RECOMMEND TO RECOMMED A LOAN COMPANY THAT HE KNOWS TO BE FAIR.

                 RULE NO 6. PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST ILLNESS, 

                                        FIRE, AND EMERGENCY EXPENSES.'

                       INSURANCE IS AVAILABLE, FOR RELATIVELY SMALL SUMS, ON ALL KINDS OF ACCIDENTS, MISFORTUNES, AND CONCEIVABLE EMERGENCIES. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT YOU COVER YOURSELF FOR EVERYTHING FROM SLIPPING IN THE BATHTUB TO CATCHING GERMAN MEASLES - BUT I DO SUGGEST THAT YOU PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST THE MAJOR MISFORTUNES THAT YOU KNOW COULD NOT YOUR MONEY AND THEREFORE DO COST YOU WORRY. IT'S CHEAP AT THE PRICE.

                       RULE NO 7. DO NOT HAVE YOUR LIFE-INSURANCE 

                                    PROCEEDS PAID TO YOUR WIDOW IN CASH

                         IF YOU ARE CARRYING LIFE INSURANCE TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILY AFTER YOU'RE GONE, DO NOT, I BEG OF YOU, HAVE YOUR INSURANCE PAID IN ONED LUMP SUM.

                       WHAT HAPPENS TO "A NEW WIDOW WITH NEW MONEY? I'LL LET MRS.MARION S.EBERLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SHE IS HEAD OF THE WOMEN'S DIVISION OF THE INSTITUTE OF LIFE INSURANCE. 60 EAST 42ND STREET, NEW YORK CITY. SHE SPEAKS BEFORE WOMEN'S CLUBS ALL OVER AMERICA ON THE WISDOM OF USING LIFE-INSURANCE PROCEEDS TO PURCHASE A LIFE INCOME FOR THE WIDOW INSTEAD OF GIVING HER THE PROCEEDS IN CASH. SHE TELLS OF ONE WIDOW WHO RECEIVED TWENTY THOUSANDS DOLLARS IN CASH AND LENT IT TO HER SON TO START IN THE AUTO-ACCESSORY BUSINESS FAILED, AND SHE IS DESTITUTE NOW. SHE TELLS OF ANOTHER WIDOW WHO WAS PERSUADED BY A SLICK REAL-ESTATE SALESMAN TO PUT MOST OF HER LIFE-INSURANCE MONEY IN  VACANT LOST THAT WERE "SURE TO DOUBLE IN VALUE WITHIN YEAR". THERE YEARS LATER, SHE SOLD THE LOTS FOR ONE TENTH OF WHAT SHE PAID FOR THEM. SHE TELLS OF ANOTHER WIDOW WHO HAD TO APPLY TO THE CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF HER CHILDREN - WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER SHE HAD BEEN LEFT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LIFE INSURANCE. A HUNDRED THOUSAND SIMILAR TRAGEDIES COULD BE TOLD.

                     THE AVERAGE LIFETIME OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT IN THE HANDS OF A WOMAN IS LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS". THAT STATEMENT WAS MADE BY SYLVIA S. PORTER, FINANCIAL EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK POST, IN THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL.

                     YEARS AGO, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST SAID IN AN EDITORIAL: THE EASE WITH WHICH THE AVERAGE WIDOW WITHOUT BUSINESS TRAINING, AND WITH NO BANKER TO ADVICE HER, CANBE WHEEDLED INTO PUTTING HER HUSBAND'S LIFE-INSURANCE MONEY INTO WILDCAT STOCKS BY THE FIRST SLICK SALESMAN WHO APPROACHES HER - IS PROVERBIAL. ANY LAWYER OR BANKER CAN CITE A DOZEN CASES IN WHICH THE ENTIRE SAVINGS OF A THIRTY MAN'S LIFETIME. AMASSED BY YEARS OF SACRIFICE AND SELF-DENIAL, WERE SWEPT AWAY SIMPLY BECAUSE A WIDOW OR AN ORPHAN TRUSTED ONE OF THE SLICK CROOKS WHO ROB WOMEN FOR A LIVELIHOOD.

                    IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR WIDOW AND YOUR CHILDREN, WHY NOT TAKE A TIP FROM J.P MORGAN - ONE OF THE WISEST FINANCIEAR WHO EVER LIVED. HE LEFT MONEY IN HIS WILL TO SIXTEEN PRINCIPLE LEGATEES. TWELVE WERE WOMEN. DID HE LEAVE THESE WOMEN CASH? HE LEFT TRUST FUNDS THAT INSURED THESE WOMEN A MONTHLY INCOME FOR LIFE.

HOW TO ADD ONE HOUR A DAY TO YOURF WAKING LIFE

 

                               BEFORE ONE HOUR A DAY

                              WHY AM I WRITING A CHAPTER ON PREVENTING FATIGUE IN A BOOK ON PREVENTING WORRY? THAT IS SIMPLE FATIGUE OFTEN PRODUCES WORRY, OR LEAST, IT MAKES YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO WORRY. ANY MEDICAL STUDENT WILL TELL YOU THAT FATIGUE LOWERS PHYSICAL RESISTANCE TO THE COMMON COLD AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER DISEASES, TO THE COMMON COLD AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER DISEASES, AND ANY PSYCHIATRIST WILL TELL YOU THAT FATIGUE ALSO LOWERS YOU RESISTANCE TO THE EMOTIONS OF FEAR AND WORRY. SO PREVENTING FATIGUE TENDS TO PREVENT WORRY.

                          DID I SAY, "TENDS TO PREVENT WORRY? THAT IS PUTTING IT MILDLY. DR.EDMUND JACOBSON GOES MUCH FURTHER. DR.JACOBSON HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS ON RELAXATION AND YOU MUST RELAX, AND AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LABORATORY FOR CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY, HE HAS SPENT YEARS CONDUCING INVESTIGATION IN USING RELAXATION AS A METHOD IN MEDICAL PRACTICE. HE DECLARES THAT ANY NERVOUS OR EMOTIONAL STATE "FAILS TO EXIST IN THE PRESENCE OF COMPLETE RELATION". THAT IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING, YOU CANNOT FATIGUE AND WORRY, THE FIRST RULE IN REST OFTEN. REST BEFORE YOU GET TIRED.

                   WHY IS THAT SO IMPORTANT? BECAUSE FATIGUE ACCUMULATES WITH ASTONISHING RAPIDITY. THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAS DISCOVERED BY REPEATED TESTS THAT EVEN YOUNG MEN- MEN TOUGHENED BY YEARS OF ARMY TRAINING - CAN MARCH BETTER, AND HOLD UP LONGER, IF THEY THROW DOWN THEIR PACKS AND REST TEN MINUTES OUT OF EVERY HOUR. SO THE ARMY FORCES THEM TO DO JUST THAT. YOUR HEART IS JUST AS SMART AS THE U.S. ARMY. YOUR HEART PUMPS ENOUGH BLOOD THROUGH YOUR BODY EVERY DAY TO FILL A RAILWAY TANK CAR. IT EXERTS ENOUGH ENERGY EVERY  TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO SHOVEL TWENTY TONS OF COAL ONTO A PLATFORM THREE FEET HIGH. IT DOES THIS INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR FIFTY. SEVENTY OR MAYBED NINETY YEARS. HOW CAN IT STAND IT? DR. WALTER B. CANNON, OF THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, EXPLAINS IT. HE SAYS, MOST PEOPLE HAVE THE IDEA THAT THE HEART IS WORKING ALL THE TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS A DEFINITE REST PERIOD AFTER EACH CONTRACTION. WHEN BEATING AT A MODERATE RATE OF SEVENTY PULSES PER MINUTE, THE HEART IS ACTUALLY RATE OF SEVENTY PULSES OUT OF THE TWENTY-FOUR. IN THE AGGREGATE ITS REST PERIODS TOTAL A FULL FIFTEEN HOURS PER DAY".

                   DURING WORLD WAR 2, WINSTON CHURCHILL, IN HIS LATE SIXTIES AND EARLY AFTER YEAR. DIRECTING THE WAR EFFORTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. A PHENOMENAL RECORD. HIS SECRET? HE WORKED IN BED EACH MORNING UNTIL ELEVEN O'CLOCK READING REPORTS, DICTATING ORDERS, MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS, AND HOLDING IMPORTANT CONFERENCES. AFTER LUNCH, HE WENT TO BED AGAIN AND SLEPT FOR AN HOUR. IN THE EVENING, HE WENT TO BE ONCE MORE AND SLEPT FOR TWO HOURS BEFORE HAVING DINNER AT EIGHT. HE DIDN'T CURE FATIGUE. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO CURE IT. HE PREVENTED IT. BECAUSE HE RESTED FREQUENTLY, HE WAS ABLE TO WORK ON, FRESH AND FIT, UNTIL LONG PAST MIDNIGHT.

                  THE ORGINAL JOHN D.ROCKFELLER MADE TOW EXTRAORDINARY RECORS. HE ACCUMULATED THE GREATEST FORTUNE THE WORLD HAD EVER SEEN UP TO THAT TIME AND HE ALSO LIVED TO BE NINETY-EIGHT. HOW DID HE DO IT? THE CHIEF REASON, OF COURSE, WAS BECAUSE HE HAD INHERITED A TENDENCY TO LIVE LONG. ANOTHER REASON WAS HIS HABIT OF TAKING A HALF-HOUR NAP IN HIS OFFICE EVERY NOON. HE WOULD LIE DOWN ON HIS OFFICE COUCH- AND NOT EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STTES COULD GET JOHN D. ON THE PHONE WHILE HE WAS HAVING HIS SNOOZE!

                     IN HIS EXCELLENT BOOK, WHY BE TIRED?  DANIEL JOSSELYN OBSERVES, "REST IS NOT A MATTER OF DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. REST IS REPAIR". THERE OS SO MUCH REPAIR POWER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF REST THAT EVEN A FIVE-MINUTE NAP WILL HELP TO FORESTALL FATIGUE! CONNIE MACK, THE GRAND OLD MAN OF BASEBALL, TOLD ME THAT IF HE DOESN'T TAKE AN AFTERNOON NAP BEFORE A GAME, HE IS ALL TUCKERED OUT AT AROUND THE FIFTH INNING. BUT IF HE DOES GO TO SLEEP. IF FOR ONLY FIVE MINUTES BE CAN LAST THROUGHOUT AN ENTIRE DOUBLE-HEADER WITHOUT FEELING TIRED.

                  WHEN I ASKED ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO CARRY SUCH AN EXHAUSTING SCHEDULE DURING THE TWELVE YEARS SHE WAS IN THE WHITE HOURSE. SHE SAID THAT BEFORE MEETING A CROWD OR MAKING A SPEECH, SHE WOULD OFTEN SIT IN A CHAIR OR DEVENPORT, CLOSE HER EYES, AND RELAX FOR TWENTY MINUTES.

                  I RECENTLY INTERVIEWED GENE AUTRY IN HIS DRESSING ROOM AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, WHERE HE WAS THE STAR ATTRACTION AT THE WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO, I NOTICED AN ARMY COT IN HIS DRESSING ROOM. I LIE DOWN THERE EVERY AFTERNOON. GENE AUTRY SAID, AND GET AN HOUR'S NAP BETWEEN PERFORMANCES. WHEN I AM MAKING PICTURES IN HOLLYWOOD. HE CONTINUED. I OFTEN RELAX IN A BIG EASY CHAIR AND GET TWO-OR THREE TEN-MINUTES NAPS A DAY. THEY BUCK ME UP TREMENDOUSLY.

                

SUCCESS DEFINITION

 

                                     PERSONAL SUCCESS

                             YOUR SUCCESS IN LIFE DEPENDS MORE ON THE PERSON YOU BECOME THAN ON THE THINGS YOU DO OR ACQUIRE. AS ARISTOTLE WROTE, "THE ULTIMATE END OF LIFE IS THE DEVELOPMET OF CHARACTER". IN THESE CHAPTERS, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP AND USE DISCIPLINE IN ORDER TO BECOME AN EXCELLENT PERSON. YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP GREATER SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-RESPECT, AND PERSONALE PRIDE. YOU WILL LEARN THE ESSENTIAL DISCIPLINES REQUIRED FOR PERSONAL GREATENESS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM INTO YOUR OWN CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY. 

                                                    DO YOUR OWN THING

                    A POPULAR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS IS "BEING ABLE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN WAY, DOING ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, WITH THE PEOPLE WHO YOU CHOOSE, IN THE SITUATIONS YOU DESIRE".

                     IN EACH CASE, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO DEFINE WHAT "SUCCESS" MEANS TO YOU, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF OR LESS OF IN ORDER TO BEGIN CREATING YOUR IDEAL LIFE. AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT HOLD YOU BACK FROM MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR DREAMS ISUALLY YOUR FAVORITE EXCUSES AND LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.

                  IT'S NOT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT RATHER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE DISCIPLINE TO MAKE YOURSELF DO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT.

                                            ALWAYS BEHAVE CONSISTENTLY

                        WHENEVER YOU ACT IN WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR VALUES, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. WHENEVER YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, FOR ANY REASON, YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF. THIS ALSO MEANS THAT WHEN YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM TO DOWN. YOU FEEL UNEASY AND INFERIOR, INADEQUATE AND UNCOMFORTABLE.

                     WHEN YOU COMPROMISE YOUR VALUES, DEEP DOWN INSIDE, YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG.

                    ALMOST ALL HUMAN PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED BY A RETURN TO YOUR HIGHEST VALUES AND YOUR INNERMOST CONVICTIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, THERE HAVE PROBABLY BEEN SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU HAVE COMPROMISED YOUR VALUES IN ORDER TO SAVE AN INVESTMENT KEEP A JOB, PRESERVE A RELATIONSHIP, OR MAINTAIN A FRIENDSHIP. IN EACH CASE, YOU HAVE FELT WORSE AND WORSE UNTIL YOU FINALLY BROKE IT OFF AND WALKED AWAY.

                 AND HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU FINALLY HAD THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER TO WALK AWAY? YOU FELT WONDERFUL! WHENEVER YOU USE YOUR WILLPOWER AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER TO RETURN TO THE VALUES THAT ARE MOST DEAR TO YOU, YOU ARE REWARDED WITH A WONDERFUL FEELING OF HAPPINESS AND EXHILARATION. YOU FEEL ENERGIZED AND FREE. YOU WONDER WHY YOU DIDN'T MAKE THAT DECISION A LONG TIME AGO.

                                                       THE BIG PAYOFF

                     THE PAYOFF FOR BECOMING A PERSON OF CHARACTER, FOR EXERTING YOUR WILLPOWER AND SELF-DISCIPLINE TO LIVE CONSISTENTLY WITH THE VERY BEST THAT YOU KNOW, IS TREMENDOUS. WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE HIGHER VALUE OVER THE LOWER, THE MORE DIFFICULT OVER THE EASY, THE RIGHT OVER THE WRONG, YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF. YOUR SELF-ESTEEM INCREASES. YOU LIKE AND RESPECT YOURSELF MORE. YOU HAVE A GREATER SENSE OF PERSONAL PRIDE. 

                 IN ADDITION TO FEELING EXCELLENT ABOUT YOURSELF WHEN YOU BEHALF OF ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU. THEY WILL LOOK UP TO YOU AND ADMIRE YOU. YOU WILL BE PAID MORE, PROMOTED FASTER, AND GIVEN EVEN GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES. AS YOU BECOME A PERSON OF HONOR AND CHARACTER, OPPORTUNITIES WILL APPEAR ALL AROUND YOU.

                  ON THE OTHER HAND,YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE INTELLIGENCE, TALENT, AND ABILITY IN THE WORLD, BUT IF PEOPLE WILL NOT HIRE YOU, AND IF THEY DO, THEY WILL DEHIRE YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT LEND YOU MONEY. BECAUSE "BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER" THE ONLY ASSOCIATES (NEVER FRIENDS) YOU WILL HAVE WILL BE OTHER PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE WITH HAVE A MAJOR EFFECT ON YOUR ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY, YOU MAKE OR BREAK YOUR ENTIRE LIFE WITH THE QUALITY OF YOUR CHARACTER - OR THE LACK THEREOF.

A DAY IN YOUR LIFE

 

                         THREE SIMPLE STEPS TO 

                                      BECOME THE BEST

                      BECOMING ONE OF THE TOP PEOPLE IN YOUR FIELD REQUIRES DISCIPLINE AND APPLICATION MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THERE ARE THREE SIMPLE STEPS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW TO BECOME THE VERY BEST IN YOUR FIELD :

                      1. READ SIXTY MINUTES IN YOUR FIELD EACH DAY. TURN OFF THE TELEVISION AND THE RADIO, PUT ASIDE THE NEWSPAPER, AND READ MATERIAL ABOUT YOUR FILED FOR ONE HOUR EACH DAY BEFORE YOU START WORKING.

                    2. LISTEN TO EDUCATIONAL AUDIO PROGRAMS IN YOUR CAR. START THEM AND STOP THEM AS YOU  LISTEN, SO YOU CAN REFLECT ON WHAT YOU HAVE JUST HEARD AND THINK ABOUT HOW YOU CAN APPLY THE IDEAS TO YOUR WORK.

                   3. ATTEND COURSES AND SEMINARS IN YOUR FIELD REGULARLY. SEEK THEM OUT. TAKE ONLINE COURSES IN THE CONVENIENCE OF YOUR OWN HOME, COURSES THAT ENABLE YOU TO UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS AND GIVE YOU IMPORTANT IDEAS THAT YOU CAN USE TO BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL.

                        THE POWER OF COMPOUND LEARNING, LIKE COMPOUND INTEREST, IS QUITE AMAZING. THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE MORE YOU CAN LEARN. THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE BETTER YOUR BRAIN FUNCTIONS, AND THE SMARTMER YOU GET. YOUR MEMORY AND RETENTION RATE IMPROVE. THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE MORE RELATIONSHIPS YOU FIND BETWEEN SOMETHING YOU LEARNED AT ONE TIME AND SOMETHING YOU LEARN AT ANOTHER TIME.

                            NEVER STOP LEARNING AND GROWING.

                   1. RESOLVE TODAY TO ACCEPT 100 PERCENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE AND EVERYTHING YOU BECOME. NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN.

                   2. LOOK INTO YOUR PAST AND SELECT A PERSON OR INCIDENT THAT SKILL MAKES YOU UNHAPPY TODAY. INSTEAD OF JUSTIFYING YOUR NEGATIVE FEELINGS, LOOK FOR REASONS WHY YOU WERE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED.

                  3. SELECT A RELATIONSHIP IN YOUR PAST THAT MADE YOU UNHAPPY, AND THEN GIVE THREE REASONS WHY YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT OCCURED.

                   4. SELECT ONE PERSON IN YOUR PAST WITH WHOM YOU ARE STILL ANGRY AND RESOLVE TO FORGIVE THAT PERSON COMPLETELY FOR WHAT HAPPENED. THIS ACT WILL LIBERATE YOU EMOTIONALLY.

                   5. ACCEPT COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AND REFUSE TO BLAME ANY FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ON ANYONE ELSE. NOW, WHAT STEPS ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE TO RESOLVE THAT SITUATION?

                  6. ACCEPT COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR FAMILY SITUATION, WITH EACH PERSON,  AND THEN TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WHEREVER THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS.

                 7. ACCEPT 100 PERCENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR HEALTH. RESOLVE TODAY TO DO OR STOP DOING WHATEVER IS NECESSARY FOR YOU TO ATTAIN EXCELLENT ALL-AROUND HEALTH.

                                                       BLAMING IS EASY

                           PEOPLE WHO DEVELOP THE HABIT OF AUTOMATICALLY BLAMING OFTEN BECOME ANGRY AT THINGS. BLAMING INANIMATE OBJECTS WHEN THEY DO NOT FUNCTION AS EXPECTED IS SO SILY THAT IT ALMOST BECOMES A MILD FORM OF INSANITY. 

                        PEOPLE BECOME ANGRY AT DOORS THAT STICK. THEY SWEAR AT TOOLS THEY ARE USING WHEN THEY THEMSELVES MAKE A MISTAKE. THEY GET MAD WHEN THEY THEMSELVES MAKE A MISTAKE. THEY GET MAD WHEN THEIR CAR DOESN'T START. EVEN IF IT IS AN INAMINATE OBJECT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK PERFECTLY, THEN THE THING MUST BE TO BLAME. PEOPLE WILL OFTEN KICK A CAR THAT THEY ARE MAD AT OR A BOX THAT THEY TRIPPED OVER.