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Authors: Dianne Harman

BOOK: White Cloud Retreat

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"How do we
find out the answer(s)?" asked an old man.

"Another
good question," said the chairman. "By listening, not to the outer
world but to your inner voice that has all the answers (if you ask questions),
which is why the Latin word 'educate' means to draw from within - not to shove
from outside."

"This
brings us to another interesting topic - negativity," said the chairman.

"People are
not negative as the case is made out to be; your 'being' tricks you into
believing there is danger (when in many cases there is no danger) and paints a
situation negative. It is constantly evaluating in 1s (It's safe) and 0's (It's
not safe), and the result of this evaluation is what makes people negative.
Ironically, negativity prolongs your longevity. You live long - but have you
truly lived is the big question."

"Is there a
way out?" asked a worried young woman.

"Of
course," boomed the chairman, which sent strong ripples of positive energy
out into the room. This lifted everyone's spirit once more. "We'll discuss
it shortly."

"For now,
remember that this "blueprint of blueprints - this 0 and 1" controls
everything - from your financial destiny to your social life to your culinary
choices to the type of games you play."

“So to recap - you
are bleeding precious energy because you daydream, blame, complain and
criticize, because you are infatuated, because you are weighed down by useless
memories, because of sin and guilt, and the fear of death, since you are
unaware of a higher and supreme truth that you
are immortal, that you can
never die, that nothing can kill you.
”

CHAPTER
8

The
Turnaround

“Are you now able to
understand why the vast majority will never be rich?” asked the chairman, as he
studied their faces intently.

“Also, you now begin to
realize why most are popping along in life, one pill after the other,” said the
chairman, wistfully.

"Yeah, we always
thought that money was about business, socializing and marrying into rich
families," said one man. "Looks like we’re gonna have to reassess our
plans.”

“Now I know why higher
education is meaningless, they never mention any of this,” said one gal in
frustration.

“Why talk about higher
education? Schools fill children with so much crap nowadays,” added a young
man.

“Makes sense to me, I
got hammered in school and look what happened to me,” another guy chimed in.

“Looks like we’re all
sailing in the same boat,” said an older gentleman.

The chairman listened
intently to the spirited dialogue he had triggered.

“Consciously
or not, our school system’s purpose is to train students to do a job they
dislike, and ironically expect them to give it their all,” said a young guy.
“You know, so much schooling is completing tasks that one has no aptitude or
heart for, or tasks that are simply academic. And after 12 years of this
bullshit, students refuse to embrace a challenge unless there's drudgery,
senseless repetition and insanity involved.”

“Which is why more and
more people are home schooling children nowadays,” said one gal.

“I guess that’s why
those who drop out of school end up smarter; lesser conditioning leads to
lesser memories which gives you the freedom to come up with original thoughts,”
said a woman with a wry smile.

“The little ones are
precious. If the early years are filled with fear, doubt, criticism and anger,
then all efforts to turn a new leaf are met with stiff resistance,” said the
chairman.

“This leads to a
hunger, a hunger to be validated, to be appreciated, to be loved, the bigger
the hunger the bigger the malediction for megalomania.”

“This hunger drives you
wayward as you push for name, fame and recognition; you are searching for the
“affection and appreciation” you never got when you were little.”

“You run roughshod over
all the blessings and miracles waiting for you, if only you had slowed down and
embraced them, what a beautiful life this would have been!”

“I’m now beginning to
understand why most people are so afraid of life. The fear, the guilt, the
conditioning, the memories… ugh,” said an elderly lady, shaking her head in
disgust.

“I just want to take
this bag of poop I’ve been carrying all my life and throw it in the ocean,”
said another.

“We’ve been driving
with the hand brake on, burning precious energy on nothing,” said a senior
gentleman.

“And
most people
don’t even know where the hand-brake is
,” uttered another.

“I like where this is
going,” said one man, with a smile so big that you could have walked right into
it.

“Me too, it’s the exact
opposite of what we’ve been taught so far,” beamed another.

“Looks like we’ve been
making the wrong dickcisions for a long time,” said a young guy.

"But how do we
begin if we have very little or nothing to start the journey?" asked a
distraught young woman.

“
To attain
fulfillment one has to start with fulfillment,
and
contentment,
is being in a state of fulfillment at all times
," said the chairman
smiling.

"You make it sound
so easy," she said giggling.

“I say we take a pledge
that from this moment on we’re gonna LIVE, and not leak and creak our way through
life, and no more fear or guilt, screw that crap,” said one man, as he put his
hand out.

Everyone put their hand
out and yelled: “YEAH.”

"Can anyone tell
me what you guys just did?" asked the chairman. They shook their heads in
the negative.

"
You changed
your attitude, and the right attitude is priceless.

"We'll now discuss
something so simple yet so profound that the sooner you embrace it, the faster
your fortunes will turn around. It's ancient but timeless, and it's the
most
precious thing
I possess when it comes to making money, it's called -
Actionless Action."

Other thought
provoking, life changing chapters include - Mother's Special Recipe for
Success, Reverse Engineering your Deepest Fear, Be Very Selfish & Don't
Forget the 'F' Word, Living in the Now, The Secret of the Billion Bits, The
Essence and a Big Surprise at the very end.

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