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(Principle 1 : Open-mindedness)

Sight can be Distracting…Be Open-Minded.

“The first sign of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”. Albert Einstein (14th March 1879-18th April 1955)

Therefore, if you want changes in your life, you must be prepared to try new and different things. To try different things you must first be open-minded. Ultimately, you must be open-minded about allowing success and all manner of good things to flow uninterrupted into your life. But these wonderful things may not all look wonderful when you first see them, they may not sound wonderful or feel wonderful. This is why being open-minded is so crucial; your hearts desires could slip right through you fingers because you are not prepared for they way they look, sound or feel.

It is with good reason thatt Open-mindedness is the first major principal in the 10 principles of the Best Possible You (BPY). And quite frankly, without it, you need not purchase this book, it is THAT fundamental.

“How far back does it go?

To the very beginning of time,

For when you emerged from your mother’s womb,

The first thing you did was cry,

You were given the gift of life,

And did you appreciate it?

You may laugh now,

But back then you hated it!

And where would you be if you couldn’t eat?

I hear you laugh again.

But every one of those thirty-odd teeth caused you endless nights of pain.

Do you yet understand,

The beauty hidden in the pain,

Of growing.

Fairy tales make us believe love looks a certain way,

And if I gave you an unpolished diamond,

You just might throw it away?

Would you walk past your favourite store,

If they changed their carrier bags?

Would you notice your Prince Charming,

If he was dressed like a pauper in rags.

Do not be deceived by presentations,

Don’t be distracted by the pretty pink bow.

For to truly understand the gifts life brings,

There’s something we all need to know.

Love can sometimes look ugly,

Love can even feel like pain.

Love often plays tricks with our emotions

Just to see if we’ll turn away

Even without the financial depression that we find ourselves in, it would still be time to be open-minded about the TOTAL sum of ALL your parts. Awake dear reader Awake! You have talents and skills that you may not have even begun to learn yet, but your aptitude and compatibility for them are perfect.

You are not your business card and that, now more than ever, really is the point. You are infinitely more than a few words put together on a piece of paper smaller than a pork-chop. It’s like putting a rainbow next to a brick. And by the same token, you are also more than just a body. Your hopes and fears, your talents and skills, your beliefs and your eternal spirit are represented in the most minimalistic of ways by your body and more often than not, not represented at all. As it is displayed most vividly in the case of perennial genius…

Stephen Hawking, (born 8^th January 1942) CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA whose impassioned research into black holes, radiation, cosmology, quantum gravity and other complicated things have made him a giant amongst men. Stephen has suffered from ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) since the late 1960’s and his severe state of paralysis has meant that he has been unable to move or indeed feed himself since 1974. To look at him is one thing, but Stephen Hawking is more than a body, his research will tell you that and so too will his adoring children, Robert, Lucy and Timothy.

“My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.”

As quoted in Stephen Hawking’s Universe, by John Boslough.

Stephen is one of the most inspiring people of all time, not just because of his landmark discoveries, but also because he represents the truth about us all. In 1974, doctors gave Stephen barely 10 years to live, but he has decided to live as long as he wants to. Hawking is motivated by the love of his family and his lifelong obsession with the workings of the universe, his body is not a great deal more than a reference point to help us give a name to where a particular idea came from. And that goes for the rest of us too. Even in the 21^st Century, we are still so wrapped up in the exterior of all that we look at, distracted by it to our detriment.

It’s all about perception, sight can be distracting, what we see, what we think we see, and what those images mean to us. The world cannot all of a sudden be poor and you cannot all of a sudden be worthless! Do not be depressed be open-minded. You were precious even before birth, as you are precious even after our so-called death. Whilst living, you have countless opportunities to show the multitude of different ways why you are not only precious but also an essential piece of the jigsaw we call life. Being sacked, being dumped, being evicted, are all exterior views that in reality are seen only by the body’s eyes. Intuition never loses sight of your worth nor the worth of others. Resurrected careers of movie giants like Jeff Bridges, John Travolta, Alec Baldwin, Mickey Rourke and Robert Downey Jnr remind us only that with Faith, a period of time in ‘limbo’ need not last forever, it can even be useful when staging a comeback. After all, you can’t have a fanfare and bunting ’comeback’ if you’re always ‘there.’ What looks like a ‘finished’ actor to one director is the passport to Oscar glory for an open-minded director, aka True Grit, Iron Man, The Wrestler, Pulp Fiction and 30 Rock. You may or may not win an Oscar, but my friend you are FAR from finished.

You are alive! And ‘if you’re alive it means you have something to do. Something ONLY you can do, even if it looks like something similar to what someone else has done or is doing.

Have Faith, trust what your intuition says and close your eyes to properly view the situation that is causing you anxiety or slowing you down… Sight can be distracting. Use vision instead. Your vision for your future may have NOTHING in common with your present. But may simply be how things can be if you apply yourself fully to the situation by navigating your route via your Intuition.

The world’s financial situation is the distracting spin-off from the main program that has eclipsed the main program in terms of its audience numbers and concerned viewers. It’s the Ben Johnson steroid saga of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, but not the Olympics. It’s the David Beckham sending off in the 1998 World cup in France, but not the world cup. It’s the colour of the President’s face in the 44^th US presidential election of 2009, but not the changing face of America. And it’s the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at 3pm April 3rd 33A.D, but not His resurrection. It goes without saying, that anyone can be killed; and throughout history thousands have been crucified. Nevertheless, our upside down sense of what is important has meant that we have upheld the disturbing image of a man’s brutal murder more than looking at the possibility that a human-being can defeat mankind’s most poignant of ‘full-stops’ and casually walk past his most final of all resting places… the grave.

If you have even a passing interest in the Bible you’ll understand that the wearing and the purchasing of crucifixes over the centuries show exactly what part of the story the general public has an obsession with. As for me, the thought that a man can perhaps nonchalantly drop in on old friends three days after being killed, complete with nail holes in his hands and feet; well… I tend to find that sort of thing particularly intriguing and inspiring.

Back to more recent times and we find that money like the crucifix has elbowed its way centre-stage in an audacious bid for instant stardom. But alas, money has no talent whatsoever and the judges will eventually realise that. All it ever really does is follow. It sinks in a recession and jumps up in a recovery. It moves like Jagger when stimulated and does nothing when it is ignored. It doesn’t love you or hate you and will leave you as easily as meet you. It stays by your side only when it has others like itself for company and it feels just as at home in a tin cup as it does in a vaulted bank.

Still, the collapse of money has now already taken place and typical of all bad losers it wants to drag everything that it can down with it. And just like the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s’ statue in Firdos Square, Baghdad, in April 2003; money’s legs are broken and great change is afoot.

However, rich and poor need not be afraid…A new leader is about to be quickly installed and she will place members of her own family in office around her. Her name is Self. (In China, where the economy is presently in steady growth, family names precede first names this is also the case with Self). She will bring into the fold her strong siblings; Self-Worth, Self-Reliance and Self-Preserve. She also has at her side her staunch deputy, Self-Belief. It has been stated quite firmly that Self-Indulgence still has a role to play in this new government, but his outlandish spending will be under close scrutiny by international inspectors amid fears of previous budgetary Maths Destruction.

THE END of THE WORLD?

The astronomers of the ancient (highly) advanced civilisation of Central America, known as the Mayans (AD 300-900) created a complex detailed calendar based on cycles of 144,000 days. These cycles were called Baktoons. A great deal of money and anxiety has been made by the crude misrepresentation of the Mayan calendar which clearly states we will enter into a new cycle of creation at midnight on 21st December 2012 (the 13th Baktoon). Nowhere on this calendar does it say the world will end! Every Mayan professor will attest to this and every native Guatemalan will laugh in your face if you ask about the world ending in 2012. So, a new way of thinking? I think yes. New perspectives? I think yes. Perhaps even new world leaders and a re-shuffle of the world’s leading nations with the likely re-introduction of gold-linked currencies to be kick-started by a Middle-Eastern or West African country, where gold stocks are plentiful. To all these things, most probably ‘yes’ and ‘yes’ to other things too, but the end of the world… No, I don’t think so.

How often have we all wished that we had the knowledge we have now, but when we were much, much younger? The world is in the process of being reborn, so now we all have wise heads on young shoulders. Yes, there will be some tears (actually… a lot of tears), but certainly not as much as the first time you came into the world. How often have we wished for a more level playing field where talent, goodness, perseverance, endeavour, creativity and imagination would have the equivalent value or more value than money? Now it does! There are millions of people whose talents have been lying dormant under the cover of a blanket of Dollar bills, Pounds and Euros. The wake-up call rings loud now and the Ministry of Self-Expression has already issued grants and permits to all, do not squander yours.

Dear reader, you may not even wish to consider it now, but how lucky are you? This is a brave new planet that is giving you a second chance. You are presented with countless opportunities to start over and try out your ideas on a public that are in dire need of fresh new ideas.

Western civilisation has found itself in a financial mess; can you make a fresh deposit of bankable innovation? Global warming has given our planet a curable cancer; the antidote could be in the Rain forests, your back garden or in your very own conscious or subconscious mind? Yesterday, when I glanced over the markets I noticed that nearly all the major financial institutions were taking a fierce hammering; banks, building societies, the Dow Jones, the FTSE, the Euro etc, etc. The car industry too was taking some dangerously deep dents, the impact of which could not be remedied by airbags no matter how large. Ford and General Motors in particular suffered serious scratches to an age-old infrastructure… But, however, pharmaceuticals were up and so too was cocoa…aspirins and chocolate. Surely, that cannot be a surprise? Once failing coffee chain Starbucks are continuing to grind out a formidable rise. Apple products remain at legendary must-have status, high-end retailer The John Lewis group march onwards and upwards in profits with their staff owned establishment and as we speak, business for the super high-end Rolls Royce is up by 30% in the UK and 46% worldwide! Remember, these vehicles (Ghost and Phantom models) are selling for 174,950.00 to 349, 950.00 British Pounds…each!

Do not let anyone tell you that there is no longer money ‘out there’. I recently Deejayed at a gig where the company hosting the evening splashed out on twenty-two new chauffeur driven Rolls Royces to usher their executives to the the venue! Park Lane in London is used to seeing over the top glamour, but I must say that was a sight to behold.

Has your intuition started pulling at you yet? Has your subconscious started stirring? Soon, friend soon. So, what do you have, what can you do, what can you say, what can you paint, what can you write, what can you design, what can you stitch, what can you dance or choreograph, what can you sing, play, make or teach that can give the world distraction, relief or remedy from the grey cloud of gloom that hangs overhead? Still, I’m not speaking about the ENTIRE world being under a grey cloud. As we speak, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Venezuela and others have moved into the VIP lounge and are taking their seats. Whilst simultaneously other countries are being shown the door, but not without a great deal of fuss about settling their bills before they leave.

With an open mind, this may ALL be to your benefit. For you have something the world needs, if only you believed in yourself enough to give it a try. For whatever it is, it just might make you very rich indeed… and this time you will be rich in soul as well as in the bank. For you will also intentionally or unintentionally remind others of Self and in so doing you’ll help Self-Esteem get back into office, from where it has been exiled for so long. Your expressive soul has been asleep for such a long time that you may have even temporarily forgotten what your real talents are… the hibernation is almost over, throw away your business card (metaphorically speaking of course), for you are so much, much more than that.