Beyond the illusion of money??

I often have "great arguments" with a friend of mine, Benny Ang who is an IT expert. And out of these arguments some truths may emerge.
So here's perhaps is a "truth" which I feel like sharing, emerging from one of those "arguments":

Imagine.....

What, or how would you feel if you woke up tomorrow morning, and as you switched on the TV to catch the morning news, the headlines was that “Property Prices in had gone up in general by 60%.” ?
"Don't really quite believe it!!" You muttered to yourself in your mind.

The news reported that the type of apartment which you’ve now live in and owned is now worth $1,200,000. Yes 1.2 million dollars!!!


Then a phone call came in. Your friend, a property agent, was on the line. "Hey, I have someone offering to buy your property for 1.4 million dollars."

You bought it 20 years ago for $114,000.
Wow, you’ve made a windfall. You’re over the moon.

YOU FEEL RICH. Really in high spirits. Calls for a celebration.

"Give me some time to think about it, a discuss it with my family." You responded.
You thought you hold out a little longer, maybe somebody will come along and even offer you more, like 1.5 million dollars.

Four days later, suddenly, the stock market, triggered by some financial scandal in China, took a precipitous fall. CRASH!! As the scandal unravelled, massive sell-out in the China stocks spooked financial markets across the world. The local market took a severe beating.
News headlines reported: “Property prices plummets”. Overnight, your property value has dropped by 80%.

You really feel angry. Feel really lousy. SHIT! Should have sold. You cursed.
You really feel down. SUDDENLY YOU FELT POOR.
Why?
You felt that you have lost something substantial.

Some people have jumped from their high rise building, committing suicide. They felt they have lost everything.

What really happened here? Has anything really changed?

Nothing much really. You still have your apartment. You life still goes on as per normal.

Isn’t it interesting how the value of some thing external that you "owned", can affect you so much?
Isn’t it just an illusion?
But it seemed so real!

Isn't it really just a belief, that the value of something you owned had gone up?

We live on beliefs, on perceptions, they might in a sense be illusions.
But our lives, our happiness, do depend on them. They have lot’s of power over us. Why? I wonder?
Perhaps here again it’s our environment, our metaphysical environment. Which is?
Our “programs” in us! Our conditioning.

That’s why even guys like Warren Buffet, though a billionaire, live simple lives. Just like the guy next door. Doesn’t matter if the market is up or down.

Perhaps Warren Buffet may be "in AWARENESS" and he is beyond these money illusions?. . . I wonder.........??

Make sense?
Some truth from it?
Can we live our lives beyond the "Illusion of money"?

What's your question......??

What my Question?

Apparently in order to start the wheel of learning, British business guru Charles Handy suggested that we start with a question, then come out with the Theory, the answers to the question, then test it out, the Theory, and finally reflect on the what one has learnt. This way we change.....because in learning, true learning we change.

So what my question?

On asking this, I realized I don't really have a question, not an original question, anyway.

Then I realized that I've subconsciously believe that the answers are already out there. Somebody, the people who write books, have already found out all the answers to all the world's questions, all the possible questions, that one could possibly ask have been asked. Hmmmm.....I wonder?

So I don't ask questions.....I just go around looking for answers, which someone has discovered,.... to their questions. And I just accept them. Wow...another hidden assumption in me. That other already have the answers for me

Do I have my own original question?
Perhaps I need to ask, what the unique problem for me that only I have the answer, that only I can solve.......perhaps that will help me find the question..... that will lead me to my quest...I wonder....

So what's my question?

And What's your question?

Care to share your thoughts?
(that's the beautiful thing about blogging, I can put my thoughts out to you..............and you can reply....if you wish....thanks

Inclusion??

Yup, one of the "I - secrets" of Bucky was Inclusion.

Really?

What's Inclusion?

Firstly it about the way we think. We've been conditioned by habit from young to think only for ourself only. Afterall, its survival of the fittest.

So we think exclusively for our survival needs. Even today at this moment I still do fall into the conditioned habit of exclusive thinking

Intuition?

Following up on my 6 "I" secrets of Bucky........

We discuss the first "I"..... Intuition.

Apparently Bucky relied on his intuition a lot. In fact he wrote a book, entitled "Intuition". He also refer to Intuition as Cosmic Fishing. In other words he relied on his "feelings" his "senses".

So what is Intuition?
One thing is certain, Intutition is illogical. It's outside of logic. Doesn't make sense.

Intuition does not rely on "present" knowledge, as in knowledge which are basically hidden assumptions, masquerading as formal education.

Example? Sir Humphrey Davies, Michael Faraday's boss, could not accept Faraday intuitive feel that an electric current create a magnetic field which deflects a compass needle. Davies knowledge got the better of him. He thought he knew better.

Some call intuition a "hunch," or gut feel.

Another thing for sure, Intuition is one of those difficult to define, difficult to pin down, slippery phenomenon.

It's one of those "not that", and "not that", and "not this" kind of idea, by which you arrive at a closer understanding of it.

Perhaps why intuition is not so prevalent in a sense is because of you know what?

Yup, we're trapped by our mindsets, or assumptions. That's not too bad if we realize it. The problem is we're not aware, of our mindsets, and we are more often than not, operating on our hidden assumptions.

And of course, the people around us make it worse. They "check" you.
Don't really blame them. They are trying to help. They think they know better. Usually this is because of their "formal education".

Hmmm..... that's is the paradox of education. Perhaps they build mindsets around us, and lock us out of our Intuition.

My experience is that Intuition is that little voice, which comes when we put aside a problem that we've been working on, and which there's no answer.

The little voice in us, tell us if we listen to it.

Like, I suddenly realize that I was suffering "hyperacidity" which the doctor misdiagnose as food poisoning. The thought popped into my mind, that I could be suffering hyperacidity. I checked out the internet.
Yes, sounds like a confirmation from the internet info. I went back to the doctor, got new medicine, and immediately after the first dosage, felt the difference. My info was from my experience. Can't really blame the doc.
They couldn't be thorough enough.

Next topic? the next "I" word......Inclusion. Watch for it

The 6 "I" Secrets of Bucky??

Did you know that Bucky had secrets?
Really?

Wow! Intriguing!!

Yup! Do you know what those "Secrets" are?

Well I called them the "I" Secrets of Bucky. They are words which starts with the letter "I", which describes some of the personal "principles" which he lived by.

Want to find what they are?
Okay good.....

Well, try and find out what those "I" words are by filling in the blanks in the paragraph below which I've put together about Bucky. Yes that's right those words start with the letter "I................."

"Committing ego-suicide, by dropping the “I” of his ego, and gaining "I.............." , Bucky practiced "I................" By taking Individual "I...............", he used his "I................." to reform the environment instead of trying to reform man, through the strategy of artifact "I...............", he became "I..................." personified."

See how many words starting with the letter "I" about Bucky that you can figure out.

Not bad! Well done!
If you familiar with Bucky, you would have got some of them.
If not, it's okay.

Want to know what's my "answers" for you?
It's okay, your answers don't have to coincide with mine. More importantly is that you've tried it. You've played the game!
Congrats!! High 5 for you!!

Okay scroll on,
and see below..........






"Committing ego-suicide, by dropping the “I” of his ego, and gaining Intuition, Bucky practiced Inclusion. By taking Individual Initiative, he used his Imagination, to reform the environment instead of trying to reform man, through the strategy of artifact Invention, he became Integrity personified."

What could I learn from and/or how could I apply these " I-principles" or "I-secrets" to my life?....... you ask.

Before I proceed to give you answers, well perhaps you would like to share your thoughts, your reflections on them with me?

What you feel would be your answers regarding those words, those "secrets", those principles,
1. Intuition, 2. Inclusion, 3. Initiative, 4. Imagination, 5. Invention, and
6. Integrity

Perhaps you might even have another "I" letter word to describe Bucky?

We'll talk on the blog.... and I give my take on the those "I" word "principles"

Hear from you.......through your comments. Thanks

June 27th 2007 (Wednesday)

I like to include another "I" principle which I felt Bucky demonstrated. Know what that is?

Well it's "I" for Intention.

"With INTENTION for the benefit of total humanity, and by taking individual INTITATIVE, Bucky used his..........."

Climbing your Mount Everest? & Precession...

"Climb your Mount Everest?"

I generally "take my hat off" to people who do "outrageous" things, challenging things, like they go rock climbing, over sheer cliffs with 90 degrees drop, or they go sky-diving, bungee jumping, you know extreme sports, the kind which kind of make climbing Mount Everest seemed almost like a walk in the park. However if you ever watch documentaries of Mountaineers doing their assault on some of the world's highest peak, one would realized this is not child's play. Many do die in their attempt.

Well what I'm suggesting to you here is that you don't have to put your life on the line, but you can still climb your own "Mt. Everest."!!!

Huh??? You do a double take. Climb your own Mt. Everest??

And what is climbing your own Mt. Everest? You ask.

For me? Study "Bucky"!!
I'll admit, it's not easy. It's like climbing Mt. Everest, a big challenge.
Trust me though, that it's worth it. It's a fruitful challenge.
Why?

Well one thing for sure, the challenge will change you, like it does for me.
The precessionary effect of such an attempt will yield unexpected happenings in your life.

Like what?
I was approach to write and I got paid to be an author.
I was ask to design a game, and I got paid for that.
I was invited to conduct workshops and was remunerated.

I have done many other unexpected things in my life.

I created the Bucky Fun workshop.
I created many Games.

So trust me, find your own "Mt. Everest" to climb. Make that your goal. No make that your PASSION! Make that your LIFE! Then do it. And you'll discover your true purpose. Then Enjoy the Precession that comes along!

Bucky lived his life precessionally, we can too. Go for it.

Dare to be Outrageous??

On June 1st evening, I attended a Networking event. (You know nowadays everybody seemed to be organizing Networking events.) It was entitled "Connection Night". They had a couple of speakers. One of them was a chap whom I shall only refer to as DW.

For a not highly educated guy, he was a good speaker. Very animated. Humourous. Lively. Spoke without notes, without Powerpoint, I really thought he was good, for the fact that he had only passed Secondary 2, and that he had, at certain points of his talk just "gasak" (anyhow do) his facts. (I know because I was very familiar with some of the knowledge he shared, but who cares!)

He said he was "CRAZY", NOT mad.
Yes I seemed to have observed that he does "crazy" things. Like he's not the "sober" kind of speaker.
Perhaps what he really meant was HE WAS OUTRAGEOUS!

That's the way to standout among the crowd. Do outrageous things. And you'll be noticed, and you will be successful, in whatever you are doing, like in business.

I guess that's how entrepreneurs like Richard Branson make their mark. The press love them. And they get free publicity. Better than any advertisement.

So if you want to be "successful" in whatever task you commit yourself to, ask yourself, HOW TO BE OUTRAGEOUS? and DARE TO DO IT!!

He said that most people suffer from a disease call "FV"!! Know what that is?
It's Face-Value!
So we especially Chinese are "pai-seh". We'll maybe we lose out then.

DW is "FV" disease free. He Dared to be Outrageous!!

(Today apparently he makes his money by conducting workshops. He learns by attending whatever Seminars and workshops that seemed worthwhile for him, to learn from other trainers. As he said he does not read. He did not complete his secondary school education)

I take my hat off to him. I learnt from him. It was worth the time and money I spent there that evening, I'll admit.