Vol.2 No. 8 Copyright Harvey Cohen ~ Published by AaaHa! Dynamics Press

 

If you do not believe you can have it all,

then you get to choose

how much less than all you will have ! Yup!

INVESTIGATE THIS! - PART III 

"Circumstance does not make the man.
Circumstance reveals man to himself."
...........Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Mother Of All Illusions

Illusion - An erroneous perception of reality.

An erroneous concept or belief  

The reason for setting goals in life for; more money, a better job, a loving relationship, a new car, a house, fame and fortune, is because we tend to believe that it will give us the feeling of completeness that we don't have without; more money, a better job, a loving relationship, a new car, a house, fame and fortune.

And so, we might affirm and visualize having more money, position, relationship, car, house, fame and fortune, the missing stuff we believe will give us the satisfaction, security, happiness, peace of mind, the sense of completeness we want were we to have what's missing.

And indeed, it is not unusual to bring about what is frequently visualized and affirmed. And it's also not too unusual that even after getting what is visualized and affirmed, it does not bring about the satisfaction, security, happiness, peace of mind, the sense of completeness anticipated. Oh, maybe for a while.

Think about this: What is  really ever wanted in life is a 'quality of experience', that might be called; satisfaction, security, happiness, peace of mind, success, feeling more complete as a person. And so, because of culture and conditioning, we may be programmed, indeed hypnotized, to think/perceive/believe that the  'quality of experience' desired is to be found with something like; more money, newer car, greater fame, relationship, less-filling beer, designer jeans......etc., etc., etc.

That's not to take anything away from the appealing 'stuff' in our lives. But really, how long does it take before 'Is that all there is?' sets in, if, when 'Is that all there is?' sets in?

To be sure there are those that appear to be indifferent to their fame and fortune, not possessed by their ego, enjoying life to the fullest, many in very simple ways..... with all their abundance of abundance.

There are those without fame and fortune, and without much 'stuff', whose lives seem to be centered in peace and contentment just the same.

And there are those that are in the upper echelons of fame, fortune, and mucho possessions, living in the lap of discontent and/or misery.

Recent research discovered that more than one third, and counting, of all big lottery winners are right back where they started, or their quality of life is in worse shape then before winning the lottery. Go figure!

A rich person once said; "For those who thought money brings happiness never were rich."

Well, perhaps there is enough evidence pointing to the fact that the quality of experience we desire as; greater peace of mind, greater security, greater satisfaction, greater joy and happiness, a greater sense of completeness, will not be fully realized by getting something we don't have, that we think we need, to feel more complete.

The evidence seems to be pointing to the fact that the quality of experience we desire as; greater peace of mind, greater security, greater satisfaction, greater joy and happiness, a greater sense of completeness, will not come from 'stuff' or from others, but only come from our own realized sense of completeness. Huh? Yup, our own sense of realized completeness. The more complete we realize we are, from our own study and investigation, the more we are surrounded with people, places and things to feel 'complete' about. 

What's not to feel complete about? After all, we are made in the image and likeness of 'Completeness'. To realize that you are part of, rather than apart from, the One Completeness that you are made in the image and likeness of, is to have that completeness take you over to do what Completeness does. And what's that? Just everything, that's all!

Your completeness only knows how to bring into your life people, places, things, and greater life-enriching ideas and opportunities for you to feel complete about.

To pray, or petition God for the sense of completeness you don’t have, to want or wish for the completeness you don’t have, only reinforces the illusion that you are separated from something you are not really separate from, creating the illusion of separation. The mother of all illusions.

Happy trails,

 

Harvey

 

Next issue:

INVESTIGATE THIS! - PART IV - Completeness Is Coming......NOT!       Completeness is here!

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"My friend has the Midas Touch.

Everything he touches turns

into a muffler." -

--------Henny Youngman

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"The only thing I regret about my life

is the length of it. If I had to live my

life over, I'd make all the same

mistakes,-----only sooner".

---Talullah Bankhead

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"A diplomat is someone who thinks twice

before saying nothing".

---Frederick Sawyer

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"Let us be of good cheer, remembering

that the misfortune hardest to bear are

those that never come."

---James Russell Lowell

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"Energy creates energy. It is by spending

oneself that one becomes rich."

---Sarah Bernhardt

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"After two days in the hospital,

I took a turn for the nurse."

---W. C. Fields

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Two women in conversation:

#1- So, how many children do you have?

#2- I don't have any children.

#1- Really, So what do you do for aggravation?

---Lazarus, Mama comic strip

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I awaken from a dream to discover

a great 'YES' ruling the universe.

-----Brother John

You've got to be taught before its too late,

before you are six, or seven , or eight-

to hate all the people your relatives hate.

You've got to be carefully taught.

 ------Oscar Hammerstein II, From "South Pacific"

"LUCY!.....I'm home."

-----------Ricky Ricardo

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THE OPTIMISM HOTLINE

 

In an interesting demonstration of behavior conditioning, a major mid-western university placed a barracuda fresh from the ocean in a 6'x6'x6' fish tank of fresh ocean water. And for several days the barracuda was denied food. Then, the barracuda, while on one side of the tank, was separated by a plate of clear glass placed in the center of the tank. Now  the barracuda is separated from his favorite food......Spanish Mackerel, placed on the other side of the plate glass partition..

 

Aggressively swimming toward the Spanish Mackerel he would only bump his head on the glass partition every time he attempted to go for a long awaited meal. After a short while the barracuda got the message that his favorite food was not available to him..........and gave up trying. 

 

After the barracuda exhibited resignation of the situation, the plate of glass separating the barracuda and the Spanish Mackerel was removed. With the barrier gone, the barracuda was free to feast. The barracuda did nothing. The Spanish Mackerel were as safe as if the barracuda wasn't even there.

 

The conditioning was successful. The barracuda was conditioned, indeed hypnotized into believing his past lack of success made present and future attempts futile. So why bother?

 

Oftentimes we may fall into the same trap of believing it is futile to attempt something we were not successful at before. Could be relationship-wise, business-wise, or otherwise. So, we don't even try. Why bother? And if by some fluke we do try again it's not unusual to schlep along a memory and expectation of not being successful....... therefore the odds for assuring 'repeated unsuccessful results' is in our favor.

 

We act like fish when we think like fish. And when we think like fish we become as gullible as a fish.

 

You are not a fish. Unlike fish, you have the ability to think about what you think about. When you think about what you think about you are inclined to rethink limiting notions you have about yourself that are no longer true for you, like being a victim of past 'bummers'. (Glub, Glub!)

Here is your mission:

With a ball point or felt tip pen draw a happy face 

on your thumb. Two dots for the eyes and a smile 

for the mouth. Look at your thumb, and with as 

much conviction you can muster, affirm the following:

 

Today I Will Remember 

I'm not a victim of the past.

Now greater creativity 

comes through me really fast.

Glance at your thumb during the course of the day. You will be reminded to

rethink ideas that have been limiting your greater joy and success. The more you rethink the limiting notions you have about yourself with your 'now' expanded state of consciousness, the clearer is your path to greater joy and success.

 

Should you decide to accept this mission, don't be surprised to find

yourself taking more chances, with more life-enhancing  results, in spite of  less than successful experiences from the past. As a matter of fact, you can expect it. Wanna bet?

Reinforce the above affirmation as you 

replace a fading happy face on your thumb.

This assignment is to continue until your next mission.

 

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"I never forget a face, but in your case

I'll be glad to make an exception."

---Groucho Marx

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"The only reason for time is so that

everything doesn't happen at once." 

---Albert Einstein

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"Nothing soothes me more after a long

and maddening course of pianoforte

recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled." 

---George Bernard Shaw

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"It is only the most intelligent and

the most stupid who are not

susceptible to change."

 ---Confucius

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"It's far easier to forgive an enemy after

you've got even with him."

---Olin Miller

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"Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?"

---Stanislaw J. Lee

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"I believe in Spinoza's God who reveals

himself in the harmony of all being."

---Albert Einstein

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Secret: What we tell everybody

not to tell anybody.

---Ambrose Bierce

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"My wife will buy anything marked down.

Last year she bought an escalator."

-----Rodney Dangerfield

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Wake up! Wake up to the reality of your infinite nature. It is your finite learning that creates your limitations because it speaks the language of the finite world.   

Wake up! Your intuitive heart speaks the language of your grandest dreams. Your intuitive heart knows of limitless ways to transcend the limitations of your finite learning.  

Wake up! Nothing stands in your way from realizing your grandest dreams except your limiting beliefs that cannot long last under closer investigation.  

Wake up! There are limitless ways for you to prosper and thrive as there are limitless ways to suffer and struggle. That's how unlimited your creativity is.   

Wake up! It's always your choice, not someone else's, not circumstances. 

Wake up! Dream with an appreciation that you are a channel to express creativity without boundaries. 

 

For crying out loud, wake up! Wake up and dream!

 

 

 

Frustrated? Getting nowhere?

HAVE YOU TRIED GOING OUTSIDE THE BOX?

 

 

That's a wrap!