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Good Morning Friends,
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today is Saturday August 15, 2009
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....still resting and waiting for my foot to heal. That is the big news of the morning friends. Today is a racing day, but that matters not of course. I cannot attend because of my accident. We must control our desires once again. I suppose it is the same thing as looking at a beautiful woman, but not being allowed to touch her or anything like that. Do you see how very cruel life can be sometimes friends? But, fear not because life is only as cruel as you make it out to be. I mean, just think about it. Using the beautiful woman example if I may: a good looking woman is only good looking if you think she is. Why not pretend that she is ugly if that will help you along - to rid yourself of desire and the like? I suppose you could travel along that route if you wanted to - to eliminate this woman from your mind, I mean. But, to really solve your problem you don't actually have to do anything drastic at all. You do not have to pretend anything, just simply be yourself and believe in yourself. That is all you have to do. That would be my recommendation to you. I mean, what is desire and wanting anyway? Do you remember when you where a child and you wanted candy or some toy or something else that you just had to have? Do you cry and did you get it? Did your parents give in to you and your demands? Well, if they did they certainly were not very good parents now were they? No, they were very bad parents and bad teachers all at once. They taught you that you could have everything you want. And, that is a fallacy. And, then when you got older you wanted and demanded things - and you expected to get them. Well, fortunately for myself I came from a relatively poor family and I could not get all of the things that I wanted. Material things that I wanted I had to work for, I could not cry and simply get them. And, so it is with women, beautiful women. The desired ones. You cannot have them all and your desires may simply not be fulfilled. Well, that is the position that you should take at the outset when it comes to wanting and desire. That is how you should approach this matter. Approach it with the soundness of knowing that you cannot always have what you want. I know that this is sometimes difficult for you to do, but it can be done, and it can be accomplished in all situations as well. You will soon see that desire will become just a pleasant memory once you incorporate this technique into your life. You must realize that you cannot have all of the things that you want. Do you remember once again when you were a child and the spoiled kids got everything that they wanted? And, maybe they got better cars than you did when you got older as well. And, maybe even better jobs and houses too. And, maybe they even ended up marrying a pretty girl as well. Are you envious or are you jealous perhaps? Well, you would be a great fool if you were let me tell you. Why would you want to be exactly like the person who has everything including the pretty girl? Why would you want to be living the very same kind of life as them anyway? How do you know that they are happy with all of their material things, including their material beautiful wife? Just how do you know how happy - or unhappy they are? Why should you even care? Well, you should not care or worry about anything except yourself. You should just be happy with what you have, knowing that nobody gave you anything except the ability to breath and to be yourself when and wherever possible. You cannot ask for a greater gift than that my friends. Now, some might say and legitimately enquire: Do I have to go through life being happy with less than others when they do not really deserve the things that they have acquired? Is that fair? To answer this question properly I need to say that I think that fairness is really an attitude issue, and a power thing all at the same time. Yes, good old power. We really never get away from that guy now do we? Yes, friends. Wanting and needing things is really all about power and the ability to get the things that you want out of life. So, you want a pretty girl and you cannot have her. Is that the end of the world and is it fair? No, it is not the end of the world and whether or not it is fair or not is a function of your attitude to the idea of getting the girl or not. It is a power thing. And, to remove desire, you must remove the power. And, you can do that. Power is the ability to control the desires in your life. And, power can cause problems, even great problems. You simply defang power and you move on friends. That is all you have to do. You have given that thing power that you desire and not the other way around. Think about it. There are most likely numerous times in your life when you wanted something and then it was denied to you. You did not die when you did not get it and the world did not end. The power and the control it had over you simply ended. It ended because you came to the realization that you really did not need that thing that you desired in the first place. Your physical and mental desire was put in its place and you took control of your life; you slayed power and you regained your sense of self worth and you became happy once again. And, you did all of that by putting desire in its place and showing it who is boss. Something else that you might want to incorporate into your life is this idea. Man is a never satisfied creature you know. He desires things and then he goes about the business of acquiring them in the best way that he can. Well, just think about that guy that has everything, including the beautiful girl. Do you think he is totally happy? And, what do you think he is going to do when he is tired of his happiness? You need to rationalize your situation and make sense of it that is all. I have tried to give you some clues on how to handle these things, so hopefully they will help.
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I cannot go to the track today friends because my foot is not yet better. Am I against the world because this is the case? Am I envious and mad and is desire controlling me and my wishes? Of course not. Racing is fun and so is the pretty girl. But, both of them can stand in line and wait until I am ready to receive them and all of the pleasures that they can muster. Today I am busy with other things, so begone with you and your desire. Take your wares and flog them elsewhere.
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