The Road to Success
You want to succeed, you want money, power, control, what do you want, really, do you have an objective, a clear idea, a firm outline of where you want to go, do you know how to go about it, where do you start, what do you do, who do you ask for advice.
Do you ask the preacher and leave feeling empty with the reply, or does your heart soar.
Can you hear the truth, and I’m not talking hairy fairy philosophical bullshit.
Can you smell bullshit when it hits you, spot a lie, tell deceit from the real deal, spot a real bargain, one that will last for years, decades, like my old analogue stereo, 50 years old, Pioneer turntable and amplifier, Peterson speaker laboratories speakers, huge buggers, luminaura tweeters, sounds like liquid gold, cost me, about, all up, $450 dollars, that’s a real bargain.
Can you wait until the time is right to make your move, what if you could time all your actions to synchronise with the Universe, go with the flow and everything falls into place, like a well oiled watch, is that possible? What do you have to do to achieve eternal happiness in this life, where there are no worries and the Universe provides for all your needs.
That’s right, what if you want a new car, do you need one, yes or no, really deep down, does the one you own still work fine, or are you worried that it looks a bit old, and you feel ashamed, you cry at night and talk to your therapist endlessly about sleek looking, mysterious, urban, all terrain, four wheel drive vehicles, with a sun roof and fog lights, and a sly flask of booze in the glovebox, fog lights that blind kangaroos at a distance of a thousand miles, blind kangaroos wandering on edges of the highways, in their thousands, is that what’s happening with you? Just wondering.
Is there some reason why you can’t stay up for 78 hours in a row, cracking jokes, tearing strips off people, doing it well and having a fucking great time, little food and surviving on coffee and a small bite to eat every now and again, and I do stay up quite often these days, been up for 24 hours now, mostly working on my blogs, no artificial enhancements, no speed, no meth, nothing but organic tobacco and medicinal cannabis, 27% pure THC, continuously, all day and all night every day, and I was diagnosed with stage 3 emphysema some years ago.
Would you be able to comprehend a Schrödinger equation in 45 minutes, then work out a solution as to how to make the equation useful for everyday use, in a naive sort of way, had no training in science, can you do a 27 hour day of hard manual labour, at 63 years of age.
Were you able to learn 12 musical instruments, take over the world, establish a new world order and all of that malarkey. To me it is no big deal, I do not crow about it or brag and I am writing about it because I was asked too.
Yes, I am an absolute smartarse, but no one gave it to me, I had to work damm hard, all the time, no matter what, sometimes there were slack days, but most of the time I was doing something, mostly constructive and sometimes destructive.
But, eventually you work out that it is all bullshit, and how do you do that, what did I say, if you believe me and keep an open mind, I said to meditate, do that first and foremost, you cannot think properly in an ugly space, you cannot work effectively while there is mess around you, some succeed for sure, but not many, if your mind, your thinking, is constantly talking and dreaming of that new car in the future, you will never be able to receive the good oil when it does arrive, and do you know why you will never hear that message from your own mind, your brain, that message doesn’t use words very often, but conveys an impression, a feeling of what to do ,an automatic action, instead of thinking, “I might go and have a cup of coffee”, you simply stand up and go and get your coffee without thinking a single word.
You work on an automatic, almost instinctive urge, a gentle urge, maybe not even an urge, simply going about your day without any thinking.
No one can read your mind then, and they will all be guessing what you are up too, so they will have to watch you even more keenly, and you will uncover their secrets.
5 minutes a day, in the dark, in the silence, early morning is good for meditation, but anytime is fine if that is your only option for the day.
You will know when to eat, what to eat, when to sleep, when to get up and eventually learn how to gain acceptance of your new circumstances.
Sure, some people have to get up at 8 o’clock in the morning, I like around 4 in the morning to wake up and get about my day, but you accept what is and learn how to get up a bit earlier so you can meditate, and then once you achieve a certain state, a certain level of meditation, you find that all worry disappears, no more worries about money, no more alcohol, no more junk food, no more TV, and you cut out all the useless and bullshit things that don’t really help or add to your life, things that don’t matter in any meaningful way.
Hours spent in idle pursuits, when you could have been studying and using those hours to improve your education, like I put up in my blog, a simple plan to make 50,000 dollars a year doing something you enjoy, and if you are lucky, love doing that thing, then you can work for long periods of time and suffer minimal consequences, couple of days to rest and recover, then I’m right as rain.
Do that first, meditate like your life depended on it, then the Universe will eventually help you out. Definitely not going to happen if it is every other day, has to be every day, and yes, sad news folks, it can take years, but once you are there, you can cruise through life without a care in the world, be patient, don’t want for anything, and let go of everything you possess, character, religion, diet, material goods.
You don’t have to throw anything out, though a good clean out is always good, and if you are struggling with finances, cut back, tighten the belt and get some smarts, don’t eat take aways all the time, simple foods are best, after a while you will need very little to eat, compared to the amount you previously ate.
And this is not gospel, take it with a grain of salt and use your own common sense, if you don’t want to do it, don’t, but at least work out why, and have a bloody good reason, because if someone tells you that meditation is horseshit, then they are lying through their teeth and want something from you.
You can read all sorts of articles on meditation on the internet, but sometimes people need a bit of encouragement, from a real person, “Yes, it’s brilliant”, helps a lot. Do you know why they don’t want you to meditate, because once you learn to meditate effectively, no one can fuck you over, at least not as much as before and no one can control you, make you watch that new car ad that they are begging you to buy, every night of the week, that drink that rots your teeth and says it is the taste of life, the disgusting food, you know the drill, if they can control you, they can make you buy their product, which makes them fabulously rich, and you that little bit poorer, then you are begging for a way out, “I need money, what am I going to do, help me I’m so pathetic”, and you will hear, “Come to my house and I will give you the answer”, but you only walk away with another useless product and an ear full of lies.
