Formula of Success

From Outliers by Malcolm Galdwell :

Success = Preparation + Opportunity


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Help the Animals, please!

Apart from the Human species, animals are the most innocent victims that suffer from the fate of greedy human beings. When the flood came, Noah was told to save the animals instead of any human beings. If flood occurs again in this life, no human being should get onto the ark for the next earth.

Here's XiXi under human's brutality.
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/07/30/are-singaporeans-any-better-off-than-xi-xi/

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Happiness - Goal Setting

Recently I have been feeling a sense of happiness and sense of satisfaction. Partly because during the past few weeks, I have been learning alot of things. Reflecting back that bring me to now, I begin with a sense of lost after I left the workforce. I got some ideas what I would like to do but with an mindset of earning what is lost during employment, it seems futile. I should concentrate what I had to gain from what I lost during employment.

Instead of making back that income, I set my mind to learn and objectively make what I learn work. If I got things working, i would already achieve my accomplishment and what good things that come after that is a bonus. I decided to do myself a big favor, to be financially literate. Everything I do had to align with that.

Finally my goal and my believe that I am on the path to my destiny is set. That is the first step of satisfaction which I have been struggling for a year having uncertain objectives in mind. This is one thing that is a must to be done else I will be wondering the world of uncertainty and frustration.

To be continued....

Production and Destruction Cycles of Elements

This is pretty good picture of the Feng Shui Elements showing the Productive and Destructive nature of the 5 elements.

The main (day) element of your life can be obtain from your BaZi. So if you are 'Jin' which is Metal, it will be good to have 'Tu' or Earth people around that produces your element. However if you are too strong or you have too many of your own element around that is hindering your progress, you will need destructive element like 'Mu' or Wood to simmer your element down. Simple analogy but there is definitely more then what I have to said.

The rich don't complain?

I saw this post in a facebook group I joined. A member commented about finding ways to solve the flood. And one member make this comment :-

"Just a humble opinion of mine...We can rant and wail about the government..But then things don't move because we create a din as to who is unfair and who is fair in society....Things move when we become an example and a beacon of hope for others to follow....Used to complain about the government...but ROI very low...We don't hear the rich complain ... See Moredo we? I am not saying that it should not be our concern...but then we should not wallow in the ineffectiveness of others. Instead use it as an opportunity to learn and progress.....and one day you will be in a position to not only point out what is wrong but also be the one calling the shots...."

At such situation, I do believed the rich will complain only if it hit their pocket. If their houses are in Bukit Timah, they will complain and moved out. They probably won't write to the press. They go with their connection all the way up to the government. What will they be thinking if they do not have houses in Bukit Timah and are not affected by the flood. They will think of whether they can make money out from it. They will think of a win win situation. They make money, they help the government, they help the people, they get good reputation. However, if they don't make money out from it, most likely, they will keep very quiet.

Again, just my view, putting myself in some rich people shoe which mean I am not one in the first place.

Odds

If the odds are against you, you probably are learning something good - Vince Tan


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Before u get angry with your spouse

Think about what happened if s/he is no longer there to answer you. How will you feel then? Will you forgive her or him?


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Overvalued and then Undervalued it!!!

After watching The Aggressive Selling by Robert Kiyosaki and Whitney partnership in Youtube video, my first funny feeling is, wasn't that familiar. I have been in many of such presentations. That what most of them do.... overvalue their stuff and then hyped you up by undervalue the price of what they are selling. And when you really purchase it, it's like way overvalue at the price you perceived as undervalue. Isn't that a shrewd technique?
Not only that they lead you to perceive they are selling it at undervalue, they don't give you time to think by telling you that you have to make decision within the next few minutes or the offer is gone. In order for all this to be effective, here is what the seller must do: -
1. Making sure that the buyer have purchasing power - meaning they must have a credit card
2. The buyer must be physically there else it is alot more difficult to tell them they have only a few minutes before the offer is over.

Marina Barrage causes the Flood?

After reading a few articles like this
http://www.temasekreview.com/2010/07/17/flash-floods-did-the-marina-barrage-help/
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/06/floods-monitor-or-dont-monitor-also-flood/ and one article that compares barrage and dams of other countries and flood, logically one can't help but feeling that the barrage may be an issue. Simply, if the inflow from the in-land drains dump more water per seconds into the barrage as compared to the outflow of the barrage into the sea, the drains will soon overflow which could have cause the flood. If this is really through, the barrage may need to be rid off. However, this will not be good for Singaporean as the main objectives is to have enough water for our population when our water contract with our neighbor ends. I remember 7 gates are open instead of the 9 gates, if that is so will building more gates increases the outflow? Or maybe not all drains should flow into the barrage, many of them may need to flow direct into the sea. Or special door be design on the drain that can tunnel the running water direct to the sea or barrage depending on how heavy the rain is.

I do really wished that it is a barrage issue cause if it is not, Singapore is really in big trouble - Global Warming, which is a more difficult issue to face. However, looking at what the government is currently doing and what MM Lee says, you can see what the government is throwing the problem at...

I wished I got Nokia Support

Here's 3 examples of support I considered sub standard.
All communication is via email and I extract them fully into dialogue for easy reading...
VTS = Vince Tan Support

Real Scenario 1:

Roy: What are the Spinner softwares do you have?

VTS: Seriously, I would suggest that if you can, take the articles and rewrite them in your own words. It shouldn't be too much of a trouble, as the ideas are all there pre-written for you. From my experience, spinner softwares don't work well. It sounds weird... like someone having constipation with the English language!

Roy: I was reviewing The Best Spinner and thought it was a pretty cool tool to produce article faster. Still a good tool to have around. I do noticed that the site has this Article Content Spinner. I downloaded it and tried it but, the executable file just extract and does nothing about it. Any idea? Or should I just don't bother and generate my own words.

VTS: Best is still human written. That's why good "ghostwriters" and "ghostbloggers" will always have a job despite technology. This is an example of a "spinned" article, taken off the website of a friend, who paid thousands to "professionals" to have his website set up for him. So, What is Foreign Currency Trading Scientific Method ?
Scientific method represents system of strategies with regard to investigating phenomena, obtaining as well as creating fresh new knowledge, or simply improving and synthesizing present knowledge.For an investigative try to be classified scientific, the task have to be based on an approach to inquiry including the collecting of observable, empirical as well as measurable facts and proof subject to particular rules associated with logical thinking. Essentially, a scientific method consists the strategy of data collection by means of observation and trials and also the formulation and testing of hypotheses. In most cases experimental results would not conform to the hypothesis, you are to think again about plus re-examine your earlier theory so to develop an alternative one for further trials and testing.

Roy: Woah! that's was pretty bad...But what if I want to just have a try to find it out myself to see if it really didn't work. Have you checkout http://thebestspinner.com/?iI gud=uniquexv ? I thought it is pretty cool. Besides, I will do a proof read before publishing anything. Do I really have to beg? :P

VTS: haha... sorry, that one is not included in Vince's package. I guess you can take advantage of the 30-day money back guarantee... and lemme know what you think. No harm trying. After all, there's the guarantee there.

Here's my feel about the support - I begin by asking for a Spinner software to try and they tell me it is a bad idea. I asked again if they have a software which I later found and they again tell me the bad things about spinners. Finally they begin to see what I am asking from them. My verdict is that they have poor understanding of what I am asking in the first place. Have you ever asked someone for something and felt that that someone has issue hearing what you want and instead give you an answer that you actually did not ask in the first place? If you can see, I actually asked quite a few time until I have to use the word 'beg' to get their attention.

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Example 2

Roy: Is there a way to test the autoresponder subscription email to check that the format is right? Currently, I don't have subscription page but I import my listing to test it. However, after importing, it take almost a day for me to get the subscription email.
Can I hasten this?

VTS: Just set the Messages settings to Immediate, or 1 hour.

Roy: I'm not sure where to set. Are you referring to here?
http://autoresponsebot.com/x/members/autoresponders.messages.php?id=69
From the looked of it, I believed they are messages after the subscriber subscribe.
I am asking the import subscribers. http://autoresponsebot.com/x/members/subscribers.import.php. After I import, I have to wait for a pretty long while before my subscriber get an email. I would hope you could give a step by step answer and not give me an answer inside a stack of hay.

VTS: The subscription email settings from import list is automatic. What you can schedule is the messages that you send out.

Here's my feel about the reply - I import my list to this software so that I can used it to mass send to everyone in the list. But I found that it takes a day to finish the task and hence testing takes a day to know. I asked if it can be faster. They gave me an answer that is related to another part. I pointed to them that I am not asking that part and they finally understand what I am asking and tell me there's no solution. Again, they waste time by not understanding clearly what I am asking.

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Example 3

Roy: I added the HTML custom header and footer. This also doesn't work. I didn't get the image on the subscription email. Any advise?

VTS: We have never used the headers and footers. For Vince's own launches and promotions, we just send it in plain text emails, as graphics may get lost in the mail client transfers.

Roy: Thanks Dawn. Is there a autoresponsebot second tier support or direct support that is not in Vince Tan support team that I can get?

VTS: In the Message Format part, click on T, H, or M. T = Text H = HTML M = Multipart
If you hover your mouse over those, it will give you a clear explanation. If you click H or M, your html headers should appear now.

Roy: Where can I find Message format T, H, or M in the autoresponder properties?
Do you understand where I'm referring at?

VTS: Change the Message Format (see the screenshot picture attached) to Multipart (M), tick the custom header and custom footer, and custom header and footer will appear (as you have set it earlier in the Autoresponder Properties).

Roy: Tell me how by doing the below, my Subscription email that is generated in the Autoresponder Properties will actually send out with the Custom Header and Footer.
Sorry, I just still don't get. I am asking about the Subscription email and not any other message that I have yet to generated.

VTS: The subscription email is sent out as it is. It is just an invitation for them to click on the link. (sorry if we misunderstood you earlier to mean about the messages. That's where the focus should be.) Try sending out messages to your list, in the Multipart format, and you will see that your custom header and footer will appear as you have set it.

Here's my feel about the support - I tested a feature in their software and found that it did not work. So I asked for advise. The first advise they give me is not to use it because Vince Tan don't use it. I asked for 2nd tier support and they replied me with an answer which I found not a possible solution as it is not the same page I am referring. I point out their mistake and they tell me to send it via Message which is not a solution of what I am asking. Again, there's no solution.

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So I wrote an email to their boss Vince Tan to complain about their support. And guess what is his reply. Here's my email :-

Dear Vince,

I believed your support staff has told you about my the problems I amd facing using the autoresponsebot. I have been struggling for almost 2 weeks just trying to import my mailing lists and until now it is still not working for me.

Also your support staff are not knowledgeable enough and to add more frustrations, I felt that they don't take the time to understand my questions based on the so call "answers" they provided.

Honestly, I am beginning to regret purchasing your package and here's why :-

1. Although you got a good brief and easy to understand intro on the concept of internet marketing, I am surprised to find out that the next thing I got from you are thousands of stuffs to read and figure out. Wow... it just kill my interest. Look, I paid 3.5k to accelerate my internet marketing skills and seriously, now I felt I have to first figure out which 1% of them are essential to read. I could have just google all the relevant articles or borrow from the library which would not have cost me anything. What I hope to pay for is good guidance and not a few statements and then point me to the mass that you collected. There's simply no personal touch.

2. I have a friend who is doing another package and they have follow up webinars, updates etc to see how their customers are going. Yours is really really quiet.

3. Your autoresponsebot is full of bug.

4. Your support team is not knowledgeable about the product. I asked about Spinner and the type of reply is "Vince don't use it" and "why should you". I have to beg just to get them to answer me about the Spinner software you got in your website. If it is not good, why would you have a Spinner software? There are more examples that show that your support team really need support training. If you are interested on them, I can send you all the support emails and highlight what I think is done wrong.

Overall, I am truly disappointed and is looking towards a refund.

Roy

Here is his reply -

Hi Roy,

The autoresponder, I believe that my staff had gotten back to you about it?
The double http:// had been rectified. You can use it as normal now.


With the head of support giving this type of answer, what can you expect the rest of the body in his support organization be....

Unfortunate Fortunes

[Collected on the Internet, 2003]

A lesson from history

The question:

Over a generation ago, in 1923, who was:
1. President of the largest steel company?
2. President of the largest gas company?
3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?
4. Greatest wheat speculator?
5. President of the Bank of International Settlement?
6. Wheat Bear of Wall Street?

These men were considered some of the world's most successful of their day. Now, 80 years later, the history book asks us, if we know what ultimately became of them. The answer:

1. The president of the largest steel company, Charles Schwab, died a pauper.
2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, went insane.
3. The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney, was released from prison to die at home.
4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur Cooger, died abroad, penniless.
5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement, shot himself.
6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Cosabee Livermore, also committed suicide.

However, in that same year, 1923, the PGA Champion and the winner of the most important golf tournament, the US Open, was Gene Sarazen. What became of him? He played golf until he was 92, died in 1999 at the age of 95. He was financially secure at the time of his death. The moral: Screw work. Play golf. You'll live longer and be better off in the end.


[Presbyterian sermon, 2003]

In 1923 at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, eight of the most powerful and wealthy men in the world gathered together for a meeting. These eight, if they combined their resources and assets, controlled more money than the U.S. Treasury. In that group we find such men as Charles Schwab, the president of a steel company. Richard Whitney was the president of the New York Stock Exchange. Arthur Cutton was a wheat speculator. Albert Fall was a presidential cabinet member, personally a very wealthy man. Jesse Livermore was the greatest bear on Wall Street in his generation. Leon Fraser was the president of the International Bank of Settlements. And Ivan Krueger headed the largest monopoly in the world. Quite an impressive and ambitious group of people!

Let's look at the same group of men later in life. Charles Schwab died penniless. Richard Whitney spent the rest of his life serving a sentence in Sing Sing Prison. Arthur Cutton became insolvent. Albert Fall was pardoned from a federal prison so he might die at home. Leon Fraser committed suicide. Jesse Livermore committed suicide. Ivan Krueger also committed suicide. Seven of these eight ambitious money-magnates lived lives that ended in disaster before they passed on from this life. Again I ask, are you chasing the wrong dream, my friend?


[Ann Landers, 1989]

Dear Ann: This is for those folks who believe that money and power open a magic door to happiness. Look what happened to:

1. A man who was head of one of the world's greatest monopolies.
2. A man who was one of the most successful speculators on Wall Street.
3. The former president of the largest independent steel company in America.
4. A past chairman of one of the country's largest utility companies.
5. A former president of the largest gas company in the United States.
6. A man who was once the president of the New York Stock Exchange.
7. A former president of the Bank of International Settlements.
8. A man who was a member of President Harding's Cabinet.

Here are the names that go with the "happenings."

Ivar Krueger, head of International Match Corp. (known as the "match king"), died a suicide - or was murdered. The truth was never established.
Jesse Livermore, the "most wondrous of the 'boy wonders' " of Wall Street, died a suicide.
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, died broke.
Samuel Insull, chairman of Commonwealth Edison Company and other utility corporations, was acquitted on embezzlement and mail-fraud charges. He died in Paris in modest surroundings.
Howard Hopson, president of the Associated Gas and Electric Utility empire, had been in prison for mail-fraud charges and died in a sanitarium.
Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, served time in Sing Sing for grand larceny.
Leon Fraser, president of the World Bank for International Settlements, died a suicide.
Albert Fall, secretary of the interior in Harding's Cabinet, served a prison term for accepting a bribe.



[Restaurant menu, 1950s]

Just what is success?

In 1923, a group of the world's most successful financiers met at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. These tycoons were extremely rich & altogether they controlled more wealth than there was in the US Treasury. Their success stories were published everywhere inspiring many to follow their fine examples. Just look at who they were:

1. Arthur Cutten - The greatest wheat speculator.
2. Albert Fall - The Secretary of Interior in President Harding's cabinet.
3. Leon Fraser - The president of the Bank of International Settlements.
4. Howard Hopson - The president of the largest gas company.
5. Ivar Kreuger - Head of the world's greatest monopoly.
6. Jesse Livermore - The greatest bear in Wall Street.
7. Charles Schwan - The president of the largest independent steel company.
8. Richard Whitney - The president of the New York Stock Exchange.

But 27 years later in 1948, this was what happened to them:

1. Arthur Cutten died abroad insolvent.
2. The penniless Albert Fall was pardoned from prison so that he could die at home.
3. Leon Fraser commited suicide.
4. Howard Hopson was insane.
5. Ivar Kreuger commited suicide.
6. Jesse Livermore commited suicide.
7. Charles Schwan was bankrupt & had to live on borrowed money the last 5 years of his life before his death.
8. Richard Whitney was recently released from Sing Sing Prison.

Taken from
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/fortune.asp

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Speculation

“ The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the person of inferior emotional balance, or the get-rich-quick adventurer. They will die poor. ”
—Jesse Livermore, How To Trade In Stocks


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Confucius

When Confucius was traveling in the State of Kuang, he was surrounded by the troops of Sung. Nevertheless, he continued singing and playing his lute, totally unfazed. Zi Lu, his disciple, asked, “Master, why are you enjoying yourself?”
Confucius said, “For a long time, I’ve tried to stay out of hardship but failed. This is due to fate. I’ve tried to succeed but failed. This is due to the times.
“During the times of Yao or Shun, there was no hardship. This had nothing to do with a person’s wisdom. During the reign of King Jie and King Zhou, people did not achieve success but this was not due to lack of wisdom. It was due to time and circumstance.
“To travel across the water and not shrink from the sea serpent or the dragon is to have the courage of a fisherman. To travel on land and not be afraid of the rhinoceros or tiger is to have the courage of a hunter. To meet clashing blades and face death unflinchingly is to have the courage of martyr.
“To understand that hardship is a matter of fate and success is a matter of the times; and to able to face enormous difficulties without fear or terror is to have the courage of a sage.”
知穷之有命，知通之有时，临大难而不惧者，圣人之勇也.


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Investors vs Traders

The first rule of investors is always Buy Low Sell High.

The rule of traders is Buy High Sell Higher or Sell Low Buy Lower.


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What my child should learn when young

1. Detachment

All things is impermanent. Everything will come to an end. So one must not have attachment to all things or all events.

Manage extremes emotion. Do not be too happy as one will be disappointed if it isn't that worth being too happy. Do not be too sad as one will hurt oneself very badly. Just take things moderately, not too happy, not too sad. Managed expectation moderately and everything will seems expected or better.

With the same package, one will never experience the same level or better when one has experience that package before. You can't felt the same level of happiness going back to the same birthday party you'd been before because you have experienced it already and know what is going to happen. So detach yourself from that event and enjoy yourself in every party.

2. Failure

I got this from "The Happiest Toddler on the Block" by Harvey Karp. He was asked, what is the first thing you will teach your child, he says teach them learn how to fail. Not his exact word but this is what I perceive. If one never learn to fail, a simple failure can easily killed a person's will of living. So learn how to fail before learning how to succeed. Thomas Edison remarked "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

3. Compassion

4. Willingness

This quote will sum up this lesson "Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways. Where it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses." ~ Arlen Price

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Let it go...

One need to learn how to let things go. One must not attached to anything as they are not permanent.

Learn this and one will not have any more worries which will lead to a healthier life.


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Who am I

The purest thing in any space and time, nameless but known as the soul by man, moving from body to body seeking enlightenment and end sufferings.

Every new body I enter is pure and keeping the body pure is my sole responsibility. Everyone can experience the true soul nature by being on the day a baby is born. As the body ages, it will encounter many events that will form its base (i.e. How it react) depending on how the body's mind interpret the event. If it interpret the event as bad, it will have negative thoughts and vice versa. All thought will determine its destiny. Positive thoughts brings enlightenment closer. Every bad event has a silver lining to learn from and hence all events has something to positive to offer. One just has to see the positive nature of events happening to them. All events occurred purely to test which is the purest soul to be chosen for enlightenment.

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ESBI

The ESBI quadrant is defined in the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kyosaki. E is for Employee, S for Self Employed, B for Business and I for Investor. Rich Dad claims that the highest return falls in the 2 right quadrant. And between B and I, there is pros an cons.

As an employee, one has to face the boss, boss's customers, deal with suppliers and contractors etc to get the monthly salary which is usually small in comparison.

As a self employed, one has to face customers, deal with suppliers and contractors, employee etc to make his earnings.

So to avoid having to face customers, report to a boss or deal with suppliers, the B and I quadrants are the way to go.

Being a business owner, one may need alot of cash to own businesses like Warren. However as an investor, one still need cash but not as much as a business owner. So think about which quadrant you want to build your future.


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Longer lifespan

How can you improve your lifespan? If I want to live longer, I would choose a tortoise body.


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The Mosquito

I once asked a Zen Master who visited KYCL if a mosquito bites the hand what will he do? He replied "just let her bite".

What is the mosquito thinking when she bites? Survival. She needs to survive by feeding on blood and as long as the victim has blood, she will feed. Nothing else transpire in her mind, just pure thoughts on how to survive.

What will you do if you are that mosquito that has a human mind. Probably blood is not in your menu? If you needed blood, you probably select your victim? But you are not brought up by human parents and you have only 7 weeks to live. So if put yourself in the mosquito body, you will probably do the same. So will you kill it if it bites you then?


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Thugs

If you are confronted by 10 thugs for whatever reasons or even no reasons and they want to hurt you, what will you do?

First, try running away. If you are outrun, identify the weakest one, focus on that one and only one with all your strength. Do something really unexpected like purposely mistakenly that person has some sort of relationship with you to create distraction else attack that unfortunate one, hold him hostage as a shield from the rest and delay as much time for help to arrive. You can't possibly fight all of them but focusing on just one should be much easier to handle.


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Tan Kin Lian's Blog: How does believing we are souls help us in our daily lives?

Tan Kin Lian's Blog: How does believing we are souls help us in our daily lives?

Comments :

I would prefer to use Living Beings than the Human Race.
Human Race is still subjected to differentiating oneself with another by the differences in one's body
Not just the Human Race, all other fauna as well as flora also have souls.
That means, a soul that has an avatar of a human should also respect the soul that has an avatar of a bug.
With that, the world would be a better place.

I have once asked a Zen Master who visited KYCL this question.
If a mosquito bites you, what will you do?
The Zen Master says let her bite.

I ponder about that question and interpreted that this is the effect of Karma.
One of my previous bodies could have treated one of this mosquito's previous bodies badly that it has now come and bite my current body.
Or, one of this mosquito's previous body could be one of my previous bodies close related relative like a mother that has care for me when I am young and it is normal that this present body should feed the one once care for me in my previous body.

What happened if this is an aedes mosquito?
If that is the case, one may perceived this also as karma or even the balanced of life.
My thought about 'Soul' is that each soul's sole objective is to improve the world living being live in.
So some souls create good while other souls destroy to balance nature.
The soul uses both the mind and the body as a tool to perform good actions.
The mind should consult the soul before instructing the body to perform any action.
If the mind did not consult the soul, actions that are perform by the body may be harmful to the world.
So all souls are good and minds that are independent from the soul is bad.
The body is just a tool that protects and is used by the soul.

So for the aedes mosquito, through the influence of a soulless mind (a mind that is independent),
a body, say a human body could have polluted a water supply with rubbish.
As a result, the water supply gets dirty and this breed the dangerous aedes mosquitoes.
The soul in this mosquito wasted this human body with dengue and this help restore the water supply since this human body can no longer pollute.
So all souls are good and if everyone can see every body as soul and respect them, the world will be a better place.

So what happened if this human body is your child?
One should respect the Karma and move on.
Never let the mind control the body, it can kill.

Inner Peace

I create inner peace by using 2 rules
1. Stop thinking to dissociate the mind from the body
2. Focus on the naval to associate the soul to the body

One should be aware of what is still happening around oneself with all the 5 senses and that means one should not close the eyes.

Inner peace can achieve anywhere. Even when driving, one can practice the method. Does not driving requires to use the mind? To the minimal as once has identify the path to the destination one is familiar with, the subconscious mind take over.


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Raping and Molesting

Is raping and molesting a physical abuse?

Raping is perceived as sexual intercourse without the consent of one part of the partner. Molesting is the physical touch of the private parts by an individual with intent to another individual again who did not consent to the action.

Both actions do not usually led to physical harm of the body. However, if the victim's mind perceived this to be an embarrassment to the body, such actions are more mental abuses then physical abuses.


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Blackmail

What will you do if someone got hold of your naked photo and wants money out from it. Seen in many movies, the typical action of the victim is to pay the blackmailer. And what happened next is, the blackmailer will come back and told the victim that he still have duplicates and wanted more money and the vicious cycle will repeats until something drastic happens.

An avatar. That's what the physical body is, just an avatar, a physical representation of the soul. The soul uses the body to improve the world. However, the body can be make less effective for the soul through abuses, physically or mentally. Emotions are feelings that are generated by the mind. The mind perceived and interpret things which resulted in expressions and actions shown through emotions. If one felt embarrassed, it is the mind's perception and not the soul. Again the sole purpose of the soul is to use the body to improve the world. It will move from one body to another body once the body it resides expired its uses. The soul will, through the mind, ensure the body be not subjected to physical abuse so as to maximize the usage. Physical abuse directly harms the body whereas mental abuse does this indirectly. This is due to the mind that stresses and harms the body when it perceived that the body is been subjected to mental abuses like embarrassment. The soul do not bother about abuses but it needs a strong body to carry its mission. When the mind stresses and harms the body through wrong mental feedback, the mind is in control of the body and not the soul. One needs to acknowledge this and hence react accordingly to such blackmailing.

If the victim allows the mind to perceived the body as a sacred entity, then s/he will be surrendering to the demands of the blackmailer. However, if the victim recognizes that the body is just a tool used by the soul to improve the world, then such blackmailing will not have effect on the body. One hence should just report the blackmail to the police and let the culprit be caught even if the photo is broadcast to the public. Remember all bodies are the same and they are meant as a tool for a soul that uses it to improve the world.

A separate word. The body is a shield that protects the soul. It is physical and if being abuse physically to the effect of death, it can no longer perform what the soul required to do and hence the soul will move on to another able body. The soul controls the mind and the body. The correct path for the mind is to seek the soul for advise before any action perform by the body. If the mind make its own decision without consulting the soul, it can harm the body and make it less effective for the soul. So one should always consult the soul in decision making and be free from mental abuse as mental abuse is of no significant to every soul's objective.

What happened if your love one is kidnapped? Again a normal person's mind will take over the body from the soul and drastic actions may occurs. I will touch on this on my next blog.

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Respect The Living

The soul in your child's body could be the soul in a body whom your soul's previous body's mind once hated. So if you recognize every living beings as souls which are shapeless, you will respect everyone.


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The $999 Screw

A manufacturer had a problem with one of the older machines on their line. It shut down the line and held up production, costing many thousands of dollars in lost production. Since it was older equipment it was hard to find someone knowledgeable in repairing the machine, and nobody on-site knew what the problem could be. They found a technician with knowledge of the machine and hired him to come in and fix it.

When the technician arrived on site he listened to the client’s description of the problem, examined the machine, opened a panel, and turned a single screw. He restarted the machine and it was back to full function. The line was up and running and the manufacturer was happy.

A week later the manufacturer received a bill for services: $1000. They called the technician and demanded an explanation - after all, they reasoned, he had only turned one screw to fix the problem. He agreed to re-bill, this time with itemized charges. The next bill contained two lines.

Turning the screw… $1
Knowing which screw to turn… $999

http://pocky.tumblr.com/post/49520543/knowing-which-screw-to-turn

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The Will

"Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways. Where it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses."
~ Arlen Price



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Another Big Tree has collapse

A pretty large tree collapse today or yesterday at Lorna Whiston.


I surveyed and found that the soil above is rather soft. Looks like the top soil has already been washes away.


The stump is also rather small and not deep rooted. On one side, I can see a root jutting out to one side which would means that the tree will not fall on that side.


Looks like the tree fell perpendicular to the out stretch root which actually ruptured the root.


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How do you Manage People

You can't and you don't. People cannot be managed. Only non living things can be managed. What you need to focus on managing is the agreement between people. For example, if your child refused to drink her milk, you set up an agreement with her such as if she don't drink, she is going to get a tight slap or if she drinks, she gets a candy. All of these are agreements. Similarly, in the corporate world, managing agreement helps to let people managed themselves. This is where motivation comes in. People who agrees with the agreement while motivate themselves to finish their part of the bargain. Hence, you don't manage people but you manage the agreements.