All the success chasing fools are left with broken gurus – in better times self-proclaimed success experts claimed that success was simply a few steps away for anyone that wanted to claim it and initiated by changing your thinking; and now with undeniable enormous systemic problems facing the nation – illicit collaboration between the business community and government in a ponzi scheme effort to steal from the public, a government that committed fraud to convince the public to support an armed invasion of Iraq, the failure of the government to properly address relief for people in poverty that had nowhere to go and suffered as a result of hurricane Katrina and failing infrastructure, the failure to handle real problems of the public, such as homelessness and an inadequate health care system. A government that tells the people to support a bailout due to subprime and credit default instruments when this same government couldnt prevent the Savings & Loan crisis, and couldnt put a plan together to effectively prevent another crisis less than twenty years later – the current man-made crisis. And most shamefully an administration that proposed allocating funds from the bailout to go to executives that were part of the undoing of the financial system. Capping executive compensation is foolish, no form of compensation for the wrongdoers is acceptable, and maximum prison terms for government officials and business partners must be mandatory.
And now all the self-proclaimed success experts are frozen and without genuine words of inspiration, they cannot spew the same kinds of foolishness into the public air, as it is evident that their methods do not work, and are of no comfort in a perceived crisis. At one time, here is what they loved to shove at us:
(1) Money and Finances
(2) Health, Wellness and Longevity
(3) Time, Time Traps and Overload
(4) Mission, Life Calling, Destiny
(5) Service and Philanthropy
(6) Relationships and Intimacy
(7) Psychology and Emotions
(8) Spirituality, Religion and Enlightenment
Personal responsibility is a concept lost on the public. Remember when false gurus claimed The Power of You will take you closer to the goal of achieving true abundance, wealth, inner peace and happiness? It was the power of fools that helped build the self-help business.
Suffering is optional and happiness is a choice. (Wrong, wrong, wrong – remember all those foolish high-paid speeches and seminars? What is beauty without ugliness, or average appearance? What is gain without loss? What is up without down, fast without slow, great without horrible? Suffering and happiness are linked people will postpone happiness but they dont relinquish their suffering – they value it as some kind of asset!)
Wisdom lessons will tell you the secrets of how real people have used the power of personal responsibility to guide you on the path to:
(risk!)
Living a life of radiant health and freedom from pain and chronic illness
(placebo!)
Extending your life by more than 20 years
(start at -20)
Conquering the crippling emotions of depression, anxiety and fear
(give up false concerns and suffering – if you dare!)
Freeing yourself from time traps, overload and burnout
(life itself may be an expression of freedom and beauty, but our minds are traps)
Discovering your unique ability that will take you to your destiny & calling in life
(And you want to get there by reading someone elses map?)
Finding true meaning in life by sharing with others (share your wallet buy a book and expensive workshop to make the dream directors of inspiration rich.)
Rising above the ocean of mediocrity into true greatness (Mediocrity cannot be risen above by many, by its nature, and what would the gurus promise if we didnt have the mediocre? Apparently we need them in order for us to think about improving.)
Finding true love, intimacy and meaning in relationships (the greatest promise unfulfilled – wouldnt it make more sense to teach true love to find us instead?)
Learning to turn shame, rejection, abandonment and guilt into true happiness and inner peace (Do I have to buy another book?) Being fully present in the moment (Cherish that moment – it doesnt last long, and it takes repeated practice all through our existence to enter those meaningful moments.)Living a life of freedom and unconditional self-acceptance (Oh no, people are at times very loving creatures, but are fools by nature – world history has proven this.)
Or you could take responsibility for being the damned fool that you are (as we all are), put the book back on the shelf or discard it and go for a walk. I think a long walk is more useful.
Every End Is a Beginning
Although we have come to the end of this book, our journey is far from complete. We are now entering the Personal Success Revolution, a force that will change the world.
Each of you has greatness within, and now is the time to release it. (No, I recall your comment about an ocean of mediocrity and each of us may have the capacity for greatness, how can either of us prove anything? – but that does not equal inherent greatness. We mostly wallow in foolishness, and must have an equal or greater amount of foolishness within each one of us.)
Each of you has a story to tell. Each of you has a unique ability. Each of you has faced and overcome enormous obstacles. (It would be mostly a short dull story, and the ability, perhaps unique, wouldnt be worth much. And each of us overcoming enormous obstacles? No, it would be mostly trivial. You kind of forget the day-to-day nothingness unless you keep a diary or journal.)
We want to hearfrom the very depth of your heart and spirithow you have faced your challenges and used your dynamic power to lift you from the brink of despair to the height of joy.
Do not ever rely on governments, bureaucracies, people, places or things to take care of you. They will do what they can to stifle your unique ability and drag you into the vast ocean of mediocrity that is swirling around you. Rise above this and do not tolerate it, because you deserve more and you are worth it! Let your voice be heard. Go deeply into the core of your being and release your power of personal responsibility for the world to see.
(What? Personal responsibility must be imposed upon us, apparently were too removed and out of context, the mind is a terrible thing to taste.)