What ' s on Your Mind ?
By Sam Sadat
Life is a banquet , yet tragically , many are starving to death . That ' s the focus of this article . Consider the story of some people on a raft off the coast of Brazil , dying of thirst . They were unaware that the water beneath them was fresh . The river ' s force pushed fresh water miles out to sea , right where they were , but they didn ' t know it .
Similarly , we are surrounded by joy , abundance , and love , but most people are oblivious . Why ? They ' re brainwashed , hypnotized , asleep . What ' s the solution ? Wake up ! Don ' t dwell on past mistakes made while you were asleep . Why lament actions taken in a hypnotized state ? Why identify with such a person ? Wake up ! Adopt a new mindset and a new perspective . If you change the way you look at things , the things you look at change . Scientifically speaking , this statement has been validated by Quantum Mechanics .
The first step is to wake up . It ' s challenging to let go of the things you ' ve been conditioned to believe are essential and vital for your survival . Second , understand . Understand that your current ideas might be wrong and that these ideas influence your life , creating chaos and keeping you asleep . Ideas about love , freedom , happiness , and more . It ' s difficult to listen to someone who challenges these cherished ideas .
Interesting studies on brainwashing show that you ’ re brainwashed when you adopt an idea that isn ' t yours , but someone else ’ s .
Strangely , you might even be willing to die for this idea . A key indicator of brainwashing is how you react when your beliefs are attacked — you feel stunned and react emotionally . This isn ' t an infallible test , but it ’ s a good indicator that you ’ re dealing with brainwashing , defending an idea that was never yours .
We often listen from our programmed , conditioned , hypnotic state . Imagine someone saying , " Steve , how you ' ve changed ! You were tall and now you ' re short . You were wellbuilt and now you ' re thin . You were fair and now you ' re dark . What happened to you , Steve ?" And Steve replies , " I ' m not Steve . I ' m Ron ." " Oh , you changed your name too !" How do you get through to people like that ?
The hardest thing in the world is to listen and to see . We avoid looking because it might lead to change . We fear losing control over the life we ' re desperately holding together . To wake up , you don ' t need energy , strength , youthfulness , or even great intelligence . What you need most is the readiness to learn something new . Your chances of waking up are directly proportional to the amount of truth you can handle without running away . How much are you willing to accept ? How much of what you hold dear are you ready to have shattered without fleeing ? How open are you to thinking about the unfamiliar ?
As Joseph Campbell famously noted , " The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek ." We all have tremendous potential to achieve our dreams . Waking up isn ' t a gradual process ; it ' s a quantum leap that can happen instantly . All you need is to be open to all possibilities and attached to nothing .
MEET SAM SADAT
Sam Sadat is a founder and president of Sam ’ s Real Estate Investors Club ( SamsREclub . com ) and Greater LA Real Estate Investors Association ( GLAREIA . com ). He welcomes your comments .
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