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Old 08-01-2008, 05:58 PM
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Default You don't need to worry about taking risks.

"Experiments with parasites found on plants indicate that even the lowest order of life is enabled to take advantage of natural law. This experiment was made by Jacques Loch, M.D., Ph. D., a member of the Rockefeller Institute.

"In order to obtain the material, potted rose bushes are brought into a room and placed in front of a closed window. If the plants are allowed to dry out, the aphids (parasites), previously wingless, change to winged insects. After the metamorphosis, the animals leave the plants, fly to the window and then creep upward on the glass."

It is evident that these tiny insects found that the plants on which they had been thriving were dead, and that they could therefore secure nothing more to eat and drink from this source. The only method by which they could save them-selves from starvation was to grow temporary wings and fly, which they did.

Experiments such as these indicate that Omniscience as well as Omnipotence is omnipresent and that the tiniest living thing can take advantage of it in an emergency."


I read this in an interesting book (The Master Key System) and thought it was fascinating. The aphids actually don't have wings, but in an emergency, when they needed it to survive, their bodies actually grew out a pair of wings so they could survive. This just goes to show that you don't have to worry too much about taking risks when going for your dreams. Just like the tiny Aphids, you'll grow wings in an emergency.

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Old 08-01-2008, 11:17 PM
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I just browsed the first couple of chapters of the 4HWW book. I had forgotten about the Fear-Setting section. Those two pages are exactly what I needed to read!

What's the worst case scenario? I could lose a couple hundred dollars and some lost weekends. The money can be made back on ebay or with an odd job on weekends, and that weekends would probably be lost watching movies, sleeping late, or something else that wouldn't provide a good learning experience.
On a scale of 1-10, I stand to move up to a 8-10 or drop temporarily down to 3-4 (just like Tim says).
So I have no more excuses. I'm not starting with my main muse, but with a smaller one to build up some cash flow to get the main one started.
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