Formula of success.
What is the world?
A more appropriate question would be, what do you see the world as?
The world is huge place. Imagine a simple toilet cubicle. What are the sense impressions that one can draw out of that mini two by two meter space? It could be wonderfully floral scented, it could be clean without a speck of dust, it could be noisy with incessant phone-chatting of someone in the adjacent cubicle, the toilet seats could be of sleek polished marble,...
Now, imagine the moment you step out of the cubicle. How have the possibilities of your sense impressions expanded? The rest of the toilet could be reeking with the stench of urea, the floors stained yellow from inconsiderate users, the soft music can now be heard playing faintly in the background, the row of sinks could be crowded with distinct looking youths, each creating their own set of sense impressions.
You walk out of the toilet and into Paragon shopping centre. Boom! A rapid expansion of sense impressions waiting to be drawn.
And all these within a minute shopping centre situated on a tiny dot on the world map. IMAGINE the world.
The whole world is an infinity of sense impressions, of which each of us can only percieve a small part of it. Everyone of us live in our own unique reality shaped by our sense impressions, further governed by our beliefs, interests, thoughts, memories and experience. For instance, picture an idyllic beach resort. Close your eyes and feel yourself at the beach, hear the gentle lapping waves, smell the exotic aroma of sea salt lingering in the air. To me, i would have based my experience on my general impression of the beach. I would have subconsiously recalled the positive experiences that i have had at the beach and pictured it accordingly. Now, if you were a Aceh tsunami survivor, i'm pretty sure that the beach that you have pictured would not be such a nice one.
Our personal sense impressions of the world has a great effect on our actions. It practically is our belief system and humans naturally act according to what they believe in. At this point, i would like to discuss a little about evolution.
Our mind has been hardwired by numerous generations of success stories. The early people who ventured to near the the cliff, didn't feel fear for some strange reason and continued to walk... yes they fell and died before flying off as angels. Guess what, lesson learnt, humans now no longer walk off cliffs. Those who felt afraid were the ones who made up your ancestry, these are the ones who programmed your current subcounsiousness. So if your brain is an evolutionary success story, why do we still make mistakes?
Unfortunately or fortunately, times change. People no longer hunt dears with stone spears, people no longer had sex for the sole purpose of ensuring the survivability of their kind, people no longer danced around in skimpy animal pelts,... Our world now, is a complex mix of societies, behaviours and cultures. The point here, is that your mind is programmed to stay SAFE, back when post-death mortuaries are not yet invented, back when death of a human being is like the death of an ant. But the same threats are no longer apparant in the modern society.
When you stand by the cliff with bungie cables attached to your waist, your mind tells you 'DON'T JUMP! YOU'LL FALL AND DIE!' That was the expired mentality, you no longer die from jumping off cliffs.
We now need to reprogramme our subcounscousness to fit our lives. And the way in which we reprogramme it determines the outcomes of lives. A man who refuses to push himself out of his comfort zones programmed from expired generations, he will lead the simplistic life, where survivability is of utmost importance. He is literally a farmer, content with the food he grows for himself.
A man who explores the modern society, and has the flexibility to reprogramme his thoughts to fit his hunger for success in this current fast-paced, unforgiving metropolitan world, he will ultimately be rewarded with achievements far beyond his imagination. And the farmers can only watch in admiration, terming these people as...
the lucky ones.
A more appropriate question would be, what do you see the world as?
The world is huge place. Imagine a simple toilet cubicle. What are the sense impressions that one can draw out of that mini two by two meter space? It could be wonderfully floral scented, it could be clean without a speck of dust, it could be noisy with incessant phone-chatting of someone in the adjacent cubicle, the toilet seats could be of sleek polished marble,...
Now, imagine the moment you step out of the cubicle. How have the possibilities of your sense impressions expanded? The rest of the toilet could be reeking with the stench of urea, the floors stained yellow from inconsiderate users, the soft music can now be heard playing faintly in the background, the row of sinks could be crowded with distinct looking youths, each creating their own set of sense impressions.
You walk out of the toilet and into Paragon shopping centre. Boom! A rapid expansion of sense impressions waiting to be drawn.
And all these within a minute shopping centre situated on a tiny dot on the world map. IMAGINE the world.
The whole world is an infinity of sense impressions, of which each of us can only percieve a small part of it. Everyone of us live in our own unique reality shaped by our sense impressions, further governed by our beliefs, interests, thoughts, memories and experience. For instance, picture an idyllic beach resort. Close your eyes and feel yourself at the beach, hear the gentle lapping waves, smell the exotic aroma of sea salt lingering in the air. To me, i would have based my experience on my general impression of the beach. I would have subconsiously recalled the positive experiences that i have had at the beach and pictured it accordingly. Now, if you were a Aceh tsunami survivor, i'm pretty sure that the beach that you have pictured would not be such a nice one.
Our personal sense impressions of the world has a great effect on our actions. It practically is our belief system and humans naturally act according to what they believe in. At this point, i would like to discuss a little about evolution.
Our mind has been hardwired by numerous generations of success stories. The early people who ventured to near the the cliff, didn't feel fear for some strange reason and continued to walk... yes they fell and died before flying off as angels. Guess what, lesson learnt, humans now no longer walk off cliffs. Those who felt afraid were the ones who made up your ancestry, these are the ones who programmed your current subcounsiousness. So if your brain is an evolutionary success story, why do we still make mistakes?
Unfortunately or fortunately, times change. People no longer hunt dears with stone spears, people no longer had sex for the sole purpose of ensuring the survivability of their kind, people no longer danced around in skimpy animal pelts,... Our world now, is a complex mix of societies, behaviours and cultures. The point here, is that your mind is programmed to stay SAFE, back when post-death mortuaries are not yet invented, back when death of a human being is like the death of an ant. But the same threats are no longer apparant in the modern society.
When you stand by the cliff with bungie cables attached to your waist, your mind tells you 'DON'T JUMP! YOU'LL FALL AND DIE!' That was the expired mentality, you no longer die from jumping off cliffs.
We now need to reprogramme our subcounscousness to fit our lives. And the way in which we reprogramme it determines the outcomes of lives. A man who refuses to push himself out of his comfort zones programmed from expired generations, he will lead the simplistic life, where survivability is of utmost importance. He is literally a farmer, content with the food he grows for himself.
A man who explores the modern society, and has the flexibility to reprogramme his thoughts to fit his hunger for success in this current fast-paced, unforgiving metropolitan world, he will ultimately be rewarded with achievements far beyond his imagination. And the farmers can only watch in admiration, terming these people as...
the lucky ones.