Murder at Jade Cove (Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Book 2) (20 page)

“There are two things
that happen while sleeping and it's important to make a distinction. When you
are just about to wake up, you get flashes which last for a very short time and
are normally forgotten by the time you are fully awake,” said the chairman.
These flashes are helpful, they are symbols i.e. coded information that comes
in the form of an image along with an emotion, and they point you in the right
direction.

"Nature by default
is very lazy or super-efficient, call it what you may, so it always tries to do
things using the least amount of energy in the shortest possible time period.

“Dreams on the other
hand go on for a much longer duration and are a massive energy leak. They take
on two forms. In most cases you dream of things that happened to you during the
day – as is. The second form also replays the same information, but in the form
of symbols and emotions, so you feel that something new is being revealed but
it's the very same thing.

"For example, you
run into a person you dislike and later on that night you dream of a snake that
symbolizes the dread and dislike all rolled into one.

"These dreams go
on for a very long period of time whereas when it comes to intuition it only
takes a matter of seconds. So dreams violate nature's law of 'doing things
quickly by expending the least amount of energy.'

“Once you stop
daydreaming and brooding during the day, you will have no dreams during the
night, and when you do get an intuitive flash you’ll remember it much more
easily. You’ll wake up fresh and with lots of energy,” said the chairman.

“I thought dreams were
good stuff. Isn’t that what life is about, living your dreams?” asked one man.

“Yeah, me too,” said a
young gal, perplexed.

"A daydream is a
desire," said the chairman, "a desire for a better life. How long
does it take for desire to take birth? Nanoseconds? So why do you need to dream
or daydream for hours on end?

"Once you have a
desire, '
Act'
. It's the fastest way to accomplish your desires. Once you
focus on accomplishing the task at hand inspiration flows freely and
abundantly, you progress towards your goals with lightning speed and the end
result is bliss.

"Instead, what do
you do? You daydream. Stop dreaming and Act on your desires.
Your inability
to act is the single, biggest reason for failure. Take that first step
immediately.

“Watching a one hour
movie on the big screen is a tiring process," said the chairman. "Now
imagine how tiring an eight or ten hour movie can be? This is what you do every
day - you mindlessly project the past or the future and blissfully forget about
the present.

“This is how disease
and lifelong sickness enter your body because your body is barely able to
replenish itself while you sleep.

“With all this happening,
awareness goes for a toss. You dream and brood even more of the 'good life' or
the lack of it, and the cycle repeats itself for eternities - your dream state
continues unabated,” said the chairman.

“Nize explanation,”
said a young gun.

“Yeah, it does make a
lot of sense,” said a woman. The rest nodded their heads - none more vigorously
than the young man awoken from his daydream.

Chapter
4

Empty
Yourself First

"Ok, let's move
on," said the chairman as he gazed around the room. "Does anyone know
the most important instruction one has to keep in mind if one has to move
forward in life?” asked the chairman, with a quizzical look on his face.

Everyone stared
straight back at him, barely moving a muscle physically or mentally.

“Empty yourself, empty
yourself of your memories, your conditioning. Your inability to let go of the
past poisons your body,”
the chairman proclaimed.

“Remember how you said
'That would be asking for too much',” as he pointed to our dear daydreamer, now
almost fully awake. "That’s what I’m talking about, there’s too much
memory, too much baggage, too much conditioning that keeps you chained to the
same spot.

"Before I go on I
would like to add that we're specifically talking about your conditioning, your
superstitions, your warped view of the world etc. We're not talking about
erasing good memories."

"Why is memory the
culprit?" asked an elderly woman.

"How many of you
have seen 'the walking dead'?" asked the chairman.

"What do you mean
by 'the walking dead'?" asked a middle aged man.

"Those who have
suffered a set-back in the past and are emotionally scarred by it, to the
extent that the incident controls them for the rest of their lives and they
can't go past it," said the chairman.

"My aunt suffered a
terrible tragedy, she's alive but only physically," remarked a young girl.

"So how many of
you belong to this group called 'the walking dead'?" asked the chairman.

A few hands went up.
The Chairman waited some more. A few more hands went up. He waited some more
and after a while almost all the hands were up.

"Yes, you there
young man, haven't you experienced an emotional setback that tore through your
heart like a hurricane?" asked the chairman.

The young man thought
for a moment. He had suffered more than a few setbacks that had numbed his
senses to the point of no return - frozen like a glacier. At that moment he
began to realize the gravity of his situation. He raised his hand slowly.

"Well, that's the
story of humanity. All of us are shackled to our past, our memories hold us
hostage until awareness sets in and begins to untangle the emotional
knots," said the chairman.  

“Just the sheer weight
of your memories keeps you rooted to one spot forever," said the chairman.
"It leads to resistance and resistance leads to failure.
99.9% of your
thoughts are just outpourings of your memory (energy) that bubbles up and
expresses itself
.”

"How do we get out
of this self-marinating pickle?" asked an elderly gentleman.

"Good
question," said the chairman. "Periodic use is the best form of
maintenance. The more active you are, the healthier your body is. If you were
to rest all day in order to preserve your body, you would shrivel up and die.

"It's the same
with memory - keep it active and it gets stronger and stronger. Stop using it
and its gets weaker and weaker until it is forgotten due to inactivity.

"So you're saying
that the key is - to forget bad memories?" said a woman.

"Yes,"
replied the chairman. "And how do we do that?" she asked.

"There is an
indirect way which works pretty well," said the chairman. "Your body
is a chemical factory and when these chemicals are at optimum levels life is
bliss. One example of such a chemical is glucose.

The body is the
staircase, the roof is paradise. Once you reach paradise, the staircase is of
little use, but to reach paradise, you need all the help the staircase (body)
can offer.

"When life is
blissful you automatically focus on 'the present and the pleasant' rather than
'the past and the unpleasant'. To be in a state of bliss your body must be in a
position to maintain these chemicals at optimum levels day in and day out. The
moment there is an imbalance 'the past and the unpleasant' take control of your
mind.

”For that you need
three things - good food, sound sleep and vigorous exercise. If you screw up in
any one area then life will turn ugly.
It sounds beguilingly simple but it's
not
. Many have perished when this simple yet delicate balance has been
disturbed. 

"Sleep and
exercise are for free. If you want to get out of the muck you're wallowing in,
then a large part of your budget will be spent on quality food - skip this and
all bets are off. You'll be amazed at how much money you'll spend on quality
food when you get started. 

"For those who say
that they have no time for sleep and exercise, the simple answer is - focus on
20% of your tasks (the most important ones) and the rest will eventually take
care of themselves.

"It's hard to work
on the 20% because you have to use your brain. So people choose to do the remaining
80% which is repetitive and requires almost no cerebral activity.

"Good food, sound
sleep and vigorous exercise will set off a chain reaction that will result in
bliss, and this bliss will ensure that you remain in the here and now and live
a great life, free from the burden of the past, free from your memories that
have haunted and imprisoned you for so long." 

"I've always
bought cheap, unhealthy, processed food to lower my grocery bills. I never
realized my foolishness until now," said a young man.

"A lot of us know
about sleep and exercise but never really cared about food, and never really
understood how intimately it's tied to success and well-being," said
another.

"I really want to
get out of this 'walking dead' club as soon as possible. I didn’t even know I
was a member until you brought this whole memory stuff up," said a young
woman.

"Well, as we go
deeper you'll begin to realize that moving up the ladder is not tough or
difficult, it's tricky. A sound foundation and common sense will take you far;
there's nothing complicated about it," said the chairman.

“Ok, so let's move on.
Back in the day and to some extent even today, in some parts of the world,
couples are matched sexually based on the group they belong to - a dog, horse
or elephant,” said the chairman.

The young were smiling
and the old were blushing. What had sex got to do with money, everyone
wondered? And the chairman went on to explain 'resistance' in more detail, once
he had obtained assurances from his audience that they would do their best to
empty themselves of their memories and their conditioning.

CHAPTER
5

Resistance
Explained

In some parts of the
world men and women are divided into 3 distinct groups, namely – dog, horse and
elephant. Now, in the wild elephants don’t ride horses, and dogs are not
enamored with horses either. However, when it comes to human beings plenty of
examples exist where such mismatches can be observed, if one cares to pay a
little attention.

When the resistance of
the source (man) is equal to the resistance of the load (woman) then the
maximum amount of energy/power flows, and everyone is happy. When resistances
match, then everything is in “harmony” or “in resonance”.

The source and the load
must always be matched, as closely as possible, for maximum energy/power
transfer to take place. This law of the universe is a fundamental law
(Impedance/ Resistance Matching) that covers all engineering disciplines.
Failure to follow this law always ends in a fiasco.

The universe offers no
resistance to the flow of energy. It can transmit infinite amounts of energy,
instantaneously. However, most of us have very high amounts of resistance (when
it comes to embracing change and accepting new ideas and possibilities).

If
you have built up a lot of resistance (primarily stored as memories, most of
which are of no use) you will obstruct the flow of energy. So in this case the
universe is the elephant and you are a housefly. The universe wants to and has
the resources to give you so much, but you've made yourself so small that the
resistance is too much. So you get a little.

Ultimately,
you will be surrounded by people who have more or less the same
energy/resistance levels (as yours), hence dogs are with dogs, horses with
horses and elephants with elephants. 

Ultimately, the lower
the resistance the better your growth prospects!

"So how do we
lower our resistance?" asked a middle-aged man.

"Great
question," replied the chairman.

“A human baby is born
with very poor eyesight, it is almost blind. It relies more on touch and sound
during the first few weeks of its life.

“When it opens its
eyes, light streams in. The brain senses this, resulting in a rush of neural
activity. New pathways are formed rapidly that result in good eyesight. Here’s
the important point,” emphasized the chairman.

“The only thing a baby
does to develop its eyesight is - open its eyes.

“
This act of
‘opening up’ plays a critical role in helping you lower your resistance.
The
universe does the rest. The universe is just a mirror - whatever vibe you emit
is reflected back to you. The
openness of your heart and mind
will break
down your walls of resistance.

"Every ugly
duckling has the ability to turn into a beautiful swan, if you just let go of
the resistance; it'll happen sooner rather than later. So how many of you now
understand the concept of resistance?” the chairman asked.

Everyone nodded a yes.

“Ok, so let’s try
something out,” said the chairman.