The Monkey Trap

Well Done!!!

You actually did it ... You got this far!

There's been a lot to get through but as I promised 'to give you so much information it'd make ya toes curl' ... I have!

By getting this far you’ve taken some momentous steps, you’re shuffling to the edge of the cliff like a fledgling eagle getting ready to soar.

Spread those wings, feel the breeze in your feathers, take a deep breath and let go.

Well something like that!!!

Although The Omniscience Principle promises take you on a journey to Total Personal and Financial Freedom (providing you follow the paradigms) many practioneers are already on their way. They certainly aren’t fledglings that’s for sure, but something is holding them back, intangible, an invisible hand wrenching on the gut strings.

No matter how successful you are right now, you feel you can do better, you aren’t fulfilled, there is much uncharted territory still to be ventured into ... Isn't that so?

How do I know this?

Well if you had achieved every ambition of yours already you’d definitely have no interest in reading this, you’d have no use for the systems which made the rich and powerful - rich and powerful and free ... because you’d be one of those people!!!

Throughout our time together I will be giving you tools that will be a great asset for all of your life.

Accelerated learning techniques, for example, will enable you to process and retain, with ease, the masses of information you are going to receive here. So that you can get the most out of what I write so I thought it best to give you these tools at the beginning - makes sense really doesn’t it?

I will also keep driving home the importance of becoming calm and relaxed. This is something that is completely alien to most of us, yet I cannot emphasis enough its fundamental role in becoming successful.

We have been taught from an early age that the only way to succeed is to be busy, busy, busy.

It’s not true.

Imagine the shock if your boss walked into your office tomorrow and said: "everyone take a break. I can see you are all feeling the strain, go and get some fresh air and come back when you feel replenished and revitalized".

You’d think he’d had a brain meltdown wouldn't you?

But, little did you know, he’d recently read one of my reports on The Importance of Relaxation in the Workplace. He now knows that you are only fully productive when you are relaxed and stress free.

Yes, I know it’s very hard to be both motivated and stress free, but if you can achieve a balance you will be far happier, healthier and many times more productive.

When you learn to work at optimum performance levels whilst staying relaxed, and you see the results you have achieved from your new laser-beam focus, you will become even more motivated. It’s a sort of positive, up spiral, a great Catch 22!

An empire building tornado.

The reason we believe it is necessary to work 24-7 to get anywhere in life is because that is just what The Machine would have us believe. If everyone is busy running round in square circles they will remain 'happy little cogs' and never see the big picture.

There is an old saying: "You're too busy working to make any money." That’s exactly the problem many cogs face.

You need to let go of everything you currently believe to be the norm. We have stepped out of the rat race in order to become totally free. If you live your life as The Machine would have you do, then the norm is to accept a mundane, second best.

It’s called the ‘Monkey Trap.’

There is a kind of monkey trap used in Asia. A coconut shell is hollowed out and attached by a rope to a tree or stake in the ground. At the bottom of the coconut a small slit is made and some sweet flesh is placed back inside. The hole on the bottom of the coconut is just big enough for the monkey to slide in his open hand, but does not allow for a closed fist to passed out.

The monkey smells the fruit, reaches in with his hand to grasp the food and is then unable to withdraw it. The clenched fist won't pass back through the opening!

When the hunters come, the monkey becomes frantic but cannot get away. There is no one keeping that monkey captive, except the force of its own attachment. All that it has to do is to open the hand. But so strong is the force of greed in the mind that it is a rare monkey which can let go.

The monkey is so intent on keeping the morsel that he holds on for dear life, which is often the cost; it doesn’t see that if it let go there are far greater rewards around the corner.

It is the sweet fruits promised by The Machine which keep us trapped: stability, employment, a pension - but these are false promises and The Machine rarely delivers. All we need to do is to open our hands. Let go of false beliefs; our attachments, the indoctrination - and be free.

You must let go of the pathetic rewards normality
tempts you with, in order to have a feast!

I read something once which was a complete revelation to me, so I’d like to share it with you:

Our lives are totally manipulated ... The Machine has orchestrated
our lives so that we live just above the poverty line.

When I read that, everything started to fall into place.

The important element required by The Machine to continue motoring is to keep us all 'just above the poverty line', that way we accept our lot. Ok, we moan and groan a bit, but on the whole the discomfort we experience is not sufficient to warrant an uprising.

We have a roof over our heads, food in our bellies and a little bit left over for a drink at the weekend. It would be very easy to manipulate the system and put us below the poverty line, but that would generate a huge backlash; the masses would rise up and there would be anarchy.

No, far better to give us a 'taste of what we want', give us something to work towards, then we’ll put our heads back in the sand and spend the rest of our lives pissed off and stressed out, hoping that one day we might get that pay rise.

Have you ever wondered why it is that just when you start to get ahead and have a few extra pounds to spend, interest rates go up!

Or, if they do come down have you ever considered that there may be an ulterior motive, and as soon as the pressure eases in your household (and we’ve all begun to spend again) oops, up they go again!!!

I’m not suggesting that there is a conspiracy. This is just the nature of the beast, and to be honest, I don’t know if there is a better way. If I discover one then rest assured I’ll stand for election!!!

Lets just accept for now that we need to let go; we need to start breaking free of conventional thinking and all those misconceptions we hold close are going to float into the ether. We're going to undo years of conditioning and brainwashing, to start afresh and to rebuild our own little world.

Busy, busy, busy is not the most productive way to work!

Take a hurricane. The strongest winds are at the storm’s outer edge, here is chaos. As you move toward the center, towards the eye - there is calm and order. Here is your world.

Throughout The Omniscience Principle I will be showing you how to relax and de-stress. Through self management and control you will become happier, healthier, wealthier and free.

Slowing down and relaxing is not the magic answer, it is a fundamental part of the success formula. I hope that you are beginning to see that. You will no longer be consumed in busy-ness. Everything you do will be calm and calculated.

There will be no inner turmoil, and you will be operating at peak performance levels - at all times.

If you don’t feel totally alert before starting a task then don’t do it! Go away for a few minutes, take a breath of fresh air, drink some cranberry juice or water and start when you are ready.

Go visit the ‘Shaolin monks’ (martial art masters) next time they bring their show near you. They all seem to have nurtured an inner serenity which shines through to the outside, yet instantly they can produce devastating, controlled, focused power.

Watch a good martial artist. He will hit a pile of slabs with what seems to be the most relaxed and fluid of blows, yet the concrete crumbles.

Go out into the garden and find a brick, support it at both ends and try to break it with a single blow - No don’t!!!

Although I’d like to be there to watch as you tense up, grimace, go red in the face, hit the brick with all your might then spend the next five minutes jumping around with your hand under your armpit shouting “**!!^4$@!!!.”

The problem is, you haven’t yet learned the tremendous magnitude of staying composed and focusing your inner natural resources (unless you’re a top black belt).

You will!

Before you tackle the next section ensure that you are relaxed, sitting comfortably, well fed (not over fed); clear your mind of the problems that are bothering you, then drink a large glass of water to ensure you are hydrated.

Prepare yourself to learn about learning, it’s going to be fun. Close your eyes for a few minutes, take several deep breaths and concentrate on them as you inhale and exhale slowly. Say to yourself: "I feel calm and relaxed and ready for the task ahead."

Roll your head around as if limbering up.

Go on then!!!

No athlete would entertain the notion of starting a race without warming up the limbs first. The same applies to the brain, though this is so misunderstood. Your brain is your greatest muscle. It is an integral part of the body, not a separate lump of meat locked away in a box and stitched to your shoulders for lack of space elsewhere.

I want to ensure you retain everything in the next section. It will be so important to you and will be used for the rest of your life. You don’t know how to learn and retain with maximum effect yet so you need to be prepared, and ready to give this section that new focus of yours.

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