Manifesto: How To Get What You Want Without Trying. The Doctor Barefoot

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      Meantime, practise awareness of this internal revolution all the time now, while doing whatever else you do during the day and night, whether at work, rest or play, and you’ll notice within days how your body, mind and spirit feel stronger already.

      Now, before going any further along this path of getting what you want the wu wei way, it behoves me to ask you this question in order that you may ask it of yourself (of course) …

      what on earth do you want?

      It’s a strange thing. You walk around all day, every day, with an internal dialogue running in your head – a more or less uninterrupted conversation with yourself about what you want – yet as soon as someone – maybe an angel, maybe a barefoot doctor – asks you what you want, you go, ‘hmmm…’ and get all confused as a thousand images whirl kaleidoscopically around your forebrain. So, to make it simple, allow me to humbly present the basic common denominators at the root of all human desire, not necessarily, but probably, in order of importance:

       clean air

       pure water

       uncontaminated food

       shelter

       clothing (including for the sake of convenience, shoes, accessories and all hair, skin and bath products, perfumes, tweezers, nail clippers, razors and all the gubbins you need to make you feel presentable)

       physical warmth

       physical comfort

       strength

       stamina

       energy

       health

       longevity

       physical beauty

       confidence

       freedom of movement (including viable transportation methods)

       sex

       empathetic company (human warmth)

       freedom of ideas

       freedom of choice

       freedom of expression

       love

       respect

       gainful, fulfilling employment

       social status

       a good reputation

       popularity (maybe involving fame)

       safety

       entertainment

       a feeling of belonging (wherever you are)

       peace of mind (including being at peace with the idea of dying one day as well as having a workable, reliable philosophy or existential model that may or may not have spiritual underpinnings)

       purity of heart (hence authenticity and intensity of experience)

       lots and lots of fun, laughter and smiles

       and, of course, loads and loads of money

      And all of these go along with the underlying drive to continually improve the quality of each one once you have it, and usually to increase the quantity as well – more, more, more, in other words.

      What do you reckon, have I left anything off the list? You’ll probably shout, ‘happiness!’, but that’s a stupid thing to try and manifest as happiness comes and goes of its own accord and trying to become attached to it when it comes only leads to disappointment when it goes. Hence why peace of mind is on the list instead, because that you can rely on, whether happy or not, which tends to make you generally rather happy anyway.act">Throw it around any way you like, I think that pretty much covers it, though, one way or another. So shall we take that as the template for our manifesto of manifestation? The rest is all down to you embellishing it, colouring it and tailoring it to your own specifications. So what prevents you having everything you want in sufficient abundance and profusion to cause you to want to be reading this book (still)?

      Absolutely nothing. However …

      happiness is a stupid thing to try and manifest as it comes and goes of its own accord, and trying to become attached to it when it comes only leads to disappointment when it goes.

      you probably enjoy wanting more than getting

      It’s true; as daft as it seems, you might actually prefer the set of endorphins – the internal drug cocktail – that is released when you want something, to the set released when you actually get it. Which, in fact, is totally understandable. For a start, it’s a state you’re familiar with, and however much you may hate it, deep down you love it really – simply because our innate nature is to cling to and love what is, no matter how turgid it may be – that’s the glue nature uses to organize itself into form and shape. Secondly, you know that as soon as you get what you want, not only will you have to deal with a new batch of responsibilities, but you’ll have to deal with the disorientation of the new and the grief of letting go of the old, because you fear change and ultimately death (which all change finally leads to).

      So you invent – at the deepest level of being, with all the backup of proof from years past, all the СКАЧАТЬ