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The World Needs You To Succeed
What is the minimum that leads to the maximum? The “Three Gates” is one such. I know that if everything I said or did was honest, kind, and useful, I’d have an amazing life. If my goal then is to have such a life, one approach would be to include the Buddha in my “role models” group, visualize him every morning, and when I go to sleep at night and slide into the “Hypnogogic” state actually speak with him, and ask him to point out the moments during the day that I most closely walked the path, and when I most diverged.
Do this morning and night, and over time you will
- Clarify your goal
- Clarify the behaviors, values, and emotions that will take you to that goal
- Begin to seek and identify resources to get or keep you on the path
- Recognize more rapidly when you are NOT.
- More quickly break negative patterns of thought and behavior, until that breaking becomes automatic
- Begin to associate with others who also respect the Three Gates, building tribe, gathering mentors, and teaching others.
In other words, the MICRO (Morning Ritual, Five Minute Miracle (as you fall asleep) guides the MACRO.
Lets say you want to write a novel. If the MICRO is writing a sentence every day, then let’s ask if that passes the Three Gates.
Is it TRUE that if you write a sentence every day, you can write a book in a year?