Introduction and Forward


 Our video lesson:


Lesson 00 - Forward and Introduction - Transcript


Let's get right to work here: If you've gotten the book, (and you won't get much out of these lessons if you don't get a copy) you'll notice a nice little story as the prelude - that of a professor who found a mysterious scrap of parchment which told of the secret to all knowledge, and all power in a remote mountain, as well as his adventures in finding it.

The story in those preceding pages illustrates the exact point which lead me finally to write this last book. As the professor discovered, Freedom Is - (period.).

Through all the books I've studied and lectures listened to - as well as my own research and tests down this line — it has become very clear to me that we each already have all the Freedom, Happiness, and Peace we could ever want. It's just sitting there waiting for us to recognize its presence in our nature. Just waiting for us to let our own light shine.

That's the secret people have been looking for all this time, the one which the self-help guru's will sell you unlimited books, CD's, video's, and personal consultation to help you find. But I think, like Dorothy of Oz with her slippers, you eventually find that you've had the solution all along. And also like Dorothy, you have to make the journey before you’ll believe it’s that simple.

This is the route to enlightenment which people have chased for so long, one which has lead some people around in circles, others to an early grave. Throughout the ages, enlightenment has been sought, and sometimes found. But these efforts often were hidden in musty archives. It's only been in this Internet Age that anyone can have access to vast amounts of data, both ancient and modern, literally at one's fingertips.

It has become not only easier, but absolutely vital that each person take what can be grasped and experienced from this “virtual buffet”, and let the rest go. (Just as a thirsty person can’t use the full output of a fire hose.) With all these resources so immediately available, any idea of having “the truth” dictated by any single person to anyone else shows up as pretense. And as you now have to choose for yourself, the truth within will to start shining out on its own.

The trick is this one, simple datum:

The limits you have, the only things holding you back, are those you have accepted.

And these limits are all additive, not natural.

We are going to cover several authors in this book - and a single idea that these few authors and their different ideas about how this world around us works - that these can allow us to unearth and let shine that natural Freedom we all possess as individuals.

We've already laid down the disclaimer here: As you agree with the idea that there is possibly unlimited Freedom, Joy, and Happiness already within, then you alone will able to let it shine forth.

Now, the work you will take in these lessons and how much you can get out of them are simply your responsibility. I can't do anything for you from here.

I can only provide these materials so that you can make your own studies and come to your own conclusions. At times, I may make very pointed statements which you will disagree with. That is your choice. I only ask you to entertain that notion for a bit and see if it might possibly be true.  But until and unless you find it to be true for you, then it won't be.

So meanwhile, I've been working to see how entertaining I can make all this.

And I'll see you along the way - you're going to have a short video like this one at the beginning of each lesson. Hope they all help you  in some way.


Good Hunting!

Additional Notes:

 
One thing I didn't cover in the book, at least outright, is that you can't do this wrong. There's actually no way you can screw this up or that someone can mess it up for you.

And that's the simplicity of what I've found.

If you consider you are on a road to self improvement, personal development, enlightenment – whatever you call it. (And that's a big If...) You can adopt the view that everything you do, every action you take, all the decisions you make – everything is designed with that purpose in mind.

But just take that idea “for checking”, as they say.

And this workbook is very backwards, written under that light. Because I am not here to tell you what to think or what to do with your life. Where you disagree with what I write here, nothing bad will happen as any result. (Or it will if you consider it to be that way.)

Because the book and workbook really ascribe to one point – the world around you is a product of your considerations.

All I wanted to do with my studies, the books I've written, and now this workbook with all it's CD's, DVD's and whatnot – all of this is simply to continue the discussion. And it might very well be a discussion you've been having with yourself or others around you.

The discussion has many and varied points, arguments, and positions.

Your most important take on this is exactly that – what you consider your take is.

And nothing more.

Again, this vital note: you simply can't do something wrong; you can't screw this up. Every action you take is the exact right one.

I hope this little workbook is another great step of yours on the path you've chosen.

About the assignments:


It's highly recommended that you get copies of these author's works and study them independently. The wealth of examples they provide can markedly increase your own understanding of the theories and practices behind the steps I'm advising you do each week.

All of these authors have many works available for low cost or as free downloads. As well, I have re-published these into readable versions if you'd like to get hardcopy editions for simpler study.

Of course, this is all your choice. The point is to study these authors and their masterworks to assemble a mental toolkit filled with various approaches to life's problems and situations. In this way, you can carve out and walk your own path up the mountain you've chosen.


One request:


Please don't post links to these lesson online anywhere. I'm giving this away for nothing but an email sign up. And, as I've covered other places. most people already won't really take advantage of this opportunity.

The problem is that if people get something for free, they don't value it, and won't use it to improve their own lives.

So respect the people around you. Let them earn their own Freedom.  In that way, they have a better chance of making it.

And the more people you help get on their own route to making it - the greater chances you have, as well.