Show#14 - The Risks You Run
Filed Dec.18, 2007 in
Success Videos
The TotusUnus Project
This show was came about as a result of an email I received from a trader wanting to know about applying the TotusUnus principle to trading. I will be covering trading in a later show, but for now RISK is a topic that needs to be understood in terms of the TotusUnus principle.
January 20th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
martin- i will rephrase here that thought i had about how to go about clarifying for oneself what IS the perfect outcome. i see that the risks i run include not having a clear idea of what i truly want for an outcome — with all possibilities open, it all of a sudden creates so many options, that i am not CERTAIN what it is I actually want. when i DO get clear on outcomes, i tend to get them, via the miracle or the mundane. when the outcome looks TOO LARGE, i get nervous and question it, or TOO SMALL, and i quiz myself if this is TRULY what i do want. - i am certain of one thing — you have most likely run into this issue on your own, and have some thought on it! - thank you, karenna
January 21st, 2008 at 2:48 am
Hi Karenna
This is often a stumbling block for many; the reason is as you suggest has to do with certainty. We are bombarded daily with what is “perfect” for us; the advertisers know this and work with this. We live in a “marketing” world where we are repeatedly told that our lives are NOT complete without this latest product. Is it any wonder that we lose our direction from time to time!
Clarity then is vital, our resolve does not need to be focussed on “doing” actions or “things” that seem to be pertaining to success, no…our clarity needs to be directed on thought. Remember, as far as the TotusUnus Principle is concerned it takes no more effort to bring a 100,000$ into your life than is does a new sofa.
The mind knows no difference in attaining; the process knows no difference in attaining unless we give it that difference in the form of doubt and questioning.
So…is THIS thing the thing you truly want? Only you can know that, for me it has to give me a “warm” feeling, it has to “feel” right, it has to provide “value” on a higher level than monetary gain (even though it may be money)
There is nothing wrong with monetary gain, we live a world where money is required, but to “own” money to lord it over another for example is not living, owning money to do more, to live more, to provide more, to experience more is a truly great outcome.
Martin
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Martin - Thank you for the reply. For me personally, the indecision does not come from attraction to “marketplace” items, but in choosing the correct path. (in line with “mind knows more than me”, which i agree with, i want to move in a direction that is in alignment with a greater part of me.) I hope that in a future video you could address how we go about clarifying and defining our ideal state — and additionally, about staying focused on it ENOUGH as a state of being vs. contrasting it with the state we do not want to be in.
I realize you have gone over this before, but also you said if you have to write it down, its not the right thing, but it can’t be vague either, right? in order to “design” it, don’t you have to fine tune it in writing or through some other sort of clarification process? - thanks, Karenna
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Hi Karenna
The word “love” comes to mind. When I started out in business all those years ago I had one aim, MONEY. When I came to forex trading it was because of MONEY. But I never wanted money as an item, I can always remember thinking “the money will set me free”. Free to do what I loved which in effect is TotusUnus.
Now I did not know or fully understand the process back then, but I was using it of course. On my journey at one point I was bankrupt and homeless with two small children to take care of. I dont think I am a very good businessman, but then I dont really want to be.
What I did then was to spend 15 years as a trader, 15 years doing something that I did not really enjoy to then do something I did enjoy.
I have spent 15 years looking at computer screens instead of writing books, instead of helping people grow, instead of LIVING!
What I am trying to say here is that we need to follow our LOVE, love is the most powerful force on the planet. Follow this for ourselves and we will be alive, we will be living and we will enjoy a truly fulfilling life.
There is a saying “find the love in what you do” I think that is very bad advice. I say “find what you love to do”
When you are doing what you love then all will fall into place and you will not need a map.
Hope this helps.
I do have a video planned on this.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Martin -
Ok. Here I am again at this show. In talking about feeling the fear of risk in this show, you warn: “If you say, ‘Ok, I don’t want to feel this fear, i will come up with a way of controlling it’, If you do this , you will fail, because you are operating outside the boundaries of the …state.”
Well, I will also refer to the show on the Secret and the Law, where you read a letter from someone who is attempting to handle the “results” of his current state, and coming up short.
If you have to come up with some stop-gap way of paying your bills, so you apply for a job even tho you don’t want a job, and your design is another source of income, then what? are you blowing it? i think a part of “Design” could be having a job, or a risk-less source of income while you create the true design….. is this “cheating”? if so, what do you suggest instead>????
thanks, KC
February 29th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I think to take the job that comes up is THE job that has come up. WHY this one? is this the one that will lead you to meet the person or discover the “thing” in this business that will lead to your fortune.
In trading, traders continually look for “reason” as to WHY a market moved in a certain way. AFTER the move they continue to postulate why. They even post on forums statements like.
The market moved up today because XYZ politician spoke. Its all wonky thinking. The market moved because ENOUGH people had BELIEFS in higher prices so they BOUGHT.
Now go back to what I wrote above and I think you will have your answer.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Well, Martin,
You answered a different question than I asked, but accordingly, I suppose I got THE answer!
Thank you, Karenna