, from Tom Hua - Publisher of e*Vision, <br />
and the co-founder of the World Internet Summit. <br />
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Hi ,<br />
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Through the demise of the stock market and property <br />
prices there is one trend that continues to go from <br />
strength to strength, growing, expanding and profiting. <br />
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Do you know what I’m talking about? <br />
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Of course, it is The Internet. <br />
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With the collapse of most people’s superannuation, <br />
governments are now asking the elderly to keep <br />
working… hence… delaying the retirement age. <br />
(not real fair if you ask me)<br />
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Do you want to delay your retirement? <br />
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More and more people are using the Internet as a way <br />
to regain control of their financial future, a control <br />
that has been given up to the job security illusion <br />
for too long. <br />
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One of my greatest passions is sharing my knowledge <br />
about the Internet that has allowed me to live my <br />
dream lifestyle... and I can help you too.<br />
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In fact Brett and I will have our World Internet Summit <br />
Event once again in New Zealand this July… and I’d like <br />
you to join me. <br />
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Its four days of pure content and you’ll see me and <br />
a host of the Worlds Best Internet Marketers in one <br />
place at one time. You’d be crazy not to attend. <br />
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Information on the Internet is updating and changing <br />
rapidly so whether you’re a total newbie, you know a <br />
little bit or you know a lot, you’re going to profit <br />
BIGTIME.<br />
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To Your Success!<br />
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Tom Hua<br />
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PS. If you don’t live in New Zealand, it will be the <br />
right time of the year to go there for Ski ;-)<br />
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    THE PLANTARY CRISIS AND THE MEANING OF YOUR LIFE? <br />
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When we get right to the point of all the talk about <br />
enlightenment and religion and whether there is life <br />
after death, or what Buddha said, or Maharshi, or Alan <br />
Watts or Jesus or anyone remotely interested in discovering <br />
truth, beauty, intelligence or compassion, what is the <br />
meaning of it all?<br />
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This was brought home to me in the most frightening personal <br />
way when the terrorist attack occurred in New York. My partner <br />
Jo on that very day arrived home from her trip to Canada and <br />
New York on a United Airlines flight via New York. Only two <br />
weeks earlier, Jo stood on the top of the World Trade Centre, <br />
which as we know is no more, and thousands of people perished <br />
in another senseless act of violence. Only good luck and <br />
timing saved Jo from death.<br />
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Coincidentally, whilst Jo was away, I had been reflecting on <br />
my own change of consciousness  that occurred many years ago. <br />
In a nutshell, after many years of self-discovery research <br />
and experimentation, I woke up one morning and became aware <br />
that my consciousness was very different than it normally <br />
was on awakening…thought was absent and there was a sense <br />
of stillness and peace. This lasted about 2 hours. Since <br />
that amazing experience, this peaceful state comes and <br />
goes in my life, so it seems nothing is permanent.<br />
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However, what was still really troubling me was the question <br />
I posed in the first sentence of this article. I feel a <br />
million times better about life and the world, but is that <br />
it? Do I simply bliss out for the rest of my life, with no <br />
thought for the morrow? Can I understand what did happen <br />
to my brain and is it a repeatable situation for others? <br />
Is there such a thing as evolution and if so, does it have <br />
a purpose? Do I have a connection with any of this? I needed <br />
some insights because there seemed to be a piece of the <br />
puzzle still missing. Maybe I am just greedy and selfish <br />
for more?<br />
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I let all this percolate for weeks and then the insights <br />
started flowing. I will simply list them in no particular <br />
order of importance:<br />
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10 Insights On What a Change Of Consciousness Means<br />
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1. The highest value is life itself, or to put it differently, <br />
compassion for all living creatures. Not just my life, or <br />
your life, but the whole flow of life in all its forms on <br />
Earth and elsewhere in the universe. The miracle is now, <br />
at this moment when I reflect on this simple but astonishing <br />
fact. If we value ideas more than life, then we kill others <br />
because of their different ideas, and this has been the <br />
problem with humanity for thousands of years. <br />
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2. For life to keep going in a fast-changing environment, <br />
it must get more and more intelligent. This means it must <br />
sometimes adapt or change its internal structure just to <br />
stay around. Life is playing a nightmare game where the <br />
rules of the game keep changing because everything is truly <br />
connected with everything else and everything therefore <br />
influences everything else, both living and non-living <br />
processes. If a species is too successful (humans) this <br />
very success changes the nature of the game! Hence our <br />
environmental problems. The implications are astonishing <br />
for each individual! Each person must get more intelligent <br />
and creative and take equal responsibility for the mess we <br />
have all co-created if there is to be a better future for <br />
all life. I can’t leave it to others. We are all in the <br />
same boat, and it’s leaking!<br />
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3. Those gurus or authorities that claim that consciousness <br />
is the only reality and ‘things and bodies’ are an illusion <br />
are making the huge mistake of looking for a solution to <br />
their mortality. The tragic aspect of this is that they <br />
recruit millions of followers who are also looking for a <br />
way out of an impossible situation. And the same gurus <br />
don’t want to precisely define this elusive ‘thing’ called <br />
consciousness? For me it’s simply awareness of existing, <br />
and it is an integral part of my being, including my body. <br />
I can switch at any moment from normal human consciousness <br />
(mind) to natural consciousness (no-mind) by becoming <br />
aware of my total environment, both inner and outer, and <br />
not desiring anything from this awareness. So can anyone <br />
who is not completely besotted by their own personal story.<br />
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4. Enlightenment for me simply means being my own light <br />
and making the most of my one chance at life in the <br />
context of the current world situation. It would be <br />
absurd and dangerous to accept any one person’s views <br />
on life or follow anyone else. Closed cults and groups <br />
are very dangerous for the same reason. At a higher <br />
level of mutual understanding and influence, self-reliant <br />
and interdependent people (another paradox) become united <br />
in moving towards a common goal – is this One Humanity? <br />
It is probably going to come down to the quality of our <br />
individual relationships that will determine what happens <br />
to our planet and our species in the near future, not just <br />
the quality of our leaders. That means I need to work on <br />
my own close relationships first.<br />
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5. Living things are self-organizing and self-maintaining. <br />
They create order out of chaos. This is a continual, dynamic <br />
process. Moments of bliss (or peak experiences) occur for <br />
an individual organism when ‘everything is in order’ i.e. <br />
food and other basic needs are satisfied, for the moment. <br />
Therefore bliss is a result of order being maintained. If <br />
there is disorder in a living organism, it will result in <br />
suffering until the problem is resolved. The human body/ <br />
mind split (Descartes dualism – curse the man’s rationality <br />
but look how we bought into his ideas because they gave us <br />
false hopes about an immortal soul) has created disorder, <br />
and this split is having its effect in the environment and <br />
in our relationships. For me this means letting life flow <br />
more and allowing my feelings to be more active and my <br />
logical mind less in control.<br />
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6. Evolution on Earth does not have a purpose as such, other <br />
than to keep going, moment-to-moment. As conditions on Earth <br />
change rapidly of gradually over long periods, life has <br />
developed a pattern of increasing complexity. In humans we <br />
evolved a new brain that invented language and a symbolic, <br />
conceptual reality. Why did this new brain evolve? At first, <br />
it was for survival, as language gave us a competitive edge, <br />
but then a weird thing happened. This symbolic brain imagined <br />
an ego or self into existence. We are the only animals that <br />
have self-consciousness i.e. we are aware that we exist. <br />
Exactly how this process works in the brain is still a mystery, <br />
but it is indeed an illusion. How do I know? One morning <br />
thinking stopped, and my sense of self also stopped at the <br />
same time. What is it that remained? The body’s natural <br />
functioning, based on the five senses, without recognition <br />
or cognitive interpretation, although thought was still <br />
trying to control/ interpret what was happening, and is still <br />
is trying to get control of something it can’t understand. <br />
“In our infinite ignorance, we are all equal.” Karl Popper.<br />
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7. I now understand why my dog has moments of bliss, because <br />
when his basic survival needs have been met, he is in bliss. <br />
(Except us poor human beings, who live mainly in a world of <br />
ideas, and chase after happiness all our lives). How do I <br />
know my dog is in bliss? I observe him when he lies on his <br />
back and kicks his legs in all directions at once or when <br />
he takes off around the garden and runs in circles. <br />
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8. My consciousness changed to a natural consciousness because <br />
I began living from day to day on a ‘NOW’ basis, and I stopped <br />
putting energy into maintaining false values (improving self, <br />
ambition, pride, seeking permanent anything). Can anyone <br />
have this experience? It all depends on one’s motive. I <br />
wanted the truth, no matter what the consequences. Be careful <br />
what you wish for! <br />
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9. Human beings do not have a choice about whether there <br />
will be a new consciousness. The current planetary crisis <br />
will resolve itself, one way or another. So we are not in <br />
charge of our own evolution although we are active participants <br />
in the flow of life. We either harmonize with the whole of <br />
life or we self-destruct. Is there really any choice? Wow! <br />
What a great time to be alive. It is no longer business as <br />
usual. Everything is up for grabs baby!<br />
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10. Thought is a very important tool for creative living, <br />
but not for psychological identification, because it then <br />
creates disorder in the organism. Life, in humans cannot <br />
become less complex and go back to the state of so-called <br />
innocence or pre-thought. However, thought must be integrated <br />
with the organism’s number one value – the continuation of <br />
life. In the last few hundred years this game on earth has <br />
got a lot more complicated due to population growth, (1800 <br />
AD world population was 1,000 million, year 2000 it was <br />
6,000 million and growing exponentially). We also have <br />
invented the nuclear bomb and our innate tendency towards <br />
using violence to achieve our goals means that we are all <br />
living at a time when we could all be annihilated. The <br />
reality is there is only One Earth and so there are natural <br />
limits on us all. It was recently reported from the <br />
international space station that the view of Earth is <br />
becoming increasingly hazy due to dust from our destructive <br />
ways. This daunting challenge seems to require a change <br />
of consciousness in you and me, not simply a new idea about <br />
sustainable development. (The latter being only a change <br />
in consciousness, or similar to moving the deck chairs on <br />
the Titanic).<br />
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Those are my insights on consciousness and if you don’t <br />
like them, well I’ve got lots more. And yes, I am greedy <br />
and selfish for more life. Isn’t everyone? That’s a massive <br />
problem too. Not to admit that you want a lot more out of <br />
life than you are getting. It’s called being selfish. <br />
Everyone’s selfish because it’s how a living creature is <br />
wired. Let’s not be hypocrites and make things worse by <br />
pretending otherwise. When we accept the truth we are free <br />
to be selfish or unselfish without feeling guilty. <br />
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Is the game of life worth living for its own sake? Well, <br />
it depends. If you are healthy, and living a meaningful <br />
and adventurous life then it certainly is. However, as <br />
you get old and your health declines, you may find that <br />
it is too hard and too painful. Or as Winston Churchill <br />
said – “If you are going through hell, keep going”. We <br />
all must make choices about whether we want to keep living <br />
at every moment of our existence. We grow old before our <br />
time because we think play is for children.<br />
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But the reality is that the game of life is getting a lot <br />
more challenging for all of us. Will we get more intelligent <br />
or fail the test? The jury is out, but life enjoys struggling <br />
against all odds and so far, it has been incredibly successful. <br />
Don’t underestimate its ability to transcend itself, so that <br />
it can simply keep the flow going.<br />
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There is absolutely no point in chasing after security, <br />
because there is none. Life is a temporary business, so <br />
go for the biggest dream you can imagine, and be prepared <br />
for disappointment, failure, embarrassment, laughter, <br />
stupidity, learning, success and surprises galore.<br />
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This is our greatest challenge in the present time and where <br />
true meaning and purpose lie in wait for every person. <br />
Perhaps too much peace can be boring too, if meaningful <br />
living is absent. I eventually got bored being ‘blissed <br />
out’ all the time and leaving the hard stuff to others. <br />
Challenges are everywhere. Start somewhere – today!<br />
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Develop a life plan that is focused on the things that are <br />
really important to you, and paradoxically plan to be <br />
surprised. When I say ‘really important to you’ I mean <br />
just that. Don’t bother filling up your life with ‘luke-warm’ <br />
goals that are going nowhere. Life is too short and you just <br />
won’t enjoy the journey very much either.<br />
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Start a ripple effect like throwing a stone into the middle <br />
of a pond, and be a participant in creating good things at <br />
the edges of your vision as well as the centre. Be <br />
embarrassed to die before you achieve what you were <br />
meant to do on this planet!<br />
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Take care<br />
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