To Compete Or Co-Create

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As a financial economist my motivation has long beenbodies! This offers an explanation that miraculous
to understand a simple academic koan: “why isphysical healing stems from a healing of the
there scarcity in an abundant world?” A koan is aperson’s mind by deciding to make a
question in the history and lore of Chan (Zen)fundamental shift from a fear to love based personal
Buddhism, to which the answer is inaccessible tothought system that does not allow the perception of
rational understanding, yet may with great effort beany form of scarcity such as disease.
obtained through accessing our higher collective mind.Think about it; are you really anything else? Are you
The motivational force driving my financial studies andreally anything but a thinking mind directing a temporary
research rests in the little known fact that the planetphysical vehicle you call a body in this temporary
earth and this universe have such great abundancephysical world? Ponder the koan that “you are a
that no living being need lack anything!mind not a body that has the power to choose to
Here is another real noodle twister. Did you know thatfocus exclusively on love and abundance!” Over
quantum physicists are people who have dedicatedtime you will experience a radical change for the
themselves to trying to figure out what the smallestbetter in your thinking. This is because you will slowly
building block of the physical world we see about usrecognize that everything you see in the world about
is? Did you know that as they keep splitting apart theyou is derived from your (our) thoughts.
little pieces of atoms they reach a point where there isAll of this has allowed me to come to see that all
nothing physical left? They cannot reject the very realscarcity in the world about us happens when a mind
possibility that the smallest component of matter ischooses to focus on the emotion of fear. This focus
pure thought that never diminishes or dies!on fear stems from the thought that “there just
This is an astounding concept because it means thatnever is enough to go around.” This causes people
your mind may not even be housed in your brain at allto act COMPETITIVELY based on perceived scarce
and that your “subconscious” is just your greaterresources.
mind that is collectively linked with all other minds inAlternatively, I have come to see that all abundance in
existence. If this is the case it could well explain thethe world happens when a mind chooses to focus on
documentations of Tibetan Buddhists who havethe emotion of love. This causes people to act
tracked people through successive cyclicaltogether harmoniously as CO-CREATERS based on
transmigrations as they reincarnate from one body toperceived abundant resources. What this world needs
the next. It would also explain the bizarre documentedis not welfare but a complete change of the collective
phenomenon of “The Mind of Pure Light.” Thisfocus of thought from fear to love and hence from
occurs when Tibetan Buddhist monks who achievescarcity to abundance!
this exalted mental state “die” in a meditativeLet me give you a couple of places where you can
position but the body refuses to decay for days,learn abundance. Dr. Tharp teaches students learning
weeks, or even months! A western corollary areto create wealth in their lives at the Van Tharp Institute
documented cases of Catholic saints who’s(IITM.com) the necessity of allowing the mind to focus
bodies remained fresh and sweet smelling for a similaron abundance exclusively. As a cognitive psychologist
period after death.Dr. Tharp has spent many years devising a
A great breakthrough in my understanding of themethodology to help people clean the fear out of their
answer to my academic koan came when I learnedthinking with regard to financial wealth building.
an important psychological fact from a friend of mine,Another friend of mine, Matt Bacak, teaches people
Dr. Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Our mind may experience onlyhow to promote their expertise on the internet at in his
two emotions; love or fear. Another critical fact is thatseminars in Atlanta. Matt promotes abundance by
the mind cannot experience thoughts of love andteaching people to market from a place of love for all
thoughts of fear at the same time; only one or themankind. He also promotes collective thinking in his JV
other. Over time I have come to understand that thecalls where everyone shares ideas as co-creators
recognition of the exclusive existence and nature ofinstead of competitors.
these two emotions is critical to the enrichment of our