A man of great wisdom, respected all over his land as a seer and a visionary, was on his death bed. Thousands of students and followers lined up, single file, from his bedside out the door, down the sidewalk, out into the streets, down by the riverside, and winding for miles up into the hills. His most loyal and favorite follower had the honor of standing next to the prophet. Feeling his was surely drawing his last breath, the oracle motioned for his favored student to lean in to hear his last words.
He said weakly: “Life . . . is like a river.”
The student nodded, absorbing this great revelation. He turned to the man behind him, motioned him in close and whispered, ”Life is like a river.” He turned and passed along this secret of life to the man behind him . . . “Life is like a river” . . . and so the revelation was passed from one man to the next and on and on down by the riverside and up into the hills. At long last the great man’s proclamation reached the last soul, “Life is like a river,” the next to the last man told him. This last follower tipped his head to the side, and asked, “Hey, what does he mean, ‘Life is like a river’?”
“Hmm…mm…the next to last man said, and tapped the student just in front of him on the shoulder, and asked him, “What does he mean ‘Life is like a river’?” The listener nodded and asked the person in front of him, “What does he mean, ‘Life is like a river’?” . . . and thus, the question passed down from the hills and along the riverside, along the streets, down the sidewalk, into the house, into the bedroom, and finally reaching the ear of the favorite student. He leaned into the great man and asked, “What did you mean, ‘Life is like a river’?”
The sage blinked, looked up at the student and said, “Okay, then. So life . . . isn’t like a river.”
. . . Editorial in next post.
The author of the book “The Hypnotic States of Americans” doesn’t need to sell copies.
We citizens of this once-great nation need both the information he imparts and the technique he presents therein.
Most of us sense something of mammoth proportions is about to happen in our nation and world. We not only sense, but with such developments as young people forming into “flash mobs,” are also now witnessing our nation and some among us failing to cope with whatever it is that feels “just around the corner.”
Within the pages of this book exist nothing less than the proverbial life-jacket, boat, paddle and potential destination of safety and success.
Please take the time to go to http://fhu.com/hypnotic-states-of-americans.html and preview this most profound and timely publication. There are very few times in our lives when something comes along that sounds “too good to be true” but is not. (The method of awakening can be had for FREE at http://www.copingstrategiescd.com so please understand that this email is *not* about selling books.) Though this book, of course does impart wisdom on the subject not yet published by anyone else.
This is one of those times.
Very sincerely,
Karen T.