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Jayanti Patel



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IntroductionIntroduction

This is an introduction to a book, which is itself anintroduction.

It is an introduction to a way of thinking and living lifethat has been developing in the human potentialmovement for the past ten thousand years, perhapslonger.

The material of this book is not intended as justanother good idea.

It isn't even about a system of approaching life that Ibelieve in.

This is an introduction to a book, which is itself anintroduction.

It is an introduction to a way of thinking and living lifethat has been developing in the human potentialmovement for the past ten thousand years, perhapslonger.

The material of this book is not intended as justanother good idea.

It isn't even about a system of approaching life that Ibelieve in.


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This isn't another band aid to put on your life, nor another "try this" approach.

What this book is about isn't even what it appears tobe about when you read the words.It is actually about you, but not the "you" that you

ordinarily think of when you think of yourself.

The "you" I want you to know about is the divine you,the one that includes, but is by no means limited to, theeveryday "you."

This isn't another band aid to put on your life, nor another "try this" approach.

What this book is about isn't even what it appears tobe about when you read the words.It is actually about you, but not the "you" that you

ordinarily think of when you think of yourself.

The "you" I want you to know about is the divine you,the one that includes, but is by no means limited to, theeveryday "you."


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The purpose of this book is to present you with anopportunity to experience yourself as divine, a process that

has been called enlightenment down through the ages.To experience yourself as divine, it is necessary to look atthe everyday "you.

Everyday you is described in Book I: Knowing the Mind. At times this may be tedious reading.You may feel insulted when confronted with the everyday

you.

The purpose of this book is to present you with anopportunity to experience yourself as divine, a process that

has been called enlightenment down through the ages.To experience yourself as divine, it is necessary to look atthe everyday "you.

Everyday you is described in Book I: Knowing the Mind. At times this may be tedious reading.You may feel insulted when confronted with the everyday

you.


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Nevertheless, it is necessary to see all facets of theeveryday you in order to see through everyday you todivine you.

The terminology presented may be new to you.It will require some attention and some intention to

make it through the following pages.It can also be wonderful fun.The result will be an expansion of your life and a

commitment to participation you may not have imagined

could be "you."

Nevertheless, it is necessary to see all facets of theeveryday you in order to see through everyday you todivine you.

The terminology presented may be new to you.It will require some attention and some intention to

make it through the following pages.It can also be wonderful fun.The result will be an expansion of your life and a

commitment to participation you may not have imagined

could be "you."


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I have written each chapter separately from all the rest, so that youmay easily refresh yourself on the material as you lead your life.

My sole purpose in writing these book is to serve you.I fully recognize the divine you as the true source of what you gain

from reading this work. All ideas written in this book are to be read and used at your own

responsibility.

These ideas are not meant to be a fail-proof recipe for how to liveyour life.

You are responsible for what you believe in life and theconsequences of your beliefs.

I have written each chapter separately from all the rest, so that youmay easily refresh yourself on the material as you lead your life.

My sole purpose in writing these book is to serve you.I fully recognize the divine you as the true source of what you gain

from reading this work. All ideas written in this book are to be read and used at your own

responsibility.

These ideas are not meant to be a fail-proof recipe for how to liveyour life.

You are responsible for what you believe in life and theconsequences of your beliefs.


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Problemsroblems

Problems are actually opportunities.

The larger the problem is,the larger the opportunity.

Problems are actually opportunities.

The larger the problem is,the larger the opportunity.


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Problems

I want to say a few words about asubject dear to the human heart.Without question people findthemselves in circumstances and

conditions which they did not create,which were created for them and thrustupon them.



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Problems

The fact that you have problems in lifedoes not make you a victim, but handling your problems from the position of victim does.Some people have literallybornthemselves into circumstances so heavywith problems that it almost seems a cruel joke.



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For such people it is especially easy to allowcircumstances to have the appearance of determiningthe presence or absence of satisfaction in life.It certainlyappears that one has little or no choice insuch conditions.So, set in the context that we all know thatcircumstances can be extremely difficult, I want you toknow how to hold, or regard, such things as divorce,poverty, cruel parents, etc.

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Problems

Problems have great potential for contributingsatisfaction to life.

In fact, the bigger the problem the greater itspotential for contribution to your life.But only if you hold it as an opportunity.

If there were no conditions to challenge you,there would be no real way for you to come toknow about your Self and your capacity to makelife work.



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If you had no naturally occurring problems in life, youwould have to make some up in order to overcomethem and thus experience your Self.You can be certain that people do exactly thatSo problematic conditions are a tremendousopportunity to really have your life work and experience the Workingness of it.Even more wonderful than that is thatproblems arean opportunity to really know yourself as your Self.



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ProblemsIt just so happens that there are no circumstancescapable of invalidating you.Only you are powerful enough in your life toinvalidate you.If you do that, kindly take credit for it.If you think and feel that your life is not worth living, Iwant you to know that no one in your world couldhave been powerful enough to define it that way andmake it stick for you, except you.Conditions and other people cannot do that to you.



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People have led worthwhile lives in the face of cruel parents, concentration camp, slavery, and

mean bosses.Others have created joy and satisfaction in their lives in the face of mental retardation, no money,

no education, no support from their parents,even no parents.



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I know that you think you are some sort of an exception, that your circumstances arespecial.No one ever had it as bad as you and, if

they did, they certainly could not have hadtheir lives work.Everybody knows that, right?



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Of course you are unique. And no one ever had exactly your problems.

Not exactly.But that is where it ends.You don't get to hide behind uniqueness even though

you are unique and even though your exact problemsare unique. You don't get to use uniqueness as a reason your life didn't turn out.



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ProblemsIf you don't handle your unique situations, it is that youdon't handle them, not that they cannot be handled.The conditions of human life and the aspects of human experience are adequately similar fromperson to person so that it is evident that certaintruths are always applicable.Maybe no one ever had problems with the father thatyou had problems with, but I promise youothers havehad big , I mean really big problems with their fathersand handled it. 18PPT BY JAYANTI PATEL


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So much for the naturally occurring problems.Now, most of what you think are your naturally

occurring problems are not naturally occurring. You actually made them up by clever manipulation and then disowned them and

lied, even to yourself, about who authoredthe problems.



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Problems

People do this in order to have anopportunity to experience problems through.

That is the purpose of problems.You will never know how capable you are until

1. you get off your victim position, and2. use your problems as a way to experience

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Problems A "victim," as we use the word here, does not refer toa person who has problems, or even to a personwho makes up problems without admitting it. A victim is a person who handles his problems fromthe position that

(1) others have done it to him when they haven't, or (2) the problems are bigger than he is, or (3) he uses "problems" to justify something.



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In this sense all of us have been "victims" from timeto time in life.

But that game is getting called for the phony that itis.There are no "victims" in the sense that we areusing the word here.There are people who source, or cause, their lifecontent by using a victim act, but there are no"victims," not even you.



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ProblemsOnce you get this, I want you to know that no one ispowerful enough to make you handle your liferesponsibly.You don't have to, and you are not even wrong if youdon't. And there are consequences.If you do choose to handle problems in your liferesponsibly, you won't even be right for doing it. And there will be consequences.

There will be enjoyment and satisfaction in your life.23PPT BY JAYANTI PATEL


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ProblemsYou will have relationships that work.You will sleep well at night.

You get to nurture others and be nurtured by them.You get to have the experience of loving others,making a contribution to life, and dying satisfied when

that time comes.Notice the consequences of the context in which youhold problems;then choose what you want to be:

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