On the quest to perfect knowledge, if you are on such a quest, you will discover that the largest and perhaps the only barrier to reach that pinnacle is the mind. Overcoming the mind is a necessary step in reaching perfect knowledge in a given thing.
I say given thing, because perfect knowledge in everything is impossible – unless of course society names you with one word (Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, Muhammad, Trump). OK, that last one in the parenthesis was a topical joke, unless of course this mess of a political landscape is part of his grand design and if that is the case, I will revise my jest.
Regardless perfect knowledge of a thing only comes about via practical application and testing. You can hope that a thing is true and that a thing will provide benefit but you only really know until after you have tested it for a sustained period of time (365 days for example). Call me a pragmatist, but that is the true test of faith. Immortalized by one of the 1 name people, you can know the truth of something by the fruit it bears.
Once you have tested something, for a sustained period of time, you will then have a result. The better the result, the more true that thing is that you have tested. I can tell you right now, 335 days into the 365 days that prayer is true. I know it by the fruits of what has occurred. There is no way around it for me. The facts are scientific. I set out to accomplish a series of objectives, I decided that the first core principle was morning and evening prayer. That if I did that for 365 days in a row, I would have a dramatic change in my life. I have had that dramatic change and the fruit is good, so I have to admit that I have found truth, powerful truth.
Time to be humble. I maybe Mr. wannabe badass, Mr. cool, Mr. better then the rest, but at the beginning and the end of the day – trusting in a source greater than, better than, and more powerful then I can every hope to be, has proved to be a wellspring of strength that I always thought was true. Now I know, perfectly.
I figure you can react in three ways to reading this. First reaction, Silly Guy – any religious person for the last 20,000 years could have saved you a lot of time on this. Welcome to the party. Second reaction, yeah maybe there is a point there, maybe not. Maybe self delusion always gets a result. If I would have woke every morning and read the dictionary, I would have a similar result and Third reaction, huh. Maybe I need to try that myself.
Regardless of your reaction, the only way you will really know is if you actually try. Really try. Commit to follow this 365 commitment for a full year, follow the formula and then in 1 year from now you will know for certain. You will know if all these religions wackos have a hidden truth or not. I think 20,000 years of human history is a good thing to test out, you? It is worth 1 year of your life to find out. Worth waking every morning and making a list and praying about it. Simple. Pure diamond truth is that way. Simplicity wields a very powerful sword. You have nothing to lose but EVERYTHING to gain. I have gained more in 1 year then I have in the last 20 toward some personal objectives. I only wish I would have started this when I was 20, what a difference that would have made. However, dwelling on the past is something I no longer do, because I have a vision of the future – which is another fruit I plucked from this bountiful tree that has grown in my soul.
That path to this perfect knowledge starts with overcoming mind. That is what the beginner of the 365 commitment has to get to first. It is the Ride at Dawn initiative, the Embrace the Suck mentality it is the Mind Calluses that you build each and every time you overcome mental resistance.
You are the only thing in your way. You can do anything and have anything. You just have to overcome your mental resistance. For me, I wake up at 5 every day. I do not have a choice. I do my pushups, situps, and squats. My mind screams at me to do them later, perhaps tonight? Perhaps at lunch? NO. I tell that little weak mind to shut up. I do them anyway. I go run, light smooth and fast. My mind screams to only go 1 mile, I go 4. When I get to 4, my mind screams – ok stop now. I say lets do more. I write, I read, I memorize things, I record what I eat. I meditate. I do all these things everyday and on top of that I focus on my goals and my objectives first. My mind screams – but no, ABC and XYZ are more important. I say, NO. #78 is more important (78 is a symbol for me, you would not understand).
So yes, I will strive for the vision of the future represented by 78, I will not allow other people’s priorities to get in the way. Unless of course those other people are part of 78, then I will serve them with a smile, because they are part of my future.
I have built a core inner mind that is strong. I still am tempted to do the wrong thing, and sometimes I do, but the core is growing, increasing in strength everyday. I am grateful beyond measure. I know for an absolute certainly that life change can happen through the application of the basic principles of this commitment that I have kept.
It is free. No book required. Takes less then 30 seconds to understand what to do. You just have to do it. Everyday do it. Overcome the weak mind and build a new mind. A strong mind. A mind that is focused on what is important and not distracted by the trivial and primal.
Guy Reams (335)
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