How to Talk to Your Future Self

How to Talk to Your Future Self
Source: Command More Luck

Here's how to get in touch with every talent, every ability you ever
wanted for yourself, even if you're convinced you don't have a shred
of ability in that area.

Physicists and mystics agree that all of time co-exists simultaneously. The way we experience time, with one moment following another moment after another moment, is (they say) an illusion. In reality, all moments of time are hanging around together, and our consciousness is threading its way through and among those moments of time.

They also say that there are an infinite number of variations of each
possible moment. That's what they call "parallel universes" in the
science fiction movies.

As it turns out, those parallel universes are not actually science
fiction after all. They're really there-the physicists say so. We just can't usually see them.

But there is one way to perceive them. It's your intuition (or imagination).

You can actually tune your mind in to a talent you don't have, but
would love to, and you can attract it to you. There is "another you"
in that alternate "now" that has all the talent you wanted but didn't
get.

So how do you benefit from this "other you"? How do you siphon off the abilities from the "talent gas-tank" of that other you, and get it
into your mind?

The short answer is, you don't.

You don't try to take anything away from anybody. Instead, you reach
out with your intuition and imagination and offer to combine your talents with those of that other you. You suggest a win-win merger
that benefits you both.

Then you start training those new talents, and-surprise-those very
talents appear from out of "nowhere" (but you'll know where).

Do this...

It's simple to do a bit of "day-dreaming" and talk to other versions
of yourself. How do you reach them? Just imagine it. You're always
talking to that policeman or judge or parent in your head. So why not
your other selves in other possible universes? Just imagine them. Talk
to them. Offer to do a joint venture -- share some of what you know or some of what they can do.

And then, once you've made an agreement, just accept what comes. And enjoy it.

Charles Burke is the author of "Command More Luck," a book offering powerful suggestions for getting more cooperation from life, luck, and your own mind. Whether you call it synchronicity, serendipity, or just plain old luck, you CAN become more "naturally lucky."

Edited by: Lawyer Asad

A Touch of Lemon.

A Touch of Lemon, story of a great teacher, who changed his students' lives.

When I met Mr. Jim Lemon, I was a sixteen-year-old freshman at Houston's Jackson Junior High and the chances of my finishing high school were slim. I was a troubled teenager with an attitude, living in a
neighborhood that fostered troubled teenagers.

Mr. Lemon taught American history and it was clear from the first day
that his classroom was not going to be disrupted. It was apparent very
quickly that Mr. Lemon was quite different from the other teachers I had known. Not only was he a disciplinarian, but also he was a great teacher. He would never settle for my usual standard of classroom work.
Mr. Lemon pushed and prodded and never tolerated the mediocrity that had become my standard.

On the occasion of our first semester report cards, Mr. Lemon called me
aside and asked how it was possible that I was a B student in his class
and a D and F student in the rest of my classes.

I was ready for that question. I passionately told him about my divorced parents, the local gangs, the drugs, the fights, and the police - all the evils that I had been subjected to. Mr. Lemon listened patiently and when I was through he responded, "There's a problem with your list Mr. Phillips, you are not on it."

Then Mr. Lemon explained that the only person responsible for my
situation was me. And the only person with the potential to change my situation was me, and that when I personally accepted that responsibility I could make a significant change in my life.

He convinced me that I was failing not because I was a failure, but
because I was not accepting the responsibility for my results in those
other classes. Mr. Lemon was the first teacher I had who made me believe in myself. He inspired me to become a better student and he changed my life.

Ten years later, I spoke to him again. I was preparing to graduate from
Chaminade University in Honolulu.

It had taken weeks of telephone calls to find him but I knew what I had to say. When I finally did get Mr. Lemon on the telephone, I explained
what his brutal honesty had meant to me, how I finally graduated from
high school, and how I was a proud staff sergeant in the Army.
I explained how I had married the most beautiful and wonderful woman of my dreams and how we had a beautiful a daughter.

Most of all I wanted him to know that I was about to graduate magna cum laude after going to school for four hours a night, four nights a week for three years. I wanted him to know that I could never have done any of these things if he had not been a part of my life.

Finally, I told him that I had been saving money for two years so that I
could invite he and his wife to come to Hawaii at my expense to be part
of my graduation. I'll never forget his response. Mr. Lemon said, "Who
is this again?"

I was just one of hundreds of students whose life he changed and he seemed genuinely surprised of his impact.

Perhaps none of us realize the impact that we have on other people nor do other people have any idea how much of an impact they have on us. How much, then, should we be aware of our influence on others to make sure that it is for the best? And how much more should we tell those who have had a positive impact on our lives?

Rick Phillips

Rick Phillips is a motivational speaker and trainer.

Edited by: Lawyer Asad