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Mantak and Me – Part 6: The End of the War
January 18th, 1992. We picnicked on a a pretty coral island off Pattaya, not a scrap of shade but a soft breeze kept us cool and the mosquitos at bay. Most of the other men were clustered as usual around … Continue reading
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A Winners Alphabet
A book to win by! And to win in a way that suits you, fits your style, utilizing resources you already have, inspiring ways to find more. Direct, no-nonsense, practical without preaching, North has written a handbook of help to … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 5: Follow the Money
‘Make friends with money energy!’ finally resolved my issues with filthy lucre, from the childhood program ‘We don’t discuss money. So vulgar,’ to the grown-up riches-and-success program that had me chasing after it in a constant race to make it … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 4: Training
January 1992 continued. I found it hard to believe it was happening. I’m going to lectures, talking with, eating with, hanging out with the man who has made fundamental changes for the better to the lives of so many. I … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 3: The First Encounter
January 12th, 1992, Pattaya. By the boat jetty, a group of European men accompanied by Thai ‘service girls,’ of which there are said to be 10,000 in Pattaya (destination of choice for the US 7th Fleet on R&R.) I can … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 2: How It All Began
I asked, on that dark night on the road to Chiang Mai, about Mantak’s son, Max, who had given me a bit of help when I started. I had walked to Vassar, the Ivy league college in upstate New York … Continue reading
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Mantak and Me – Part 1: A Dark Night In Chiang Mai
Walking towards Chiang Mai after an evening at Tao Garden, I stopped as a gleamingly black Mercedes pulled in, and a dark glass window rolled down. I recognised the driver. ‘Master Chia!’ I said. ‘Hey, Kris! Where you going?’ ‘Chiang Mai,’ … Continue reading
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A is for Achievement
From time to time I wander along my timeline, wondering how far it goes and whether, having walked that line, will there be time to look back at what I have achieved. Will it be my way? And what, I … Continue reading
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Go Back to Sleep!
It’s as if we’ve just woken up and discovered that politicians lie. Have they not since the the foundation of (a slave-owning) democracy in Athens?
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Enough Already!
Let the rivals of Fear and Hatred – Water and Fire – find harmony in Wisdom and Love. The Past is where it belongs – behind us, and the Future is what we make it. Let us show now we … Continue reading
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