SOGR, Rebecca Fine author, Tony Melo,monkeys
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
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THE * CERTAIN * WAY(tm)
“Change your mind … and EVERYTHING changes.”
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12 March 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ISSN: 1529-3483
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Published since 1999 for The Science of Getting Rich NETwork
by Rebecca Fine
http://www.scienceofgettingrich.net
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FEATURE ARTICLE: ‘WE’VE GOT TO SAVE THEM!’
A powerful life lesson from … monkeys
“My friends and family just don’t get it.
“I’ve told them how wonderful and powerful
The Science of Getting Rich (SOGR) is but
they’re either not interested or they think
it’s crazy and I’ve lost my mind. And most
of them haven’t even read it.
“But I’m already seeing how true and amazing
it is. How can I get them to understand and
take it seriously?”
That question — or some variation of it (usually involving a
husband, wife, or “significant other” who simply is NOT
interested in SOGR and therefore not “supportive”) — is just
about THE most frequent one that pops up on the SOGR NETwork
Discussion Forum and in the SOGR for Practical GeniusesTM Online
Course.
Of course when any of us discovers something that brings welcome
change — sometimes a BIG change and sometimes breathtakingly
FAST — it’s only natural to want to share that “something” with
the people we care about most.
But when they aren’t interested, even adamantly so, and prefer to
stick to their own points of view, we sometimes feel a little
discouraged.
After all, they NEED it!
Well, maybe. But as Wallace Wattles tells us throughout his nifty
little book, what we REALLY need to do if we expect others to
allow us the freedom of our own new way of thinking and believing
is to allow THEM the very same.
Let me share with you now a lovely little folk tale from the
country of Tanzania.*
Enjoy the wisdom of this insightful story and then I’ll be back
with words from Wallace Wattles himself …
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Rains heavier than anyone could remember continued for weeks that
year, and soon rivers were overflowing their banks, flooding was
rampant, and animals of every kind were fleeing for the safety of
the hills.
But the waters ran so fast and strong that many of the beasts
were caught up in the currents and drowned.
Except, that is, for the monkeys, who were quick and agile enough
to leap up into the trees and avoid the powerfully rushing
waters.
From their vantage point above the river, the monkeys stared
wide-eyed at the turmoil below and soon noticed fish everywhere
– darting to and fro, leaping, sometimes almost seeming even to
fly over the water.
Seeing this, one monkey called out to the others: “Those poor
unfortunates! They haven’t been as blessed and lucky as we are to
be saved from the flood. They have no legs to get away and surely
they are doomed unless we help them. It’s our DUTY to save them.”
The other monkeys agreed: “Yes, since we have been so fortunate
we now must rescue the others. See how they struggle to flee the
water! Let’s go down to the river’s edge and pull them out of
their terrible predicament.”
And so they did. No matter how the fish flipped and flapped, the
monkeys bravely and tenaciously kept on pulling them from the
water and laying them tenderly on the grass to rest.
Before too long, one monkey noticed the hundreds of fish lying
quietly all around and with a feeling of satisfaction and perhaps
even a bit of pride he whispered to his companions, “Look how
well we have done. They are exhausted from their ordeal. But if
we had not come along and known just what to do, so many of these
poor legless ones would have drowned.”
“Yes,” replied another of the monkeys. “They even tried to resist
us and get away because they simply couldn’t see that we only
wanted to help and were acting in their best interests. But just
wait until they wake up! Then they’ll be so grateful that we were
here to save them.”
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Ah, that puts it in a whole new light, doesn’t it? ;-D
Our friend Wally tells us:
“You have no right to use your will power upon
another person, even ‘for his own good,’ for
you do not know what is for his good.
If you are new to the study or practice of SOGR, the best course
of action is simply this:
Keep it to yourself for now.
(If we simply offer the book to someone, that’s a gift. But if we
try to force it on anyone, the gift is lost.)
No need to convert, convince or even DISCUSS it with others who
are not, right now, on the same path as the one you are choosing.
If you need to talk it over with people who WILL support and
encourage you, the SOGR NETwork Discussion Forum is a great place
to do that.
See, you have planted a seed, and now as you tend its growth by
giving your attention to your OWN thoughts and choices, you will
not be inviting others who make different choices to come in and
trample the tender shoots as they reach upward toward the light.
You also are not focusing on LACK — and that’s a VERY good thing
because when you turn your thoughts to the lack of anything you
desire or consider good, whether it’s in your own experience or
ANYONE ELSE’S, you are giving power to lack and drawing it to
YOU.
Defeating your own purposes, as Wally says.
You, my friend, had your own perfect timing in coming to this new
knowledge and you have your own perfect timing in learning to
PRACTICE these principles — and experiencing the wonderful
results! So does your spouse or partner, your best friend, your
mom, your co-worker, your next-door neighbor …
If they’re not interested, here’s my best suggestion:
Just love ‘em — and change the subject.
If they try to tell you that you’ve gone nuts, just smile and
agree: “You know, you could be right!”
It’s a lot harder for someone to argue with you when you offer no
resistance and don’t need to insist on being “right.” 
And, really, it’s only our small ego-selves
that feel that need to be “right” anyway.
(Talk about “competitive mind” — it pops up
EVERYWHERE, doesn’t it?)
So let THEM be “right” while you just quietly go about your own
life-transforming, joyful, prosperous process. It truly costs you
nothing and it can bring you everything!
“[T]he very best thing to do is to show the
right way in your own person and practice. An
ounce of doing is worth a pound of theorizing.
“The very best thing you can do for the whole
world is to make the most of YOURSELF …”
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*Adapted, with appreciation, from a retelling by Tony de Mello,
SJ.
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