How To Escape The Illusion Of A Happy Retirement

24 February 2010

Most of us were told to stay in school and get a good education. After that, it was find a decent job, work hard, and then enjoy a safe and quiet retirement. However, statistics show that only a fraction of us truly enjoy their retirement, for the following reasons:

* Not enough retirement money
* Cut off from the creative work place
* To old to do what you really wanted to do
* Health problems

50 years ago working at a company was safe; however, this concept is completely outdated in our fast-growing information age. Nowadays, youd better watch out; your workplace might be monitored as to whether you could be replaced by something cheaper, or even worse, completely automated. Today, productivity and expanding profits for shareholders are almost the only forces that drive corporations and companies. You as a worker are just a small wheel in the gear box, which at any moment could be re-assembled with fewer parts.

Knowing this causes fear. Many would rather work while sick than risk losing their job. For some, the pressure becomes almost unbearable, and there is no light at the end of the tunnel. To compound the problem, we shop, spending more money on things we dont need, in the illusion of gaining a few hours or days of happiness. Shopping becomes our daily mantra. Someone once said, we do things we dont like, to buy stuff we dont need. Instead of connecting with our spiritual force, we connect with our money. The outcome is stagnation.

How to Get Out of This Disaster?
Better yet, what can we do to avoid it in the first place? Realize that you are a spiritual being who creates your human experience, not the other way around. Even if you dont know it, you have chosen this lifetime to have certain experiences. You chose a spiritual path before you came to this earth. You are not only your body. You are not only your mind and thoughts.

If there is anything that is important in your life, it is finding out who you are. If you devote enough time, you will find an answer. The answer may surprise you, and you may not be able to share it with anyone; however, knowing who you are is the key to making this life the way you planned it from the beginning.

It is part of our task in life to reconnect with a spiritual path. Nature gives us a body, but no owners manual. It seems that at a certain time in life, you discover the ability to connect with your spirituality. At birth, you are like a construction set for a radio; over time, you assemble yourself, and when youre done and all the parts are connected correctly, you are able to transmit and receive signals to and from the universe.

Using your radio is the most powerful instrument you can imagine. The connections you can make are unlimited. You can send and receive from every other person in this universe, no matter where this person is located. Some call it the soul; scientists talk about the inter-connectedness of everything.

Quantum physics even proves that we are all connected with each other and we are all made out of the same substance. This conclusion goes as far as assuming that there is only one mind, in various forms. When you have a thought, it may not be yours. And when you think, it may have not originated from inside yourself.

To have a fulfilled life, youll want to find the answer to who you are, as quickly as possible. Why? Because if you do, youve found the owners operating manual. And having that, you just follow the instructions and use your mind and feelings accordingly.

The Difference Between Knowing And Experiencing
The best part is that you find the confidence that comes from taking the right path. It is a path you dont need to think about; it is given. It is like the difference between someone describing the taste of an apple to you, and actually eating the apple. If you were told how an apple tastes, and youd never tasted one, you would only have others interpretations to go by. In this scenario, youre at the mercy of others, and there is much room for confusion.

The moment you taste the apple, you know how it tastes. This knowing is fundamental and nobody can take it away. It is your own experience. Even if 10,000 people now tried to convince you how that apple tastes, you would not even bother to listen to them, as your knowledge has become your truth.

This evening, turn off the TV and sit quietly, thinking about your life for 30 minutes:

* Do I like what I am doing in my life?
* Do I live my full potential?
* Am I happy with what I am doing?
* Is there something I like to do but have put off for a long time?

Find your strength; understand that you are unique. There is no other person on earth the same as you. If you are not aware of this, start finding out right now.

The moment you understand and experience your uniqueness, you must live your life in a extraordinary way. Everything else is a lie. This unique way is the dream that you always wanted to live. Allow yourself, for a moment at least, to think about this dream and explore it. Your mind may reject it at first; just review it – nothing bad will happen. You are just exploring it in your mind. Doing this exercise, you are connecting with your life dream, your path to walk on this earth.

Now you have two choices; either you explore more of your dream, and maybe start going into details, or, you allow fear to take over and dismiss your beautiful dream. Your first choice will lead to being more alive, the second choice leads to death. No, I dont mean physical death – you wont die; however, your life force, and everything that makes life worthwhile, withers.

It is not important how long you live on this earth. Time is an illusion. You can have a fulfilled life in this very moment, when you are in touch with your life dream. This can be so powerful that this moment feels eternal to you. Everything is realized in this moment and there is nothing to accomplish – it is the perfect moment; you are experiencing life to its fullest.

Imagine: What would your life be if you would stay connected with your lifes dream in every single moment?

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5 Low Effort, High Reward Income Streams That You Can

16 November 2009

5 Low Effort, High Reward Income Streams That You Can Switch On Today

Something truly dramatic has happened over the past couple of decades. The world has made a transition from the industrial age to the information age, and the income rules that used to apply a few decades ago have now been blown apart.

Possibly the biggest myth in personal wealth creation today is that you should focus on one thing for your income. We are all trained into believing that in order to be successful you need to train in a chosen profession. Then get a “good job” within that industry and slog your way up the corporate ladder. In other words we are all programmed to compete and succeed at the rat race by our parents, the school system and our peers. The simple truth however is that very few people gain either happiness or financial stability by using this cruel, tired old formula. And whichever way you look at it, the problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still just a rat.

If you wish to gain happiness and financial independence then you need to find new income sources and this insiders report will help you do just that. I am not advising that you rush to work tomorrow, throw hot coffee at your boss’s face while quitting to start up new ventures everything takes time. But you should certainly consider using a wide number of different methods to provide income streams for you. Do not fall into the trap of depending on one source of income for your livelihood. Look around and you will discover that there are hundreds of different and very feasible ways of making money. The key is to educate yourself and then take action.

So what are the five income streams that you can set-up immediately to earn a constant stream of income? We’ll look at these one by one:

(1) Arbitrage Do you know that the internet age has resulted in thousands of online bookmakers all competing for your money? Now if you are not a gambling man do not worry because arbitrage is an investment concept that can be used to derive a guaranteed 5% to 20%+ profit within a few hours with no possible chance of losing your original cash. How is this possible? Well online bookmakers often have huge differences in opinion on the same sporting events this creates some incredible anomalies in the way that certain sporting events are priced between different bookmakers. This is great news for us because everyday these anomalies allow us to invest money on all sides of a sporting event so that no matter who wins/loses/draws we can walk away with a risk free and guaranteed profit. These arbitrage opportunities are present many hundreds of times each week and the beautiful part is that you can find them in as little as five minutes per day once you know how. This is one of the least known and used income sources around and one that you should certainly set-up and profit from.

(2) Recycling Cell Phones For Profits Last year over 100 million cell phones were replaced. Only a tiny fraction of those were recycled. Many end up tossed away at the bottom of peoples attics, or are simply thrown away. Did you know that each old cell phone is worth up to $70 (although on average this is closer to the $20 mark)? Cell phones are a multi-billion dollar business and that trend is growing on a global level governments are beginning to offer incentives for those who are willing to recycle their phones and recycling companies are now setting up and offering a decent level of cash per phone that they receive. As an individual there are some very powerful ways of collecting hundreds of phones per week and selling these on for some monster profits. The start up costs are practically zero and this is a business you can operate from home.

(3) Importing Goods From India And China If you want a very solid, profitable and enjoyable work-from-home business then this is it. Some of the most popular goods cost a fraction of the cost that they are available for in UK/USA/Europe for example I regularly have access to top quality items from India that cost me 95% less per item than in the UK. One of the best things about importing for profits is that once you setup a product and find a supplier, you have secured an income stream that lasts, often, for years into the future. There are literally MILLIONS of products that can be imported profitably into your home country finding suppliers is not very difficult and you can boost your income further by selling them on auction sites such as ebay. There are also other benefits when you operate an import/export business from home you can write off travel expenses against profits and the set-up costs are actually very low. Get involved today.

(4) Reselling Works In The Public Domain Have you heard of the public domain? Maybe. Did you know that there are literally millions of books, videos, plays, courses, music and more that exist within the public domain that you can legally take, brand as your own and sell to keep 100% of the profits? Did you know that there are online sites that actually GIVE you text documents of public domain works you just download the document and you’re ready to repackage it into your own product. Not a lot of people know that Walt Disney created the Disney empire out of a story that he found on the public domain it is simply a treasure trove of cash waiting to be discovered.

(5) Ebay I know it is hardly “unknown” but it really had to be mentioned – If you have not ventured into this incredible opportunity, you really ought to. Receiving over 1.5 billion page views a month and 9000 new customers everyday, ebay is a seller’s dream. No matter what you wish to sell, there is a buyer waiting for you on ebay. There are powersellers who are making $100,000 and more per year with ebay and if they can do it the simple fact is so can you. Simple, addictive and fun you should setup your ebay income stream today.

So there you have it five instant income streams that you can setup today to earn an immediate online income with little or no capital. Now that you know about them the next (and most important) step is to actually start (something that sadly 95% of the readers statistically will not do). Remember, that once you set-up a new income stream it will derive cash for you years (if not decades) into the future. Don’t be lazy get started today!

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