The greatest takeaway from MKMMA for me is the Ah! Ha! moments I’m experiencing.

Haanel’s opus, and I use that word deliberately, wrote a symphony, in my eyes. So much magic in his words. Part 1:15,16,17, and the last line of 23 for example.

“The world within is the practical world in which the men and women of power generate courage, hope, enthusiasm, confidence, trust and faith, by which they are given the fine intelligence to see the vision and the practical skill to make the vision real.

Life is an unfoldment, not accretion. What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within.

All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All loss is the result of a scattering consciousness.

Our future is entirely within our own control. It is not at the mercy of any capricious or uncertain external power.”

Isn’t it a shame that works such as Haanel’s are not studied in senior High School literature? I wonder what difference it would make to the young adults going into Universities, Technical Colleges, and the work force in general.

A recent study commissioned by the Australian Government released last week for public discussion has recommended that our school cirricula be changed to focus on English, Mathematics, and Science. Gee, I wonder why that’s the conclusion drawn. Problem being that it will take 20 years to see the results, after it’s implemented, IF it gets past the politics.

More food for thought.

MKMMA Blog 2019-20 Week 1

Overwhelmed? Yes, a tad. And I ask myself why. Perhaps the answer lies in Scroll 1.

‘Today I begin a new life.’

‘Today I shed my old skin which hath, too long, suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity.’

‘Failure is man’s inability to reach his goals on life, whatever they may be.’

‘My bad habits must be destroyed and new furrows prepared for good seed.’

‘I must discipline myself with the firsty of my new habits as follows: I read each scroll for thirty days in in this prescribed manner, before I proceed to the next scroll.’

And so it continues.

I have allowed myself to fall back into bad habits, particularly watching television shows which take my attention away from my desires, and not reading as many good books as I had previously read down through the years. That habit (reading) came easily, as I began reading at a very early age. Books fascinated me. And once I began High School at age 11, I would listen to the great Earl Nightingale on the radio whilst eating my breakfast, and he inspired me to read some wonderful books on personal growth once I was in my late teens. That led me to Og Mandino, and the dye was cast.

So, what happened? I became slothful and lazy after some business disappointments, which sucked my confidence, and made me gun-shy. That’s why I came back to re-do the MKMMA this season.

I wish you enough.

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