Broader Perspectives

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Hi all, this is my first post.

I have been lured from under my lily pad in the silent waters of

internet lurking to post this message and trust that you receive it

wih an open heart.

I have read with interest, the flurry of activity generated by the

discussion on success in the TCM business. I would like to thank

everyone for sharing their knowledge on this board. While only a

subset of members may post, the energy your thoughts carry travels far

and unfortunately words in many cases are poor conveyor of meaning.

 

To have chosen this path, each of you must have had a calling for

healing. How your journey on this path manifests, is up to you. The

fact that some experience difficulty while others experience abundance

or a mixture of the two, is exactly as it should be.

 

Success is in part created by passion and an unerring belief in what

you are doing, but largely dependant on your thoughts and attitudes.

This point was mentioned recently in relation to being pivotal to a

person's healing.

 

How you define success is another thing.

 

In a broader perspective however, if any of you fail in your calling

to TCM, then in one way, we all fail. Might I suggest that we open

our hearts to people experiencing difficulty, put ourselves into their

shoes and FEEL what it could be like, regardless of our own personal

situation? Then perhaps any suggestions that are made will reach

their intended destination with their intended purpose.

 

For Pete:

I can't possibly know what it's like for you - your situation must

truly be trying and draining. It seems you have tried many things

with limited success. But consider this: other's may look at your

situation and not see the same things. Instead of barriers, they see

opportunities. Instead of poor results to advertising, they see,

perhaps like Thomas Edison, just one more thing to put down to experience.

 

Open your heart to your situation and your community and you will see

things in a new light. Don't look for finite outcomes in every action

- sometimes 1 + 1 won't give you 2. With the right intentions,

anything you do will yield much more than you expected.

 

Everything that was ever written by someone was true for them. I

don't know what your God model is, but might I suggest you read a book

called The Diamond Cutter by Geshe Michael Roach? The fact that

people are suggesting some reading, or meditating is because the

answer to your predicament is within you, and people are just trying

to give you alternative pathways to get to that knowledge. I could

have suggested the Kabbalah or reading any of Byron Katie's books.

But since monetary success seems to be eluding you at the moment, and

TCM is a modality calling on wisdom from the east, maybe just maybe,

this could be something that switches some lights on for you.

 

ON ADVERTISING: On average, it takes 7 times to hear a message before

it is adopted as part of a person's belief system. Why do you think

advertising to children is pivotal to the success of so many junk food

and toy companies? It is no different to adults.

 

Advertising your practice will only be effective to the degree that

TCM is percieved by a town's inhabitants as a valid modality. The

barrier is not necessarily whether people trust you, but rather their

perceptions on TCM. It seems that some populations may view TCM as

" unGodly " . Therefore part of your self promotion would be to promote

the modality (which of course many of you have done) and the benefits

it provides over other modalities. This is a simplistic view of the

situation, but I just wanted to give a reason why continuous

advertising is important but it's not just about promoting your name

and phone number.

 

Until next time, love and blessings.