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In this issue:
-> Quotes of the Week
-> The Top 10 Ten Steps to Attaining Invulnerability
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*** QUOTES OF THE WEEK ***
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"Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and
opportunitymeet." -Roy D. Chapin Jr.
"Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure."
-EdwardEggleston
"Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While
others,on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous
effortsthan ever before."-Herodotus
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*** THE TOP 10 STEPS TO ATTAINING INVULNERABILITY ***
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Invulnerability is an attitude, a quality, a way of being. It is not so much a staticstate
as a fluid process. To become invulnerable is to become inaccessible rather
thanindestructible. There is no such thing as absolute physical invulnerability. Here are
tensteps to achieving invulnerability in your life.
1. Be calm, still and centered.
Stillness is first a matter of physical arrangement, then of mental quietness.
Calmnessresults from stillness maintained over time. By themselves, stillness and calm are
fragile conditions. Centeredness is stillness and calmin the face of outwardly chaotic or
threatening conditions. Centeredness is a function of motion and centricity. The centered
person,though outwardly still and calm, operates at a minimum of two levels--one visible
andapparent to others, a second hidden and invisible. It is this second level that
isceaselessly moving and changing, adding fluidity and unpredictability to one's life.
2. Be present focused.
To divide your attention among past, present and future is to weaken yourself. To
focusexclusively on the present is to vastly increase your powers of concentration and
execution. The key to present focus is full awareness. Theronin's code, "Arise every
morning, ready to die", represents an extreme exampleof internalized present focus
and a major element in attaining practical invulnerability.When you follow this code,
there is an implicit obligation to "keep the ledgerbalanced" with all others on
a daily basis--a not inconsiderable task. Present focusenables you to experience the
process fully without being preoccupied with the result.
3. Be open to experience.
Experience is a chain of significant events. So there are two elements here: openness,
andthe capacity to discriminate between the significant and the trivial. This form
ofdiscrimination arises naturally from full awareness, particularly of the "still
smallvoice" of intuition. Openness is true power, for only as you are open does it
becomepossible to join, blend, and redirect.
4. Touch the earth gently.
Experience should be savored rather than devoured. Think of touching a cloud, holding
anewborn in your arms, or laying a needle on the surface of the water so gently that
itdoes not sink. The secret of eliciting a positive response to life lies in touching
itgently. Gentleness is true strength.
5. Become a warrior.
To become a warrior is to be totally committed to what you are about in this
life--todiscover your own truth and live by it. Nothing less than total commitment results
inmastery. Warriorship is neither a religion nor a philosophy. It is a way of life
thatdemands everything you have to give, and rewards accordingly. But it is important
tounderstand that neither the paths nor the rewards of warriorship are necessarily
the"world's". Warriorship begins in transformation and ends in transcendence.
6. Live tactically.
To live tactically is to deal with the issues of life and of this world
wisely,effortlessly, and purposefully. Effective tactics are based uponoverriding
"strategies". A warrior lives tactically, a master livesstrategically. Tactics
are personal and situational; they depend on the person employing them and they can vary
according to the situation. Here are sevenexamples of tactics: (1) "Make decisions so
carefully that nothing can disturb you orcause you to lose your balance (Don Juan), (2)
Become inaccessible or accessible only bychoice, (3) Choose your time and your turf, (4)
Learn the wisdom of not-combatting, (5)Know your enemy, (6) Allow (and arrange) the facts
to speak for you, (7) Don't allowothers to make you part of their problems.
7. Recognize paradox as a condition of this life.
Paradox--when things are not as they seem to be, or when two truths appear
inconsistentwith one another--will always attend residence in the human body and in this
world.Paradox is part of the "cloud of great unknowing" and evidence that the
humanand divine order are quite different. To admit the existence and legitimacy of
paradox inyour life is to increase your openness to new learning.
8. Acknowledge a higher power.
This is faith put to the test, and it makes a difference between an ordinary and
anextraordinary life. The key to acknowledgement is letting go--of your prejudices,
yourfavorite positions, and your obsession with being "right". Faith is evidence
ofopenness.
9. Be willing to act on faith in the absence of fact, and the presence of doubt.
As Paul puts it, faith is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
thingsnot seen." Faith is acceptance of what you know even though it conflicts with
yourlogical/factual mind set.
10. Practice loving unconditionally.
Along with faith--unconditional love--can "move mountains", repair
damagedrelationships, heal wounds,and bring harmony into your experience as no other
quality can.But, not only is it the final step in attaining invulnerabily; it is the most
difficult.
About the Submitter
This piece was originally submitted by Shale Paul, Coach, who can be reached atshale@shalecoach.com, or visited on the web.
Shale Paul wants you to know: I work withindividuals who are committed to getting ahead,
changing direction, or simply growing! Theoriginal source is: Adapted from THE WARRIOR
WITHIN, by Shale Paul. Written by Shale Paul.Copyright 1966, Coach University.
May be reproduced or transmitted if done so in its entirety, including this copyrightline.
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*** BRIEF NEWS OF THE WORLD ***
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-> President Clinton wins acquittal in impeachment, and offers another apology.
-> King Hussein was buried last week.
->Gun makers found liable in landmark case in Brooklyn, New York
->Wall Street takes a hard hit last week, the loss being led by the NASDAQ and hightech
stocks
-Federal judge finds American Airline pilots union in contempt
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