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Brandon Handley 0:00
Hey, spiritual zope Welcome back to chapter two of a real of chapter two of Are you ready to succeed in a real, where we're picking up from where we left off, we just got done learning, we just got done learning that your life is a reality. And we got done learning that it your problem may be that you think that this is the reality. And again, we kind of we wind unwind some of these mental models that we've created for ourselves, and the idea that we, we create all these things that are simply not real, right? These are just perceptions based off of what we think we know, and then driving it forward. So he comes in here as srikumar Rao says, Hey, you know, then Escape is possible. All right, Escape is possible. And he says, if your life is a reality, then perhaps you could shift it. And that's awesome, right? So just knowing that there are multiple options, I mean, think about family guy and the multiverse, right? Maybe you can shift it or you know, think about any time travel, movie, even Back to the Future, we go go into a reality that is created based off of an action that was taken once upon a time, where it's shifted the future, because you chose a reality. I mean, when you, we put it this way to, when you make your next move, when you take your next action, you have an outcome in mind. That's, that's the, that's the reason why you take action on it. And sometimes, that action that you take, gives you the outcome that you were looking for, sometimes it doesn't, right, so that you have multiple realities going forward. And the idea is, you can possibly shift it, right. So now the deal is, again, if it is the reality, then the life that you have now is the life that you will always have. And it's going to turn out, you know, in a specific, three determined and destined way, right? There's nothing you can do about it, suffer, just live it. And he illustrates this with a nice story. And again, I don't feel like it's a it's really my place for to really go over the stories. So much, because I've given so much of the book away, that really drive these points home, I just really feel like, again, he does a really good job of pulling some of these stories together. So that he can help to illustrate these points that he's created here. And again, I'll go with the whole idea of you, you choose your reality, you know, you have the ability to choose a reality going forward. And it's not necessarily the reality, how many times have you, you know, just kind of felt and thought some way, in any scenario, gone through life, you know, stomping your feet, you know, five years goes by next thing, you know, you have a conversation with a friend or the person or thing where you're like, man, I thought that like, you know, when you did this thing, you know, you were such a jerk, or we did this thing, I thought that was so awesome. And they come back to you. And like, that's not really how it was at all. Here's what really happened and like, it causes like ripple effect to go to the past. Right? Because it has totally changed the storyline. Now the storyline is wholly changed based off of this new information going backwards. Right? So there there are multiple realities in that scenario. So let's take a look at an alternate reality. And let's also let's let's determine, you know, what is your most important asset? Perhaps it is your ability to be happy, to be fulfilled, to be choice? Would you give this asset to boss to somebody? Would you give this asset to anybody really? And the deal is, no, you wouldn't. Why would Why would you give that asset away? Why would you give your ability to kind of be happy, on demand to be fulfilled, on demand to be joyous on demand. So why why put that in somebody else's hands

Brandon Handley 5:00
And then the other. The other idea too is when somebody outside of us knowing you, somebody just you know, they're making you frustrated, they're their actions are, you know, kind of pissing you off? The idea is like when you're annoyed, does that, does that poison your entire attitude? Why would you let somebody else outside of you? poison your attitude? And that and the deal is you're giving your most valuable asset over to another, you're letting somebody outside of you control how you feel. Think about that for a second, does that make any sense?

Brandon Handley 5:46
I mean, the answer is that it doesn't really make any sense. So how then, how then can you avoid giving power over your happiness to someone else? That's a that's the real question that you you want to ask. And srikumar Rao says that when you ask yourself this question, and you truly wish to find the answer, then chances are you're going to have a powerful breakthrough. So he says that you will slip into a parallel universe that has always been available to you, but you've never looked for it. Think about it, again. This this is if this is ringing true, then then you'll know it right? This is this is ringing true. And you know that there's a parallel universe has always been available, and you haven't really looked for it, or you've begun to kind of slip in and out of it, then then it's kind of like, Wow, I can't believe this is in a book. Right. He also, this reminds me of a quote I saw yesterday to Anthony de Mello, who is, by the way featured inside of this book. And he has this quote, which is the spiritual quest is a journey without distance you travel from where you are right now, to where you've always been, from ignorance to recognition. Again, I think that really relates to this, what Sreekumar said here, you will slip into a parallel universe has always been available to you, but you never looked for it. Mm hmm. Each time, and these aren't things, and a lot of this, I did not pick up on the first time I read through it. So it's interesting, because, again, I didn't I didn't, I didn't read, I've been through this three different, at least three different times, this being my fourth. And the way that I'm reading it, this time is 100%. Different than then how I've read it previously. So over the years, obviously, I'm going back and I'm, uh, I'm learning different things, you know, I'm seeing things differently than I had had before, because the current way of my thinking is different. So he goes through the exercise of an alternate reality. Ideally, you're going to go through some of the ones that you created before, you're going to go through some of, you know, exercise, mental models, you're going to take a look at them, you're going to go ahead and you're going to revise You know, one of them or change something, and then you're going to live that way, within a new mental model, as though

Unknown Speaker 8:48
it were real

Brandon Handley 8:51
knowing knowing that the mental models that that you have created already aren't real. And that's fundamental, you got to understand that the mental models that exist in your life now aren't real. So why not create a new one? helpful hints on the exercise Ultimate Reality is a nice story to the Yeah, so it gives a he does give a nice story that essentially outlines that what happens when you accept blame for others attitudes, right? So say somebody is outside you and the they blame you for how they feel. We know that this isn't true. We know this isn't true. We talked about it already. We talked about the idea of, you know, giving giving your assets over someone else, letting someone outside of you dictate how you feel inside. Alright, so the same now can be said of somebody outside of you if they're coming to you. And they're saying hey, You're You make me feel this way. And that's, that's on you, man, I got nothing, nothing to do with how you feel internally. All right. But he goes a cuter story than that. Again, I'm just, I want to leave some of those. There's some of those that imagination, I can't recommend this book. Enough, obviously, otherwise, I don't think I'd be gone through these exercises. And I just say no, I'm going to post in the video of this outline that I'm reading through to and going through all here. So if you want to go through and check out the video and see somebody outlines for yourself, you can go ahead and check out the video on the webpage spiritual dope coat. And the closing quote from this book are from chapter two. Again, just another one, it's just, I just didn't read these like this. Historically, it's so funny because it's the same book on the same person on the outside. But, you know, whatever's going on inside is totally different. And it's reading things, taking in information totally differently. And I gotta tell you, I'm enjoying it. I'm enjoying it again. Every time I've gone through it, I've completely enjoyed it and each time so it's like it keeps getting better. So the closing quote is your life is hemmed in by the things you know to be true, but aren't. It's time to start setting yourself Bree What is your mental model today? know that it's not real. Know that you can change it at any time at will know that. Know that. You're not beholden to it know that the story or the model that you've created. you invested so much time and effort into that if it's not working for you anymore? King Stop it. Leave it is does it fit? Stop for you anymore? Maybe it serves you at one point. Maybe that model worked for you. Obviously His work has gotten you to this point. Maybe though it's time to make a shift. Maybe it's time to make an adjustment. Anyways, that is it for chapter two. It ain't real have Are you ready to succeed a little bit of a deep dive on this. I hope that you're enjoying these I hope that you check out this book for yourself at some point. If this is something that you'd like to get in on yourself and just participate with me on then and a couple of others then feel free to reach out to Brandon as spiritual dope.co Take it easy

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