Chapter 5, Not Giving up on the Road

Yer close. It was on my brain. They told me that they could remove part of it, but then I would have had to become a politician.

I asked them if they could replace it with a dogs brain. The Dr, asked why I wanted to do that.

I said because it would be cool to retire, sleep all day and be able to lick my balls anytime I wanted to.
 
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Rhea,

It is obvious by now that you have the passion to succeed. You have faced obstacles that would stop someone without the desire to make it as a pool player. You need some direction though. You need a long term goal and you need to be able to see it clearly. You can develop a plan based on this and set some short term goals to guide you there. Once you have this you will recognize parts of your life that you are going to have to change. You have to be disciplined with your plan to survive on the road. You can not have a vague dream of making it on the road. This weak goal will have you wondering aimlessly from tournament to tournament, playing whoever will give you action, & doing things that will hinder your growth as a person and a player. You have to be clear on what you want and you have to be able to see yourself as that person clearly in your mind.

You know some of the players I'm talking about who are making it out there. What do they have that you admire? What do you wish you had that would make life easier? CAN YOU PICTURE YOURSELF GETTING THOSE THINGS? You need to make it happen in your mind before it will happen in the outside world. This sounds like psycho babble but you need to spend 30 minutes daily picturing yourself being the person you need to be and doing the things you need to do. That includes everything from improving your pool skills to improving your lifestyle. When you start to give this some serious thought for 30 minutes daily ideas will come to you.
 
You know some of the players I'm talking about who are making it out there. What do they have that you admire? What do you wish you had that would make life easier? CAN YOU PICTURE YOURSELF GETTING THOSE THINGS? You need to make it happen in your mind before it will happen in the outside world. This sounds like psycho babble but you need to spend 30 minutes daily picturing yourself being the person you need to be and doing the things you need to do. That includes everything from improving your pool skills to improving your lifestyle. When you start to give this some serious thought for 30 minutes daily ideas will come to you.
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Sayeth, Thee Enlightened One.

Sounds like you purchased the book called, The Secret. Trust me, The Law of Attraction doesn't really work. That is unless you have a million or so, then you can attract anything you want with money. Just like the lady who invented the story that went along with her book.

She attracted quite a few million dollars, compliments of greedy suckers who thought that by wishing they could win the lottery, they would.

They didn't factor in that there would also be approx 90 million other people that purchased that book to be also wishing the same thing.

Not to be confused with the Power of Positive thinking.

Trust me on this, Rhea has passed the point of Positive Thinking. Everything that she has demonstrated so far has been in quite the opposite direction.

When your lifes ambition is to ride a Greyhound from town to town, scraping by on a 100 a day, sitting in a bus station for 2 days waiting for a text to steer you toward a game, breaking, or entering a truck in order to get some sleep, not showering for that length of time, your only possessions in a duffel bag and a cue case, etc.

The Power of Positive thinking does work, but you have to have loftier goals than she in order to make it work. You have to take hold of your life and give it entirely a different direction than what she has been doing.

When you hit the point in which Rhea has in life, it takes more than 30 minutes a day of Positive thinking in order to turn your life in a 180. Try more like 24 hours a day until you see some progress.

But, I guess you know what you are talking about, Guru Satori. (Who works at a 7-11)

What a little character you are. You have probably based your entire existence on TOI.
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
Sayeth, Thee Enlightened One.

Sounds like you purchased the book called, The Secret. Trust me, The Law of Attraction doesn't really work. That is unless you have a million or so, then you can attract anything you want with money. Just like the lady who invented the story that went along with her book.

She attracted quite a few million dollars, compliments of greedy suckers who thought that by wishing they could win the lottery, they would.

They didn't factor in that there would also be approx 90 million other people that purchased that book to be also wishing the same thing.

Not to be confused with the Power of Positive thinking.

Trust me on this, Rhea has passed the point of Positive Thinking. Everything that she has demonstrated so far has been in quite the opposite direction.

When your lifes ambition is to ride a Greyhound from town to town, scraping by on a 100 a day, sitting in a bus station for 2 days waiting for a text to steer you toward a game, breaking, or entering a truck in order to get some sleep, not showering for that length of time, your only possessions in a duffel bag and a cue case, etc.

The Power of Positive thinking does work, but you have to have loftier goals than she in order to make it work. You have to take hold of your life and give it entirely a different direction than what she has been doing.

When you hit the point in which Rhea has in life, it takes more than 30 minutes a day of Positive thinking in order to turn your life in a 180. Try more like 24 hours a day until you see some progress.

But, I guess you know what you are talking about, Guru Satori. (Who works at a 7-11)

What a little character you are. You have probably based your entire existence on TOI.
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The secret? That is a book I have not read. What I am talking about takes more than positive thinking though and your astute observation of people winning the lottery is accurate but that does not mean that a person can't use the law of attraction and other universal laws for reaching success. Tell me why should I trust you when you claim the law of attraction doesn't really work? It is clear to me that you dont have an accurate understanding of universal laws and how they work. We are all energy but I won't get into that with you. For some reason you are he'll bent on discouraging Rhea to reach her dream and ignoring you is one of the smart things Rhea has done up to this point..


We get it, Rhea l's life is not what you desire and Rhea has made some mistakes and faced many obstacles. But it is her life to live and her passions to pursue, her mistakes to learn from & her obstacles to overcome. She is doing her thing and you are discouraging it. I wonder if you would be happy or sad to see her succeed.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
Sayeth, Thee Enlightened One.

Sounds like you purchased the book called, The Secret. Trust me, The Law of Attraction doesn't really work. That is unless you have a million or so, then you can attract anything you want with money. Just like the lady who invented the story that went along with her book.

She attracted quite a few million dollars, compliments of greedy suckers who thought that by wishing they could win the lottery, they would.

They didn't factor in that there would also be approx 90 million other people that purchased that book to be also wishing the same thing.

Not to be confused with the Power of Positive thinking.

Trust me on this, Rhea has passed the point of Positive Thinking. Everything that she has demonstrated so far has been in quite the opposite direction.

When your lifes ambition is to ride a Greyhound from town to town, scraping by on a 100 a day, sitting in a bus station for 2 days waiting for a text to steer you toward a game, breaking, or entering a truck in order to get some sleep, not showering for that length of time, your only possessions in a duffel bag and a cue case, etc.

The Power of Positive thinking does work, but you have to have loftier goals than she in order to make it work. You have to take hold of your life and give it entirely a different direction than what she has been doing.

When you hit the point in which Rhea has in life, it takes more than 30 minutes a day of Positive thinking in order to turn your life in a 180. Try more like 24 hours a day until you see some progress.

But, I guess you know what you are talking about, Guru Satori. (Who works at a 7-11)

What a little character you are. You have probably based your entire existence on TOI.
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The secret? That is a book I have not read. What I am talking about takes more than positive thinking though and your astute observation of people winning the lottery is accurate but that does not mean that a person can't use the law of attraction and other universal laws for reaching success. Tell me why should I trust you when you claim the law of attraction doesn't really work? It is clear to me that you dont have an accurate understanding of universal laws and how they work. We are all energy but I won't get into that with you. For some reason you are he'll bent on discouraging Rhea to reach her dream and ignoring you is one of the smart things Rhea has done up to this point..


We get it, Rhea l's life is not what you desire and Rhea has made some mistakes and faced many obstacles. But it is her life to live and her passions to pursue, her mistakes to learn from & her obstacles to overcome. She is doing her thing and you are discouraging it. I wonder if you would be happy or sad to see her succeed.
 
It is clear to me that you dont have an accurate understanding of universal laws and how they work. We are all energy
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So you do understand Energy, Ki, etc and how it works. I didn't think that you did. altho, you would have to show me that you know more about it than giving Rhea a pep talk re positive thinking for 30 minutes a day.

Then entertain the idea that Rhea's energy level has been weak for some time now and the possibility that she has negative attachments that have been sapping her energy.

What she needs is someone that is good with a pendulum that can clear the negative attachments.

BTW, I run positive energy before I play a game of pool and I still suck most days. Its just that some days, I suck less than others.

Rhea is beyond the power of positive energy at this point.

but I won't get into that with you.
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Please feel free to get into it with me, posting or in private if you wish.

and you are discouraging it.
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No, I believe that myself and others are discouraging her, at this moment anyway, from entering private vehicles and getting herself killed. Among other things.
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
So you do understand Energy, Ki, etc and how it works. I didn't think that you did. altho, you would have to show me that you know more about it than giving Rhea a pep talk re positive thinking for 30 minutes a day.

Then entertain the idea that Rhea's energy level has been weak for some time now and the possibility that she has negative attachments that have been sapping her energy.

What she needs is someone that is good with a pendulum that can clear the negative attachments.

BTW, I run positive energy before I play a game of pool and I still suck most days. Its just that some days, I suck less than others.

Rhea is beyond the power of positive energy at this point.



Please feel free to get into it with me, posting or in private if you wish.



No, I believe that myself and others are discouraging her, at this moment anyway, from entering private vehicles and getting herself killed. Among other things.
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I wanted to give Rhea advice on what I believe works, not necessarily get into why it works but ok I'll discuss this with you a bit.

First it is my belief that there are a lot of myths about chi and harnessing it's power. I don't believe for example that it is something that someone can harness and instantly activate to play great pool or knock someone out without touching them or move objects with their mind or whatever. Those are myths imo.

A basic explanation of what I do believe is this.

1) We are all energy. Everything is energy but we are the highest form of energy created out of supreme consciousness. And we as individuals were blessed with both conscious and subconscious mind.

2) The law of transmutation of energy tells us that we are all in a constant state of change. Nothing is stable and everything is headed in a direction through change.

3) The law of vibration tells us that everything from thought or meterial possessions to radio frequencies or melting wax is always in motion and everything is always vibrating at different speeds having an effect on everything else it reaches. We know that x rays frequencies can penetrate what we believe to be solid but that is because what we see as solid is actually in a state of vibration. It is taught that all matter is transparent to the vibration of thought. Thought is said to be one of the highest vibrations known to man. What this means is thoughts are actually things and have an effect on everything around.

4) The law of polarity states that everything has an opposite and can not exist otherwise. There is no hot without cold. There is no good without bad and everything is relative. If you come in from the snow with freezing hands and run them under cold water, the "cold" water is "hot." What this means is if you are bad at something then there is a good and since you are always changing you can use your thoughts to move towards the good.

5) The last law I want to talk about is the law of gender. This is the law of what we know as creation. The word creation is often erroneously used because nothing is ever really created, it is just the changing of what already was into something that is now. The important fact about the law of gender is that there is a manifestation period for the creation. No one knows how long it takes for change to occur for certain qualities but they will happen if you persist.

So as I said. Rhea needs to think about who she wants to become, spend time visualizing what it feels like to be that person, know that she will make mistakes along the way but that she can learn from them which will give her more to think about,& she needs to know that there will be obstacles but not to look at them as reasons she can't change but merely tests for her desire. If she persists the answers to her problems will occur to her.

I would also recommend getting a pen and notebook and every night write out what she did well that day, what she needs to improve on, & problems that she is searching for a solution to.
 
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I wanted to give Rhea advice on what I believe works, not necessarily get into why it works but ok I'll discuss this with you a bit.

First it is my belief that there are a lot of myths about chi and harnessing it's power. I don't believe for example that it is something that someone can harness and instantly activate to play great pool or knock someone out without touching them or move objects with their mind or whatever. Those are myths imo.

A basic explanation of what I do believe is this.

1) We are all energy. Everything is energy but we are the highest form of energy created out of supreme consciousness. And we as individuals were blessed with both conscious and subconscious mind.

2) The law of transmutation of energy tells us that we are all in a constant state of change. Nothing is stable and everything is headed in a direction through change.

3) The law of vibration tells us that everything from thought or meterial possessions to radio frequencies or melting wax is always in motion and everything is always vibrating at different speeds having an effect on everything else it reaches. We know that x rays frequencies can penetrate what we believe to be solid but that is because what we see as solid is actually in a state of vibration. It is taught that all matter is transparent to the vibration of thought. Thought is said to be one of the highest vibrations known to man. What this means is thoughts are actually things and have an effect on everything around.

4) The law of polarity states that everything has an opposite and can not exist otherwise. There is no hot without cold. There is no good without bad and everything is relative. If you come in from the snow with freezing hands and run them under cold water, the "cold" water is "hot." What this means is if you are bad at something then there is a good and since you are always changing you can use your thoughts to move towards the good.

5) The last law I want to talk about is the law of gender. This is the law of what we know as creation. The word creation is often erroneously used because nothing is ever really created, it is just the changing of what already was into something that is now. The important fact about the law of gender is that there is a manifestation period for the creation. No one knows how long it takes for change to occur for certain qualities but they will happen if you persist.

So as I said. Rhea needs to think about who she wants to become, spend time visualizing what it feels like to be that person, know that she will make mistakes along the way but that she can learn from them which will give her more to think about,& she needs to know that there will be obstacles but not to look at them as reasons she can't change but merely tests for her desire. If she persists the answers to her problems will occur to her.

I would also recommend getting a pen and notebook and every night write out what she did well that day, what she needs to improve on, & problems that she is searching for a solution to.
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i'm gonna need to save this for posterity, cause i didn't realize that this morning would require an entire POT of coffee to chat about The Book of Secrets.

(where is ITSFROZE?)

speaking of the Force....did Time stand still? or have i come full-circle...? cause as i recall, this SAME thread got moved last FRI & 2 members banned.

i feel that MR. WILSON must be slipping -

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lmfao @ getting shot

avg truck driver ain't gonna be firing off rounds at a little lady at the truck stop, lol, yeah there is always that wrong dude that will use any excuse to get violent but on avg she wouldn't even get thrown a beatin..........might be a little worse though from a female driver though

some of ya'll need to actually GET OUT instead of preaching from the keyboard

ya she's acting the twit but no less so than ALOT of road players throughout pool's history for which we often admire for their crazy road stories

she has more balls than most here presuming this is all true

having said that, she is ridiculously misguided....her daddy failed her clearly
 
Hope Rhea don't turn tail and run from posting her adventues on this Forum, as it is like a reality show she is living for real, with no retakes.
 
Why on earth would anyone sit at a Grayhound station for 2 days waiting on a confirmation text? Who would even go to the station if the ticket was not already bought and confirmed?
 
StonedCEO said:
Why on earth would anyone sit at a Grayhound station for 2 days waiting on a confirmation text? Who would even go to the station if the ticket was not already bought and confirmed?
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well damn, THAT was sobering - and especially coming from you.
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StonedCEO said:
Why on earth would anyone sit at a Grayhound station for 2 days waiting on a confirmation text? Who would even go to the station if the ticket was not already bought and confirmed?
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In katy tx the holiday inn express wass $199 per night. The greyhound station was free.
 
Rhea said:
In katy tx the holiday inn express wass $199 per night. The greyhound station was free.
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Still makes no sense why you would find yourself in a location with $199 per night hotels being the only option. Until the ticket is payed and confirmed, should have stayed where you where. Reeks of poor judgement, or desperation - neither is a positive thing.

Good luck, but be smarter.
 
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