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		<title>By: James Hooper</title>
		<link>http://www.maxpersuasion.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason/#comment-393</link>
		<dc:creator>James Hooper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow - it is always refreshing to drop into this blog.    This article reminded me of the story about Buckminster Fuller, who after giving a promise to his [very ill] daughter that he failed to keep on what turned out to be her deathbed - simply chose to stop talking until he believed that he had sufficient awareness of the use/power of his words to do no harm.

How much of what we are saying - both in our heads and out loud - creates meaning other than what we intend - or are even aware of?

Words have immense power - and again I think it was Bucky [wow - two Bucky stories - that must mean something!  There are no accidents?] who said that words/language was man&#039;s greatest invention.

Thanks Kenrick

James Hooper</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow &#8211; it is always refreshing to drop into this blog.    This article reminded me of the story about Buckminster Fuller, who after giving a promise to his [very ill] daughter that he failed to keep on what turned out to be her deathbed &#8211; simply chose to stop talking until he believed that he had sufficient awareness of the use/power of his words to do no harm.</p>
<p>How much of what we are saying &#8211; both in our heads and out loud &#8211; creates meaning other than what we intend &#8211; or are even aware of?</p>
<p>Words have immense power &#8211; and again I think it was Bucky [wow - two Bucky stories - that must mean something!  There are no accidents?] who said that words/language was man&#8217;s greatest invention.</p>
<p>Thanks Kenrick</p>
<p>James Hooper</p>
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		<title>By: Kenrick E. Cleveland</title>
		<link>http://www.maxpersuasion.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason/#comment-392</link>
		<dc:creator>Kenrick E. Cleveland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very well put Jonathan.

When you combine the facts that this does indeed validate what people are often thinking in their own minds, and so many do believe in synchronicity types of happenings, it is clearly a pattern worthy of implementing.

And, speaking of thresholds, if we can amplify what they are doing in their heads ENOUGH to cause them to cross a threshold in the direction we set up, we can move them powerfully to action - which is why most people are reading and learning this material to begin with. :-)

Great demonstration of superb skills in your post.

Thanks for contributing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very well put Jonathan.</p>
<p>When you combine the facts that this does indeed validate what people are often thinking in their own minds, and so many do believe in synchronicity types of happenings, it is clearly a pattern worthy of implementing.</p>
<p>And, speaking of thresholds, if we can amplify what they are doing in their heads ENOUGH to cause them to cross a threshold in the direction we set up, we can move them powerfully to action &#8211; which is why most people are reading and learning this material to begin with. <img src='http://cdn.maxpersuasion.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Great demonstration of superb skills in your post.</p>
<p>Thanks for contributing.</p>
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		<title>By: jonathanaltfeld</title>
		<link>http://www.maxpersuasion.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason/#comment-391</link>
		<dc:creator>jonathanaltfeld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really like this post.  One of the things that makes it work so well, SO often... is that it&#039;s the kind of thing that *other people* say to themselves, OR straight to us... when they&#039;re in the process of convincing themselves that it was a good idea to contact us.

In other words, say someone calls us up, asks a question or two, and orders a product.  During the course of the short conversation, I often hear things like:

   &quot;It&#039;s so timely that you should mention that...&quot;
   &quot;Wow, I&#039;m so glad I called you today...&quot;
   &quot;It&#039;s so ODD that I would hear the same message differently from several people...&quot;
   &quot;This is SO what I needed to hear... RIGHT NOW...&quot;

Etc.  This is what people say inside their heads... or to us... when they&#039;re reaching the threshold inside their minds that what they&#039;re doing right now is somehow important, significant, the right thing to do.

So if WE say it, before they do, or after they do, or while they&#039;re thinking it... it validates their mindset!

And if they weren&#039;t yet thinking it... now they are!  Which is hugely beneficial!

Just as Kenrick ensured this blog entry didn&#039;t distance someone who doesn&#039;t believe in God (I call that an innoculation!), it does occur to me that a small percentage of people who do not believe in any form of synchronicity or destiny or energy or purpose, etc... may not match/agree with the language behind this pattern, but SO many people do believe in one form or another of this... that the benefits of using it vastly outweigh the alternatives.

Thanks, Kenrick!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really like this post.  One of the things that makes it work so well, SO often&#8230; is that it&#8217;s the kind of thing that *other people* say to themselves, OR straight to us&#8230; when they&#8217;re in the process of convincing themselves that it was a good idea to contact us.</p>
<p>In other words, say someone calls us up, asks a question or two, and orders a product.  During the course of the short conversation, I often hear things like:</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s so timely that you should mention that&#8230;&#8221;<br />
   &#8220;Wow, I&#8217;m so glad I called you today&#8230;&#8221;<br />
   &#8220;It&#8217;s so ODD that I would hear the same message differently from several people&#8230;&#8221;<br />
   &#8220;This is SO what I needed to hear&#8230; RIGHT NOW&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Etc.  This is what people say inside their heads&#8230; or to us&#8230; when they&#8217;re reaching the threshold inside their minds that what they&#8217;re doing right now is somehow important, significant, the right thing to do.</p>
<p>So if WE say it, before they do, or after they do, or while they&#8217;re thinking it&#8230; it validates their mindset!</p>
<p>And if they weren&#8217;t yet thinking it&#8230; now they are!  Which is hugely beneficial!</p>
<p>Just as Kenrick ensured this blog entry didn&#8217;t distance someone who doesn&#8217;t believe in God (I call that an innoculation!), it does occur to me that a small percentage of people who do not believe in any form of synchronicity or destiny or energy or purpose, etc&#8230; may not match/agree with the language behind this pattern, but SO many people do believe in one form or another of this&#8230; that the benefits of using it vastly outweigh the alternatives.</p>
<p>Thanks, Kenrick!</p>
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		<title>By: Kenrick E. Cleveland</title>
		<link>http://www.maxpersuasion.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason/#comment-390</link>
		<dc:creator>Kenrick E. Cleveland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, I agree that we shouldn&#039;t be &quot;glib&quot; in its use.

And when I use this, I don&#039;t always assume a benevolent outcome. I assume an outcome on a scale grander than I can interpret.

In my world view, even the &quot;bad&quot; things that happen do so to balance things and keep a greater good in place. It&#039;s the &quot;glass half full vs. half empty&quot; argument.

I don&#039;t propose to know the mind of God. Only preachers make that type of assumption.  :-)  I choose a world view that contributes to my happiness and success and that represents the type of reality I choose to embody and create. Obviously, that doesn&#039;t make it &quot;right&quot;, just right for me.

Hopefully this helps clarify my position somewhat.

Thanks for contributing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I agree that we shouldn&#8217;t be &#8220;glib&#8221; in its use.</p>
<p>And when I use this, I don&#8217;t always assume a benevolent outcome. I assume an outcome on a scale grander than I can interpret.</p>
<p>In my world view, even the &#8220;bad&#8221; things that happen do so to balance things and keep a greater good in place. It&#8217;s the &#8220;glass half full vs. half empty&#8221; argument.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t propose to know the mind of God. Only preachers make that type of assumption.  <img src='http://cdn.maxpersuasion.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   I choose a world view that contributes to my happiness and success and that represents the type of reality I choose to embody and create. Obviously, that doesn&#8217;t make it &#8220;right&#8221;, just right for me.</p>
<p>Hopefully this helps clarify my position somewhat.</p>
<p>Thanks for contributing.</p>
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		<title>By: blawrimore</title>
		<link>http://www.maxpersuasion.com/everything-happens-for-a-reason/#comment-389</link>
		<dc:creator>blawrimore</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Everything happens for a reason&quot; is a statement of faith or belief in a Higher Power that has a &quot;reason&quot; for everything that happens. This suggests everything that happens is driven by a Divine purpose, but that can easily be taken the wrong way. I do believe in God and believe the world is very orderly, but within that order come all manner of disasters and destruction. For example the &quot;reason&quot; for the Gulf oil spill was human carelessness, not because God wanted to kill lots of wildlife. The men who died when the rig exploded died for a reason - gas and oil explode when ignited in the air. That does not mean God wanted them to die that way at that time. So it would be ingenuous to agree with every prospect that &quot;Everything happens for a reason&quot; meaning it has a benevolent outcome, so we can sell them more stuff. Often the reason is a mystery, or the reason is human carelessness or evil. It doesn&#039;t pay to be glib about this in all circumstances.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Everything happens for a reason&#8221; is a statement of faith or belief in a Higher Power that has a &#8220;reason&#8221; for everything that happens. This suggests everything that happens is driven by a Divine purpose, but that can easily be taken the wrong way. I do believe in God and believe the world is very orderly, but within that order come all manner of disasters and destruction. For example the &#8220;reason&#8221; for the Gulf oil spill was human carelessness, not because God wanted to kill lots of wildlife. The men who died when the rig exploded died for a reason &#8211; gas and oil explode when ignited in the air. That does not mean God wanted them to die that way at that time. So it would be ingenuous to agree with every prospect that &#8220;Everything happens for a reason&#8221; meaning it has a benevolent outcome, so we can sell them more stuff. Often the reason is a mystery, or the reason is human carelessness or evil. It doesn&#8217;t pay to be glib about this in all circumstances.</p>
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