Transurfing. Part 38. Positive Slides. Expanding Your Comfort Zone

Transurfing
Part 38
Positive slides
If you want to make the best impression, create yourself a positive slide. Imagine yourself in the form in which you would like. When you create a negative slide you focus attention on what you do not like, what you would like to hide from others and on what you'd like to get rid of. The task now is to turn your attention to what you like in yourself, and what you would like to have. As was mentioned before, you can not hide your shortcomings, but if you want, you can easily highlight and develop your strengths.
First you need to host an inventory and identify your negative slides. Ask yourself what you personally do not like, what you want to hide and get rid of? A person creates his or her slides unconsciously. Now wake up and consciously look at your negative slides. In a lucid state, you will see them easily. It is necessary to toss all this garbage out of your head How to do it? You won't be able to get rid of them just like that, it is not the same as simply shaving a beard. If you are going to fight them, they will only show more clearly! It is necessary to deprive the slides of the basis on which they are kept, namely, your attention, and the value you attach to them. Attention must be switched from all that is negative to all that is positive. Forget about everything that used to annoy you and stop fighting it. Turn away from your weaknesses and turn your attention to the strengths and positive features that you have, and the ones you want to obtain in the future.
Is it important for you to cover up your shortcomings? This is the basis for the negative slide. Is it important for you to make a good impression? This will be the basis for a positive slide. Everything remained in their places, the only thing that changed is the direction of your attention, your importance. Consciously pretend that it is important for you to strive for all that is positive. Picture yourself the way you want to see yourself. This is not a delusion, because you're playing this game deliberately. Self-deception was when you were fighting with your flaws, believing that they can be hidden or destroyed by the force of internal intention. Create yourself a slide where you shine in all your glory. Love yourself in this slide and take care of this slide, adding new details.
The slide does not have to contain a static picture. It may be an idea of ​​how graceful and confident you move, how you are dressed elegantly, your aristocratic manners, your shining wit, radiating
charm, are likeable for people, easily solve all the problems. Now insert this slide and head forward. A positive slide just like a negative one, will have a direct impact on your actions and behavior. You involuntarily, and even unconsciously, will be adjusting to this slide. But the main work will be carried out by the external intention, in accordance with the content of your slide.
Keep re-playing the same image in your mind until the slide is dissolves. What does it mean? Over time, the slide will become an actual part of your personality, and then it will cease to be a slide. When you reach what you desired, it will cease to be of value to you. Importance will disappear and slide will dissolve, but it will accomplish its mission. This will mean that your soul will come into harmony with your mind. And this will definitely happen because you want it, with both your soul and mind. As long as your mind is trying to turn the slide into reality, deep down you still realize that this is only a game in the mask. But if you are consistently and systematically capture the content of the slide in your mind, your soul will get used and agree to take the slide as its integral nature. Do not forget that the external intention can not instantly materialize your slide, as it acts slowly.
As you can see, it is not too difficult to achieve the desired results. It is only about your determination to have. The content of slides may consist of to any qualities that you think you lack. However, you should be aware of whether the content of the slide is feasible and realistic is the materialization of your slide, in theory. Do not just paint a perfect picture. It's better to start with realistically achievable steps. Over time, you will be able to climb to higher levels.
Never picture other people (who in your opinion may have your desired qualities) in your slide! Your slide should be only yours and not someone else's copy. We will take a closer look at this point later. At this stage, we will just note that any quality has a substitute, which will fit you better at this stage. For example courage can be replaced with determination, beauty can be replaced with charm, strength with agility, the ability to speak can be replaced with the ability to listen, intelligence can be replaced with awareness, physical perfection with confidence. Having set achievable goals, you give the opportunity for your Outer intention to fulfill this minimal order of yours very fast, and start implementing more complex tasks.
Positive slides are particularly effective and fast when you go to a meeting with strangers who did not have a chance to make any impressions of you yet. It can be an interview, contest, party, or something like that. Feel free to insert the desired slide in your mind, and be afraid of nothing!
Do not forget the content of your slide, keep it constantly in mind. Allow yourself the luxury to reject any type of hesitation and doubts like "what if it does not work?" After all, you have nothing to lose, abandoning doubt. If you have enough determination, you will achieve the highest possible, and sometimes even incredible success.
Positive slides can be created not only regarding of your personality, but also in relation to the surrounding world. These slides will let in all the positive and reject the negative. If you remember, in the part about the Wave of Success we discussed the topic of broadcasting positive energy. Whatever happens, it is always advantageous to first of all to be open to all that is good and ignore all that is bad. At the exhibition you linger at the exhibits that you like and you pass indifferently by those that you do not like. In this respect, the real world is different from the exhibition in that in real world negativity will actually follow you and haunt you if you do not pass it indifferently. Positive, in turn, will always be with you, if you will happily welcome it.
It may seem that the positive slides are similar too a pair of pink-coloured glasses. But contrary to popular belief, rose-colored glasses is the invention of pessimists, not optimists. Pessimists fear to see everything unrealistically in a pink light and sternly warn optimists. Such pragmatism is nothing other than a negative slide. Pessimist does not dare to afford the luxury of having, and therefore receives in accordance with this belief - nothing.
Do not worry too much that a positive slide also distorts perception. In most cases, this distortion is negligible, since your internal control still does the job of keeping you down-to-earth. The distortion caused by positive slide, will only benefit you, unless of course you imagine yourself to be some kind of Napoleon. It is good to always remember about moderation and about excess potentials and balancing forces. Negative slides with their distortion bring immeasurably greater harm. But the distortion is not the most important thing. Their main feature of the slides is that the Outer intention, slowly but surely, transforms them into reality. 

Positive Slides: Expanding your comfort zone
Let's say you have an ambitious desire to be a star or a millionaire. Are you ready to allow and embrace it? Usually, people think that fame, money, or power - is the destiny of the special ones. Who chooses them, these chosen special people? First of all they choose themselves, and only then all the rest choose them too. If you dream about something, but not willing to allow it for yourself, you will not get it.
There is a homeless person on the street who looks into a window at someone's Christmas table. He is ready to allow it, to sit down at the table and eat? Of course, if he is invited, he will do it. Walking into the house and sitting down at the table is the determination to act, that is the inner intention. But who will invite him? And he is well aware of this. Christmas table is located in a different layer of the world. Is he ready to be the table at home, in his own layer of the world? No, a homeless person knows that he has no home, no money, and no way to make this money. External intention will not give him anything because, operating under the usual common sense, he is not ready to allow himself to have.
Suppose you want to become rich. And are you willing to accept such a gift of fate? Of course, if someone gives you a million, you will take it without problems and difficulties. And wealth will not ruin your life, as they sometimes try to present moralistic movies. But that's not what I'm talking about. Are you ready to take this million? You might be thinking that you want to make a million, to win? Again, not that. Are you ready to just choose? To allow yourself to have.
You must get used to the idea that you will achieve your goal. If you want to become a wealthy person, but are afraid to go to expensive shops, it will not work. If you feel the slightest embarrassment at an expensive store, then you are not ready to afford to have expensive things. Sellers in these stores are able to instantly determine who came to them: a potential buyer, or a curious with an empty wallet. The buyer behaves as a host, stays calm, confident and dignified - he is aware of his right to choose. The curious, striving, but poor, do not behave like invited guests. They are stiff, tense, timid, acutely feeling the appraising look of sellers on themselves, and almost apologizing for their presence at such a prestigious place. It creates at once a whole range of access potentials: lust, envy, a sense of inferiority, anger, resentment. And all because they are not only not willing to afford all of this financially, but do not even consider themselves worthy to have expensive things. The soul only understands literally all that the mind says to it, and what the mind, keeps saying is one thing: "All this is not for us, we are poor people, we need something more modest."
Allow yourself to be worthy of all this luxury. You really deserve all the best. It is destructive pendulums, for whom it is beneficial to keep you under control, who conditioned you that, so to say "Every cricket should know their place and stay on their own twig"
Confidently walk into expensive shops and look at things as a host, not as a servant in a wealthy house. Of course, it is useless to engage in self-delusion that, you can afford to buy it all now. Deceive yourself like that will not work, and it is not necessary. How then do you believe and allow yourself to have?
First of all, let us delineate the field of internal and external intention in the phrase "to be ready to have". A man accustomed to think and act in the framework of the internal intention, is inclined to immediately go ahead and say, "I can not afford it financially, period. What else can be said? "Well, do not try to convince yourself that you can afford to buy an expensive thing, feeling an empty wallet in your pocket. It's not about that. Internal intention implies determination to act, i.e. to get the money. But because there is no place where to take this money, the mind makes its pragmatic verdict. Within the framework of the internal intention, it is all true and you cannot really do much about it. External intention, too, won't just fall on your head, like manna from heaven. Where will it come from, if you are not willing to have? External intention implies determination to have, in other words, to consider yourself worthy and know that the choice is yours. Not to believe, but to know.
Deep down, you always doubt that the desire can actually be fulfilled. Even if you are willing to work for the fulfillment of desire, it is not enough. If you do not believe then you do not allow yourself to consider yourself worthy, or simply doubt the reality of it coming true. So those who became a star or a millionaire are different from you not in terms of their abilities, but only because they have allowed themselves to be what they wanted. It is necessary to allow yourself to have. This condition is similar to when you first rode a bicycle. Doubts, hesitation and logomachies disappeared, and there was one silent clarity - knowledge. The feeling of clarity without words, without the knowledge of the faith and confidence without hesitation, is exactly a state of unity of mind and soul. In this state, you feel your unity with the silent force that governs the universe. This force picks up and carries you to the sector, where comes true that upon which your soul and mind have come to an agreement
Everyone is free to choose whatever he likes, but not everyone believes that it is permitted. Whatever I tell you, you still will not fully believe that the real freedom of choice exists? All life proves the opposite, because all people are at the mercy of the pendulums. But even if you are free from the pendulums, freedom of choice still lies outside your comfort zone. It just seems too unbelievable - to have the right to choose the world's pendulums. Too unreal. In your mind you do not believe that your elusive dream - it's just a matter of your choice. So, positive slides help enable to incorporate the incredible into your comfort zone. When you stop to experience spiritual discomfort at the thought that you your dream is attainable, the doubts will disappear, and faith will turn into knowledge. The soul comes into harmony with the mind, and you will have the determination to have.
Convincing your soul of anything is useless. She does not speculate, she just knows. She can only accustomed to something through exposure. So she must get accustomed to a new comfort zone. That's what the slides are for. With the help of slides unity of soul and mind is achieved gradually. This fortress is taken by a long siege. Create a slide in the head of your dreams and keep it constantly in mind. Return to draw the image in the slide over and over again. Working out new the details, the new specifics and particulars. 
Do not look at the slide as an outside observer, but immerse yourself in it and live in it, at least virtually. Catch yourself and stop it, whenever you try to just present a slide in the form of films on the screen. This is inefficient. You have to mentally play the scene, feeling yourself to be a direct participant, rather than an observer in the audience, watching a play on the screen. Whatever you are doing, constantly re-create your slide in your thoughts and live in it. You can think of
other things but the picture of the slide must be always on the background, at the back of your mind. This should become a habit.
Slides give results only with long-term and systematic use.
Express active interest in all that relates to the subject matter of your dreams. Open yourself to and let in all relevant information, allow it to penetrate the layer of your world. It is beneficial if you have the opportunity to play this slide in reality, at least formally. For example, in the same expensive stores, you can rehearse how you will select your future purchase. Do not think about the money and do not look at the price tag. Your goal is not money, but what you can buy with it. Simply be present near it all, feel, taste, choose, just quietly watch and evaluate. Let all these things into your world. Look at them not as something unattainable, but as something that you are going to buy soon. Pretend  that you are the owner of all these things. Let sellers think that you are a buyer. Play the picky buyer (but not an arrogant one). Letting these things into the layer of your world, you will gradually become attuned to the line of life, where they will be yours.
Do not be worried about how they will be yours. If you have the determination to have, then the external intention will, without your awareness of it, find a way, which you did not suspect even existed. Then when it happens do not be surprised and do not try to convince yourself that this is a coincidence, accident, or some kind of mysticism. I do not remember who said this: "Coincidence - is the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign with his own name."
If you feel at least a fleeting sense of reverence for the world of your dreams, get rid of them. It's your world and there is nothing inaccessible to you. External or internal importance will serve as an obstacle to the unity of the soul and mind. The world of your dreams should be happy, but at the same time ordinary. If you have something, for you it is usually something normal, in the order of things. To tune in the corresponding life track, you should feel as if you already have whatever it is that you want. It is not self-deception, because you are doing this consciously with an intention.
The resolve to have, is the best illustrated by the newly-made Russian billionaires, whose number is now higher than in the developed countries of the West. In the period of perestroika in Russia, in the late eighties of the twentieth century, the narrow-minded politicians felt that the socialist economy will immediately turn into the market economy, if everything gets privatized. Those who at that time turned out to be near the feeders and captured the essence of the moment, made a fortune at once, without any effort. All that in the era of socialism belonged to the state, that is, oil, gas, gold, diamonds and all other natural, industrial and intellectual resources, became owned by a handful of oligarchs. Was everyone's - became his own. For this it was not necessary to do business the way it is made by real, not "inflated" billionaires who had to actually earn their millions. For those who were closest to the trough, all that was required was to place their hand on something and snarl: "Mine!", and then draw it as a legal act.
For what reason did something that used to belong to everyone suddenly started to belong to him only? This period in Russia was certainly unique. But next to the riches were a lot of smart and talented people, and, nevertheless, most got left with nothing. Those who managed to grab were those who allowed themselves to have. These newly-made oligarchs did not have a sense of guilt, remorse, doubts or feelings of inferiority. They did not consider themselves unworthy, it never occurred to them to feel guilty in expensive stores. They had a determination to have and so the dispassionate external intention gave it to them. Just like this. Do you still say it's incredible?!

Transurfing. Part 37. Negative Slides

Transurfing

Part 37 
Negative Slides
Man cannot perceive the world completely objectively. This is similar to how you insert a slide in the projector and look at the image. Normal uniform light passing through the film is converted into an image on the screen. The perception acts as a screen, light is the world, and slide  represents our world, that is the model of our understanding of the world.
Our understanding of ourselves and of the outside world is often far from the truth. Distortion is created by our slides. For example, you are concerned about some of your flaws, and because of that you experience feelings of inferiority, because you think that others also dislike this flaw in you and do not approve of it. Then, talking to people, you insert this inferiority slide into your mental movie projector and as a result you see everything in a distorted light.
For example, at the moment you are worried about how you're dressed. You would then think that others also pay attention to you and are watching you with a smile or contempt. But in the minds of others they are not at all thinking about how you're dressed. These thoughts are only in your head in the form of a slide, which distorts reality. Anyone from your environment, is usually ninety percent busy thinking about his own persona - just as you are. Even if you are interviewing for employment, rest assured that your interviewer is mostly concerned over how to best play his part.
Slides distort your perception of what you think about other people. Slide is a distorted picture of reality. Slide is what you have in your head, but others do not. For example, you think you don't look attractive enough. If you do not really care about this, there is no distortion. Everything is as it is. But what matters is not what exactly you think of your appearance, but the impact that the slide has on your life. If you are concerned about your appearance, you create in your mind a slide: "I'm ugly" and you look at the world through this perception, using it as a filter. This is a slide, because it exists only in your thoughts.
Appearance can be evaluated, meaning given importance to only by your potential intimate partners. And this is a very small percentage of people. The rest of others do not care about your appearance. Do you not believe me? Then ask the most authoritative arbiter, that is, yourself: how much do I care about the appearance of those who I do not consider as potential intimate/sexual partners (or rivals for these partners). Most likely, you have not even thought about the question of whether the person is attractive or not. The same thinking (or not thinking) occurs around and about you. You can be sure that this is so even if you are ugly. Ugliness makes an impression only at the time of the first meeting, then people stop to pay attention to it in the same way that they stop paying attention to usual everyday scenery.
So let's say you have inserted in your head a slide about your unattractive appearance. All that comes from other people - looks, gestures, facial expressions, words - you filter through your slide. What do you see? A friendly smile turns into a grin. Someone's innocent laughter turns into malevolent ridicule of you. Someone quietly whispering turns into them gossiping about you. Someone's quick look is now a look at you askance. Someone grimaced from the pain in their stomach - my God, what did he just think of you! Finally, any compliment will become a mockery. But in others, in their minds there was nothing like this. It's only in your head - your slide.
Your behaviour will be determined by such negative thoughts, and that will make you really unattractive. Your hands will perform unnatural movements, and you will have nowhere to put them. your face will turn into a tense grimace, all clever ideas will all of a sudden disappear somewhere, and the inferiority complex will come into its total domination. As a result, the slide sitting in your imagination will get the actual implementation.
Slides operate in two ways. On the one hand, they distort the perception of the person of his or her place in this world and the attitude to those around him. On the other hand, they distort the perception about the outside world by that person. In particular, people tend to see the properties of his slide in the surrounding people. For example, a person does not like some innate qualities of his character. He seeks to hide them away so that neither himself nor others could see them. But concealing an unattractive slide is impossible, it will sit in the head and do its thing. The person has the illusion that others think and act in about the same way as he does. And if a person does not like certain qualities n him- or herself, they tend to see and notice the very same qualities in others, that is to apply their own projections on other people.
Projection is when a certain dissatisfaction is driven into the subconscious and is instead splashed on others. One does not want to blame themselves for some bad sides, so they are instead inclined to see that same side in another person instead. People are often willing to criticize others for what they themselves do not like about yourself. You are yourself doing the same thing, without realizing it. This, of course, does not mean that if a person is accuses someone of something, that means he necessarily possesses the same flaws. However, it happens very often. Watch yourself. 
The position of the Overseer in the role-playing will allow you to easily determine when someone is trying to apply their own projection on you. If they are in some way trying to unjustly accuse you or ascribe to you a quality that's actually uncharacteristic of you, ask yourself the question, whether they possess the same fault of which they are trying to accuse you. Most likely it will be the case, because if you really do not have that quality, it means that this quality is sitting in the prosecutor's head  which projects this picture on you.
What lies at the heart of the slide, what film does it rest on? Importance. How many times have we returned to it. You are bothered by your appearance only if it is important to you. Slide is in the mind of yours, but others do not have it, if what's important to you does not matter to them. A person's ugliness becomes a familiar backdrop to others because it is not important to them. This is important only to the owner of an unusual appearance. His appearance simply extraordinary, and nothing more. The unusual appearance is turned into ugliness by the slide which is based on importance.
The famous French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as a child broke both legs and was left crippled for life. While growing up, he was very depressed by his ugliness. Over the years, physical imperfection began to show ever more clearly, and from this he suffered even more. Ultimately, the emotional suffering over the imperfections has reached its highest point, and Lautrec had to accept the inevitable. He accepted his ugliness, and continued to live. As soon as he got rid of importance, the slide has ceased to exist, and good luck turned to face Lautrec. He enjoyed great success with women, not to mention the fact that he was able to realize his talent and made it shine. It is by the way, he who was one of the founders of the famous cabaret "Moulin Rouge" in Paris, and the women loved him a lot, as you may realize, not only because of his paintings.
Slides occur when you attach excessive importance to what others think about you. If you do not know for sure what people are thinking about, and at the same time for you it is very important, know that you certainly have a slide concerning this topic. Slide is a product of the imagination, and in this sense it can be regarded as an illusion. But this illusion has an active influence on human life. This is the case when an external intention acts to the detriment of a person, in spite of what the person may want in his mind.. 
Negative slide, usually generates a unity of soul and mind. As you can imagine, an external intention in this case, works flawlessly. It picks up the owner of this negative slide and transports him to the sector where the negativity exists in its full force. The transition occurs not at once, but gradually, and lasts, without stopping, as long as the slide is sitting in one's head. Those little negative brush-strokes,
which, the person sketched on his slide in the beginning due to the importance, occur more rapidly and bloom "in all their glory." A person does not like the fact that he is overweight - he increasingly is getting heavier, it prevents a mole or birthmark - it is increasingly growing, he considers himself inferior - and gets all the new confirmations of this, he is concerned about his unattractive - it becomes even more acute, his tortured by guilt - punishment get strewed upon his head.
This continues for as long as the person does not cease to attach great importance to the slide, or switch to the creation of a positive slide. Once the importance of the slide disappeared, the negative slide loses its foundation, dissolves and ceases to work.
There are people with a very unattractive appearance, but possessing an inexplicable charm. Should they only speak and you immediately forget about their physical shortcomings. Now do you understand why? They dismiss negative slides, and set up positive ones.
Once you insert a positive, colourful slide, and you will see that it works just as smoothly as the negative one did. Show yourself the positive aspects of your own personality, imagine yourself in the best light, and people will perceive you this way as well. This reflects another positive quality of a slide, which can and should be used.

Transurfing. Book 2. The Amalgamation of Reality

Transurfing.

The Amalgamation of Reality

Transurfing. Part 36. The Flow of Variations: Letting Go of the Situation.

Transurfing
Part 36
The Flow of Variations: Letting Go of the Situation

Streams in the flow of variations relieve the mind of two overwhelming burdens: the necessity to rationally solve all problems and to have all situations under constant control. Of course, the burdens will be lifted only if the mind is willing to relieve itself of them. In order for this to happen, the mind needs a more or less rational explanation to why it is a better option not to carry these two bur- dens around. As you’ve probably noticed, there are a lot of irrationalities in this book, a lot of things that do not conform to common sense. And even though Transurfing is not aimed at explaining the structure of this world, I still have to, in one way or another, present arguments to support all of these conclusions that appear shocking to the mind.
How else? To shake the solid wall of common sense is very difficult. The mind is not used to accepting proof, based only on faith. It demands facts to be based on real evidence. You can get real evidence yourself, if you test the principles and methods of Transurfing in real world situations. I can only present you with certain arguments, so as to calm the suspicious mind. In the worst case, not only would you not begin to verify any of these principles, but you would read no further. And yet, this is really only the be- ginning. There are many more discoveries waiting for you ahead.
The two overwhelming burdens that our mind is carrying around were laid upon it back in our childhood. We were constantly being trained: “Use your head! Are you aware of what you’re doing? Explain your ac- tions! Do your homework, because only if you learn to use your mind will you ever be able to achieve anything in life. You dumb  head, you! Will you ever learn?” Our teachers and life circumstances have made a “soldier” out of our mind, a soldier ready at any moment to find an explanation, to give an answer to any question posed, to evaluate a situation, to make a decision, to maintain control over what is happening. The mind is taught to act rationally, with common sense.
Just don’t be thinking that I am so full of my- self that I am ready to sweep common sense away all together. It is actually quite the op- posite - common sense is a minimal collec- tion of necessary rules, which tell you how you should behave yourself in the surround- ing world in order to survive. The mind is making only one mistake – it is following this set of rules too literally and too strictly. Obsession with common sense prevents the mind from looking around and seeing that which doesn’t agree with these rules.
And there are so many things in the world that diverge from common sense. The proof of this is the inability of our mind to explain everything, or to protect us from trouble. There’s a very easy way out of this situation: to rely on the streams in the flow of variations. The basis of this logic is also very simple: as it happens, expediency lies in these streams, and that is exactly what the mind is looking for. As you know, streams follow the way of least resistance. The mind strives to reason sensibly and logically, rely- ing on the links of cause and effect. But the fact that mind is not perfect keeps it from correctly orienting itself in the surrounding world, and from finding only the correct decisions.
But nature is in essence perfect, thus there is more expediency and logic in the streams than in the very wisest argumentation. And no matter how much the mind is convinced of the fact that it is thinking sensibly, it will  be mistaken nonetheless. Yet, the mind will make mistakes in any case, but there will be fewer of them if the mind will moderate its zeal and, if possible, will let problems be solved on their own without actively interfering with the process. That is what we call to let go of the situation. In other words, you must loosen your grip, lower the amount of control, not disturb the flow and give more freedom of action to the surrounding world.
You already know that pressing and pushing the world is not only useless but also harm- ful. When not agreeing with the flow, the mind is creating excess potential. Transurf- ing proposes an entirely different way. First of all, we create our obstacles ourselves by pumping up excess potential. If you were to lower importance, obstacles would eliminate themselves. Second of all, if an obstacle doesn’t give in to your efforts, you should not fight it. Just go around it. The guiding signs can help you.
The mind’s problem also lies in its tendency to perceive events that do not fit in its script as obstacles. The mind usually plans and calculates everything in advance, while if something unforeseen suddenly happens, the mind starts actively fighting it, in order to fit events to its own script. As a result, the situation becomes even worse. Of course, the mind is not in a condition to plan events ideally. At this point, more freedom has to be given to the flow. The flow is not interested in ruining your fate. It would, again, be un- advisable. It is the mind which ruins your fate with its unreasonable actions.
Expediency, from the mind’s point of view, is when everything is running according to the predesigned script. Everything that doesn’t agree with the script is perceived as an un- desired problem. And problems have to be solved. Thus the mind takes on this mission with great diligence, creating new problems.
In this way, the mind itself is piling up a whole lot of obstacles on its way.
Think about it: when do people feel happy, when do they experience satisfaction, when are they satisfied with themselves? When everything goes according to plan. The least deviation from the script is perceived as a failure. Inner importance won’t allow the mind to accept the possibility of deviations. The mind thinks, “After all, I’ve planned and calculated everything in advance. I should know better, what is good and what is bad for me. I’m being sensible.” Life often gives gifts to people, which they reluctantly re- ceive, only because these gifts are not part of their plan. “I wanted a different toy!” Reality is such that we hardly ever get just the toys we were planning to have. Thus, we are all walking around gloomy and dissatisfied. And now imagine how much more enjoyable life would be, if only the mind were to lower its importance and recognize the right of deviations to exist in the script!
Everyone can regulate the level of their own happiness. Most people set the lowest bar of happiness much too high, and thus do not consider themselves happy. I am not preach- ing that you should be happy with what you have. The doubtful formula of the type “if you want to be happy – then just be happy” isn’t suitable for Transurfing. You will get your toy, but we’ll talk about that later, in parts two and three. Now we are talking about how to avoid unpleasant events and how to decrease the number of problems.
The mind cannot use the ready solutions to problems in the streams of the flow of vari- ations. This is only because the mind is not willing to allow any deviations in its script. The mind’s manic tendency to keep everything under control turns life into a constant battle with the flow. The mind couldn’t really allow the flow of variations to move on its own without submitting to its will now, could it? Thus, we’ve come to the mind’s main mistake. The mind is not striving to control its movement along the flow, but the flow itself. This is one of the major reasons why problems and unpleasant events appear.
The expedient stream, moving along the path of least resistance, cannot create problems or obstacles – they’re created by the muddle- headed mind. Activate the Overseer and, at least for the course of one day, observe how your mind is trying to control the flow. So- mething is proposed to you, and you refuse. Somebody is trying to tell you something - you wave it away. Somebody expresses their opinion, and you argue against it. Somebody does something his own way, and you set him on the right path. You are offered a solu- tion, and you refuse. You wait for one thing, but get something completely different and express your dissatisfaction. Someone interferes with you, and you lose your temper. Something goes against your script, and you launch a full frontal attack to direct the flow into the needed channel. Maybe for you personally, it all happens somewhat differently, but there is a grain of truth in all of this. Am I right?
And now try to loosen you grip of control and grant more freedom to the flow. I am not suggesting that you agree to everything or that you accept everything that is handed to you. Simply change your tactics: move the center of gravity away from control to obser- vation. Strive to observe more than to con- trol. Don’t be in a rush to wave things away, to object, to argue, to push forward your own opinions, to interfere, to control or to criti- cize. Give the situation a chance to resolve it- self without your active interference or res- istance. You’ll be, if not dumbfounded, then at least amazed, that’s for sure. And what will happen is a completely paradoxical thing. Having refused control over situations, you will gain even more control than you had before. A detached observer always has a greater advantage than a first-hand participant. This is why I am constantly repeating: rent yourself out.
When you look back, you’ll become con- vinced that your control was against the flow. The suggestions of others made a lot of sense arguing with them was completely use- less. Your interference was in vain. What you saw as obstacles were not obstacles at all. Problems resolve themselves quite fine even without your knowledge. Everything you got that you didn’t plan for wasn’t that bad after all. Incidental phrases that were mentioned in passing were actually quite valid. Your in- ner discomfort served as a warning. You didn’t waste any excess energy and remained satisfied. This is that magnificent gift of the flow to the mind I spoke of in the beginning.
And of course, in addition to everything mentioned before, let’s remember our “friends.” To move in agreement with the flow is made difficult by pendulums. They make up provocations at every step a person takes, forcing him to violently beat the water with his fists. Pendulums don’t like the existence of streams in the flow, for one simple reason - the stream moves in the direction of the minimal expenditure of energy. Energy spent by a man who struggles with the flow goes to creating excess potential and to feed pendulums. The only control worth talking about is control over the level of internal and external importance. Remember that it is importance in particular that interferes with any attempt the mind makes to let go of the situation.
To let go of a situation is in many cases much more effective and useful, than insisting on one’s own way. People’s striving for self-as- surance gives rise to the habit of proving one’s significance already from childhood. From this stems the tendency, that is harmful in all senses, to prove that “I’m right”, no matter the costs. This striving creates an excess potential and enters into conflict with the interests of others. Often people try to prove that they are right, even when the verdict for one side or the other doesn’t directly affect their interests.
There are some people, whose feeling of in- ner importance is so exaggerated that they strive to get their own way even when it comes down to the smallest of details. Inner importance develops into a mania to keep everything under control. “I’ll prove I am right to everybody, whatever it may cost.” It is a harmful habit. It really complicates one’s life, in particularly the life of the defender of the truth.
If your interests won’t suffer too much from it, then go ahead and let go of the situation.
Allow others the right slapping the water with their hands. If you do this with full awareness, then immediately you will feel so relieved and simply wonderful – even more than if you had proved your point. You will find satisfaction in the fact that you’ve moved up to the next step: you didn’t uphold your importance, as you would usually do, but you have acted like a wise parent with unreasonable children.
Let’s look at one more example. Excessive zeal at work is also as harmful as a careless attitude. Let’s suppose that you’ve managed to get that prestigious job you’ve been dreaming about for a long time. You make great demands on yourself because you think that you have to show your best. This is true. But, if you too zealously seize the bull by the horns, most probably you won’t be able to take the pressure, especially if the job is diffi- cult. In the best case, your work will be inef- fective, while in the worst case, you’ll have  gotten yourself a nervous breakdown. You could even arrive at the false conclusion that you aren’t capable of dealing with this job.
Another option is also possible. You stir up a vigorous activity at your new job and in this way disturb the established order of things. It would seem that there are quite a few things at work that could be made perfect, and you’re absolutely certain that you’re act- ing correctly. However, if your innovations bring destruction to the usual way of life at the work place, don’t expect anything good to come of it. This is the case when the initi- ative is punishable. You were put into a slow, but peaceful and even flow, and you started with all your might be slapping the water with your hands, trying to swim faster.
So what, does this mean that you are not al- lowed to say a word and shouldn’t stick out at all? Well, it is not quite that tough. Ap- proach this question with a business mind set. You can only become annoyed and scold someone who is directly bothering you, and only in the case when your criticism can change something for the better. Never criticize what has already happened and what cannot be changed. In everything else, you need to go with the flow – but not literally, agreeing with everything and everybody, but only by moving the centre of gravity from control to observation. Observe more and don’t be in a hurry to control situations, people and so on. The feeling of moderation, how and when to interfere, will come to you by itself. Don’t worry about that.

Summary of Parts 32-36
The mind interprets information using a collection of well-established labels.
The soul doesn’t think and doesn’t speak, but it feels and knows.
The mind is only able to create a relatively new version of a house made out of old bricks.
Entirely new discoveries come from unrealized sectors.
The soul serves as a mediator between en- tirely new information and the mind.
The soul accepts unrealized information as knowledge without interpretations.
If the mind is successful in interpreting the soul’s information, a discovery is made.
The mind is capable of unambiguously determining the state of inner comfort.
Train yourself to pay attention to inner comfort.
Having refused importance, you will get the freedom to choose your destiny.
Freedom of choice allows you to stop asking, stop demanding, and to stop struggling. It allows you to go and take whatever you want.
The structure of information is arranged into chains of cause and effect links.
Cause and effect links give rise to the flow of variations.
The paths of least resistance are arranged into separate streams.
Streams in the flow of variations already have in themselves the solutions to all problems.
Internal and external importance throw the mind out of the optimal stream.
It is the mind which leads you to a waterfall, and not the streams in the flow of variations.
Everything is a lot easier than it seems. Give in to this simplicity.
It is not the omen that works, but your attitude to it.
Guiding signs point at possible turns in the flow of variations.
Life tracks differ qualitatively from one another.
Signs put us on alert, because they appear during a transfer to another life track.
Signs can be distinguished by their ability to create a sensation that something is not quite right.
Spontaneous phrases can be perceived as clear instructions which you may act on.
The condition of inner discomfort is a clear sign.
If you have to talk yourself into something, it means the soul is saying “no.”
If you have the possibility to refuse an uncomfortable decision – refuse it.
It’s necessary to loosen the grip and accept unforeseen events in your script.
Importance gets in the way of your accept- ing the possibility of deviations in your script.
The mind strives to control, not its own movement along the flow, but the flow itself.
Move the center of gravity from control to observation.
Having relinquished control, you will get real control over a situation.
If you move along the flow of variations, the world will come out to greet you. 

Transurfing. Part 35. The Flow of Variations: the Guiding Signs

Transurfing

Part 35

The Flow of Variations: the Guiding Signs

But how do you distinguish approaching shoals or a waterfall from a normal turn in the flow? We can orient ourselves in the sur- rounding world with the help of quite tan- gible signs. The world is constantly giving us these signs.

The most well-known and widely-distributed form of signs is omens. There are good omens and there are bad omens. If you’ve seen a rainbow – it’s a good omen. If you see a black cat – misfortune awaits. These are examples of established superstitions. Generally accepted omens have been formed as a result of many observations and comparisons. If a high enough percentage of the omens predict what they should, a certain pattern is determined, which then becomes a part of the public opinion, because people are always talking with one another about strange phenomena. However, omens don’t always come true, far from it. Why? 

What happens when a man forgets something and he has to go back and get it? He is thinking: returning is a bad omen( see note below). He doesn’t necessarily have to believe in omens, but the stable, social stereotype nonetheless throws a shadow onto his subconscious. In his thoughts, he is expecting some kind of unpleasant event. Or never mind it, the man is thinking, I won’t go back. But that won’t be of any help either, because the even flow has already been disturbed and the man has already been thrown off balance to some degree. Expecting misfortune brings certain changes into the parameters of thought radiation, and the man is put onto a life track that corresponds to these parameters. He gets exactly what he is afraid of. He himself allowed this possibility in his script. This ex- plains why the percentage of “working” omens grows higher.

As you see, generally accepted omens cannot by themselves serve as laws or even as rules. Why is it that a black cat in particular is a standard bad sign to everybody? Or, put it this way, how in the world could a black cat have any kind of influence on our lives? The influence is not the cat, but your attitude to the particular omen. If you believe in omens, they will help shape the events of your life. If you don’t believe in omens, but have doubts, the influence of omens is weakened, but it is there nonetheless. If you don’t believe in them and don’t pay any attention to them, they will not have any influence whatsoever on your life. It’s all very simple: you get what you allow into your script. A man who views omens to be superstitions doesn’t have any indication of their validity in the layer of his world. Omens work in the layers of other people’s worlds because those people find proof for their belief in omens, but our skeptic does not.

If omens themselves don’t have any influ- ence on the events in our lives, then what guiding signs are we talking about? The black cat cannot have any influence, no, but it can serve as a sign, warning you of an event that will take place further on your way in the flow of variations. The question is then only: what signs could be considered guiding signs? After all, if you have made up your mind to monitor everything around you, then you could see signs everywhere. But how do we interpret them? We won’t con- cern ourselves with interpretations. This is a rather unrewarding task, as it is too unreliable and incomprehensible. The only thing you can do is to take the sign into ac- count, increase the Overseer’s level of awareness and be more careful.

The guiding signs are signs that indicate a possible turn in the flow of variations. In other words, a guiding sign serves as a herald of an event that will bring rather substantial changes into the flow of life. If you expect some sort of turn, even a very insignificant one, then a sign could appear that would sig- nal its coming. If an unexpected turn is com- ing up in the near future, some kind of a characteristic sign could appear as well. What do I mean by “characteristic”?

The point is that when the flow of variations takes a turn, you move over to a different life track. It will be recalled that a life track ap- pears to be more or less homogeneous, as far as the quality of life is concerned. A stream in the flow of variations can intersect various life tracks. These differ in their parameters. Changes that have taken place can be insignificant, but you would nonetheless feel that something is different. And it is this qualitative difference that you’ll notice, either consciously or subconsciously: as if something is

not quite the same as it was a minute ago.

Thus, guiding signs appear only in those cases when a transfer onto another life track is initiated. You could ignore a separate phe- nomenon. For example, a crow croaked but that didn’t put you on alert, you didn’t feel any qualitative difference - that means you are on the same life track as before. But if you did pay attention to the phenomenon, having felt something unusual, something odd about the whole episode - it could be a sign.

A sign is different from an ordinary phe- nomenon in that a sign always signals that the ongoing transition to a substantially different life track is going on. The phenomena that usually put us on alert are those that happen right after a completed transfer onto a different life track. This is because life tracks are qualitatively different from each other. These differences can be of various kinds and it is often hard to explain or put a finger on the actual difference: you just have a feeling that something is not quite right. When the transfer has been completed, we feel it intuitively and sometimes even notice obvious changes in how the signs look. As if from the corner of our eye we see, or suspect, that something new has appeared in the flow. Signs act as pointers, they say to us: something has changed, something has happened.

Usually, a phenomenon that takes place on the current life track doesn’t put us on alert. It has the same quality as other phenomena on the given track. However, if a man is ig- noring everything that happens around him, he won’t be able to notice the obvious signs as well. The transfer to a substantially different track normally happens gradually, through intermediate tracks. Signs on these tracks could appear as warnings having various degrees of severity. Sometimes a man ignores the first warning. The transfer continues, then the second warning appears, then the third and if after this he doesn’t stop, then what was meant to happen on the final track happens.

As we have already discussed, it’s very difficult to interpret signs unambiguously. You cannot even be sure whether a phenomenon that attracted your attention is a sign or not. We can only take into consideration that the world is trying to tell us something. We are mostly interested in the approaching shoals and rapids. Sometimes it would be nice to at least get a hint of what is waiting ahead. In most cases, you could phrase the question so that there would be two possible answers:  yes or no. For example, will it work out or not, will I be successful or not, will I be able to do it or not, will it be good or will it be bad, will it be dangerous or not and so on. Any interpretation of a sign should be brought down to one question, the answer to which is either “positive” or “negative”. It’s not worth counting on a greater degree of accuracy.

The sign carries in itself a hint to the quality of the up-coming turn. If you associate the sign with unpleasant sensations and it fills you with misgivings, distrust, unpleasant surprise, worry, discomfort, then it means that the sign is signaling a negative turn of events. If the sensation is ambiguous, then there’s no point in trying to interpret the sign – the evaluation would be unreliable. In any case, you shouldn’t be worrying too much about this sign or attributing too much signi- ficance to it. However, if you have already paid attention to the sign, then you shouldn’t disregard it either. Maybe the sign brings a warning - that you need to be more careful or that you ought to change your behaviour or stop doing something in time, or choose another direction for your actions.

Signs can take on the most varied forms. You only need to distinguish what meaning they carry – positive or negative. For example, I am in a hurry, but an old little lady with a crutch is blocking my way. There is no way I can go around her. What does this mean? More than likely, I will be late. Or there goes my bus, which ordinarily doesn’t go very fast, but today for some reason it is speeding like crazy. Apparently, I’ve gone too far in some situation and I should be more careful. Another example could be that I am trying to do something that is not really going too well, no matter what I do. There is always something or other in the way and the whole thing is simply not running as smoothly as it should. Maybe it’s a dead-end and I don’t need to go down that way at all?

The main good thing about signs is that they are able to wake you up from a waking sleep in time. In addition, they make you realize that you are possibly acting in the interests of a destructive pendulum and to your own disadvantage. Humankind often makes fatal mistakes when under the pendulum’s zombi- fying spell, and only later remembers that they weren’t at all aware of their actions, not on their guard. In such cases, it would be useful to interpret even the harmless signs as warnings. It’s never wrong maintaining a sense of caution, being aware of what is go- ing on and having an overall sensible view of things. It is important to keep cautiousness from turning into anxiety and suspicion. You have to care about things without worrying about them. Give yourself out to rent, and be impeccable in everything you do.

Strange as it may seem, the clearest and most precise guiding signs are phrases spontaneously uttered by other people, something that was mentioned in passing, without put- ting much thought into it. If somebody is clearly and intentionally trying to impose their opinion on you – don’t pay much attention to it. But if someone spontaneously mentions something to you about what you could in a specific situation – take it very

seriously.

Spontaneous phrases are those which people say without really thinking about it. You can probably easily recall a similar situation, where you answered something immediately, almost automatically and without thinking. It seems as if the answer is already there somewhere deep down inside your con- sciousness, and it falls from your lips, sur- passing the analytical mechanism of your mind. In a similar fashion, thoughtless phrases are mentioned when your mind is slumbering or when it is busy with something else. When the mind slumbers, the soul speaks and the soul, after all, is directly connected to the information field.

For example, someone says to you in passing, “Take a scarf with you, you’ll catch a cold otherwise.” If you don’t take the advice, you’ll regret it later for sure. Or say, you’re concerned with some kind of problem and someone incidentally recommends something that is of little importance to you. Don’t be in a hurry to wave it away. Consider their opinion instead. Or, in another case, you’re convinced you’re right, when someone by accident shows you that it is not the case and you are wrong. Don’t be stubborn. Take a look – maybe you are beating water with your hands?

Inner discomfort is also a very clear sign, only we don’t pay much attention to it in most cases. If you have to make a decision, no one knows better than your own soul how to make it. It’s often very difficult to under- stand what exactly the soul wants to tell us. But, as was shown above, we can quite un- ambiguously determine whether the soul likes the mind’s decision or not. Say, you have to make some kind of decision. Stop and listen to the rustling of the morning stars. But if your mind has already made a decision and you remembered about the rustling a little too late, try to recall what you were feeling when you made the decision. These feelings can be described as “I feel good” or “I don’t feel good.” If you made the decision reluctantly, if it didn’t really feel right, then you clearly “don’t feel good” about it. In that case, if the decision can be altered, go ahead and do it.

To determine the level of your inner discomfort is not too difficult. It’s only difficult to remember in time to listen to one’s feelings, since the mind believes to have authority in its reasoning and thus, it doesn’t want to listen to anyone but itself. The loud roar of common sense does not only drown out the whisper of the soul. Your mind is always trying to substantiate and prove its case in every way. Here you stand before a choice: “yes” or “no.” The soul tries to timidly object: “no”. The mind realizes that the soul is saying “no,” but pretends that it didn’t hear the soul’s whisper. So, the mind puts forward persuading arguments to support its “yes”, based on “sensible reasoning”. Having read these lines, put them away in a separate file in your memory and the next time when you are making a decision, remember them. You’ll see that everything takes place exactly as described above. I suggest you keep in mind this simple and reliable formula for determining when you soul is saying “no”: if you have to convince yourself and talk yourself into saying “yes”, then that means your soul is saying “no.”

Remember, when your soul is saying “yes”, you don’t have to talk yourself into anything. We’ll return to this formula later on.

You have to always pay attention to what signs your world is showing you. Having said that, you shouldn’t look for signs in everything. “Look, the birds are flying high in the sky. What could this mean?” Well, they’re not afraid of heights so that is why they are flying so high. You need only to take signs into consideration and keep in mind that they might be guiding signs. As soon as you forget about this, the pendulums will take you by the hand and you could become a victim of circumstances.

Special attention should be paid to those de- sires and actions that are able to change your life dramatically. If your desire makes you feel some discomfort and there is the possib- ility of refusing that desire - then do exactly that. In this case, the desire is not coming from the soul, but from the mind. The mind’s desires are always imposed by pendulums. The very same is true of actions. If you ignore the inner discomfort you are feeling, in the majority of cases nothing awful will hap- pen, but sometimes you’ll be very sorry. Therefore, if possible, it is better to refuse desires and actions that evoke discomfort, doubts, apprehension or feelings of guilt. This will greatly simplify your life and free you from a lot of problems.

However, there is one “but.” If a series of incorrect actions have tied an intricate knot then the method of simply refusing desires and actions won’t always be appropriate. In some cases, you will have to do “uncomfortable” things, like not telling the truth or go- ing to your much hated work. However, once these knots are untied, you can go right ahead and apply the method of refusing desires and actions. 

That’s about all that can be said about guid- ing signs within the framework of the Transurfing model. Only you can notice and interpret your own signs. And you don’t have to take a course on how to do it. You will understand everything on your own, if you’ll pay attention to yourself and the world around you. Just keep in mind that you shouldn’t give too much importance and significance to ambiguous signs, as in doing so you could activate negative interpretations in the script of your life. In order to not run aground and to not drift into the rapids in the flow of variations, you only have to refrain from creating excess potential. Then you could get by without any signs. After all, it is beyond us to clearly understand their true meaning. The only sign which you should pay particular attention to is you state of inner comfort, every time you are about to make a decision. It’s really worth listening to the rustling of the morning stars. 

Note:
--This is a popular Russian superstition.

Transurfing. Part 34. The Flow of Variations: Going with the Flow

Transurfing 
Part 34

The Flow of Variations: Going with the Flow
The Asker and the Offended unwillingly go with the flow of life. The Warrior, on the other hand, tries to fight against the flow. Of course, there are no pure types of these people. From time to time, everybody to a certain degree takes on one of the roles. Playing these parts, a man is acting extremely inefficiently. But if we can’t struggle, nor go with the flow, what is there left for us to do?
Earlier we saw how the mind authoritatively dictates its own will, based on common sense. Many people reason very sensibly, but at the same time get nowhere in solving their problems. What is then the great use of such common sense? The mind cannot guarantee that its solution will be foolproof. The mind only thinks that it is reasoning sensibly, when in fact it is actually offering itself to pendulums. There can be no talk of freedom in moving along the flow while a man is play- ing the part of the Asker, the Offended, or the Warrior. Even the Warrior has the same amount of freedom to express his will as has a little paper boat.
How does the Warrior move with the flow of life? Pendulums provoke him into a fight with them, and he swims against the current, not understanding that it would be easier and more advantageous to use the flow. His mind is captured by pendulums, but the Warrior is resolutely set for battle and, by making resolute decisions, he is whipping the water with all his might, when calm and smooth movements would have been enough. And now imagine that you are not resisting the flow and you are not causing any extra turbulence, but neither are you going with the flow without any will like a little paper boat. You are intentionally moving in agreement with the flow, you note the shoals on the way, the barriers and dangerous areas, and only by using smooth movements are you able to keep your chosen direction. You are the one standing at the steering wheel.
But can we actually look at life as a flow? And why can we neither swim without any will, nor resist the flow? On the one hand, the information that lies in the space of vari- ations is stationary, like a matrix. But at the same time, the information’s structure is or- ganized into chains of cause-and-effect. These give birth to the flow of variations – and that is the flow we are about to discuss.
The main reason it is not worth actively op- posing the current, is that it is a massive, useless, and even harmful waste of energy. But can one rely on the flow of variations? After all, it can lead you not only to a peaceful lagoon, but also to a waterfall. This is precisely why, to avoid unpleasantness, you must correct your movements with calm, even strokes. Of course, to begin, you must correctly choose the general direction of this flow. The direction is determined by your chosen goal and the means for its attainment. After the direction has been chosen, you must rely on the flow as much as possible and not allow any sudden movements.
Everyone pretty much knows the general dir- ection of his or her flow – in other words, where they are going. For example, now I am studying, later I will get a job, have a family, work my way up the employment ladder, build my house and so forth. Many make a lot of mistakes on their way and complain, when looking back. But you can’t do any- thing about it, what’s done is done. The flow has moved you far away from your desired goal. Your reasoning mind cannot save you. It only remains to regret that “if I had only known where I would fall, I would have put there something soft to land on”.
Everyone wants to know what is waiting for him or her after the next turn. Not everyone is seriously going to see fortune-tellers or as- trologers, but many are interested in them, at least out of curiosity. An optimistic astro- logical forecast or prediction lights a spark of hope. And when you get unwanted predic- tions, you can always wave them away. The Transurfing model does not contradict astro- logy. Predictions have a real foundation to them – the space of variations. Astrology ex- ists not only because people are curious about the future. If the hit rate was too low, no one would rely on these short-lived pre- dictions. However, the fact that the flow of variations exists in accordance with certain patterns, allows us to glance at the unrealized sectors of space. It is quite another matter that astrological calculations are, of course, unable to guarantee their predictions to be a hundred percent accurate and the same goes for clairvoyants.
Everybody decides for themselves, how much they should rely on forecasts and as- trological predictions. Respectfully, we will leave this subject aside and we’ll look at the useful points that can be extracted from knowing about the flow of variations. The main question is how much we can sur- render ourselves wholly to the flow, if we have chosen the main direction correctly, and why should we surrender ourselves to the flow at all?
As previously shown, the mind is constantly under the pressure of artificially created im- portance and, therefore, it cannot make any efficient decisions. Internal and external im- portance is, in essence, the main source of problems. The action of balancing forces manifests itself as rapids and whirlpools on the way through the flow. If you throw off importance, the flow will turn into a much calmer river-bed. The question of whether one should surrender oneself to the flow is also a question of importance. External importance forces the mind to look for complicated solutions to simple problems. Inner importance convinces the mind that it is reasoning soundly and that it is making the only possible correct decision.
If we were to throw importance away, the mind could breathe freely, because it would be released from the influence of pendulums and the pressure of artificially created prob- lems. It could make more objective and ad- equate decisions. But the whole beauty of this lies in the fact that the mind won’t need great intellect, once it is freed from import- ance. Of course, for solving everyday prob- lems you would need logical thinking,  knowledge and analytical ability. But all of this won’t require as much energy. The fact that the flow of variations exists is a luxuri- ous gift for the mind, which hardly ever uses it.
The flow of variations already contains the solutions to all problems. And what’s more, the majority of all problems are artificially created by the mind anyway. The restless mind is constantly experiencing the shoves of pendulums and takes on solving all of the problems at the same time, while trying to keep the situation under control. Its strong- willed decisions are in most cases just point- less slapping of the water. The majority of problems, especially the small ones, solve themselves, if we don’t disturb the flow of variations.
A great intellect is of no use, if the solution already exists in space. If we don’t go into a maze and don’t interfere with the flow of variations, a solution will come by itself. And what’s more, it will be the most optimal solution. Optimality already lies in the structure of the information field. The thing is that cause-and-effect chains create separate streams in the flow of variations. These streams appear to be the most optimal ways in which causes and effects move. Everything exists in the space of variations, but only the optimal or the least energy-consuming variations are more likely to be realized. Nature does not waste energy for nothing. People walk on legs and not on ears. All processes strive to go along the way of least energy expenditure. Therefore, the streams of variations are organized along the path of least resistance. And it is precisely there the most optimal solutions lie. The mind, captured by pendulums, acts in their interests and is constantly getting out of the optimal streams. In other words, the mind is getting into a maze – it is looking for complicated solutions to simple problems.
All this reasoning may appear to you as be- ing excessively abstract. But you could test just how real these streams are, by applying some of the principles described in this chapter. It is truly a luxurious gift for the mind. Any problem contains coded keys to its solution. The very first key is to move along the path of least resistance. People usually look for complicated solutions, be- cause they perceive problems as obstacles. And obstacles, as you know, must be over- come with a great amount of effort. We must cultivate the habit of choosing the simplest solution to the problem that comes up.
We all have to either learn something new, or to do something that is already familiar and customary to us. The question is how can we do both the one and the other in the most effective way? The answer is so simple, that it’s really hard to believe: in accordance with the principle of going with the flow, you must try and do everything in the easiest and simplest way possible.
The most optimal variations of any actions are organized in streams. Chains of optimal cause-and-effect links form these streams. When you are making the decision to take the next step in your action, you are choosing the next link in the chain. You just need to determine which link belongs to the stream. What does a person usually do in a case like that? He makes a logical decision, which from the point of view of common sense and everyday experience appears to be the most correct one. 
The mind makes a strong-willed decision. It thinks it is able to calculate and explain everything. However, this is not the case – you can probably confirm yourself, how many times you suddenly remembered that something could be done differently, only too late. The problem is not that the mind is inattentive or it isn’t sharp enough. The mind cannot always choose the optimal variation because the cause-and-effect chains of the flow don’t always match the mind’s logical constructions.
No matter how hard you try, you will rarely choose the optimal action if you only use lo- gical conclusions. The mind is usually under the pressure of stress, troubles, depression or increased activity. In other words, pendu- lums are constantly pulling at it. Therefore, the mind is always acting forcefully and mounts a frontal attack upon the external world.
In order to choose the next chain of the flow, we need only to free ourselves from the strings of the pendulum and just obediently follow that stream. That is, we should take the balanced position and not create excess potential. In order to not create excess potential, we need to constantly monitor the level of importance.
When you are in a state of balance with the surrounding world, simply go with the flow. You will see a multitude of signs that will guide you. Let go of the situation, don’t be- come a participant, but the observing bystander. Not a slave, and not the master, but simply someone who performs actions. Order your Overseer to pull you back whenever your mind tries to make a “reasonable” strong-willed decision. Rent yourself out as a performer, while observing the work from the sidelines. Everything is a lot easier than it seems. Yield to this simpli- city. It is the mind that brings you to a wa- terfall, not the flow of variations.
For example, you have to find something you really need in a shop. But you don’t know ex- actly where this thing is. The mind will suggest the most reasonable, but often the most complicated option. You’ve gone round half the city, but in the end you find that item in a shop close to your house. If the importance of the problem had been lower, the mind would not have looked for a complicated solution.
Here’s another example. There is an entire to-do list in your hands. What should you choose to do first and what later? You don’t have to think about it. If following a specific order is not a principle you have – simply do the things you feel like doing. Move together with the flow; untie your mind from the in- fluence of the pendulums. We’re not talking about turning into a spineless little paper boat on the waves, but we’re talking about not slapping the water with your hands, when it is quite enough with strokes that are smooth, light and easy. 
I won’t continue the list of examples. You’ll make a lot of useful and amazing discoveries, if you at least for the course of one day try to go with the flow. Each time, as soon as you need to find some sort of solution, ask your- self: what’s the simplest way of looking for the solution? Choose the simplest method of looking for any solution. Whenever someone or something distracts you or leads you astray, don’t be in a hurry to actively resist or avoid it. Try to rent yourself out, and watch what happens next. Every time you need to do something, ask yourself: what is the simplest way to do this? Allow things to hap- pen in the simplest way. Every time, when someone suggests something to you or shows you their point of view, don’t be in a hurry to reject it or have an argument. Maybe your mind doesn’t understand its advantages and doesn’t see any alternatives. Activate the Overseer. At first, observe – and only then, act. Go down to the auditorium and don’t be in a hurry to establish control over the situation. Allow the game to develop as much as possible on its own, under your observation. Don’t go slapping the water with your hands. Don’t prevent your life from going with the flow, and you will see how much easier it gets. 

Transurfing. Part 33. The Flow of Variations: The Asker, the Offended and the Warrior

Transurfing 
Part 33

The Flow of Variations: The Asker, the Offended and the Warrior
There are two extremes of human behavior in life situations: to go with the flow, like a little paper boat with no will of its own, or to row against the flow, stubbornly insisting on your own way.
If somebody is just sitting around, not taking any initiative or striving to get anywhere, but just being there, then life will be directing him. In that case, that somebody becomes a puppet of the pendulums, and they determine his fate at their own discretion. When taking a stand like that, the man is refusing to choose his own destiny. His choice is to have a predetermined destiny: “let it be whatever it is” - will be. Agreeing to such a condition, the man is claiming that you can’t escape your fate. And he is entirely correct, because for him, there just happens to be a destiny like that in the space of variations. Having made this choice, a man can only helplessly complain about his fate and set his
hopes on higher powers.
Having put his destiny in others’ hands, a man moves through life on one of two paths. Moving along the first path, he can submit himself to asking for charity for living his life, appealing either to pendulums or to some sort of higher power. Pendulums force the Asker to work, and he spends his whole life cringing before them, getting only a few crumbs to live on in return. The Asker naively appeals to higher powers, but they don’t care about him.
The Asker has given away any responsibility for his own destiny, saying, “Everything is in God’s hands”. And if that is the case, then all you need to do is ask nicely, and as God is merciful, He will give it to you. “Mountains and valleys! Rivers and oceans! Oh, the sky! Oh, the earth! I bow before your power! I am filled with reverence and belief. I believe that you will help me buy my morning newspa- per!” What, was this too exaggerated of an example? Not at all, because to great higher powers, there is no difference between a morning newspaper and a grand palace – anything is possible for them. And if you didn’t get what you wanted that means, you obviously didn’t ask nice enough! Well then, carry on asking.
There is a Russian joke that goes like this. A man is lying on his couch, praying. “Oh God, help me to get rich. I know you can do it! I believe in your greatness! I put my hopes in you and your mercy!” and the Lord tells him, in vexation: “Listen, dude, you could at least buy a lottery ticket!” That is a comfortable situation: decline all responsibility for your- self and at the same time wallow in your own inner importance. What is importance doing here? The man has imagined himself to be such an important figure that he believes that God in all his majesty and mercy cares about that one person’s well-being. God has already given man too much – freedom of choice, but, due to his infantile nature, man won’t accept this gift and is thus constantly dissatisfied.
An infantile nature finds its justification in the fact that the way towards the goal is strewn with many obstacles. In fact, there is always something in the way of a man’s goal.
And that something is balancing forces and pendulums that are the result of the man’s handmade excess potential of importance. It’s like in that children’s game (see note below), “Hello there geese - geese!” – “Honk! Honk! Honk!” - “Are you hungry?” – “Yes, yes, yes!” – “Well, fly on then!” – “We can’t! The grey wolf by the mountain won’t let us get home!”
If the role of the Asker doesn’t suit, the man can choose a second path: taking the role of the Offended. That is, expressing dissatisfac- tion and demanding something that is sup- posedly his by right. The Offended, by ex- pressing his demands, is bringing even more harm to his destiny. Let’s look at another al- legory as an example of this. A man comes to a picture gallery, he doesn’t like the exhibi- tion on display, and he considers himself to have the right to express dissatisfaction. He starts stamping his feet, making threats, de- manding that they take the exhibition down, and maybe he’ll even start destroying everything around him. Naturally, there will be some kind of reprisal following his actions. The man then gets even more offended and continues to actively rant and rave: “What! They should be bending over back- wards for me!” It doesn’t occur to him that he is only a guest in this world.
From the Transurfing point of view, both the first and the second path seem completely absurd. Transurfing suggests an entirely new path: don’t ask and don’t demand, but simply go and take.
So what’s new about that? After all, this is exactly how somebody acts, having made yet another choice: my destiny is in my own hands. He begins to struggle with the world for his place under the sun. Taking a hard stand, a man is at war with the pendulums, being drawn into ongoing competition and elbowing his way forward. Basically, his entire life is a continuous struggle for existence. The man has chosen a struggle, and this alternative exists in the space of variations as well.
We already know that both humbleness as well as dissatisfaction makes us dependent on pendulums. Remember what we were talking about in the chapter about potentials of importance, and everything will become clear to you. The Asker creates a potential through his guilt and is voluntarily giving himself away into the hands of the manipu- lators. He who asks already believes that he is condemned to ask and wait – maybe someone will give him something. The Of- fended creates a potential of dissatisfaction, turns the balancing forces against himself, and is actively ruining his own fate.
The Warrior, having chosen the battle, has taken a more productive stand, but his life is hard and takes a lot of his power. No matter how much the man tries to resist, he is only getting himself more and more enveloped in the spider web. It seems to him that he is struggling for his own destiny, while in fact he is only spending his energy in vain. Some- times a man would gain a victory. But to what price! His victory is there for all to see, and everyone is once again convinced that it is definitely not easy to win the crown of vic- tory. This is how society’s opinion on how to attain goals is shaped and strengthened: in order to achieve something, you have to be persistent and work hard for it, or fight for it
courageously.
Social opinion is actually formed by pendulums. Potentials of importance serve as a buffet for pendulums. If the aim is difficult to reach it is the external importance talking. If only someone, who possesses outstanding qualities, can attain it then it is the inner im- portance talking. On the way to his aim, the man will be fleeced. Possibly, he will be al- lowed to get to the finish line. And he will be very satisfied, without understanding that he spent his energy mostly on fulfilling demands of the pendulums, and not so much on reaching his goal.
We get the following rough picture. To reach his goal, a man must wade through a crowd of beggars. They make a hubbub, block his way, and keep grasping him by the hands. The man tries to justify himself, excuse him- self, give them money, push them aside, force his way through and fight them. Finally, with great difficulty, he gets to his goal. The energy that was spent on the actual achieving of his goal is but a small part and goes only towards moving his feet in the direction of the goal. The remaining mass of energy was spent on the struggle with the persistent beggars.
Having broken the chains of pendulums the man will get his freedom. The beggars will leave him in peace and bother other people.  As you remember, in order to free yourself from the pendulums, you have to abandon internal and external importance. If you do this, obstacles on the way to your goal will simply self-destruct. Then you will be able to not ask, not demand, and not struggle, but simply to go and take. 
Now there is the question of how are we to understand the phrase “to go and take” – and what has to be done so that we can “go and take” whatever it is we want? All of the remaining parts of the book are dedicated to this question and you will soon know everything about it. So far, we have only out- lined the general strategy for choosing one’s destiny. The roles of the Asker, the Offended, and the Warrior don’t suit us. What do you think, what role does Transurfing gives the master of his destiny to play in the game called life? This is your homework.
For now, let’s look at tactical ways of behaving in life situations... 

Note:
Russian children’s game – the equivalent of several Western chasing games e.g. “The Game of It”. The point in the game is to avoid the big bad wolf. In this context, the wolf, of course, represents the obstacles on the way to one’s goal. (tr.)