Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success

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If you don’t conform to this law, and If you disregard the notion of the “Other Self” you’ll be left in blindness. It’s impossible to galvanize a person into action, who espouses beliefs that are limiting human creativity. This show is part of the Carnival of Shadows season, celebrating 20 years of Khan’s company. In that time he has gone from an audaciously talented young dancer, creating a new language combining kathak and contemporary dance, to a globally in-demand choreographer, making experimental dance-theatre that premieres at the big European festivals. Reworking myths is his prime pursuit and, with dramaturg Ruth Little, the method seems to be to peel away layers of theme or narrative with the aim of leaving something raw underneath. I can best define the word “drift” by saying that people who think for themselves never drift, while those who do little or no thinking for themselves are drifters.” Rule #3: Analyze temporary defeat, no matter what nature or cause, and extract from it the seed of an equivalent advantage.

Harmony (acting with definiteness of purpose to become the dominating influence in your own mental) spiritual and physical environment) But to what end? Well, who knows. Outwitting the Devil is inspired by the 4,000-year-old epic of Gilgamesh, about a demigod seeking immortality after the death of his friend and failing to achieve it. Gilgamesh, we assume, is the white-haired François Testory (a one-time dancer with Lindsay Kemp) and represented in his older years. Perhaps at one point he’s also Jessop. Is that body on the floor Gilgamesh’s friend Enkidu or the guardian of the cedar forest? Maybe no actor is meant to be anyone in particular. Bharata natyam dancer Mythili Prakash certainly looks like a powerful god. What there seems to be is death, grief, screams, some animals, a man who looks like he’s melting and a continually shifting sense of action and identity. Later in the book, Hill explains how drifting eventually turns into a “hypnotic rhythm,” which keeps people busy with trivialities, and over time, drifting becomes permanent. Harmony (acting with definiteness of purpose to become the dominating influence in your own mental, spiritual and physical environment.)The gist of the book: Don't drift through life or the devil will control you. In fact, he already controls 98% of the population!

Controlling environmental influence. Who you hang out with matters. What your room looks like matters. Rule #4: Be willing to render useful service equivalent to the value of all material things you demand of life and render the service first. Kids should make a decision fast and then not change it easily. (As if a kid's first inclination is the best! Yikes!) When Hill told Carnegie that he planned to enter law school and interview successful people to earn money on the side, the business magnate made an odd request. Why couldn’t Hill just interview people full time? Both the successes and the failures? Carnegie was convinced people needed to learn not so much from books, but from others who’d gone through “the school of life.” Mastery over self : Hill stresses the importance of self-discipline and taking control of one's thoughts, emotions, and actions. By mastering oneself, an individual can resist the Devil's efforts to exploit their weaknesses and fears.Take the reins confidently, don't drift later. Many have definitiveness of purpose, but lose sight and drift after success. So, during these two years away from the insanity that had become "home," I have been floundering a bit, but also climbing forward. To think my own thoughts...to be a Don Quixote for my own beliefs...to make decisions and accept the consequences along with awareness of involved dynamics and effects upon others, to risk applying different techniques, and to decrease my need for the approval of others. This isn't to say that I no longer find camaraderie of like minded souls important, but I can keep my own counsel and engage in reflective contemplation with a sense of something greater than the smaller me.

Mastery over self. Discipline equals freedom. If you’re driven by impulse all your life, you’ll go nowhere, like a drifter.We came to this world free of this fear only to learn it along the way. The more we fear ill health the more we succumb to the authorities ways of how we must live. Everything begins to set us off, and we become addicted to fear and suffering leading to health anxiety. Learning from adversity (don't give up after small temporary defeats, learn something and keep going) In 1908, he met Andrew Carnegie (one of the world’s wealthiest people throughout history) and expressed a desire to enroll in Law School.