Category: Book

Continue meditating in the back of your mind as I tell you about the opera singer I met last night. He lives on the same floor as my friend who’s place I’m staying at this week in SF. He showed me his place, which was fabulously decorated. He offered me a Manhattan – my drink of choice on the rare occasion when I have a mixed drink and his favorite as well and the only one he has the alcohol to make. I declined and we drank tonic water instead. We talked about his Opera singing days and the high price of real estate in SF – units like his sell for half a million dollars, which is actually not too bad. Twenty-eight years prior when he bought they were selling for $70,000. I may take him up on his Manhattan offer tomorrow.

2015-0831M 0800 @ SF Coach (Eulinda the driver)

Did you meditate long enough to feel the probabilities change? Or do you think of me as an alcoholic who can never say no to one more drink? Or maybe you think since I gained respect for the “one more drink” question, that I’m normally a light drinker and last night I had one too many – thus gaining respect. Or maybe my respect cam from observing how alcohol affected my friend, who was with me and texted me the next morning that he was still drunk.

What other possibilities did you think of? All of these possibilities exist as parallel universes that interact and interfere to cause you to feel different probabilities as you continue thinking about it.

I’ve now finished my shrimp and grits, the speciality at Brenda’s where the waitresses are all wearing Brenda’s-branded shirts with “Kiss My Grits” on the back.  New Orleans Jazz is playing.

2015-0830Su afternoon @ Brenda’s

How do you think I answered? Keep this question in mind as I give you more back story. Notice how the certainty of my answer changes. Assign a percent chance to “No, No, No” and a percent chance to “Yes, Yes, Yes”. If you want to challenge yourself, also assign probabilities to any mixed answers like “Yes, Yes, No” or “No, No, Yes”.

As I disclose more information, of course  your probabilities will change. This is good for you to notice, but it is not quantum sensing. It is making a prediction or educated guess based on available information. Instead, pause after reading each bit of backstory and notice how the probabilities change as you think about them. Before turning the page, meditate now about how I answered my three “one more drink?” questions …

2015-0830Su afternoon @ Brenda’s SF

I didn’t realize it at the time, but it is obvious to me now that yesterday I quantum sensed eight hours into the future. When I wrote yesterday about “thinking of one more drink”, I wasn’t sure why that example popped into my head. Had I written it with a pencil, I would have erased it. It didn’t seem to fit and I didn’t have an appreciation for how “one more drink” could affect the future on the same level as starting or ending a relationship. I now see how it did fit. I also see that had I realized it fit yesterday, or even had I paid attention to my “should I write it or should I not” thoughts, last night would have played out much differently. Three times last night I was faced with the question “Should I have one more drink?” and each time I answered …

2015-0830Su afternoon @ Brenda’s French Soul Food, SF

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

This is a question that can affect your futures. Whether you are on a first date, a last date, or thinking of one more drink, how you answer, and more importantly how you actually act, has universe opening possibilities – and universe closing possibilities.

With your “I do” and “I don’t” lists, write down characteristics of the two sets of universes. This is not to be a pro/con list. Just write whatever is true and consistent with each set of universes, focusing on those things that are important to you and different between the two sets of universes.

Wow! I just had this question right now in more than one way! I’m at top of Coit tower sitting on the wall and it is starting to get chilly. As much as I enjoy the view, it’s time to walk down …

2015-0828F 2100 @ SF, 0829S 1400 @ Coit Tower, SF