OLIVER SHIFLISH - LESS FEAR MORE HAPPINESS (sample)
First three chapters of the book.
First three chapters of the book.
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In fact, the tree is surrounded by a wall of ignorance.<br />
And it is this that we must break through, by finding the<br />
right method, the right antidote. Just as in using the right<br />
antibiotic we may swiftly overcome the infection. Or by<br />
using the appropriate stain remover we may get rid of a<br />
stain. Or by using a proper wrench we are able to loosen<br />
a seized screw. We must find the right tool to pull down<br />
this wall of ignorance.<br />
I feel that you already know the answer… Yes! The right<br />
and the only antidote is THE KNOWLEDGE.<br />
We learned early in our life that by pressing a switch on<br />
the wall, there would be light in the room; or by striking a<br />
match against a matchbox, there would be a flame; or by<br />
turning the pedals, our bicycle would move. By learning<br />
and accumulating knowledge, we see that wall of ignorance<br />
slowly diminish, and we are able to start cutting, uprooting<br />
the tree, the root of all our sufferings. In so doing we<br />
witness our happiness as more stable than ever before.<br />
Here is another example from my life with wider<br />
implications than the previous one (much wider).<br />
I am a film-producer and distributor of films in Hungary<br />
and in the last twenty years I have presented over 300 films<br />
in cinemas. At one Cannes Film Festival, I bought the right<br />
to distribute a film called “Intervention Divine” made by a<br />
Palestinian director. While I was preparing to distribute the<br />
film in cinemas, I received a phone call from my friend who<br />
was the head of another film distribution house. He asked<br />
me if I was not afraid to distribute the film in Hungary.<br />
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