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The Palace of Possibilities

Using EFT to achieve one's potential

In this Section 10...

• The Palace of Possibilities 25--Who's doing the judging?
• The Palace of Possibilities 26--I'm a puppet
• The Palace of Possibilities 27--Members respond
• The Palace of Possibilities 28--TV Techniques

The Palace of Possibilities 25--Who's doing the judging?

Hi Everyone,

I love the spirit on this list.

Recently I was challenged with back channel messages regarding my "position" about the "sexual messages" contained within my story about Gramma Effie and Uncle Charlie (Palace #23). This is particularly interesting because the "sexual messages" were totally unintended and were, to me, a very minor part of that article. Nonetheless, they bubbled up to the top as a big deal for some. While many Members appreciated the larger points made (thank you, thank you), others sent challenges my way. I love challenges. That's how we learn. They make us think. Here's one of the challenges. It was written by "Millie."

With a thank you to Millie and all the other Millie's who responded, I wish to explore this challenge and reveal within it one of my greatest personal lessons regarding the Palace of Possibilities. Interestingly, that lesson has nothing to do with sex.

Please recall that among the consistent themes within the Palace is that we are constantly consulting the writing on our walls. That writing is our version of the "truth" about how this world works. It is the filter through which we evaluate everything we see, hear, feel, etc. This goes for what we read as well.

Since no two people have identical writing on their walls it is no wonder that differences of opinion abound. It is well known, for example, that two people witnessing the same accident will give substantially different accounts of what happened EVEN THOUGH THE ACTUAL FACTS ARE IDENTICAL FOR EACH PERSON.

I used to judge other people who had different opinions and behaviors than mine. I still do but I'm getting much better at recognizing that what I am judging is not the person. Rather, I AM JUDGING THE WRITING ON THEIR WALLS. It isn't the person at all. Rather, it is the unique sets of beliefs they carry around, most of which would make a great script for a Broadway comedy. More importantly, it isn't even me who is doing the judging. It is the writing on my walls (another comedy) that is judging the comedy on someone else's walls. Two people in disagreement appear to be disagreeing with each other. Not so. The disagreement is a clash between the different "stuff" they each bought into over the years and hold as the "truth." This is the lesson I mentioned earlier. Once digested, it is very transforming. Very freeing.

To me, that revelation is simultaneously simple and stunning. It is simple because it is obvious. We all carry around loads of beliefs that were written on our walls by our parents, teachers, peers, religious leaders, TV, radio, books, etc. These beliefs are important to us because we use them to make sense of our world. They are the thumbs we suck--our blankies--and we often defend them with vigor and viciousness. We even fight wars over them. This is true even though most of these beliefs aren't really ours. They were simply written on our walls by others and we bought them. We have been waving their flags ever since.

The revelation is stunning because within it is a major step toward emotional freedom. The behavior of others is directly influenced by the comedies written on their walls and our reactions to them often contain a reflection of our own comedies, When we truly get that, our emotional load lightens and we can then sit back and sigh humorously.

It took me a long time to come to that place and I must admit that I am not totally there. But when I am able to sit back and enjoy the comedy (especially my own contribution to it), my own sense of spiritual peace is greatly magnified. It isn't a given person who yanks my yo-yo. It's what is written on their walls. What a relief to recognize that the only "disagreement" we have is between two fiction novels each of which was written by thousands of independent authors most of whom don't even know each other and none of whom is aware of the overall plot. Chuckles are in order, not judgment.

Now back to Millie, Gramma Effie and Uncle Charlie. When I first read Millie's remarks the writing on my walls went something like....

"Oh come on! Get a life! The point I was trying to make had nothing to do with Gramma Effie being charming or Uncle Charlie being shallow. It was all about the role REPETITION and EMOTION play in establishing our beliefs."

So, I instantly judged Millie. For the moment I thought it was poor, misguided, defective Millie who couldn't see the obvious (the "truth," as depicted in my story). That was just the writing on my walls talking to me, of course. It was the yadda, yadda, yadda of my ego. Gramma Effie was at one extreme in sexual attitude and Uncle Charlie was at the other. But both were simply minor players in a much larger story about how others put their writing on our walls. How, I thought, could Millie see it any other way? Besides, I don't know how Millie could accurately claim she "changed back to Gramma Effie's ways" since Gramma Effie's sex life was non-existent. Also, Gramma Effie was not charming. She was a very sour, mentally ill lady who thought sex was dirty. Uncle Charlie, on the other hand, was one of the warmest, easy-to-know fellas you would ever want to meet.

However, Millie comes from a place that is important to her and for me to judge her response is totally inappropriate, not to mention inaccurate. I don't know what has been written on her sexual walls. I don't what what kinds of sexual experiences, training or traumas she may have had (she doesn't know mine, Gramma Effie's or Uncle Charlie's either). There is much that I don't know and for either of us to form any sort of accurate judgment is pure folly. It's not only a spiritual no-no, it's just plain impossible.

So, after my initial judgment, I let out a humorous sigh (directed at my own response) and sat back to write this. It was easy to do after recognizing that the only thing going on in Millie's message was that the writing on her walls was judging the writing on mine. It wasn't personal. It only seemed that way. The writing on her walls is no more qualified to judge the writing on mine than is the writing on my walls qualified to judge hers. It's okay for either of us to get worked up about this "disagreement" but, if we do, the experience is ours and ours alone.

Sex is an emotionally charged issue. It is important to us and people manage to endow this marvelous experience with everything from free wheeling pleasure to guilt & shame. The Gramma Effies and Uncle Charlies of the world represent the extremes. Both attitudes are written on just about everyone's walls along with everything in between. The version we dance to is the result of our own experiences and "realities." No version is right or wrong unless we insist that it be so. Millie states that sex is "a special, if not sacred moment between 2 people of commitment." That is the way she (and many others) experience it. It is not the right way or the wrong way. It is her way. To others, sex is a first class biological tee-hee and that's all. Both positions, and everything in between, are influenced by the writings on one's walls.

Our consistent thoughts become our realities.

Hugs, Gary

P.S. There are some truths, of course, that are so universally obvious that they transcend the writings on our walls. Those who don't love Elvis, for example, are truly defective ;-)

The Palace of Possibilities 26--I'm a puppet

Hi Everyone,

More comments have come my way as a result of the last few installments of the Palace of Possibilities. Some positive. Some negative. I heard from many who felt that Millie was misrepresented or downplayed and that I was "too casual" about Uncle Charlie's sexual "advice." They tell me I should have been more sensitive regarding sexual issues because, to some (particularly those who responded in this vein), the subject is quite loaded. Further, I didn't understand where Millie was coming from and totally missed her point. Further still, I apparently don't know what it is like be on the wrong end of negative sexual experiences.

Right on! True! Yes! I agree!

And that is the point. Everything you read here is a reflection of what is written on my walls. Interwoven within my comments are my experiences, attitudes, beliefs and all the other contributors to the consistent thoughts that have become my reality. They are different from yours, of course, because I have had different experiences than you. They are the filters through which I write, speak and perceive the world. I don't perceive the world through your filters, I perceive it through mine. I must do this. I have no choice. That is why things I say "casually" about sex or anything else will be perceived by some to be out of bounds.

While I can listen to your experiences and try to understand, I must ultimately rely on what's written on my walls to make sense of what you are telling me. You must do the same. What other choice do you have? As you read this you are either agreeing or disagreeing with me. You may be saying Yippee! or Yuck! But whatever you are saying, IT ISN'T YOU THAT IS SAYING IT!!! It is the writing on your walls that is speaking. Everything you read, hear or perceive in any fashion is always compared to your version of the "truth" that is written on your walls. Our perceptions are the outward projections of our inner states. They are our own personal "inside jobs" most of which were contributed to by those "authorities" in our lives whom we allowed to write stuff on our walls.

Many people find my writings to be inspirational and highly useful. Others find them arrogant. Yet the words are exactly the same for everyone who reads them. Interesting, eh? The only thing that could account for the different perceptions is what the reader brings to the page. People's different versions of what I write is a reflection of their own "truths" that have been written on their walls. If my "truths" coincide with theirs, then I am wise and brilliant. If they don't, then I am insensitive, arrogant, etc. So it goes.

Therein lies a useful point--in fact, therein lies the centerpiece of the Palace of Possibilities. Our consistent thoughts become our reality. The writing on our walls heavily influences the way we see the world. This is especially true for the writing that was put there with heavy EMOTIONAL content. Strong negative experiences of any kind (including sexual ones) are understandably front and center for those who have experienced them. They are written on their walls in capital letters. They say LOOKOUT! BE CAREFUL! DON'T GET HURT! and words to that effect. They act as sensitive filters and are quickly brought to the surface. They color the world for these people who are quick to focus on "their issue" even when it is brought up as a minor statement within a larger story.

This is not to be criticized, by the way, it is to be OBSERVED. Therein lies a major lesson within the Palace of Possibilities, namely, ALL DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN PEOPLE ARE DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE WRITINGS ON THEIR WALLS. That is a very freeing concept. It doesn't mean we excuse everything and explain it all away. It means we can understand where others are coming from and, more importantly, it means we can understand where WE are coming from. I, for one, consider myself to be a puppet whose personality is shaped by the puppeteer (the writings on my walls). The only difference is that I have some control over what is written there. Fortunately, I learned this lesson early in life and have been purposely writing better things on my walls for many years. We all have that choice and, with EFT, we have an indispensable tool for getting rid of the "old stuff" that has been written there in capital letters.

More next time.

Hugs, Gary

The Palace of Possibilities 27--Members respond

Hi Everyone,

In recent times, many Members have written me with questions and comments on some of the more current articles. Here they are, together with my responses. I am disguising names and identities where I think appropriate.

GC RESPONSE: Interesting question. What is left after we eliminate all the fears, guilt, trauma and other negative writings on our walls? What would we become if we had no grievances and looked beyond our bodily incarnations to "another way of being?" Would we approach the ultimately loving and peaceful state that virtually every spiritual discipline points to as our birthright? Hmmmm.

GC RESPONSE: I am a great believer in reframes and those who attended our advanced EFT seminar, "Steps toward becoming The Ultimate Therapist," or have seen our advanced videos of the same name, will know what I mean.

The Palace of Possibilities, if you think about it, is a grand metaphor within which many reframes are possible. Developed within the Palace metaphor are sub-metaphors/reframes such as

(1) emotional dungeons,
(2) the rooms we choose to live in,
(3) the walls of those rooms (made of cellophane),
(4) the writing on our walls (made of chalk),
(5) erase & replace,
(6) the Palace Penthouse and many others.

As experienced EFT'ers will attest, reframes are much easier to use AFTER tapping. The tapping often produces profound cognition changes and effective reframes merely plug into the client's new beliefs. This gives them better recognition for their new healing.

To me, relationships are an important arena for healing. The metaphor that all of our disagreements are simply between the writings on our walls (much of it fictional) is a major aid toward seeing someone else differently. After all, what is left but love if we truly recognize that the "other person's" aggravating traits are merely the movies playing in their heads? Then, when we truly recognize that we are doing the same thing (but with a different movie) we can let down those seemingly important defenses and touch one another on a more loving level.

GC RESPONSE: Of course. Nowhere within the Palace principles do we excuse or condone such behaviors. The idea that we respond to, and are shaped by, the writings on our walls is a metaphor to explain what we do, not to excuse it. It would be totally inappropriate, for example, to pat a serial murderer on the back and send him/her off into the world saying, "Oh well! No bother. It's just the writing on your walls that causes you to commit all those murders. It's not really you. Go forth and be yourself."

Sonia, your concerns are well taken. Those committing atrocities around the world are to be stopped. Our current means for doing this, however, include war, prisons and other "eye for an eye" methods. Over many centuries it has become clear that these methods do not solve the problem in the longer term. All of our societies are still riddled with murder, robbery and rape despite the harsh penalties.

I'm not saying that we should throw these penalties away. No indeed. I do suggest, however, that these people are acting out of beliefs, fears and other writings on their walls and that is what is motivating their behaviors. This needs to be recognized and dealt with as a primary cause if we are to ultimately bring peace to the world. With our new energy therapies we have now have a tool that will take us another useful step in this direction. One of my main motivations behind EFT involves Touching the World by unloading the emotional ballast weighing on our citizenry. Peace is at the end of it.

GC RESPONSE: A Course In Miracles is a set of spiritual readings which I have avidly studied for the last 13 years. While there is a Christian setting to it, its principles are clearly non-denominational. Readers of all faiths have gained value from it. I mention this because the Course (as it is called) is written all over my walls and, quite naturally, you will find many of its concepts within my words.

GC RESPONSE: That reframe works for me too. I find it much easier to put my own stuff (and others' stuff too) in perspective when I realize where most of it comes from. It's easier to find peace and resolution when we tune out the yadda yadda yadda that is written on our walls. The writing is in chalk and the walls are made of cellophane. This, to me, is a useful stepping stone into spiritual realizations.

GC RESPONSE: Well said.

GC RESPONSE: Thanks for this example. What's interesting here is that each of the reviewers were commenting on the exact same facts. It was about the identical interview and the identical writing in the book. Please correct me if I am wrong but, the way I see it, the only possible reason for the differing interpretations was the different filters through which each of the reviewers saw the material. They were each exposed to the same material and then compared it with the existing writings on their walls. Their individual writings contained their personalilzed version of the "truth" about all this and they responded accordingly with their "opinions."

You, on the other hand, were listening to all those "opinions." Which of them is true? Interesting question. Let me suggest that you will find true those opinions which match the writings on your walls. The others will be discarded or met with disgust. Further, some of those opinions which meet with your disgust will be heralded and embraced by others. So who's "right?" Who knows? It all depends on what is written on one's walls. That is the ultimate source from which we make sense of our world. Our beliefs reside there and, in a very real way, so does our sense of security. Sillysville, I suggest. Yet that is what we do and it all seems so very important--so very real. Within that recognition is a great sense of freedom. At least that's what it says here on my walls :-)

What a trip!

GC RESPONSE: Thank you...and you are not responsible for what I see, either. Isn't that a relief? You can, however, help others to see that many of their "limits," grievances, etc. are useless inside jobs.

Hugs to all, Gary

The Palace of Possibilities 28--TV Techniques

Hi Everyone,

Let's look a little deeper into this idea that REPETITION and EMOTION are major players in writing influential writing on our walls. As stated earlier, the advertising industry has capitalized on this phenomenon in a big way. They spend billions in this very successful endeavor. It's obvious. It's common sense. Yet, how many of us "advertise to ourselves" through REPETITION and EMOTION? Jane Holmes-Roughton put it quite succinctly in this recent message to me...

So why not borrow from the obvious? Why not emulate the advertising successes that are right before us every day? Why not do for ourselves (for free) what the advertising business spends billions of dollars to do every year?

Here's how I brought this up in my How to Drive Your Own Bus seminar. I am quoting it below word for word EXCEPT that I have adjusted it to use the "writing on your walls" metaphor instead of the one involving the passengers on your bus.

FROM A PREVIOUS SEMINAR

Gary: Now comes one of the really fun parts of this day....TV Techniques. This is actually a form of doing affirmations that I'm treating separately. It's another way to build affirmations into your mind and have fun doing it.

Advertisers spend $billions on repetition and emotion to do one thing...put their writing on your walls. They do so because it works. Why not use the same techniques to "advertise to yourself?" First, I'm going to give you a little background. TV advertisers spend billions of dollars to do one thing. What is that?

Man: Brainwash me.

Gary: Brainwash you. Yes. They are trying to put their writing on your walls. They spend billions to do that. And there's only one reason they do so...because it works. I asked you earlier and I'll ask you again, how many can finish this sentence? Winston tastes good like a ...

Audience: Cigarette should.

Gary: That ad hasn't been on TV for 20 years. How do you spell relief? R-O-L...

Audience: A-I-D-S

Gary: Things go better with...

Audience: Coke.

Gary: The night belongs to...

Audience: Michelob

Gary: Michelob. Not that kind of a light. I said I want a...

Audience: Bud Light.

Gary: Bud Light.

TV advertising is designed to smother you with repetition and emotion. Over and over again they repeat these things. And any time they can put emotion into it, they will. How about this one? You deserve a break today at ....

Audience: McDonald's.

Gary: Yes, and think of that ad when you see it. Typically, the whole staff of McDonald's is out in the front and they're all singing to you. The cooks and the bottlewashers and the waiters and everyone, right? You get the sense that it's a fun place to be. So, whether you like McDonald's food or not you probably recognize it as an emotionally fun place to be and it's probably clean and it's probably a number of positive things like that. It's all done, of course, to entice you to go to McDonald's.

And that's all done by advertising....repetition and emotion.

Now, there's a form of advertising that I particularly like, at least for our purposes. Earlier I asked you to finish this sentence, "Winston tastes good like a......" which is the spoken form of that advertisement. The other form is a song form. How many remember this? [Gary sings] "Winston tastes good like a [clap, clap] cigarette should." [Hands raised] Remember that? Which one has more impact? The spoken one or the song?

Audience: The song.

Gary: Yes. Why?

Audience: It is uplifting.

Gary: Of course. Music has a beat to it. It has a cadence. Do you sing songs to yourself, by the way? Do you have favorite songs? Do you sing them in your head sometimes? [Audience nods yes] Sure, and you probably sing the words that came with the songs originally. Make up your own jingles. Put your affirmations into your favorite songs. Advertise to yourself.

Why not put the words to your affirmations with your favorite songs? See, that is a way to advertise to yourself with cadence and rhythm and music. It is a marvelous way to embed your affirmations into your system. It's fun to do. You can change the words all you want. You can change the songs all you want. I want to do something here. [Gary picks up his guitar] I want to sing a song for you that might qualify as "jingle-ish." See if you recognize this song. I think most of you have heard it. [Gary strums guitar and sings]

"Old MacDonald had a farm. Ee-ii-ee-ii-o."

"And on this farm he had some"

Audience: Ducks.

Gary: Ducks. Ee-ii-ee-ii-o. Now, I'm sure you all know the rest of these words so sing them with me, will you?

With a quack quack here. And a quack quack there.
Here a quack and there a quack. Everywhere a quack quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm. Ee-ii-ee-ii-o.

And on the farm he had some...

Audience: Pigs.

Gary/Audience: Pigs.

With an oink oink here. And an oink oink there.
Here an oink. There an oink. Everywhere an oink oink.
A quack quack here. A quack quack there.
Here a quack, there a quack. Everywhere a quack quack.
Old MacDonald had a farm. Ee-ii-ee-ii-o.

Well, you may or may not like that particular song but it is a song that you know and it does have a bouncy little rhythm to it and some good jingle qualities.

To give you the idea of this, we are going to put some affirmations to that song. Please turn to page 17 and you will see some alternate words. The first set of words is "My consistent thoughts become my reality." Sing it with me....

My consistent thoughts become my reality.
With a thought thought here and a thought thought there.
Here a thought. There a thought. Everywhere a thought thought.
My consistent thoughts become my reality.

Now, that's a fun song, isn't it?. It can be a fun way to do your affirmations.

Let me ask you something. If you sing that song to yourself when you are driving and during dead time and so on, what would that do to your thinking process? What do you think? Who can tell me?

Audience: Reinforce it.

Gary: It would reinforce it. Of course. What else would it do? You would be more aware of what?

Audience: Of your thoughts.

Gary: Of what you are thinking. That's absolutely right. See, if you keep embedding "My consistent thoughts become my reality," you'll start noticing the quality of your thoughts. It will also activate your antenna.

It will cause you to see the link between your thoughts and what is going on in your world. Very important. If I could give you a requirement from this seminar, it would be to sing that song frequently throughout the day. It would give you an invaluable awareness of where your thoughts are taking you. Let's sing it one more time.

Gary/Audience:

My consistent thoughts become my reality.
With a thought thought here and a thought thought there.
Here a thought. There a thought. Everywhere a thought thought.
My consistent thoughts become my reality.

Gary: Good. Let's put other words to it. [Still on page 17] This one happens to be for income. Notice I put there 7K a month. You could say 7 thou a month if you want. That may or may not be your goal. That's okay. This is just to give you the idea. Put your own number in, 10 or 3 or 15 or whatever is realistically possible for you. Here we go.

Gary/Audience:

I earn seven K a month, very easily.
With a dollar dollar here. And a dollar dollar there.
Here a dollar. There a dollar. Everywhere a dollar dollar.
I earn seven K a month, very easily.

Gary: Now, this is kind of fun, isn't it? See, if you keep putting in your mind, "I earn 7K a month," or whatever your number is, and you do it consistently, your system begins to get a different idea about who you are. You are going to start gradually, like a growing child, growing in the direction of earning $7,000 per month. After awhile, you will look back and that $3,000 a month doesn't make it. That isn't you anymore.

Vicky: What do you do if you don't want to limit yourself to a certain amount. You just really want to get all you can?

Gary: I suggest that you be specific, at first. Don't call it a limit because you can always raise it. Once you have achieved seven, for example, you could always go to ten and then to fifteen and on up from there. But when you say something nonspecific like, "I make lots of money," you have no way to measure your progress, do you? What is lots of money? You see. You want to make it specific wherever you can.

Now here's one I use myself. "I'm an example of vibrant health." Do that one with me.

Gary/Audience:

I'm an example of vibrant health. Just look at me go.
With a vibe vibe here and a vibe vibe there.
Here a vibe. There a vibe. Everywhere a vibe vibe.
I'm an example of vibrant health. Just look at me go.

Gary: Good. Now, that's all to Old MacDonald Had A Farm. If you like the song, put your own affirmations to it. There's no rule, however, that you need to use that song. Use your favorite song...one that you sing often anyway.

I happen to have a song that I love to sing. I've always enjoyed it. It's called In The Early Morning Rain. How many have heard that song? [Hands are raised] Oh, that's a number of you. For those who haven't, let me just sing some of the opening bars to it. Then I'll tell you what I do with it.

In the early morning rain, with a dollar in my hand.
And an achin' in my heart and my pockets full of sand.

I love that song. I sing it all the time anyway. As long as it's going to echo in head, I might as well put my own words to it. So, I put several of my own personal affirmations in there. "I'm an example of vibrant health," is one. That's very important to me as you can tell. I mentioned it many times. "I make a difference where ever I go." That relates to my connection with you and these seminars. "My harmony with Adrienne creates a symphony you know." That's my relationship with Adrienne. Those are all nice affirmations so I put them all together into this song.

Gary sings:

I'm an example of vibrant health. I make a difference where ever I go.
My harmony with Adrienne, creates a symphony you know.

Adrienne loves that, by the way.

I've always enjoyed Elvis Presley. You may not remember the first song that Elvis Presley ever recorded. It was not Heartbreak Hotel or Hound Dog or any of the songs you are used to. It was called That's All Right Mama. How many remember that? [Hands raised] I love that song. I sing it in my mind, "That's all right mama."

Now, I'm going to sing this song but I dare not do so without somehow paying tribute to Elvis. That's not easy for me to do because I don't look like him. And I don't wiggle like him. And I don't sing like him. But there is one thing I can do that he did. And that's give you an Elvis "lip." [Gary does an Elvis sneer]

Audience: [Laughter]

Gary: Remember that? Here's the song.

Well, that's all right mama. That's all right for you.
That's all right mama, just any way you do.
Well, that's all right. That's all right.
Well, that's all right, now mama. Any way you do.

[To Adrienne] Adrienne, please come up here for a second and sit right here next to me.

Since I enjoy this song, I have developed some affirmations to put with it. One of my goals is personal peace. I want to look beyond the aggravations in this world. I really want to see peace and harmony in everything and everyone that I see. That is very important to me. So, I have an affirmation that says "Peace is my companion. Forgiveness is my friend. Health is my example and my talks are in demand." That is several affirmations all in one song, right?

Adrienne: [Now on stage] If I choke on this, you're going to have to save me.

Gary: Okay. Are you nervous?

Adrienne: Yes. I'm not the speaker.

Gary: Okay. But anyway, we'll be driving in the car and she'll be sitting beside me and all of a sudden one of us will start singing. Then the other chimes in. Let's give them our little duet.

Adrienne: Okay.

Gary/Adrienne sing:

Peace is my companion. Forgiveness is my friend.
Health is my example and our talks are in demand.
That's how it is. That's how it is.
Peace is my companion. Forgiveness is my friend.

[Applause] Do you get the idea of it? See, that's a fun song. You may not like that particular song of Elvis' but I really do. And I sing it anyway. So I might as well put my affirmations to it.

What do you suppose repeatedly singing that song does to my thinking process? Do I start to notice peace out there more often? Do I gravitate in that direction? Sure. For example, when I witness criticism of someone else I tend to think, "Well, where's the peace in that? That person shouldn't be criticized. Maybe they need some help. I wonder what would be useful here?" I start thinking peace generating thoughts because I keep singing to myself, "Peace is my companion, Forgiveness is my friend."

Another song, turn to page 18. That's Amore. Dean Martin. Remember that song?

Audience: Oh, yes.

Gary: The original words are on the top of the page. Let's sing them, okay?

Gary/Audience sing:

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore.
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, you're in love.
When you walk in a dream, and you know you're not dreaming, senore.
'Scusa me, but you see back in old Napoli, that's amore."

Gary: For those of you with a weight issue. [From page 18]

As my scale goes around and says 1-3-0-pounds.....

Gary/Audience:

As the scale rolls around and says 1-3-0 pounds, that's a'normal.
As my clothes feel so loose on my little caboose, I'm so trim.
When I walk in a room, all the heads they keep turning towards me.
'Scusa me, but you see, with this slender body, I'm so gorgeous.

Gary: The use of affirmations is an extraordinarily powerful thing. But you must stay on the track. If you don't find a way to stay on the track, you will get derailed. That story has been told countless times. So....try putting your affirmations to your favorite songs. There's a beat. There's a cadence. There's rhythm. Repetition and emotion. Very powerful.

Hugs to all, Gary

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