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While watching the “Wonderful Tale of Henry Sugar,” something struck me. (What struck me?)
The director and writer, Wes Anderson, as much as he showed his vibrant mind, also helped us with free game. (What free game?)
The movie’s story revolves around a man who can see without his eyes, Imran Khan.
There is no trick to it, no special magician secret, just years of training and hard work.
But what sort of training would produce such talent?
Well, Imran Khan, at 17, meets a Yogi in chaotic circumstances.
The Yogi throws a rock at him, injures him, and then apologizes.
To compensate for his pointless anger, the Yogi offers to teach Imran Khan one vital secret so that he could sit in the air like him.
The Yogi’s words:
“The mind is a scattered thing. It concerns itself with thousands of different items at once.
Things you see around you. Things you hear and smell.
Things you think about. Things you try not to think about.
You must learn to concentrate such that you can visualise at will one item, one item only, and nothing else.
If you work hard enough, you may be able to concentrate your conscious mind on any one object you select for approximately three and one-half minutes.
This may take about twenty years of diligent, daily effort.”
“Twenty years?” You may have cried, but Imran Khan took up this daily task, at least for fifteen minutes, devoting time to a single picturable thought of his younger brother who had died of a disease.
The Yogi’s words:
“It is impossible. Try it and see. Shut your eyes and think of something. Try it for 15 seconds, distractions will come.”
I will not go into spoilers or tell you how Imran Khan saw without his eyes.
But I will release a secret I have experienced in my own living.
There are two things that gravitate a person to success.
One is the ability to make a decision, have faith in it, and stand by it to trenches end.
The second is the ability to develop a focused mind that never wavers. (People call this single-mindedness.)
You need an unshakable centre, a sureness in yourself, a belief in what you’re trying to achieve. You need to have this strength to stand against the storms of disruption.
Hence, focus is a need. Single-minded focus.
This is your reminder if you need one, that uncertainty will come, that distractions are usual, but if you’re able to shun it for three and one-half minutes. Nothing beyond coincidences will stop you.
Have a blessed day. With love from the AprilCentaur.