5 GOLD KEYS

FOR PRACTICAL LIFE MAGIC

SHAFIN DE ZANE
 What Are All These People
Talking About?
From  Pam  Lang
Certi/ied  Holistic  Health  Coach/Hypnotherapist.  San  Francisco,  California

Thank  you  Sha+in,  I  really  enjoyed  the  5  Gold  Keys.

As  a  long-­‐time  student  of  yours,  I  feel  blessed  to  have  you  

there  to  help  guide  me  through  each  of  these  steps  when  I  (so  
frequently)  forget  my  way.  

This  ebook  very  clearly  outlines  the  steps  required  to  +ind-­‐
ing  what  we're  all  looking  for  -­‐  freedom.

The  challenge  along  the  way  for  most  of  us  is  remember-­‐
ing,  then  observing  and  learning  when  to  be  patient  and  
when  to  take  action.    Most  of  us  have  spent  so  much  of  our  
lives  in  a  state  of  sleepwalking,  it  can  be  hard  to  stay  focused  
when  the  "dragons"  cross  our  paths.

The  only  thing  missing  from  this  article  is  a  BIG  HUGE  reminder  to  us  all  that  we  don't  
have  to  go  through  it  alone.    Help  is  there,  we  just  need  to  reach  out  and  ask  for  it  in  the  form  
of  a  coach  that  can  help  us  see  things  we're  not  able  to  see  on  our  own  because  we're  too  in-­‐
volved  or  too  close  to  the  situation.  

I  want  to  thank  you  Sha+in.    Not  only  for  this  e-­‐book  and  all  the  other  tools  you've  cre-­‐
ated  through  the  years  to  help  us  along  this  path,  but  for  being  there  to  personally  help  
guide  me  when  I  lose  site.  You've  helped  me  achieve  things  that  I  never  would  have  been  
able  to  SEE  on  my  own,  let  alone  ACHIEVE.

When  I  originally  signed  on  to  your  VIP  program  for  a  year,  you  helped  me  through  one  
of  the  most  dif+icult  times  of  my  life.    I  didn't  only  survive,  I  achieved  some  seemingly  impos-­‐
sible  things.    It's  a  comfort  knowing  you  are  there  when  I  need  help  REMEMBERING...

...this  moment  is  perfect.

I  can't  thank  you  enough  for  all  you  do.

Pam
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 From  Janice  Halton  
Hattiesburg,  MS,  USA  
My  name  is  Janice  Halton,  I  am  a  born  again  Christian,  a  single  mom,  a  mother-­‐in-­‐
law,  and  a  grandmother  who  loves  to  uplift  people  in  positive  ways,  in  spite  of  their  circum-­‐
stances.  My  desire  is  to  know  and  ful+ill  God's  ordained  plan  for  life  to  help  heal  the  world.

The  "5  Gold  Keys"  was  so  helpful  for  me  that  my  mind  began  to  transform  as  I  was    read-­‐
ing  the  e-­‐book.  I  actually  feel  a  shift  has  taken  place  in  my  life.  This  is  a  miracle.  I  feel  so  en-­‐
lightened  in  mind,  body,  soul,  and  spirit.  This  is  one  e-­‐book  that  I  will  continue  to  re-­‐
read  and  put  into  practice.

I  know  this  "5  Gold  Key"  e-­‐book  will  transform  the  mind  and  life  of  all  who  invest  the  
time  to  read  it  and  put  them  on  their  journey  of  complete  freedom.

"You  are  a  God  sent  messenger"

Grateful  Sha+in.

Janice Halton

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 From  Dr  Divyesh  Gajera
Gujrat,  India  
Hallo  Sha+in!

I  am  Dr  Divyesh  Gajera  from  Gujrat  (India),  

working  as  a  HIV  specialist.  Sha+in  its  a  pleasure  
to  have  this  spiritual  journey  with  you,  

I  +irst  read  your  rede+ine  your  reality  book,  

then  this  5  gold  keys.  And  believe  me  it  has  
cleared  some  of  complex  doubts  I  had  in  my  
mind  since  last  +ive  years.  

I  am  currently  member  of    Brahmakumaris  

world  spiritual  university  and  practicing  
Rajyoga  last  5  years  …  in  your  explanation  
about  the  scienti+ic    mentality  of  2500  years  
changed  my  whole  idea  of  believing  modern  
world  and  at  the  end  understood  that  after  all  
everything  is  metaphysical  manifestation  of  
 what  you  create  in  your  mind,  and  after  that  
this  5  gold  keys  are  really  the  essence  of  all  ups  and  downs  and  how  to  handle  intelligently  
our  spiritual  journey.  

This  is  about  the  spiritual  intelligence  one  requires  the  most  while  going  to  do  any  sa-­‐
cred  act  for  the  Universe.  Both  books  are  helpful  for  each  and  every  person  living  on  this  
earth,  because  human  race  is  sleeping  and  21st  century  is  the  time  to  awaken  them  and  your  
book  might  give  them  rays  of  hope  that,  yes  there  is  an  honest  way  to  create  anything  you  
want  without  buying  liabilities.  

This  book  taught  me  how  to  be  real  +ighter.  As  sometimes  we  feel  very  sad  in  a  spiritual  
journey  as  if  it  feels  like  we  trapped  in  a  place  where  both  ways  (going  back  and  going  for-­‐
ward)  are  closed,  we  have  to  wait  there  with  patience  as  when  time  will  come  something  
will  happen  which  takes  us  forward  and  we  grow  and  become  pure  gold.  

Thank  you  so  much  Sha+in!

Dr Divyesh Gajera,

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 From  Yen:  
Hi  Sha+in

Thank  you  for  your  ebook  –  Five  Gold  

Keys  –  As  I  have  felt  some  changes  in  me  
after  reading  your  book  in  less  than  a  
week,  I  am  writing  to  say  thank  you  for  
your  work  and  the  enormous  impact  it  
has  on  other  people,  like  me.

I  am  a  stay  at  home  mom  with  2  children,  

one  is  10  years  old  and  the  other  is  10  
months  old.  In  general  I  am  contented  
with  my  life,  but  still  have  feeling  of  being  
more  and  want  to  search  for  it,  also  my  
health  was  stagnant,  I  got  exhausted  eas-­‐
ily.  

I  have  read  lots  of  book,  followed  lots  of  

more  ‘enlightened’  people,  I  read  most  in-­‐
formation  that  is  available  to  me  and  they  
all  have  made  me  hungry  for  more…  until  
I  read  your  book.

For  the  +irst  3  keys,  I  read  one  by  one,  meaning,  I  won’t  continue  until  I  do  something  
that  is  required  and  I  leave  the  whole  day  practicing  it.  I  can’t  believe  my  life  can  change  so  
quickly.  In  less  than  a  week,  I  +ind  that:

1.  I  am  more  healthy,  vibrant,  energized:  I  love  my  work  and  even  can  help  my  husband  
with  his  work  in  the  house  without  complaining.  I  have  more  time  for  myself  too.

2.  I  am  aware  of  the  present  and  of  what  is  happening  in  my  body:  I  love  playing  hide  and  
seek  with  whatever  is  in  my  mind,  it’s  such  a  fun  game  and  now  I  know  myself  more  than  
ever  before.

3.    I  no  longer  hunger  for  more  (spiritual,  personal  development  etc)  information.  I  still  
read  for  fun,  not  because  ‘If  I  don’t  read,  I’ll  miss  out  something’.  The  key  ‘stop  +idgeting  men-­‐
tally’  is  a  waking  call  for  me.

I  think  the  book  really  keeps  the  promise  of  its  goal,  which  is  inner  freedom  for  those  
who  read  it.    For  me,  it  has  given  even  more  and  I  can  not  say  what  it  is  as  it  must  be  experi-­‐
enced  and  felt  inside.  

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 I  will  continue  applying  the  keys  for  the  journey  ahead  until  they  are  in  my  +lesh  and  
bones.  I  highly  recommend  the  book  for  those  who  are  searching  for  peace  of  mind  and  in-­‐
ner  freedom  by  practicing  only  what  is  written  there.

Thanks  again  and  look  forward  to  more  communication  from  you.

Yen

From  Patrizia:
Hi  Sha+in.    

Just  +inished  reading  Five  Gold  Keys.  

I  came  into  this  world  on  the  6th  day  of  February,  many  
many  moons  ago.    An  administrative  professional,  I’m  a  
well-­‐rounded  individual,  or  so  I  thought  until  I  read  Five  
Gold  Keys  and  realized  that  it  is  my  life  story  written  by  
someone  else  –  always  seem  to  choose  the  ‘greater’  of  
the  two  evils,  and  ending  up  against  a  brick  wall.  

Five  Gold  Keys  was  helpful  in  showing  me  the  right  way  
to  go  about  life’s  little  annoyances  and  come  out  being  
the  better  for  each  experience.  

It  can  help  others  too  because  there  are  many  persons,  like  myself,  who  will  read  it  and  
see  themselves  in  the  pages  and  learn  how  to  undo  the  negative  traits  they  have  accumu-­‐
lated  over  the  years.

Patrizia

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 From  Erin  R:  
Hi,  I  am  Erin  R.  

I  am  married  with  two  kids,  kind  of  an  introvert  inter-­‐
ested  in  nature,  building  a  better  world  through  healing  
and  understanding,  and  working  on  my  own  shortcom-­‐
ings.  

The  Gold  Keys  by  Sha+in  was  wonderful  as  it  served  to  be  
a  REMINDER  of  my  goals.  It  is  so  easy  to  get  distracted,  to  
not  see  the  forest  for  the  trees!  Also  it  gives  very  practical  
ways  to  keep  focused  and  ways  to  actually  attain  the  goal  
of  freedom  from  'human  insanity!'  

Every  person  falls  prey  to  the  things  outlined  in  this  long  article/short  book  by  Sha+in,  
and  every  person  can  bene+it  by  knowing  and  applying  these  +ive  gold  keys  of  wisdom.  

I  would  highly  recommend  reading  it;  it  is  not  too  long  and  the  +irst  page  HOOKS  you  and  
cuts  to  the  quick!  Very  potent  straightforward  truth.  

I  loved  it!

Erin R.

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 From  Danny  Chisala
Lusaka,  Zambia  (Africa)

Hi  Sha+in,
You  never  cease  to  amaze  me  and  whenever  I  read  
your  materials  you  always  leave  me  thirsty  for  more.  
There  is  so  much  wisdom  in  your  writings  and  I  am  so  
sure  from  the  contents  of  your  writings,  you  must  be  
walking  your  talk  because  such  depth  of  knowledge  can  
only  be  achievable  if  one  has  unquenchable  passion  for  
he/she  is  doing.
I  have  read  your  Rede+ine  Your  Reality  book  and  sev-­‐
eral  other  of  your  writings  together  with  your  emails  you  sent  to  me,  but  commenting  on  the  
contents  of  this  book,  '5  Gold  Keys'  I  can  only  say  that  this  is  amongst  the  greatest  articu-­‐
lated  guides  on  our  spiritual  journey  -­‐  short,  to  the  point  but  very  rich.  
I  will  keep  reading  it  every  other  month.
Warm  regards.

Danny Chisala

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 From  Liviu
Romania
I  just  +inished  reading  the  5  Gold  Keys  ebook  and  
I  can  say  that  it's  another  fantastic  work  that  only  
Sha+in  de  Zane  can  make.  This  ebook  really  in-­‐
spired  me.

I'm  28  years  old  now  and  in  this  period  I'm  going  
through  a  spiritual  crisis,  or  the  the  quarter  life  
crisis.  I  don't  know  who  I  am,  what  my  meaning  is  
and  I  want  to  discover  myself  more.

This  ebook  helped  me  understand  more  about  me  

and  my  life  and  how  to  just  be  present  in  the  here  and  now,  and  enjoy  more  of  what  life  has  
to  offer.

Others  can  bene+it  from  this  insightful  ebook  as  myself  did.

May  we  all  live  meaningful  lives  and  discover  how  to  live  with  presence.

Thank  you  Sha+in!

Liviu

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And now...

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 SHAFIN DE ZANE

5 GOLD KEYS
For Practical Life Magic

"Life  is  suffering"  -­‐  Buddha  said  that.  But  what  does  that  mean?  When  we  look  
around  without  our  usual  6ilters  of  desires,  fantasies  or  preprogrammed  
prejudices,  we  see  a  world  that  is  very  carefully  structured  to  perpetuate  slav-­‐
ery,  but  more  importantly  we  see  a  world  6illed  with  people  who  are  more  
than  willing  to  commit  to  slavery.  This  is  strange,  but  true.  Why  is  that?    
Humans  in  their  current  state  of  evolution  are  stuck  between  two  states:  
madman  and  superman.  The  problem  is  further  complicated  by  the  pressures  
of  exponentially  growing  technologies,  as  well  the  fast  expanding  gap  be-­‐
tween  the  vast  majority  who  are  stuck  in  their  dream  worlds  of  "Me  and  My  
story"  and  those  who  have  broken  free  from  the  inertia  of  this  very  common  
psychological  dysfunction.  
Add  to  that  people  are  multiplying  faster  than  ever  before  and  children  are  
being  born  to  parents  who  have  no  clear  understanding  whatsoever  about  
how  to  live  in  this  super  fast  changing  world  designed  by  people  who  posses  
a  level  of  intelligence  that  is  far  beyond  their  abilities  of  comprehension.  En-­‐
tire  lives  pass  by  without  ever  suspecting  that  one  is  living  the  insane  life  of  a  
slave  who  isn't  even  aware  that  he  or  she  is  a  slave.
So  what  is  the  solution?  That  is  what  this  message  is  about.  The  solution  is  
simple;  in  fact  it  is  so  simple,  I  am  afraid  you  might  fail  to  appreciate  the  as-­‐
tounding  power  that  comes  with  it.  What  follows  is  a  formula  that  took  me  
nearly  twenty  years  to  6ine  tune.  During  these  twenty  years,  I  started  off  my  
own  journey  of  self-­‐discovery  fuelled  by  an  absolute  dissatisfaction  of  the  life  
I  was  born  into,  spent  my  every  last  dollar  trying  to  6ind  a  solution,  eventually  

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went  through  a  process  of  radical  healing,  established  myself  as  a  profes-­‐
sional  hypnotherapist,  then  gained  some  fame  and  respect  in  about  100  coun-­‐
tries  across  the  planet  as  a  teacher  of  spirituality  and  metaphysics  and  
through  a  book  I  wrote  called  Rede.ine  Your  Reality,  touched  over  100,000  
lives  directly  and  virtually,  and  today  still  continuing  my  journey  discovering  
ever  deeper  secrets  that  lay  hidden  and  pervade  our  everyday  reality.  
The  reason  I  shared  with  you  that  nutshell  of  an  autobiography  is  to  tell  
you  this:  I  have  some  experience  in  teaching  people  and  in  my  experience  its  
extremely  easy  to  get  people  excited  about  a  life  changing  idea  (especially  if  
you  know  a  thing  or  two  about  how  the  mind  works),  but  devilishly  dif6icult  
to  make  them  continue  to  remember  and  follow  it.  (Remember  all  the  new  
years  resolutions  you  didn't  follow,  all  the  promises  about  jogging  three  times  
a  week,  and  to  meditate?)  
Generally  speaking,  people  love  shortcuts  and  quick  6ixes,  especially  ones  
that  hint  at  solving  all  of  ones  life  problems  without  having  to  do  any  hard  
work  about  it.  The  idea  that  most  humans  somehow  just  cannot  grasp  is  that  
doing  the  same  things  over  and  over  expecting  different  results  is  a  sign  of  insan-­‐
ity.  Again  and  again  people  fall  for  the  illusion  that  there  exists  some  magic  
pill  that  can  change  their  life  experience  without  any  need  to  change  their  be-­‐
havior.  It's  silly,  downright  juvenile,  but  it’s  so  predictable  that  nearly  every  
advertisement  and  marketing  campaigns  in  the  world  revolve  around  it.  What  
I  am  reminding  you,  before  I  go  on  to  introduce  my  own  "magic  formula",  is  
that  there  is  no  magic  that  works  unless  you  practice,  practice,  and  practice  
some  more.  Even  Harry  Potter  needed  7  years  of  practice  before  he  could  do  
some  interesting  magic.  
In  other  words:  the  secret  is  not  in  the  formula,  but  what  happens  to  your  
brain  when  you  keep  using  the  formula.  When  you  change,  when  your  neural  
patterns  change,  when  your  subconscious  6ilters  of  beliefs  change,  your  world  
changes  -­‐  this  is  the  great  secret.  The  magic  formula  is  a  pattern  of  behavior  
you  follow  to  speed  up  that  process  of  transformation  and  cement  that  
change.  Like  any  roads,  our  neural  pathways  also  take  time  to  change.  The  se-­‐
cret  is…  repetition  and  practice:  practice  and  repeat,  repeat  and  practice.  If  

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you  are  willing  to  do  that,  what  follows  here  will  teach  you  how  to  gain  the  
most  elusive  privilege  of  all  in  this  overcrowded  and  superbly  predatory  hu-­‐
man  society:  total  freedom.  
Ready?  
Here  goes…
The  very  6irst  thing  you  need  to  decide  before  you  can  unleash  any  magic  
is  what  do  you  want?  Simple  right?  It’s  not.  Everyone  says  they  want  a  better  
life,  but  if  you  ask  them  what  do  you  want  speci6ically,  they  have  no  idea.  Or  
they  say  something  like  I  want  a  million  dollars!,  without  realizing  another  
mind  numbing  obvious:  
Dollars  are  agreements  between  people,  they  come  to  you  when  you  offer  
something  of  value  to  someone  else;  they  are  a  replacement  for  our  old  sys-­‐
tem  of  barter:  I’ll  give  you  my  goat  in  exchange  of  ten  pairs  of  those  nice  shoes  
you  made.  Since  carrying  goats  and  6iguring  out  who  wants  your  goat  in  the  
6irst  place  got  very  cumbersome  in  our  large  societies,  now  we  use  dollars,  
which  are  simply  agreements  that  if  you  6lash  one  or  two  of  them  in  your  near-­‐
est  7-­‐Eleven  store,  they  will  give  you  a  bag  of  cookies.  Everyone  wants  dollars,  
not  everyone  wants  goats,  so  now  we  use  dollars  instead  of  goats.  But  the  
idea  is  same:  you  get  it  in  exchange  of  something  else.  You  don’t  get  it  because  
you  visualize  dollars  all  day.      
So  let  me  ask  you  again,  what  do  you  want  speci6ically?  Give  it  couple  of  
minutes  to  consider  the  question,  and  then  read  the  rest  of  this.
Got  it?  Good.  Now  throw  it  out  the  window.  Unfortunately  that  was  a  trick  
question.  It  really  doesn't  matter  what  little  fantasy  goodie  you  have  on  mind  
because  ultimately  what  you  are  looking  for  is  freedom,  inner  and  outer,  total  
and  complete.  And  if  you  are  not,  you  should  be,  because  without  freedom,  
nothing  else  matters.  (You  could  also  say  love,  but  love  is  impossible  for  some-­‐
one  without  freedom,  at  best  it  is  a  self-­‐deluding  fantasy.)  
So  if  there  is  one  goal  that  is  truly  worthy  of  your  human  existence,  it  is  
freedom,  primarily  for  yourself,  which  the  only  way  you  can  ever  offer  it  to  

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others.  Only  a  free  being  can  respect,  celebrate  and  share  freedom;  all  else  is  
some  perpetuation  of  madness.  
Freedom,  however,  is  not  an  easy  thing  to  handle.  First  of  all  and  most  im-­‐
portantly,  embracing  freedom  necessitates  healing.  Only  after  healing  can  one  
embrace  and  sustain  total  freedom.  Without  healing  the  magnetic  wounds  of  
our  unconscious,  everything  is  a  trap.  Freedom  is  not  something  you  can  hope  
for  or  get  lucky  with;  its  attainment  requires  strategic,  careful,  fearless,  single  
minded  and  above  all  systematic  intervention  for  healing  the  unconscious  in-­‐
sanity  of  the  animalistic  mind  and  body.  
So  now  we  have  something  to  begin  our  training.  Our  goal  is  freedom.  Spe-­‐
ci6ically  inner  freedom:  which  means  freedom  from  our  unconscious  repeti-­‐
tive  patterns  of  self-­‐limiting  behavior.  
Why  is  inner  freedom  our  speci6ic  goal,  instead  of  outer  freedom?  Because  
outer  freedom  is  a  meaningless  concept  for  someone  who  has  no  inner  free-­‐
dom.  In  fact  unless  you  have  inner  freedom  6irst,  outer  freedom  is  a  perfectly  
good  formula  for  disaster.  Look  at  the  lives  of  countless  Hollywood  celebrities  
and  people  who  suddenly  inherit  a  lot  of  money,  and  you  will  see  what  hap-­‐
pens  when  you  get  a  lot  of  outer  freedom  without  inner  freedom:  what  you  
get  is  endless  trips  to  divorce  lawyers  and  rehabs,  and  occasionally  a  self-­‐
in6licted  drug  overdose  or  a  bullet  in  the  head.    
So  the  freedom  we  are  interested  in  primarily  is  freedom  from  the  myriad  
psychological  prisons  we  6ind  ourselves  living  in:  the  prison  of  marriage  with-­‐
out  love,  the  prison  of  a  job  without  heart,  prison  of  a  family  without  growth,  
prison  of  children  who  keep  us  bound…  each  of  which  are  examples  and  symp-­‐
toms  of  our  own  unconscious  patterns  of  behavior  that  require  healing.  In  other  
words,  they  are  prisons  of  our  own  creation,  even  if  we  were  born  into  it.  
On  the  other  hand,  when  you  have  inner  freedom,  outer  freedom  always  
follows.  The  inside  always  creates  the  outside.  The  outside  is  always  a  re6lec-­‐
tion  of  the  inside.  This  is  the  magic  component  here.  You  can  6ight  with  it,  run  
away  from  it,  try  to  forget  it,  convince  yourself  that  its  not  true,  try  to  device  

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ever  cleverer  shortcuts  to  dollars  and  happiness  until  the  cows  come  home,  
but  the  fact  remains  this:  
Until  you  have  healed  your  congenital  madness  that  comes  with  being  hu-­‐
man,  you  will  not  6ind  happiness.  At  best  you  can  become  like  what  the  Chi-­‐
nese  people  call  “hungry  ghosts”:  you  can  be  surrounded  by  more  dollars  
than  you  can  count  and  you  will  only  drown  in  it  without  ever  experiencing  
the  authentic  freedom  and  ful6illment  that  you  were  originally  looking  for.        
With  that  in  mind,  here  is  your  magic  formula.  It’s  simple.  It’s  easy  to  re-­‐
member.  It’s  easy  to  practice,  well…  easier  that  many  other  things  at  least.

Fir! Gold Key: Remember

This  is  the  very  6irst  component  of  our  magic  formula.  It’s  so  simple  most  
people  never  follow  it.  Remember  your  goal!  What  is  it?  What  do  you  want?  
Unless  you  remember  your  goal,  you  will  be  like  a  6loating  boat,  drifting  from  
this  whirlpool  to  that  whirlpool,  in  river  of  life.  Your  goal  is  your  radar,  it  is  
your  GPS  system,  it  is  your  guiding  light,  it  is  your  northern  star,  and  your  
goal  is  INNER  FREEDOM.  (Now,  one  day  when  you  have  already  achieved  the  
level  of  freedom  you  want,  you  can  use  this  formula  for  anything  else  in  life.  
But  until  you  have  inner  freedom,  everything  else  is  a  snare,  a  trap,  a  distrac-­‐
tion  that  will  only  delay  the  one  thing  that  truly  matters:  freedom.)  
So  once  again,  remember  to  remember.  Remember  your  goal.  This  should  
be  on  the  foreground  of  your  consciousness  at  all  times  and  in  every  single  de-­‐
cision  you  make  in  life.  Whatever  you  do,  or  consider  doing,  or  plan  on  pursu-­‐
ing,  or  spend  time  focusing  upon,  ask  yourself  this  6irst:  is  this  going  to  take  
me  closer  or  away  from  my  chosen  goal?  The  answer  will  always  bring  you  
clarity  and  save  you  days,  years  or  even  decades  of  meaningless  pursuit  of  
chasing  your  own  tail.    

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 Second Gold Key: Observe

The  second  part  of  the  formula  is  the  dif6icult  part.  It’s  also  subtle,  so  pay  
close  attention.  
Whenever  you  want  to  radically  change  your  life,  or  follow  your  inner  call-­‐
ing,  or  bring  your  true  dreams  to  reality,  you  will  embark  upon  what  Joseph  
Campbell  used  to  call  the  hero’s  journey.  In  a  nutshell,  the  hero’s  journey  in-­‐
volves  awakening  that  hero  archetype  within  you,  which  then  compels  you  to  
embark  upon  the  journey  of  total  transformation  towards  wholeness:  to-­‐
wards  reaching  your  full  potential  as  a  being  capable  of  in6inite  expansion.  All  
the  great  stories,  mythologies,  movies,  biographies  of  the  world  invariably  re-­‐
6lect  this  same  theme  over  and  over:  an  ordinary  everyday  man  or  woman  an-­‐
swers  his  or  her  inner  calling,  is  compelled  to  undertake  a  journey  that  chal-­‐
lenges  the  very  fabric  of  his  being,  often  faces  death,  literally  and  metaphori-­‐
cally,  then  eventually  awakens  to  some  wisdom  that  they  bring  back  to  the  
world  as  a  boon  for  the  entire  society.  
Man’s  search  for  freedom  is  really  another  name  of  the  hero’s  journey.  It  is  
the  great  archetypal  story  of  awakening.  If  you  wish  to  attain  the  powers  to  re-­‐
de6ine  your  reality,  radically  change  your  life  and  experience  total  and  com-­‐
plete  freedom  from  slavery,  you,  too,  will  have  to  embark  upon  this  journey.  
There  are  no  shortcuts  on  the  road  to  awakening.  
So  what  do  you  have  to  do?  Nothing  really,  except  make  a  genuine  commit-­‐
ment  within  the  depths  of  your  heart  to  follow  your  chosen  goal  no  matter  
what.  The  moment  you  make  that  de6inite  decision,  a  whole  web  of  in6initely  
connected  events  will  begin  to  unfold  –  your  moment  of  de6inite  commitment  
is  the  beginning  of  your  journey.  
One  of  the  very  6irst  signs  that  your  journey  has  begun  is  the  encounter  
with  the  dragon;  the  dragon  is  the  guardian  of  the  inner  secrets.  This  is  the  
6irst  obstacle,  the  dragon,  the  dark  knight  on  a  black  horse  breathing  6ire,  say-­‐
ing:  Turn  back  little  one,  go  back  to  your  village  where  each  day  is  the  same  as  

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every  other  day,  that  is  where  you  belong,  this  path  is  not  for  you!  In  more  eve-­‐
ryday  modern  life  words,  it’s  some  obstacle  or  limitation  or  6ire-­‐breathing  par-­‐
ents  or  spouse  or  boss  who  will  try  to  turn  you  away  from  your  chosen  path.  
You  will  have  to  overcome  this  obstacle  to  continue  your  journey.  But,  they  
will  keep  coming  and  coming  and  coming,  again  and  again,  in  many  forms  and  
with  many  clever  ways  to  keep  you  from  going  forward.  Sometimes  they  will  
try  to  kill  you,  sometimes  scare  you,  sometimes  coax  you,  and  sometimes  fall  
in  love  with  you  (and  then  try  to  kill  you…  metaphorically  speaking  of  
course).  But  the  idea  is  the  same:  the  dragon  is  here  to  weed  out  the  unwor-­‐
thy  from  the  worthy.  And  until  all  your  insecurities,  impurities,  self-­‐deceiving  
patterns  of  behavior  are  weeded  out,  the  dragons  will  keep  coming  at  you;  its  
just  part  of  the  game.  And  it’s  for  your  own  bene6it,  that’s  the  important  part  
to  remember.            
So  how  do  you  deal  with  the  dragon?  That  is  what  this  golden  key  is  all  
about.  
Usually,  what  people  do  is  either  quickly  give  up  their  high  hopes  immedi-­‐
ately  upon  encountering  the  dragon  (because  that  was  the  last  thing  they  
were  ready  to  encounter,  everyone  thinks  freedom  should  be  easy),  or  they  
try  to  6ight  the  dragon  with  brute  force,  which  is  a  terrible  idea,  to  say  the  
very  least.  Even  if  you  are  able  to  subdue  the  dragon  with  pure  force,  you  
have  robbed  yourself  the  lesson  that  the  dragon  was  carrying,  and  therefore  
on  the  way  to  an  even  more  powerful  dragon  somewhere  very  soon  down  the  
road.    
What  you  do  is  this:  you  observe,  especially  when  the  dragon  is  pounding  
on  your  face.  Read  the  last  line  again.  However  dif6icult  it  is,  you  train  yourself  
to  look  directly,  you  train  yourself  to  observe.  
What  do  you  observe?  Two  things:  
•  First  you  observe  the  dragon  itself,  which  helps  you  to  gather  very  valu-­‐
able  information  about  how  the  dragon  operates,  its  psychology,  its  strengths,  
weaknesses  and  strategies.  Most  people  get  so  blinded  by  rage  and  fear  that  

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they  learn  nothing  about  the  dragon  and  come  out  sorely  defeated  giving  
away  all  sorts  of  clues  about  their  own  weaknesses.  
•  But  more  importantly,  and  this  is  the  most  important  and  valuable  exer-­‐
cise  out  of  this  entire  formula:  you  train  yourself  to  observe  your  own  brain  
response,  your  automatic  patterns  of  behavior,  especially  when  the  dragon  is  
breathing  6ire  on  your  face.  Read  the  last  line  as  many  times  as  necessary  un-­‐
til  you  really  get  it.  
What  you  will  6ind  is  this:  everyone  feels  like  the  Buddha  when  things  are  
going  right,  when  you  are  in  the  arms  of  your  beloved,  when  you  just  got  a  
truckload  of  money,  when  you  are  full  of  energy,  when  you  have  no  problems.  
But  since  life  never  remains  that  way  forever,  only  when  the  dragon  is  threat-­‐
ening  to  kill  you  is  when  you  6ind  out  what  you  truly  are.
You  discover  what  is  your  dominant  self  limiting  archetypal  pattern:    
The  child?  (I  cannot  take  responsibility)  
The  victim?  (It’s  their  fault,  entirely;  I  am  helpless,  clueless,  and  innocent)  
The  prostitute?  (When  the  price  is  right,  I’ll  abandon  my  deepest  truth)
The  saboteur?  (I’ll  ruin  my  own  game  because  I  don’t  believe  I  deserve  it)
In  other  words,  you  6ind  out  which  archetypal  patterns  of  behavior  are  
dominant  in  your  brain,  which  ones  take  you  over  when  stress  is  high  and  
there  is  no  time  to  think  (something  called  a  neural  hijacking).  
This  is  the  core  of  this  initiation:  Training  your  brain  to  observe  your  
own  behavior.  
In  a  little  more  technical  term  (close  your  eyes  if  you  are  scared  of  scien-­‐
ti6ic  terms  and  read  the  next  paragraph):  training  your  executive  center  of  the  
brain  (the  prefrontal  cortex)  to  observe  the  workings  of  the  emotional  brain  
(the  activation  of  amygdala  and  its  associated  drama).  
With  the  power  of  observation  comes  power  to  take  control.  In  other  
words,  you  can  control  and  reprogram  your  unconscious  behavior  only  if  you  
are  aware  of  it.  Whatever  you  are  unaware  of  is  what  will  control  you  from  

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the  shadows  and  you  will  forever  remain  a  slave  to  its  automatic  reactive  acti-­‐
vation  processes.  
When  you  develop  the  ability  to  observe  your  unconscious  repetitive  be-­‐
havior,  you  discover  one  of  the  most  powerful  insights  that  both  ancient  spiri-­‐
tuality  and  modern  neurosciences  agree  upon:  
Who  you  think  you  are,  the  ego,  the  “me”,  is  nothing  but  a  synergistic  effect  
of  many  brain  components  functioning;  it’s  a  dynamically  arising,  constantly  
changing  phenomenon.  The  illusion  of  “me,  the  individual  entity  that  some-­‐
how  lives  in  the  body”  is  just  that…  an  illusion  of  brain.  
This  discovery  of  course  has  profound  implications  that  can  turn  your  life  
upside  down  (if  it  doesn’t,  you  really  didn’t  think  about  it  deeply),  but  for  this  
context  here  is  the  most  important  part:  
This  means  you  can  reprogram  your  self  into  whatever  you  want.  It  all  
begins  with  the  ability  to  observe  the  patterns  that  combine  to  make  you;  es-­‐
pecially  those  patterns  that  lay  hidden  below  ordinary  waking  consciousness,  
only  to  surface  when  there  is  con6lict.  (Read  the  last  line  again.)  This  ability  to  
observe  is  the  beginning  of  freedom:  the  freedom  to  rede6ine  your  reality.        
If  this  sounds  intimidating  or  complicated  already,  well  that’s  because  it  is.  
The  ability  to  observe  the  dragon  and  gathering  information  while  its  tram-­‐
pling  your  face  takes  time  to  master;  training  yourself  to  observe  your  own  be-­‐
havior  under  stress  takes  even  more  diligent  training.  But  if  you  think  about  
it,  there  is  nothing  more  important  in  life  if  you  want  to  be  free.  
Nobody  said  it  was  going  to  be  easy,  it’s  simple  as  simple  gets,  but  not  
easy;  yet  all  that  is  necessary  is  your  willingness  to  look  no  matter  how  tempt-­‐
ing  it  is  to  look  away.  That’s  all  there  is  to  it:  train  yourself  to  look!  Train  your-­‐
self  to  observe.  

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 "ird Gold Key: Be Patient

Be  patient  –  these  two  simple  words  carry  so  much  weight  that  many  
books  have  been  written  and  entire  religions  have  been  founded  around  it.  Be-­‐
ing  patient  in  its  essence  means:  stop  :idgeting  mentally!  Stop  craving  for  
something  else  in  some  other  future  moment,  accept  this  moment  as  it  is,  be-­‐
cause  this  is  the  ONLY  point  of  contact  with  reality  you  will  EVER  have.  If  you  
cannot  master  this  skill,  no  matter  how  ef6icient  you  get  in  making  money,  or  
seducing  women,  or  controlling  your  family,  or  discovering  miraculous  cures  
for  incurable  diseases,  you  personally  will  never  6ind  ful6illment  because  you  
never  learned  the  most  important  skill  of  all  in  this  reality:  learning  to  be  pre-­‐
sent;  which  is  the  same  as  learning  to  be  patient.  
Being  patient  is  of  course  intimately  connected  with  the  ability  to  observe  
and  remembering  your  goal.  Unless  you  can  remember  your  goal  (inner  free-­‐
dom),  you  cannot  understand  the  signi6icance  of  your  reactions  and  behav-­‐
iors  which  you  begin  to  see  when  you  start  observing;  and  if  you  cannot  ob-­‐
serve  your  own  emotional  patterns,  you  cannot  be  patient  because  the  very  
meaning  of  emotion  is  to  move  (from  Latin  emotere,  which  means  energy  in  
motion).  Emotions  make  you  move,  makes  you  not  still,  which  makes  you  un-­‐
able  to  observe.  The  power  of  observation  brings  with  it  the  ability  to  be  still,  
which  illuminates  another  profound  truth:  
Our  emotions  are  always  in  :lux:  they  are  always  changing,  no  matter  
what  we  do,  what  we  have,  what  happens  to  us,  or  what  we  achieve.  An  anal-­‐
ogy  sometimes  used  is  that  our  level  of  ful6illment  and  happiness  is  like  an  air  
conditioner  set  at  a  certain  point  that  we  are  born  with,  lets  say  25  degrees  
Celsius.  No  matter  what  we  do  externally,  our  brain  chemistry  is  pre-­‐
programmed  to  keep  it  at  that  set  temperature.  We  can  startle  it  to  a  cool  19  
degrees  by  earning  a  million  dollars  but  soon  enough  it  will  climb  back  to  25  
degrees.  Or  we  can  suddenly  lose  all  our  money  and  experience  a  sweating  32  
degrees,  but  even  then  soon  enough  we  will  come  back  to  experiencing  25  de-­‐
grees.  This  doesn’t  intuitively  6it  very  well  with  what  we  want  to  believe  

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about  life,  but  all  studies  in  psychology  and  neurology  shows  this  to  be  cor-­‐
rect.  This  explains  why  people  who  win  the  jackpot  million  dollar  lottery  es-­‐
sentially  remains  the  same  people  as  who  they  were  before  they  won  the  lot-­‐
tery;  (after  the  initial  excitement)  if  they  were  sunny  and  happy  they  remain  
still  sunny  and  happy,  if  they  were  lonely  and  gloomy,  they  remain  still  lonely  
and  gloomy.  
So  what  does  that  mean  for  us  in  search  of  inner  freedom?  It  means  no  mat-­‐
ter  what  you  do  externally,  there  is  no  such  thing  as  permanently  one  emo-­‐
tion:  happiness.  What  there  is,  ironically,  is  one  permanent  state  you  can  im-­‐
prison  yourself  in:  craving  happiness.  
This  is  why  the  very  6irst  line  of  the  Buddhist  scripture  is:  life  is  suffering.  
Life  is  suffering  because  we  are  forever  chasing  the  illusion  of  trying  to  retain  
something  that  cannot  be  retained.  This  is  what  the  Lords  prayer  teaches  us  
too  saying  lead  us  not  to  temptation.  The  temptation  is  forever  chasing  that  il-­‐
lusion  of  “I  want  to  be  happy  forever!”  -­‐  which  in  essence  means  a  steady  dose  
of  happy  chemicals  in  the  brain:  serotonin,  dopamine  and  oxytocin.  Our  en-­‐
tire  lives  go  by  as  we  keep  groping,  and  chasing  one  temptation  after  the  
other,  forever  hoping  the  next  thing  is  what  will  6inally  make  us  happy  forever.  
Learning  to  observe  teaches  us  to  look  directly  at  this  craving,  this  mental  
6idgeting,  and  learn  about  the  myriad  ways  we  go  about  trying  to  alleviate  
this  permanent  psychological  itch.    
Patience  teaches  us  to  remain  quiet  and  calm  when  inevitably  the  stress  
hormones  are  released;  bored,  lonely,  angry,  hungry,  frustrated,  sleepy,  tired,  
pessimistic…  these  are  all  the  states  we  all  go  through  no  matter  what  our  life  
circumstance  is.  Everyone  experiences  them,  and  even  if  you  are  married,  bil-­‐
lionaire,  bestselling  author,  owner  of  a  villa  in  Tuscany,  travel  twice  monthly…  
it  doesn’t  matter,  you  will  still  feel  all  of  those  things.  And  depending  on  your  
pre-­‐set  brain  chemistry,  you  will  also  experience  periodically  the  same  level  
of  happiness  and  ful6illment  that  you  generally  feel,  with  some  6luctuations  of  
up  and  down,  here  and  there.  

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 Inner  freedom  is  the  freedom  to  act  smartly,  rationally,  with  clarity  and  wis-­‐
dom,  even  when  these  inevitable  down  states  come  to  pass.  Inner  freedom  is  
the  freedom  from  forever  being  dissatis6ied  because  nothing  you  ever  do  
brings  you  that  illusion  of  permanent  happiness  into  reality.  Inner  freedom  is  
freedom  from  craving.  And  that,  Buddha  says,  is  the  beginning  of  enlighten-­‐
ment.      
Which  brings  us  to  the  deeper  wisdom  of  being  patient:  surrender.  
Stop  .idgeting  mentally!  This  means  you  allow  the  present  moment  to  be  as  
it  is,  how  it  is,  because  it  is…  perfect  (even  when  the  dragon  is  pounding  your  
face).  This  means  you  surrender  your  pre-­‐programmed  prejudices,  your  pre-­‐
conceived  ideas  about  how  things  should  be,  your  fantasies  about  what  will  
make  you  happy,  and  you  live  this  present  moment  with  acceptance  and  seren-­‐
ity.  You  remind  yourself  that  there  is  an  intelligent  force  that  is  beating  your  
heart,  controlling  your  breath  when  you  are  not  thinking  about  it,  executing  
liver  functions  and  6iring  the  100  billion  neurons  of  your  brain  that  is  allow-­‐
ing  you  to  think.  None  of  this  is  within  your  control  right  now,  and  your  worry-­‐
ing  egoic  self  didn’t  control  any  of  it  while  the  universe  evolved  for  about  13.8  
billion  years  before  becoming  you.        
Patience  is  another  name  for  surrender.  But  since  surrender  is  an  illusion  
(surrender  to  what?  That  which  is  already  you?),  I  use  the  term  patience.  But  
I  like  to  use  the  expression  stop  .idgeting  mentally  even  more.  Patience  is  the  
high  wisdom  usually  gained  after  spending  a  lot  of  the  most  expensive  cur-­‐
rency  in  the  world:  time.  It  teaches  us  one  of  the  most  profound  secrets  of  life:  
this  moment  is  perfect.  
If  you  can  only  stop  to  6idget,  if  you  can  stop  6ighting,  if  you  can  stop  saying  
all  those  clever  or  hurtful  things  that  you  are  saying,  one  day  you  will  look  
back  and  realize  with  profound  gratitude  how  perfectly  this  moment  was  
weaved,  personally  for  you,  from  the  eternal  fabric  of  space  and  time,  cause  
and  effect.  
Patience  means  waiting  without  waiting  for  the  inevitable  to  occur.  If  you  re-­‐
member  your  ultimate  goal,  if  you  have  dedicated  yourself  to  healing  your  hu-­‐

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man  madness,  if  you  have  committed  yourself  to  the  hero’s  journey,  the  guid-­‐
ing  force  of  life  will  bring  you  exactly  those  situations,  people  and  challenges  
that  will  help  you  achieve  your  goal  in  the  shortest  possible  time.  
Patience  means  trusting  that  the  intelligence  that  knows  how  to  beat  your  
heart  and  synchronize  trillions  of  cells  of  your  body,  keeps  the  sun  and  moon  
and  galaxies  in  perfect  order  for  you  to  exist,  also  knows  what  is  best  for  you  
at  this  present  moment.  When  you  are  able  to  accept  this,  you  can  relax,  no  
matter  what  is  happening,  and  when  you  relax,  you  can  begin  to  pay  attention  
(Gold  Key  #2),  and  when  you  pay  attention,  you  learn,  you  evolve  to  the  next  
stage  of  your  personal  evolution.  Idiots  6ight;  remember  that,  for  all  things  are  
One.  When  you  6ight,  you  are  6ighting  against  the  very  fabric  of  life  itself,  only  
profound  ignorance  and  stupidity,  or  pure  greed  and  willful  cancer  like  behav-­‐
ior,  can  explain  the  craving  to  6ight.  
Finally,  when  you  embark  upon  an  adventure  that  has  no  end,  when  you  
align  yourself  with  the  heartbeat  of  life,  which  is  evolution,  when  you  commit  
yourself  to  the  hero’s  journey,  patience  is  the  critical  ingredient  for  maintain-­‐
ing  sanity.  This  journey  dissolves  all  the  way  to  in6inity  and  even  contemplat-­‐
ing  such  a  prospect  is  enough  make  a  human  brain  unstable.  Looking  at  in6in-­‐
ity  is  the  similar  to  looking  at  the  sun,  only  in6initely  more  powerful.  To  accom-­‐
modate  such  a  vision,  and  you  will  encounter  the  vision  once  in  a  while  on  the  
journey  towards  total  freedom,  you  will  need  depth,  and  patience.  The  jour-­‐
ney  to  in6inity  involves  all  eternity.  
In  practical  everyday  circumstances,  patience  is  the  magic  that  you  use  to  
transform  obstacles  and  grievances  into  miracles.  You  simply  allow  things  to  
be;  more  than  that,  you  learn  to  6low  with  whatever  that  arises.  You  suspend  
judgment  and  prejudice.  
If  what  is  arising  is  bringing  you  pain,  you  have  two  choices:  
a.  Take  action,  only  if  you  are  full  energy.
b. Be  patient,  observe,  learn  and  realize  that  this  discomfort  has  been  de-­‐
signed  precisely  and  personally  for  you:  so  you  can  overcome  your  laziness  
and  move  ahead  in  full  speed.  And  you  discover  that  maybe,  just  maybe,  it’s  
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 really  not  about  them,  it’s  entirely  about  you,  because  somewhere  along  
the  way  you  made  a  commitment,  a  commitment  to  become  completely  
free.  This  is  just  part  of  that  training.  

F#$h Gold Key: Feel Time

When  you  are  truly  clear  about  what  is  your  chosen  goal  (for  us,  for  now,  
its  complete  inner  freedom),  when  you  have  developed  the  ability  to  observe  
yourself  in  con6lict  (observe  the  automatic  patterns  of  behavior)  and  also  ob-­‐
serve  the  dragon  in  the  middle  of  the  con6lict  (paying  attention  to  what  the  
source  of  the  con6lict  is  requesting  of  you),  and  when  you  have  developed  the  
wisdom  of  being  patient  without  mentally  6idgeting…  you  gather  enough  en-­‐
ergy  to  sense  the  movement  of  providence,  the  way  the  river  of  life  6lows,  
which  is  another  way  of  saying  you  begin  to  feel  time.  
Feeling  time  means,  above  all,  you  are  able  to  surf  the  ocean  of  life,  and  
have  lost  all  interest  in  even  entertaining  the  hilarious  notion  of  6ighting  with  
life.  Well,  how  do  you  learn  to  surf?  The  6irst  thing  is,  of  course,  you  have  to  
stop  6ighting,  stop  struggling,  start  accepting  and  start  paying  attention  to  the  
movement  of  the  waves,  forget  about  how  you  want  the  ocean  to  behave  and  
start  preparing  for  the  next  wave  you  want  to  ride.  As  you  can  probably  sense,  
this  is  a  subtle  art,  but  more  than  that  let  me  assure  you  this  is  a  practical  deci-­‐
sion  that  requires  full  sanity.  
Our  brains  are  full  of  behavior  patterns  that  we  inherited  from  the  animal  
kingdom:  our  aggressive  behaviors,  instinctive  love  for  only  that  which  we  
can  accommodate  within  our  circle  of  “me  and  my”,  total  indifference  towards  
everything  else,  and  our  impulses  to  6ight,  are  all  patterns  of  behavior  we  are  
hardwired  with.  These  patterns  are  part  of  what  make  us  the  top  predators  of  
planet  earth,  the  godlike  rulers  on  top  of  the  food  chain;  they  worked  very  
well  for  us  till  now.  But  they  won’t  help  us  very  much  if  we  want  to  graduate  
to  the  next  level  of  evolution.  When  beings  capable  of  in6inite  magic  act  like  

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monkeys,  we  get  the  world  we  are  living  in  today:  we  are  more  prosperous  
and  powerful  than  ever  before,  yet  we  are  also  more  worried  and  stressed  
than  ever  before.  
So  what  is  the  solution?  The  solution  is  being  truly  sick  and  tired  of  mind-­‐
lessly  suffering,  of  doing  the  same  things  over  and  over  and  expecting  different  
results,  of  making  the  same  mistakes  over  and  over  again.  In  other  words,  the  
solution  is  truly  stop  playing  games  with  yourself  and  making  a  real  decision  
to  follow  the  deepest  truth  within  your  heart,  at  all  times,  without  exception.  
The  solution  is  following  the  previous  three  gold  keys:  know  your  ultimate  
goal,  pay  attention  to  your  stored  neurological  patterns  of  behavior,  stop  6idg-­‐
eting  mentally  and  be  patient…  when  you  do  that,  you  can  practice  this  fourth  
gold  key:  feel  time.    
Feeling  time  means  knowing  what  to  do,  and  when  to  do  it.  It  means  being  
so  attuned  with  the  dance  of  life  that  your  entire  being  merges  with  it.  When  
you  are  One  with  the  6low  of  life,  with  the  information  6low  that  connects  all  
things  and  beings,  you  begin  to  move  with  it,  and  then  when  the  time  is  right,  
you  begin  to  move  it  -­‐  this  is  the  essence  of  life  magic.  Time  is  key.  But  more  
importantly  than  that,  a  completely  lack  of  sel6ishness  is  absolute  prerequi-­‐
site  for  anyone  whose  ultimate  goal  is  freedom.
Here  is  another  way  of  understanding  the  profound  magic  that  is  time:  
The  willingness  to  follow  the  deepest  truth  of  the  present  moment  no  matter  
how  dif.icult  it  may  seem.  Like  all  magic,  this  too  requires  a  keyword  to  acti-­‐
vate  its  awesome  powers,  remember  this  carefully:  love.  When  you  use  this  
magic,  the  structure  of  reality  itself  will  change,  causing  a  rupture  in  the  fab-­‐
ric  of  cause  and  effect  by  transcending  time,  making  this  the  most  powerful  
magic  imaginable.  In  that  sense,  this  is  not  really  magic,  but  a  miracle.  Like  all  
miracles,  this,  too,  is  not  subject  to  limits  of  size  or  orders  of  dif6iculty.  But  re-­‐
member  the  keyword:  love,  for  without  it,  the  magic  destroys  the  one  who  un-­‐
leashes  it.    
Feeling  time  means  knowing  when  to  be  still  and  when  to  take  effortless  
action  with  absolute  elegance.  This  only  becomes  possible  when  you  have  

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gained  substantial  energy  by  practicing  the  previous  three  gold  keys.  Without  
enough  energy,  you  will  never  be  able  to  tell  time.  Without  transcending  sel6-­‐
ish  desires,  all  that  is  visible  are  mirages  and  scenes  from  ones  own  stored  
patterns  of  nightmares.  

Fif% Gold Key: Silent Will

This  is  where  the  circle  closes  upon  itself.  Life  is  of  course  meaningless  if  
you  have  no  desires,  no  dreams,  no  hopes,  no  overwhelming  urge  to  attempt  
the  impossible.  But  there  is  a  right  way  of  going  about  it  and  a  dysfunctional  
way  of  going  about  it.  Once  you  have  mastered  the  previous  four  keys,  you  are  
ready  to  learn  the  most  coveted  secret  of  all:  how  to  rede6ine  your  reality  and  
live  in  your  own  dreams.
Once  again,  the  secret  is  quite  simple  really…  all  you  have  to  do  is  remem-­‐
ber  what  you  want  and  actually  truly  want  it.  You  don’t  start  talking  about  it,  
you  don’t  start  jumping  up  and  down,  you  don’t  run  around  pushing  things  to  
hurry  up,  you  do  nothing  but  simply  remember  at  all  times  what  is  it  that  you  
want.  This  is  silent  will.  
When  you  are  not  divided,  when  you  have  truly  decided  upon  that  which  
you  want,  the  great  wheel  of  providence  immediately  begins  to  move  and  all  
things  unforeseen  start  to  come  together.  Usually,  however,  when  we  make  
our  decision  initially,  we  are  far  from  ready,  and  further  transformation  is  nec-­‐
essary.  
As  it  says  in  the  Bible…  
Figs  do  not  grow  on  thistles,  nor  grapes  on  thorns.
We  have  to  be  ready  to  receive  that  which  we  so  desire  in  our  reality.  And  
that  usually  involves  a  journey  of  transformation,  the  hero’s  journey,  of  meet-­‐
ing  the  dragons  and  slaying  our  inner  demons,  fears  and  dysfunctional  pat-­‐
terns  of  behavior.  In  other  words,  we  have  to  learn  to  observe:  our  own  behav-­‐

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ioral  patterns  primarily,  and  the  way  the  dragon  (life  itself)  moves  secondar-­‐
ily,  especially  in  moments  of  con6lict.  
Next  we  have  to  remember  that  (in  the  words  of  King  Solomon)…
For  everything  there  is  a  time  and  season  for  all  occasions  under  the  heaven.  
This  means  being  patient  and  having  absolute  conviction  (faith  if  you  like  
that  word  more)  that  once  you  follow  this  formula,  it  is  inevitable  that  what  
you  seek  will  come  to  reality.  But  there  is  a  time  and  a  season  for  all  things  un-­‐
der  the  heaven.  You  remain  calm  and  wait  without  waiting.  You  gain  energy.  
When  you  have  enough  energy,  the  time  will  soon  be  ripe  enough  to  act,  
and  it  will  be  time  to  do  what  needs  to  be  done.  This  is  the  time  to  take  that  
step,  make  that  move,  and  do  what  is  necessary  to  do.  It  seems  like  after  all  
the  preparation,  this  step  should  be  easy,  but  its  not.  Usually  we  are  terri6ied  
when  that  moment  of  truth  arrives  and  we  hesitate  to  take  action,  because  it’s  
one  thing  to  fantasize  great  things  and  quite  another  thing  to  seize  the  mo-­‐
ment  and  actually  make  those  great  things  happen.  And  if  in  our  hesitation  
that  moment  passes  us  by,  everything  is  lost.  The  great  bird  of  freedom  comes  
to  us  all  but  it  has  no  patience  for  hesitation.  
When  you  use  this  simple  formula  again  and  again,  you  begin  to  appreciate  
the  astounding  power  and  elegance  of  silent  will,  and  you  begin  to  live  life  as  
the  fantastic  magical  being  that  you  really  are.  

"at’s it.

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 And in case if y# are wonde'ng...

I am not fond of self promotion. I believe the teacher always arrives when the stu-
dent is ready. All you have to do is be ready and the way shall open. Still, one of
my old students requested that I include this message clearly...
You are not alone on this great journey of self discovery.
If you need a teacher, someone you can talk to, someone who can give you that ex-
tra push or that critical pull when necessary... I am here for you. When you feel
you are ready to take yourself to a whole new level of evolution, visit:
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Last Words…
Thank  you  for  reading.    
This  text  was  inspired  by  the  works  of:
Carl  Jung
Joseph  Campbell
Carlos  Castaneda
Jiddu  Krishnamurti
…and  many,  many  neuroscience  researchers  of  the  last  6ive  decades.

If  you  have  more  questions  or  comments,  

send  it  to  sha6indezane@gmail.com
If  you  want  to  learn  from  me  directly,  or  work  with  me  
one  on  one,    visit  my  website  at  www.rede6ineyourreality.com  

Or  if  you  are  totally  new  to  this  journey…  

start  at  www.thesevendayjourney.com  
which  will  give  you  a  wholesome  start  on  this  glorious  adventure.  

Wishing  you  clarity,  strength  and  passion!

Shafin de Zane

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