CHAPTER 5

An extraordinary truth

“To regret one’s experience is to deny one’s existence.” OSCAR WILDE

I’m about to introduce you to an extraordinary truth about life, so make yourself comfortable, relax, take a deep breath and be prepared for a surprise.

I’m going to challenge the way you’ve probably always thought about a great many things. Some of you will initially resist this challenge. You may at first think, as I did, that what I’m going to tell you can’t be true. Perhaps you’ll think you now have the evidence to get your own back. You’ll think I’m the one who’s crazy.

Since the benefits of understanding and using this truth are so great I’ll do my best, as I always have, to convince you.

THE EASY BIT

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