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1) Aristotle believed the ultimate goal in life is achieving happiness or a "good life". A good life is an end in itself, not a means to gain something else.
2) To achieve a good life, one must establish an ultimate life plan with goals that lead to happiness. Subordinate goals are means to achieve the ultimate goal but not ends in themselves.
3) The document provides Aristotle's method for establishing an ultimate life plan including visualizing one's good life, setting subordinate goals, and taking action such as lighting a candle to symbolize beginning the plan.
1) Aristotle believed the ultimate goal in life is achieving happiness or a "good life". A good life is an end in itself, not a means to gain something else.
2) To achieve a good life, one must establish an ultimate life plan with goals that lead to happiness. Subordinate goals are means to achieve the ultimate goal but not ends in themselves.
3) The document provides Aristotle's method for establishing an ultimate life plan including visualizing one's good life, setting subordinate goals, and taking action such as lighting a candle to symbolize beginning the plan.
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1) Aristotle believed the ultimate goal in life is achieving happiness or a "good life". A good life is an end in itself, not a means to gain something else.
2) To achieve a good life, one must establish an ultimate life plan with goals that lead to happiness. Subordinate goals are means to achieve the ultimate goal but not ends in themselves.
3) The document provides Aristotle's method for establishing an ultimate life plan including visualizing one's good life, setting subordinate goals, and taking action such as lighting a candle to symbolize beginning the plan.
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all time had thoughts on the concept of cause and effect. Cause and effect is the foundation of all programming. All things are precipitated by cause. A great redwood tree was caused by a seed that was created by an earlier cause. The effect of the seed is the tree. The tree will eventually be the cause of still another event. It might be the cause of a redwood closet in your home, or simply a home for birds - there will however eventually be additional effects. Cause and Effect Aristotle asked two questions regarding cause and effect: 1. Are there causes that are never effects? 2. Are there effects that are ends in themselves and that do not in turn become causes? A final end. Things that we desire for their own sake, not as a means to gain something else. Aristotle says that to achieve the final causeless end we must have a closed end result, what he calls a 'right ultimate aim'. What we would call, an ultimate goal. What is this ultimate that we should plan and aim at? If there is an ultimate then it would surely follow that every one of us should set our sights on it. Aristotle's ultimate and final end is a good life. With a good life there is no effect turning into a cause for some other event. Causes take one to the good life, once there however, Cause stops. The good life is the final effect and not of itself the cause of some other gain. The good life is something we desire for its own sake. Suppose that to achieve Aristotle's good life you set up a plan, with an ultimate goal. Part of the plan would be an occupation, which is a cause for earning money. The occupation is the cause while the money is the effect. You spend the money on a new car. The money is the cause of your buying the car, the car is the effect. You drive to work. The car is the cause of your getting to work, work is the effect. Therefore cause is effect, and effect cause. But in the final end, cause stops. A good life is not a case for a better life. A good life (what you may call happiness) is the final end. Aristotle calls a good life 'living well'. Living well is an end we seek for its own sake and not as a cause for something else, or for some other effect. Wants and Needs Tied into living well (a subjective concept) are wants and needs. To simplify the difference - we have certain basic needs. You need food. You want certain types of food. You do not need apply pie, pancakes, rare roast beef, custard pudding or a cheese sandwich. Those are things you want, not need. Wants are determined by ethnicity, upbringing, environment, and attitude - all four of those factors are part of past programming. Aristotle calls needs 'natural desires' and wants 'acquired desires'. When we know something is bad, such as drugs or cigarettes, and yet still want them, the desire for immediate gratification overrides the eventual bad that comes from the want. Those are acquired desires and are wants, not needs. Immature people desire immediate gratification. Aristotle's blueprint for achieving the good life involves a plan that includes seeking out, and acquiring things that are good for us to have. To acquire a want for the beneficial. But what is it that is good for us to have? Plans Require Productive Thinking Thoughts that produce desired outcomes (which we call creative thoughts) are productive. The thoughts necessary for the good life would be the ultimate in productive thinking. The best plan is the one that has as the end result, a good life. This is what Aristotle would set as the ultimate goal, for it is the one goal that spells finish to the cycle of cause and effect. Determine what a good life means to you. What things would be necessary for you to have the good life? That doesn't mean things you daydream about when you have nothing better to do, like a castle in the clouds, or a chateau in the south of France. Keep it realistic. Go to Alpha and consider what a good life would mean to you. Once you have determined that - use the techniques you learned in this course to program it. That's your ultimate plan. All other goals are subordinate to the ultimate plan as all other goals are effects that will in turn become causes. There is nothing wrong with goals that are subordinate to the ultimate plan but understand that they are tributaries leading to the main stream. The important thing is to develop your plan for the good life first, then work on the rest of your goals. When you have your ultimate, living-well plan established, the rest will fall into place easily, and naturally. Establish your living-well plan - then have the courage to go out of your way if necessary to involve yourself in the things that lead you to that good life - then allow your subordinate goals to come into play. Once your ultimate plan is set, everything you do is a means to that end. Aristotle said,"The good life is an end unto itself." The Aristotle Action Process 1. Go to Alpha and determine what good life means. With your eyes closed you take a deep breath and as you release the breath you mentally say the number three. Take another deep breath and as you release it, mentally say the number two. Take another deep breath and as you release it, mentally say the number one. You should be relaxed and at level at this time. 2. Use The Golden Image you learned in Lesson 5 to establish a good life goal. Say that a good life for you is a cabin by a lake with a platform extending over the water with a dock and your boat nearby. Create an image in your mind. Once you have it, make it clear, bring in color, give it depth, bring in sound, imagine you are feeling the rail of the platform. Bring in other senses. 3. Use the candle of Aristotle to help in your programming. Picture yourself lighting a candle and placing it on a plate, in a safe place, somewhere in your home or office. Imagine this while you are at the Alpha level. 4. Use your new resources to gain the courage to skip over the difficulties that stand in your way. Imagine any difficulties or temptations that you will encounter and sense yourself overcoming the difficulties and temptations. 5. Establish your subordinate goals. There will be smaller goals for you to achieve on your way to a good life goal. Establish a small goal that will be the first cause. It could be something simple. Something that you are certain you can achieve. Be sure to put in a date the goal is to be achieved by. 6. Take the first action. Your first action will be the actual lighting of the candle. This is the catalyst for beginning. The candle should be lit after the meditation with a picture of the good- life goal established. Place the candle in a plate (for safety reasons) and place the candle in a place where it can burn down and disappear without being looked after. Your intent is what lends power to this concept. May the Rest of Your Life be the Best of Your Life.
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