Heaven on Earth for 2010

"My stand is clear:
produce to distribute,
feed before you eat,
give before you take,
think of others, before you think of yourself.
Only a selfless society based on sharing can be stable and happy.
This is the only practical solution.
If you do not want it - fight."

Nisargadatta Maharaj

I'd rather be hillarious

I just arrived on my home of Kaua'i. I had no sooner checked in to my little hale' (timeshare home) when I saw my good friend Lei, from Long View Washington in the courtyard with a bunch of friends, both locals and visitors. Of course, they were eating, playing music and when I joined them, dancing hula. When you show up in time for a meal, you know your timing is impeccable. Much talking story and Lei remarked about my dancing and how good I was. That I must have been practicing. I answered that while I love dancing, I would rather be hilarious. She replied that I was certainly that. That evening, Lei and I again entertained with hula at a local lounge. What a wonderful way to be welcomed back to Kaua'i.

This week, the market is down, a lot, and I am up. I'm about even now. And I was thinking about success and that success is kind of hilarious. I visited the monastery yesterday for a tour of the temple and the guide talked about the monks. He described them as anything but solemn or pious, in fact, some of them were the funniest people he knew. He is correct in this; many of the monks have a great sense of humor. And all of them are always welcoming, extending aloha to all.

So I'm shooting for the acumen of a seasoned trader and the heart of a monk. Now that's hilarious!

"My biscuits are burning", Roger Rabbit

Bought position in FAZ. Within 3 weeks was up 30%. Should have sold. Within 2 months after that, my position had declined to half my original investment. Added to my position 6X my original investment. Over past month, my position has declined about 20%.

I was talking to someone about my trading. I told her I was in highly leveraged funds. She asked, isn't that what brought down the economy? Kind of........ I replied.

I'm holding. It will soon be clear whether I'm a hero, or a goat. It's all about having your cojones in the fire. No wimps allowed

BUY

Stock market is up almost 2% today. Mahendra states that all gains will be given up by the end of the day. I added to my FAZ position and I placed a new position in SMA. Leveraged shorting of the financial sector and basic metals.

Heaven and hell

An old brahmin priest spoke with his Lord Siva about heaven and hell (which is called Narakaloka in Sanskrit and differs from other hells in not being eternal, but a temporary state of souls between births). The Lord said to the aging pandit, “Come, I will show you hell.” They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of wonderful smelling vegetable curry. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible. “Come, now I will show you heaven,” Siva said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first the pot of luscious curry, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But everyone was happy and well-nourished. “I don’t understand,” said the Brahmin. “Why are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room where everything was exactly the same?” Lord Siva smiled, “Ah, it is simple,” He said. “Here they have learned to feed each other.” from Hindu Press International

Big move coming

Since beginning to trade, I was up almost 30% and then down almost 50% from my original position. I think that's an approximately 62% decline in less in about 2 months. Boy what a learning experience. Not bad huh?

Yesterday, I increased my position in FAZ 6 fold. When you're down and you're confident of your positioning, BUY!!!!!!

I had a wonderful kundalini yoga retreat with Sri M. I've been practicing every day for a month now. I'm having some wonderful breakthroughs. My desire to remain sitting actually exceeds my desire to get up and start doing things. I am counting on my intuition improving for making trades. I will plan to visit with M in India in either March or April.

Mahendra, indicates that a major decline will occur any time now. I've been very excited about increasing my trading position. However, after meditating the other morning, I realized that if Mahendra is correct, there will be much suffering. I felt sad about this. But still, suffering is part and parcel of life.

Trading Secrets

First off, it's no longer a secret. Direxion Funds in its recent quarterly report states that their funds are not "buy and hold" funds. I had already figured this out after experiencing FAZ for the past 5 weeks. My account had been up as much as 30% and it's now down almost 10%. If I had traded with my intuition, my gains would have been solidified with a share volume increase of 30%.

Beginning now, I'll begin trading this account, perhaps daily. Mahendra states a sharp DOW correction will take place today so some nice volatility should ensue.

In anticipation of applying my trading ideas, I consulted my Vedic Astrologist, Vaughn Paul Manley of Mau'i. It looks like the wind will be at my back for the next 3 plus years. It is nice to affirm my intuition to have begun trading and that my timing is good.

Vaughn Paul also indicates that as I deepen my spiritual practice, the strength of intuition will increase. I'm getting a better sense of the difference between an excitement, (indicating a trade confirmation) as opposed to fear (indicating a wait and see). My experience to date has been more like a blackjack player who refuses to leave the table until losses are recovered. Such players always loose even more than they've already lost.

I'm looking forward to a great being, Sri "M", returning to Portland. This kriya yoga master will be hosting a retreat at Breitenbush at the end of August. It's been a couple of years since I've made much effort at sitting still (meditating). Perhaps his presence will re-energize my practice.