The Work

2004-9-13 05:42:00

Thanks Dan and others for your interest in freeing my hands. Some have volunteered to move here and assist me, and I discourage this until I have more time to make use of them. In the practical world a grubstake of sufficient money what is needed so I can take my attention off our business that pays the bills and put it on additional writing and promoting the books. Normally, an author has to spend as much time in promotion as he does in writing.

I have been spending most of my free time in writing with very little to place on promotion.

The possibility that appeals to me the most (outside of self-sufficiency through my own efforts) is to incorporate and sell stock. I need to check out all the implications of this to make sure we stay legal. If there is an attorney on this list willing to give advice, feel free to contact me.

Rob writes:
JJ, will you share with us what you told me about the possible Napoleon Hill-DK connection? Thanks. :)

JJ:
When I was younger I read all of his books. He wrote quite a bit more than "Think and Grow Rich." It seems like I bought about six of them altogether, but the only one I have in my current library is Think and Grow Rich.

I do not have the book where he talks about the "Brotherhood" but I found a couple quotes on the web.

In his book "Grow Rich with Peace of Mind" he reports the visitation of a presence speaking in a voice that "sounded like chimes of great music," (bells?) this visitor stated: "I come from the Great School of Masters. I am one of the Council of Thirty-Three who serve the Great School and its initiates on the physical plane."

This School of Masters is "Sometimes known as the Venerable Brotherhood of Ancient India, it is the great central reservoir of religious, philosophical, moral, physical, spiritual and psychical knowledge. Patiently this school strives to lift mankind from spiritual infancy to maturity of soul and final illumination."

I've just ordered the book again from Amazon to make sure I can get the full story.

Reach high, for the stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Pamela Vaull Starr