I've been back in Tampa for the past
few days and although I avoid the sun
and the glare of lights - I have some
good news to report.
My vision may come back to 20/20. In
fact, based on what I'm able to do "off
and on" - it may already be at 20/20.
Here's how I know: Last night I grabbed
a newsletter written in 8 pt. font and put
on some "readers" to give it a roll. At one
point I covered my left eye just to test myself
and was blown away to note that I was reading
the 8 pt. font with my surgically repaired right
eye.
I removed the spectacles and was still able to
read the fine print.
This isn't all day long yet nor is it easy for me to
read or type on a computer because of the glare -
I often wear sunglasses while looking at the screen -
but I think it's significant.
Yes, my emails will have typos as the glare is hard
to bare at times - but you can see I'm going in a
nice direction - and this is less than 3 weeks form the
date of surgery.
The breakthrough began three nights ago. I went outside
around 9 PM and went for a walk. But not a normal forward
walk. No. It was my Dao Zou walk - the one I learned in China
over the past few years from a 75-year old man who looks 60
and never stops smiling.
I felt uneasy about doing this type of training in NYC late at
night - if you get my point - but here in Tampa - no problema.
I started with 1008 steps the first night. Then two nights ago
went to my standard of 2008. When I came indoors Zhannie
looked at me and said, "My god, your eye looks great."
So last night I got out there again and once again, when I came
indoors - energy streaming off me and through me like a light
saber - she once again says, "Wow, your eye is getting better
and better. What are you doing outside."
I told her and she nodded. Nothing more said.
Well, since I started back on my Dao Zou program I am now
energized big time. I still need a good 12 hours of sleep - but
man, when I'm awake I'm awake big time. Not only that, but when
I'm sleeping I'm mostly watching movies and playing around. More
on that some other day. For now let it suffice that I'm both sleeping
and using my mind at the same time - an interesting thing I must
say.
Anyway, tomorow I'm going to do a more formal launch of the Dao
Zou product - but if you want to jump on it now and get it for half
the price it oughta cost - and will cost in the future - then go on
over to http://www.mattfurey.com/dao_zou.html and place your
order NOW.
As my eyes are still very sensitive to sunlight - or any
light, for that matter - I only go through a few and let
Carol handle the rest.
Well, today I got an update on how we're doing this
month. To say I was delighted would be an understate-
ment.
I've been flat on my back for a good part of this month.
I've written and done next to nothing - and the business
continues to flourish.
Last week, a number of people wrote to tell me that the
business I am in has hit the "true wealth" stage.
In case you think these people were only talking about
finances, think again. Here's what they meant:
1. While in Finland I suffered a detached retina. A simple
phone call to George Thurber, M.D. - a member of my
MasterMind, helped line up the finest surgeon in NYC.
2. I immediately booked first class tickets back to the U.S.
for myself and Eddie Baran, who was watching out for me.
I paid for both tickets.
3. We arrived in NYC and immediately went by Lincoln town
car to Dr. Fine's office at Columbia Hospital. It was nearly
7 PM when we arrived. He was there, alone with another
surgeon, waiting for me. No one else was in the clinic.
4. Baseed on what Dr. Thurber relayed to Dr. Fine I was
already scheduled for surgery on Saturday at 10 a.m. After
a brief exam it turned out I DID need the surgery, and fast.
5. Ed and I left the clinic and I booked two hotel rooms, right
on Times Square. The price of the rooms did not figure into
my thinking - nor did I worry about missing work.
6. On Saturday, once again, I was the only person in the clinic.
And I was the only person scheduled for surgery.
7. On Sunday I returned to have my patch removed and to be
examined. Again, I was the only patient.
8. Meanwhile, thousands of people throughout the world sent
their heartfelt requests for a successful surgery and speedy
recovery.
Everything listed above BEGAN and happened because of the
business I have on the Internet. Dr. Thurber, for example, came
to me thru the Internet - has attended my seminars and is a
member of my MasterMind. He is also a very accomplished Lasik
surgeon in Mississippi who has done over 4000 operations without
a single person losing a line of vision.
Since this happened I've often thought about the fact that a good
many people would not have been given the care and treatment I
have been given; nor could they afford it. If they were staying in a
$500 per night room on Times Square in NYC, trying to recover
from major eye surgery, chances are excellent that they'd be
worrying about moohlah while also trying to heal.
It's very hard to heal when you're lying around in fear about lost
work, missed opportunities, bills not being paid, and so on.
I'm fortunate to be in the position I am in and believe me, I'm
extraordinarily grateful. At the same time there is a reason I'm
in the financial situation I am in and it has more to do with being
willing to take a risk, being willing to learn something new, being
willing to be laughed at and spoofed, being willing to set aside FEAR
and march toward what I truly desire - than anything else.
Yesterday Carol forwarded me an email from a man who attended
my seminar last October and is coming back this year. Here's what
he had to say:
"I've sat down a couple of times today to send you an email and
stopped shortbecause I didn't want to bug you, however,
something is compelling me to share this with you. It took
me totally by surprise.
I had an interesting yet highly unusual conversation with my
wife last night that I will briefly summarize. We were out on
the porch just taking in nature & relaxing and started to
compare our upcoming schedules. I mentioned the dates of
the October conference to her and she said "that's great, I'm
aware of how much you've been looking forward to that
seminar and at least this year I will know much better what
to expect".
I asked her to explain.
She told me that she had never mentioned it before but when
I returned from last year's show I was "a completely different
person".
I asked her how so and she said that I was still the same loving
husband and father, still the great provider, and still a silly
knucklehead kid, but I was doing everything in my life at a whole
new intensity and on a whole different level.
Everything!
In amazement I asked her why she had not shared this with
me before and she said that she was SCARED. She said that
she had never seen anyone change so much in such a short
period of time and that initially she was wondering if I had
done the right thing by attending. But when she got to know
the "new me" and she caught on to the new vibration level
the fear she felt went away. She also said the new vibration
level is one of the most fun and exciting feelings that she
has ever experienced.
Amazing, I knew the event had changed me on the inside,
but I sure didn't realize that it was so obvious from the
outside. Maybe Matthew needs a warning pamphlet for
spouses and family members of the attendees. Heh heh."
See you in October,
Steve K.
South Bend, IN
What Steve is referring to in terms of "vibration" should not
be overlooked. Raising your level of vibration is fundamental
to your upward and onward success. You cannot achieve
goals further up the ladder without also going up the same
ladder "internally."
Those who attend my seminars immediately sense a change
in the energy of the room as soon as I enter. And this change
continues to grow and grow all week long as I speak and pour
my heart and soul into what it takes to become successful on
the Internet - and in life.
By simply listening to an audio or watching a video clip of me
speaking, those who are open to change and growth will note
their batteries being charged. Perhaps you will expereince
something stirring inside you as well when you go watch the
clip we have up at http://www.knockoutmarketing.com
This seminar will be filled to capacity very soon. Make sure
you don't miss out.
P.S. This seminar will not repeat. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
It's not everyday that you can bring in the celebrity speakers I have
selected. And it's not everyday that you can say, "The Zen Master of
the Internet changed my life." You will say this if and when you attend
my seminar in October.
This morning I had a check-up with Dr. Fine. Went there with my brother, Sean, whose been watching over me since last Friday.
Over the past couple nights I've felt there was a marked improvement in my vision - and today I had it confirmed.
The latest is this: 20-50 vision in right eye - retina attached and getting stronger.
As far as vigorous exercise - I am to wait until September 15.
And ... as far as getting on the mat and knocking someone around - October 15.
I'm thrilled to hear an update like this - and once again want to thank all of you for pulling for me. In a crisis we are given an opportunity to showcase our attitude toward the crisis itself, as well as our care and compassion for others. Oddly enough, sort of as a bonus, the person enduring the crisis comes to discover who his REAL friends and allies are.
I'll be having a celebration special within a day or two - as a bonus for all you've done for me. Stay tuned.
Rise Up,
Matthew Furey
P.S. Here's a new video clip that is also up at www.psycho-cybernetics.com - be sure to go to a 'rook' right away.
There I was, lying merrily in my bed, resting my limbs and pondering a brighter future. Then, sometime before the stroke of midnight - a demon appeared before me.
"Furey, who do you think you are?" it questioned. "You're never going to recover from your eye surgery. You're never going to regain your vision. You're never going to rise above this. Face it, you're finished."
Twas stunned to hear such a thing said to me. But it was there and it was real.
"Look at you, you can't even fight back, can you?" railed the demon. "All bed bound and helpless, needing others to take care of you, needing to take medicine to ease your pain. I thought you were supposed to be some kind of master. I thought you were the guy who teaches others to be strong - and look at you NOW - in your weakness."
At this point I struck back. I stood up in bed and wrist locked the demon. He tried to punch me in the head as I did this - but I was ready for him. I stepped forward and hip tossed him, separating his elbow in the process and making him shriek in anger.
I remained calm, still doing my Zen Master deep breathing, even in the midst of a fight.
The demon then drew a sword and took a whack at me. I evaded his strike by falling on my matfress. Then I grabbed my bathroom towel as he was preparing his fnishing strike. I snapped him in the eye, kicked him in the nadz and pulled away his sword. Then I went to town on him in a way that would make a Samurai proud.
I laid back down - still doing my breathing exercises. Still calm.
18 minutes later another demon showed his ugly mug. As he started to yell and shriek I simply used the power of imagination to fight him. I didn't even bother to get out of bed. I drew an imaginary sword and began slicing him to bits.
Amazingly enough, he was even easier to beat than the first evil predator.
No, I am not hallucinating. I am not delirious. I am alive.
At the same time I have told you these tales because, whether you realize it or not, each day the demons of self-doubt, fear, worry and so on are looking for resting places. They're looking for souls to disturb, souls to drive mad.
No, I didn't physically fight any demons last night - but I did fight them in my imagination - and I won both times.
Today, I want you to remember this. Whenever anyone human tells you that you "can't" - draw your imaginary weaponry and reduce this insult to the gutter realm where it belongs. More importantly, whenver you have self-doubts, fears, worries and so on - be not afraid. Picture them as demons and draw your weapon.
Nothing - and I mean NOTHING can defeat you but yourself. And if you are on YOUR side - then you've joined forces with the stranger within who wants to see you make the most of your life.
Friend, what I have illustrated for you is merely a taste of what you will learn at my October seminar - be sure to take a very serious look.
Matthew Furey
Zen Master of the Internet®
P.S. I have more fights to tell you about in the future - and they're far better than today's lesson. Stay tuned.
Yesterday there was a "changing of the guard." My good friend, Eddie Baran, went home and my brother, Sean - the eldest bro in the Furey clan, arrived.
Unlike Eddie and myself, Sean knows his way around Manhattan. Last night he walked me past David Letterman's Tonight Show, past Mickey Mantle's bar, past Trump Tower, past a whole lot of shops that my wife would go ga-ga over. When we got to the Rockefeller Center I felt it dark enough to pull off the shades for a photo update. The clothes look better than the mug, me thinks.
This morning Sean dropped by my room around 10 - told me we were going to a Jewish deli. We took a short cab ride and got out. Half hour later we parked our rumps in a restaurant that had bagels - but tweren't no Jewish deli - that's fo sho. I followed the "see food diet" I've been on since arriving in Manhattan a week ago - and the amazing thing is I can feel the food being metabolized as I eat - that's how fast my system is cranking right now. Tis an interesting phenomenon. Maybe there's a course in this somewhere ... "The Detached Retina Mega Metabolism Weight Loss Program." Here's how it works. Detach a retina - go under emergency surgery to repair it, lie around doing next to nothing for a long time - and you can eat whatever you want, even bagels, and you'll still lose weight. Sounds like a winner to me - NOT.
After eating breakfast we began walking again and after an hour of traipsing I spotted a place of manicure, pedicure, waxing, foot massage and back massage. I decided to forego the mani and pedi. "How much for a foot massage?" I asked.
"Thirty two dollar for 20 minutes," the Korean lady said to me.
I said: "I have an hour then. And so will he." I pointed to Sean, who had never enjoyed a foot massage before.
As we're being escorted down stairs the Korean lady starts talking Chinese to the two men who are going to treat us. I immediately chimed back in Chinese and then we were all one big happy family - with different mothers, of course.
Before the treatment ended Sean was in bliss and I was feeling mighty ripe myself. So we commenced to walking some more. We strolled through Central Park for quite a spell. At one point I told my bro to slow down as I could feel a little irregular pumpage beginning to throb in my eyeball.
"Don't want to overdo it," I said. "Let's find a place for me to rest my bones."
Sean found an empty bench and I parked myself there for a fine photo. I kept the shades on as the sun whacks me hard - as do bright lights of any kind. My whole life I prided myself on NOT wearing shades. Even refused to have a conversation with someone who wore shades. Couldn't stand the people you see in LA walking in the corridors of hotels with shades on. I like to see people eyes when I talk. I like to look people in the eyes when I talk. So I always thought of wearing shades in a conversation as disrespect.
And NOW - I am duh man wearing shades most of the time. In the hallways. In the elevators. On the street. In the cab. Everywhere.
The other night I went to an Off Broadway musical. Even with the shades on - when the crew started running the lights I had to shade my shades with my hands and put my head down. When we left 90 minutes later my eyeball was throbbing - but I was glad I didn't go there without the protection. Strange oddity weirdness, huh?
After getting my picture in Central Park, Sean and I began trekking the streets again. About a half-mile from our hotel I spotted a Chinese massage and accupuncture studio. Funny how I snuff these things out with dark shades and swollen eyes, but I guess my body needs it.
We shuffled upstairs and I looked at the rates. $55 for one hour. I couldn't believe my eyes. That's a slave labor wage in Manhattan. Especially when you consider how much the foot massage was.
I told the ladies to put us down for an hour each. They began running the chi and both of us were feeling it. The ladies hands were like hot loaves of bread, only softer. After the timer went off I requested another half-hour each.
"Now I know why you get three hours of this a day when you're in China," said Sean. "This is awesome."
I said: "And now you know one of the reasons why I'm physically and mentally relaxed most of the time. I'm used to being pressed on, stretched, beaten, whacked, kneaded and cracked. And with this comes greater ability to relax and just "be.""
Ended the day with a visit to the Terrific Turk's shop. I've been there every day this week. He carves me a double lamb kebab and puts it on a salad. Today we talked wrestling.
"Your ears," he said. "You got from hard wrestling, ah?"
"Ah." I replied. "Maybe my eyes, too."
He laughed. So did I.
So you know all is progressing nicely. Still have my sense of humor. Am happy to be alive. Am happy to be moving around. Am happy to see better than I could a week ago. Got ten thousand reasons to be happy. No, make that a million. Er, ten million.
Maybe more.
And YOU are one of them. Thanks for being on my list.
"Rising Up a Little More Each Day"
Matthew Furey
Zen Master of the Internet®
P.S. A very powerful video clip of me speaking LIVE - taken a few days before the retina detachment. I encourage you to go check it out and feel the positive vibe I'm sending your way. This was from a private training - but I've decided to release it to all of you as a "thank you" for all your support. I think you'll find much of great value in this clip. It's over 10 minutes long - and absolutely riveting. Go here to view it NOW.
Power Quote of The Day
"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos - the trees, the clouds, everything."
I'm typing with my eyes closed most of the time right now so hope thus message comes through alright. Trying to focus with two different eyes doing two different things is a bit rough, but I'm making a way around it by closing the lids and letting my inner eyes do the yob.
Anyway, I had a video clip from one of my events put up for you to see. This one is mega huge as it covers Law of Attraction and Law of Attraction in Reverse - or Law of Repellling. This is MUST view material..
Matthew Furey
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"Make your burning desire stronger than the fault-finding and criticisms of others. When your desire burns brighter than the sting of criticism, then criticism has no sting, and nothing can or will stop you."
Matt Furey
President, Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, Inc.
Note: If you're on more than one of my lists - you've already rec'd this update.
I am happy to report that I am typing this message to you. I am doing so with blurred 20-70 vision in my right eye and 20=25 vision in my left. The two don't work that well together right now - and so at times I close my right eye and read and write while only using my left - which used to be my "bad" eye.
Last night I talked to Dr. Thurber who did my Lasik last summer and he recalled our conversation prior to the work he did on me.
Dr. Thurber said: "Your left eye isn't worth a damn but let's see what we can do with it anyway because if anything ever happens to your right eye you won't be totally blind."
I agreed and with this in mind he took my vision from 20-400 in the left to 20[25. The best he thought he could do was 20/50 - so both of us were ecstatic with 20/25.
Well, his decision to "try" and fix the left eye turned out to be saving grace for me in Finland last week - as well as right now.
It will be 4-6 weeks before everything is clear in my right eye - according to the surgeon, Dr. Howard Fine. Perhaps I'll beat that timetable. We shall "see."
Right now I am still in NYC where I will remain for another week or more. During my time here I am taking good rest while simul- taneously moving forward on a number of fronts.
In a day or so, for example, I am going to do something I have never done before. I am having LIVE video footage of me, in seminar and coaching group format, put on the web for all to see and experience.
I think you'll be deeply moved by what you witness - and you'll come to know why thousands of people sent their best thoughts, wishes and prayers for me when I went into surgery - as well as when the possibility of me needing a gas bubble hung in the balance.
I am immensely gateful for all that has taken place in the last week. As odd as it may sound I am even grateful for my retina being detached and the surgery that took place. All of this collectively has led me to SEE you, myself and life itself in an elevated and expanded way.
As Eddie Baran - www.eddiebaran.com read so many of your emails to me - with my eyes closed I could see you speaking to me. I could feel the warmth of care and compassion in your voices. Again, thank YOU.
So you know I am now able to move around. I can walk and do very light stretching - just nothing that could or will increase pressure to my head. I enjoyed a fine walk yesterday through the streets of Manhattan. What a wonderful place. Truly. All around me people were so kind, warm and friendly. That's saying something, I think.
A couple other things in the works:
1. Very soon I will having a $1.00 offer for the Psycho- Cybernetics Success Group. This means you'll be able to try it for one month for only one buck and if you don't want to continue - let us know. Look for this special and jump on it as it will be availabe for a short time only.
2. As of now we have only 17 seats left in my Zero Resistance Internet Marketing seminar, being held October 17-20. I would love to see you in one of those remaining seats. Furthermore, I would love to look you in the eyes and shake your hand. You can enroll NOW - http://www.knockoutmarketing.com/fearless.html
That's all for now - be on the look out for those updates I mentioned.
Rise Up,
Matthew Furey
http://www.mattfurey.com
P.S. Tonight I'm going to an Off-Broadway play. Won't be able to see much very clearly but will be enjoying the feel. The moral of this is that we can always find a way to enjoy something. If one way doesn't work - use another tool.
This morning when I got up I had only one thought in mind. As I took my shower I thought about what clothes I would wear when I went to see the surgeon for an update on my situation. When I looked in the closet I saw hanging before me the same reddish black shirt I wore on the way to Finland. It was the same shirt I was wearing when my retina began to detach. I decided to wear the same shirt today. Doing so communicated two things to my mind:
1. I am not afraid to go where I've gone before.
2. In wearing this shirt I want to rewind my mind back to the point in time before the retina detached. In doing so I am recalling and reliving moments when my vision was at its best.
Two days ago when I spoke to Carol Brown in the fulfillment office, I told her of the surgical options I was facing. I mentioned to her the possibility of a gas bubble being injected into my eye if the excess fluid didn't drain on its own accord. I told her if a gas bubble were used I'd need to spend a month on my stomach in bed, and whenever walking or sitting, I'd have to keep my head down. As soon as I said this, she proclaimed "THAT is NOT happening!"
Then she repeated this same sentence two more times with even greater conviction. I smiled through the phone while thinking: the lady done read my mind.
At no time did I ever allow the gas bubble mental picture a resting place in my mind. I mentally envisioned the doctor giving me the report I wanted to hear. And today was what my coach at Iowa Fan Gable referred to as "Zero Time." It's the day of reckoning, a day that all you can do physically and mentally is put to the test.
As I sat in the chair being examined, I knew that in my bones that I wasn't going to get a gas bubble. I knew this not just from my thinking, but from the collective thoughts and prayers of thousands of people around the world. Dr. Fine examined my eye in detail, and said "Wow, this looks great. The retina is totally attached and 99% of the fluid is gone."
I asked "Does that mean I'm not going to get a gas bubble?"
"I think so," said Dr. Fine.
Although I wanted to jump out of my seat and celebrate, I restrained myself. So I did the next best thing and asked if he would take a picture with me. He agreed.
Matt Furey ® with his eye surgeon, Dr.
Howard F. Fine.
I am grateful to have had such a fine surgeon operate on me. I am grateful for the care and concern shown to me by so many. I am even grateful that my retina detached in the first place. Yes, it has brought me to a new level of being.
I have been given the green light for walking and light stretching. More importantly, I have been given the green light to move forward with a number of goals that I will accomplish whether my eyes are opened or closed. Whether I can see or not plays second. Being able to see doesn't necessary give you vision. Having vision can help you and others see.
A few people whom I coach wrote me to say "I can't believe how someone who has so much physical and mental strength can be taken down by such a small tear. As I always tell my students, I am human and just as capable of failure and setbacks as anyone else. The difference is I also know I'm capable of rising up, meeting challenges head on and succeeding.
Some months ago I sent a postcard to all the members of the Matt Furey Inner Circle. On this postcard was something I wrote 10 years ago. I reads as follows:
I never go into anything expecting to lose. I go in expecting to win... and WIN I DO!
I believe if you're humble enough to ask for health, determined enough to focus enough on what you want and willing to do whatever it takes to win - you will. I have a few more weeks left to fully recover from this surgery and I have a very good feeling about this. My wish for you is that you capture some of my optimism and use it for a greater good in your life and the lives of those around you.
A few of my students who are attending my October seminar on Zero Resistance Internet Marketing told me that because of what has happened over the last week, my next seminar will be better than all others combined. I believe they are right. And in celebration of the successful surgery, I have lowered the price and enhanced the offer considerably. Only 19 seats remain.
I will consider it an honor to see you in one of those remaining seats, to look you in the eye and shake your hand.
Rise Up,
Matthew Furey
Zen Master of the Internet®
This morning I had the patch removed from my eye. Upon examination, Dr. Fine noted that 90% of the unwanted fluid had already drained out of my eye. My vision tested at 20/80 - which is remarkable a day after surgery. I told Dr. Fine:
"20/80 is a helluva lot better than blind."
He liked that one.
Tomorrow morning I go in for another checkup in which the fluid level in my eye is reexamined. Once again, I have spent most of the day on my back. Eddie Baran has read many of your emails to me and they have been a wellspring of encouragement. Thank you for your continued support. I want you to know I consider even the smallest expression of positive energy to be as having great meaning. After all, you can very easily direct your attention elsewhere.
One of the things I was informed of before and after the surgery is that there is to be no working out for the next month. For a man who has done something physical each day for his entire life this may have been a tough order to obey.
Matthew Furey in bed, mastering
the art of physical relaxation.
Yet it is not such a big thing.
When you want something it makes sense to do whatever it takes to get it. It makes no sense to want something yet be unwilling to do what it takes to have it. Michelangelo said that: "If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery they wouldn't think it worthwhile at all."
I am considered a master in many things - but lying on my back all day with my eyes closed is not one of them. Very soon it will be, perhaps, a new product at work here, heh heh.
I'm not one to use the words "I love you" for people who are not family or close friends. But right now those three words are the only thing I can say that accurately describe how I am feeling. And so I love you and thank you for thinking of me.
Note: This email is dictated to Eddie Baran from my bed in New York city.
I'm lying flat on my back with both my eyes closed and
my hands resting on my heart center. I had surgery
this morning for the detached retina of my right eye.
According to the doctor "I did very well."
This morning I got dressed in a special Zen Master
suit - purple in color - that I have never worn
before. I didn't know why I brought this suit with me
on this trip, but it is apparent to me now. In the
summer of 1982, some 25 years ago, I was wearing a
purple shirt when a man struck me in the face with a
beer pitcher that sliced open my skin from my forehead
to my neck. I'll never forget the doctor in emergency
at the University of Iowa hospital who pulled several
shards of glass from my eye, then said: "I think
somebody upstairs was looking out for you. I don't
know how you can still see."
When Eddie Baran and I got into the taxi this morning to
go to Columbia University Hospital, Eddie pointed to the
name of the driver.
"This guy is a sherpa," said Eddie.
I said "You mean one of those guides up the Himalayas
in Nepal?"
"I think so," said Eddie.
I then noted music in the background, a monk's chant.
I asked the driver "Where are you from?"
"Nepal," he said.
"Will you do me a favor, please?" I asked. "Can you
turn up the music so I can hear it better? I have eye
surgery today and I'm happy you're my guide."
He smiled from ear to ear as he turned up the music. I
closed my eyes and listened all the way to the
hospital.
When we got to the hospital, I asked "How much?"
The sherpa replied "18.95."
I gave him a 100-dollar bill, thanked him and told him
to keep the change.
Once inside the operating room, Dr. Fine - a fine name
for a surgeon, I think - spent five minutes working on
my left eye with a laser with the intention of
preventing the same detachment. Then he went to town
on my right eye. He began at 11:20 am and finished at
exactly 1:20 pm. He told me we hadn't put a gas bubble
into your eye and when you come see me tomorrow,
hopefully you won't have to. I smiled. Then he,
another doctor and Eddie Baran wheeled me into recovery.
Whilst in recovery the nurse told me I had a phone
call.
"On the hospital line?" I asked.
"Yes," she said. She handed me the phone and I said hello.
"Matthew, it's Dharma."
When I heard this good doctor
and spiritual master's voice I was elated. He may not
dress like you or me, yet he has a heart of gold.
"I tracked you down," Dharma said.
I said "That, you did."
Dharma then told me there was "light at the end of the
tunnel."
I returned to my hotel an hour later with strict
instructions to lie on my back with my eyes closed. No
exercise for 3-4 weeks.
Carol Brown and Eddie informed me that there are
thousands of emails that have poured in from all over
the world. I asked Eddie to read me just one. It is from
a person that I coach who has shown me many
kindnesses. This email filled me with great love and
gratitude. Eddie asked me if I wanted him to continue
with others. I said "I can't look right now. I can't
cry right now. And I think many of these emails will
rip my heart out."
When I get better and am able to read again, I will
treasure every message sent to me. I have asked Carol
to save all, as I am truly honored to hear from you.
About the color purple. After the surgery, as I began
to lie still, I noticed great pain in places I didn't
have surgery. At first I thought it strange but then I
quickly realized that surgery was doing far more than
reattaching my retina. This surgery has given me an
opportunity to completely heal wounds from the past.
And so I am grateful. Tomorrow at 9 am, I have the
dressing and shield removed from my right eye. I
humbly request that you keep me in mind. All your
thoughts and prayers are welcome.
I am lying in bed dictating this email to my friend, Eddie
Baran, who is with me in New York. The reason why I am
dictating this email is simple; I can't see and am mentally
preparing myself for major surgery tomorrow at 10 am.
On Monday afternoon I flew to Helsinki, Finland with members
of my International Mastermind. A few hours after landing I
began having trouble with my eyes. By the next day I could
barely see anything with my right eye. Luckily, my left eye,
which I now have 20/20 vision in due to Lasik surgery, I
could still see half ass.
In my experience, many health issues will go away in a
few days if you simply ignore them and go about your
daily business. This has not been the case with my
right eye.
After many years of absorbing traumatic blows to this eye,
I guess something was bound to eventually give way. On
Thursday I went to see an eye doctor in Finland who quickly
referred me to another eye doctor wh quickly referred me
to a surgeon who wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
After being scheduled for 8 am surgery Friday morning, I
opted to follow Dr. George Thurber's advice and fly back
to the U.S. where I could get the finest medical care. The
lady doctor in Finland told me this was not a good idea,
as I may totally detach my retina and be permanently
blind. I escaped from the Finnish gulag-spital (Fureyese
for gulag hospital and their primitive diagnostic equipment).
Early this evening I met with a surgeon who examined me
extensively. Tomorrow at 10 am he will do the surgery to
reattach my retina. This surgery, depending on what needs
to be done, may take four weeks or longer for me to recover.
During this time I will be resting and healing. I will do my
best to dictate emails giving an update on my progress as
well as sending out messages filled with inspiration and
enthusiasm.
I will also look into doing a regular podcast.
Although this is a difficult time for me, I remain committed
to my message which I summarize in two words:
"Rise Up."
I believe there is much good that will come from this
situation even if I can't see it right now. If you feel so
inclined, I will gladly accept any prayers or positive energy
you send my way. I am a non-denominational human being,
so whether you are a Jew, gentile, Christian, Buddhist,
Muslim, Hindu or anything else, I will appreciate your
thoughts.
The #1 reason people don't "go for it" in life is
simple. It can be spelled out in one four-letter
word.
F-E-A-R.
Fear of failure, fear of criticism, fear of poverty -
you name it. The fear demon kills more peoples'
dreams and goals than anything else in the world.
That's why I've made sure to obliterate that demon
at my October seminar. And I've brought two other
fearless warriors to help make sure we accomplish
the job.
This is an event you MUST attend.
I mean that. You MUST.
NO other marketiing or internet marketing seminar will
hold a candle to this.
If you like going to crowded events with 300-500 people
in a totally impersonal environment - then go ahead.
But if you want to be one of 100 men and women who get
a REAL experience - a personalized feeling of rubbing
shoulders with powerful goal achieving men and
women - then THIS is the EVENT for you.
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