Commentary 11

51. Now we talk to Claude Bristol in the library (author of "Magic of Believing"), as well as Silva, Levenson, and even Lao Tsu. This really lays out on the table exactly how to get access to all answers a person could want or need.

The library is where I give out the "thick" data, where you can look up these authors and find this data for yourself. Of course, I paraphrase it here - but this is also the essential, core data which is the foundation for this book. There is a lot to say about how to be a success and enjoy it, but these short paragraphs boil it down to an essence - which I thought was a nice elevator-speech summation of the best of self-help classics.

We are examining these "movies" in the mind and how to handle them. Of course, Joe in this story is just dis-assembling all the efforts Roger and Sue are throwing at him.

52. Back to the Cartoon Farm. And we experience the unconditional love which pets are known for.

And if that earlier section wasn't enough, Dog now itemizes the whole set of lessons Joe needs to learn and apply to himself. This can solve all dreams and allow a person to live a constantly happy, peaceful, and free life. Joe then sums that up, "It's all just choice."

53. Now we have the white room. Just introducing this here. Time is discussed, as well as the possibility of a no-dream state.

54. Time as a joke. Here is another Huna principle, "The moment of power is Now." And we get another realization which comes from letting go of everything - that a person lives only in the Now and helps others to change their Now to something better. Again, we see Joe trying to understand the concept of Self different from separate selves. In the middle of this, he explains the Golden Rule and how it works. And Joe also brings up the point from earlier that a person is natively at peace, living in joy, and truly free - it's just our choice not to which gives us our dream-worlds.

And the point of fiction is to give us entertainment, which it seems our dream-worlds are - a way to experience and enjoy our Now... or not.

55. Crux point. Joe on a gurney going in for an operation. This is where his dream world forces him to confront his basic fear of death. But more key, in these dreams, is that he would lose his power of choice to affect his own dreams. Brain operations against your will? Oof, that's scary.