DislikedHi ALL,
I took the liberty of using my sabbath, to do this posting.
It may not be everyone's sabbath, I just saying that it is for me..
I feel that I should get something off my chest , before I started trading again on monday.What I have to say is long and asking of research, so I hope that most will bear with me, with an open heart and with empathy.
I detect that some of you are upset with my recent religious postings. I don't know if this may be the case for Leighsww.
Some may be thinking that I may have gone OT and had wondered.
What is this guy, nuts?
What has God gotta do with trading?
Next he'sgonna say that he has been making money because God favours him.
Before anyone stones me.Think !
I Hope that I can present the case clearly.
My methodology in trading involves non rigidity, and my many years survival was dependent on this non rigidity.
Let me begin by saying that , my great grandfather was a methodist missionary from Fuzhou. My grandfather was more focused on opium smoking than church work (it was then legal), My father was Catholic. And for me I don't fit in either, you may call me "The Book of Matthew" christian as I try to emulate Christ's ways from that testimony.(have always wondered why churches , do not follow christ's teachings.) It is not my intent to preach religion to traders.
I posted earlier, a little jestfully an excerpt that, "if people found difficulty understanding me that they should try to understand a clip of a venerable teacher, who was try to explain CHANGE. "
I hope it was of no offense to anyone that althouht the clip showed the teacher trying to explain reincarnation, the message was clear for traders. You should re-peruse the clip again , if this perspective may become clear to you.
In markets, the princip;e he mentioned is very important.
That change is the only constant in the plane or dimension or world ,that we live in. Examine your dwelling , clothings, diets, life, surroundings and almost every thing thats around you, relative to: lets say 100 years ago. Most are the same , but they are different, isn't it. Nothing stays the same, nevertheless they are the same and they have changed.
This is also true in markets.
The clip's teaches that our soul lives in a body and when necesary it changes body. This is the case in markets. When the market is done in one mode of trend , it changes to another mode. It is the same market, but in different modes, always changing.
In markets as in life, no two trends are alike, as it trys to vibrate into that which is most equilibrium for itself on the basis of the NOW. So if your methodlogy is rigid, then sometime, you will be out of bounds.
One of the most important lessons I learned from Buddha from my race heritage, is his teachings of "The danger of I" and reincarnation. (rebirth)
You should try to get a copy of the scripture "The dangers of I" it is most enlightening. Try any Buddhist society, they should have free copies for a donation.
In this scripture, the issue is about rebirth. Many have interpreted his teaching to mean to be born again , in another life time.(reincarnated birth) If you research it carefully , it actually refers to the rebirth of the man's mind, in the same instance ie this life , but into another mode, through the 5 human senses. ie sight, hearing, taste, sensory feel and thoughts. Buddha taught that mans minds are reborn again and again with every breath and to guard that we must seek the middle path that we may not change mode into the left or right extremes that the senses would lead towards. Therefore never to crave. (the hell fires of desire), And that this leading astray would originate from the man sense of thought, "I". He taught that if man can withhold the inclination to the inward realisation , that "I" should never be the center of focus, then it would surfice for the man not to stray into any extremes.
On this the foundation whereby his followers lived life.
In the market's perspective, this is very important. Because the tendency for traders to be focus on the "my position" will lead traders to ruin. Whereas if the trader can hold to a balance of the opinion on the market charted against its behaviour then the trader may avoid calamities , when the opinion is in err.The middle path of the analysis and the actual behaviour of the said.
This was the reason for the link to that clip. It was not for amusement.
The intent of the clip was to highlight "CHANGE".
All things in the universe, changes and in motion, nothing stays the same, or at rest. The only constant is change. Change behest Change and no two are ever the same even if they are the same. This the foundation of the Tao( Tao De Jing). Yin Yang. "Within the light is the darkness and within darkness, the light."
All thing remains the same but they are never the same.
This is true in all things. Even in religion.
Notice that All Christians are reading God's Holy Bible, but there are dividing differences between Peter's Church( Catholic) and the reformed churches.Even amongst the reformed churches the same that divides them.
For the muslims, similarly. The strongest pillar of Islam is the Holy Koran , which has remained in the original language as compiled by Abu Bakar after The prophet Mohamed,peace be with him. But take a look at the divided fractions of the practise and you will see that although the scriptures remains the same , the interpretations divides them.
Similarly the Buddhist...................
I say again, ""All are the same , they are different"
Can you understand this?
Why is this so ?
It is because the difference is dynamic. It is mind.
And all minds are different althought they are the same.
Therefore all may read the same , but perceptions must differ.
I hope that no one here, thinks I am nuts or gone OT.
My intent is not religion motivated. Let this be clear.
The other Issue is TOLERANCE.(strength of boundaries)
It may have a religious connotation to it as well, but really, it the foundation to the Money management that I practise.
I may not have explained clearly, so if anyone may help crystalise the point I am trying to make. Please.
regards
PS: lest anyone ,should be tempted to stone me for not quoting cheist. In fact he repeatedly taught us the same. I will quote which is most close to my heart.
In the Lords prayer, Christ taught us how we should pray to the heavenly creator,
"Forgive us of our sins",as sinners we know not where we err
as we forgive those who had sinned us."that we must forgive where others may have harmed us, as they too know not what they do,
The marked in red is my interpretations.
In effects, we are all in err. as we deal with the unknown daily, and we really know not the consequenses of our action on others. Again the variance our actions creates,. Can you feel it?Ignored
I take comfort knowing that the man I take advise from is a moral man, someone who shares the same values as I. To be honest, I have not adopted 100% of your teachings, but you have helped me, and from what I am reading on this thread, you are helping many people from around the world. As you continue to teach us to become better fishermen (teach us to fish rather than give us a fish), perhaps each of us should start to consider how we are going to pay this forward and help someone else. I do not participate as much as I could, but I feel blessed to have found this thread.
God bless you,
Rap
I have no objections of people who are religious as long as they don't try to "convert" me. 
I made 25%+ of my cap.
