Dear Tom and Penelope,

The elegance of your book is only exceeded by the wonderful, personalized, insightful response to my questions.....One last
thing.....Any advice on detachment? I wholeheartedly buy into the concept, and your ability to articulate its importance is certainly on par with the Deepak Chopra's and the Dr. Chu's etc....But man it's hard! I swear I'm trying my hardest to detach and lay low....But when you love, care and desire, you struggle with internal conflict....I have to completely reset my paradigm....All I've known is desire and a lot of hard work, dedication and follow-up.....Do I lack faith? How can I do better?..........I'm doing it on the outside, honest, but inside I'm dying..........Any words of advice? Does it get easier over time?
Thanks again in advance for your wonderful wisdom.

Sincerely,
Bernie.

Bernie,

I'm getting that you have a problem with trust. Do you trust anyone other than your self? Do you trust the Universe to take the role of prime mover in your life. Do you trust that God is actually going to give you what you ask for?

All trust takes time to build. If you grew up depending on yourself to get where you wanted to go, you do indeed have to set a whole new paradigm. More than that you need to trust. And how can you trust when you have experienced the pain and failure of not "taking care of business?"

This is your test. You now are given the opportunity to grow to a new, higher level of being. Which of course is the whole point. It is not important in the long run whether you have a green car or a blue car is it? It is only important that you get where you want to go and that may not require a car at all.

Everyone has difficulty learning detachment. As my friend Wolfgang loved to say. "Remember if dis vas easy, everyone vould do it." Relax. Enjoy your life. Work hard if that is what you love. You will learn this lesson, because you have asked to learn it. Nothing can stop you. You've already made the team. Now, let the game come to you.

Step back out of the hectic pace of living every now and then. Take a look around and see how things are working differently for you. This may be the recognition that you are experiencing an increased number of coincidences. Maybe you are thinking of someone and they call you. You see something you've been wanting and it's on sale. Another car slows you down as you pass a radar cop. These of course are not really coincidences. They are Universe in action.

One more thing. You are used to pushing yourself to get what you want. This is exactly the opposite of this system. Slow down and the let the Universe work for you. As you experience more benefit from using this system you will trust more and thereby open the door to greater benefits. A freight train full of wealth must by the natural order of things start slowly.

Good Luck.

Tom & Penelope