Bertram Daniel

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Mistakes Maketh the Man

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This is an old saying that I have known for a long time and after nearly 50 years of working as a real estate agent and now a Property Advocate, I know exactly what this means, as I have made may, many mistakes myself.

The learning has been profound as it has taught me heaps and as much as I did not enjoy making the mistakes, I chose to learn from them, rather than flagellating myself for making them.

So; you might ask; What is the biggest learning?

The answer would be to avoid many so-called property experts, whose only goal was to make money at your expense.

Examples being; Rick Otton, who was fined $18 million for making false or misleading representations about how people could create wealth through buying and selling real estate. As well as Henry K who reaped ap to 60 percent interest from a land banking scam into which mum and dad investors tipped millions of dollars.

In addition to that, there are many other pitfalls that I have experienced, and the truth is the learning has guided me to realise that the ‘Great Australian Dream’ of buying your first home with a big mortgage to live in, might NOT be the best way.

So what is a better way?

In simple terms buy your property wholesale and not retail.

This might be difficult to understand, as it does take a bit of explanation, so I have made it simple as watching a short video;

Here it is: Click on this LINK: https://youtu.be/9XoHK6uc5Oo

 Of course, there are other ways as well, but here is one of the really good ones.

Warm regards

Bertram

Know your ‘Why”

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Today I thought of a metaphor for mirroring an abundant life.

You are an architect designing a building. The architect has to design the building in minute detail and he designs what the building will look like, feel like and how it would work.  He creates the vision. However he does not build the building, he leaves that to the builder. The builder builds it in the best way possible.

So you are the architect and the building is your life. You create the vision of how your life will look and feel in minute detail. Then you leave it to the builder to let it happen and the builder of course is the Universe. You don’t need to know how, just let it happen. Have the faith and it will all come to pass. Just know ‘Why’ and the ‘How’ will take care of itself.

Namaste, Bertram

I have the vision, now let’s achieve the dream

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“It is every man’s obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.” – Albert Einstein

I have a dream to put together a group of like-minded people, with a desire to make a difference.

I am not content to simply reach my business goals, I have always had the desire to form a community of people interested in improving the quality of their lives with a common goal of helping and assisting others along the way.

So, rather than simply sit on the sidelines and wish that I had done something, I am stepping up and acting and putting together a group of motivated individuals to help my dream become a reality; and this is where the Eye Ball Community is born.

To be effective through the Eye Ball Community needed a firm goal, somewhere to focus all of its efforts. So we organised a charity ball, called the ‘Eye Ball’ in aid of The Fred Hollows Foundation and last Friday we raised nearly $150,000 which will go towards doing something constructive about the intolerable disparity that exists between the health and wellbeing of Australia’s Indigenous communities and the general community.

Our vision now has a focus and a goal, but to truly become reality it needs support, and that is where everyone at Eye Ball Community can step in.

The Eye Ball was not just about raising money, it was about forming a true community to help reach some lofty goals and make a difference in 1000s of people’s lives, including our own. We have made that first step, now let’s get going and widen our community from 700 people to thousands of like-minded folk who want to make a difference and create their own legacy.

Namaste

Bertram

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

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One of my goals and aspirations has been to learn unconditional love. And I would say that this goal is a work in progress.

Some information that I came across from a book called ‘From the heart of Shamanic Healing’ by Doctor Alberto Villoldo gave me an interesting perspective on the subject of unconditional love.

He said that selfless love is the same as unconditional love. That is to say that this love is not conditional on anyone or anything. To go further on the subject he says that unconditional love is love that is not conditioned by sentimentality, by culture, by time, by history. It is unconditioned by society and is the natural instinctive love that we are born with into the world.

The Jesuits have a saying “Give me a boy till he is seven and I will show you the man.” I so believe that from the age of one-year-old till 7-year-old (call it the ‘Age of Impression’) is when all our emotional learning is done and what happens for the rest of lives is purely a repetition of the same patterns of behaviour learned at that impressionable time.

From what I am learning it would appear to me that we are born into the world perfect, whole and complete and fully connected to the universe. Over a period of time well-meaning parents, teachers and peers close that connection with the universe. I guess we become disengaged from the universe. Disengaged from ‘Unconditional Love.’

The path back to Unconditional Love is to realise that we are perfect, whole and complete and all we have done is taken on some thoughts, ideas and learnings that do not serve us well.

The words from the musical ‘Time’ come back to me now:

Throughout the Universe there is order. In the movement of the planets, in nature and in the functioning of the human mind.

A mind that in its natural state of order is in harmony with the universe & such a mind is timeless.

Your life is an expression of your mind.

You are a creator of your own universe For as a human being you are free to will whatever state of being you desire through the use of your thoughts and words. There is great power there. It can be a blessing or a curse it is entirely up to you.

For the quality of your life is brought about by the quality of your thinking Think about that. Thoughts produce actions – Look at what you are thinking. See the pettiness and the envy and the greed and fear and all the other attitudes that cause you pain and discomfort. Realise that the one thing you have absolute control over is your attitude.

See the effect that it has on those around you. For each life is linked to all life and your words carry with them chain reactions like a stone that is thrown into a pond. If your thinking is in order, your words will flow directly from the heart creating ripples of love. If you truly want to change your world, my friends, you must change your thinking.

Reason is your greatest tool; it creates an atmosphere of understanding which leads to caring which is love.

Choose your words with care, go forth with love” . . . . . . .

Namaste

Bertram

A personal reflection

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Last month I attended a spiritual retreat called ‘Journey to the light’

It was a week of self reflection and thought and I did set an intention at the beginning of the retreat to integrate my heart and my head.

What became clear to me was that my head was constantly in the past and the future; very seldom in the present moment. So if I set intention/goals and left it to the power of the Universe/God to show me the way, I would have to be in the present moment most of the time so that I would be able to listen to my inner voice and be guided towards my goals by the universe.

This would mean that I would have to be listening to my inner knowing/my inner voice most of the time, which of course then means that I will have to be in my heart and not my head.

So my intention to integrate my heart and my head has been fulfilled is now have the answer. Live in the now!

Namaste

Bertram

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