The Tao of Publias II

"Language -- the primary tool of instruction -- is itself largely a function of the left hemisphere of the brain. By definition, then, the workings of the right side of the brain can't be put into words as easiy as some of the left side... Yet even when the words escape us, we must remember the central point; the brain possesses an inherent capacity to change, a capacity which I've called the Principle of the Maximum Mind. You actually have the power to dramatically alter the way you think and act."

~Dr. Herbert Benson; Your Maximum Mind~
 

~CLARITY~

Purged of ego and selfish attachments
Indifferent as the market herself
He stands detached as if a mere spectator…
Transcending the dualities of the human condition
Equal in “pleasure” and “pain”
He flows along with an impenetrable inner peace and strength…
Immersed within the realm of the present moment
Responding as if an echo
He sees not what could or should be, but what is…

THIS IS MY TRUTH
 
"If you are only as disciplined as your last 'trade', and if the outcome of your last 'trade' (past) influences your next 'trade' (present), you are still trading your last 'trade' and not trading in the moment."

"Let the market light the candles, just know when to blow them out."

"Anyone who contemplates trading should ask themselves one simple question.....'Why Do I Want To Trade?' There are many wrong answers to this question, and only one right one.....

'I Want To Find Out Who I Really Am'"


"There is an irony in trading of both price and time. It is exactly what you have to give of yourself in order to trade it with understanding."


"There are only two types of traders, 'Long Lived' and 'Short Lived.' Both know the markets well. The 'Longed Lived' just choose know 'Themselves' better."

"Methods, as they relate to trading, are nothing more than a process of discovery. The trader discovers, methodizes, applies and repeats the process. It is only upon the traders application of these methods that they become significant. If a trader were to trade a method as simple as 'Buy Low Sell High', success or failure would not be a result of the method, but rather the traders application of the method."

"This game, like any other, is defined by its rules. The difference between this game and most others is that the rules of this game are player defined. But by allowing the players the option of changing their rules at any moment, for any reason, the game becomes undefined."


"The game is undefined because a unanimous consensus to the rules and how the game should be played is never reached. Since no one can agree on the rules for any fixed length of time, the patterns which reflect the rules will only be in effect as long as the players rules that support those patterns do not change. Change the rules, change the pattern The result: A game that remains in constant motion with no beginning or end."

"It is one thing to say you trade the markets. It is something completely different to say you trade 'WITH' the markets. If you have a bias, a belief, or behavioral response from the past, regardless of origin, of what the market will do, should do, or could do, you are not trading 'WITH' the markets, you are trading your past perspective of the markets. The day you decide to trade the markets perspective in the moment, and not yours, is the day you will be trading 'WITH' the markets."

"Oh, by the way. There is one more definition of 'Back Testing.' This one is provided to us courtesy of the markets. It is for all those traders who choose to ignore the traders definition of back testing. The markets actually re-structure 'Back Testing' to 'Backer Testing'. Backer testing occurs when you, the trader, have to go out and find new 'backers' to fund your account, the one you just blew up, as you chose to 'test' your trading account for the sake of 'Back Testing.' Literally, that is."

"To have an entry point is to have discovered an edge. To define the exit point is to own the edge."

Rogue Trader; Elitetrader 2002
 
Efficiency as absence of movement: The greatest warrior is not the one sweating and straining himself every moment of the battle; rather he sits and waits, content and undisturbed. He calmly marks the passage of events, not craving action. He can wait indefinitely; his patience is boundless. He acts when it is good and correct to act- then and only then, never earlier and never later- a principle as simple and vital as breathing. And when the time for action comes, he knows it is the correct time because he has been observing with unclouded sight. At the point of clarity he acts swiftly and confidently, and in a single stroke surpasses those who have been wasting their efforts prematurely. When opportunity is plentiful, his movements are many; when opportunity is scarce, his movements are few. His mental and physical energies are conserved at all times; when drawn upon, they are applied in the most effective way possible. He will apply his hands to the task directly if he must. But if he can make use of a boulder or a river or a chain reaction of events set in motion by a calculated act, he will seek the aid of forces outside himself and take the leveraged path. In this way, the strength of the mind outweighs the strength of the hand ten thousand times over. The laborer does the bidding of the owner; the hand does the bidding of the mind.
 
"True clarity can not be realized until the trader has become as indifferent as the market he or she is trading."

Commisso
 
"There is much to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing along the eaves of houses you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, although you will still get a soaking..." ~Hagakure~
 
“ You read the face of the sky and of the earth,
But you have not recognized how to read this moment.”
-The nag hammadi library


“That which you have will save you,
if you bring it forth from yourself.”
-The Dead Sea Scriptures

“May I become an inexhaustible treasure
for those who are poor and destitute;
May I turn into all things they could need
And may these
Be placed close beside them.”
-Shantideva, A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way Of Life

“Darkness and Light
are both of one nature,
different only in seeming,
for each arose
from the source of all.”
- The Emerald Tablets of Thoth
 
Hey Unc,

Cool quotes :cool:

Saw your father this weekend and he told me everything went well with the show!! Very glad to hear it :)

Drop me an email and let me know about it!

PEACE and good painting unc...
 
Chance is always powerful.
Let your hook always be cast;
in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.
Ovid

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
Wayne Gretzky

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all of our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
T.S. Elliott

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest
vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet
notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
Thucydides

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is
to be found in their perseverance under the promptings of a
brave, determined spirit.
Mark Twain

Fortune and love befriend the bold.
Ovid
 
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