Meditation for May 28th, 2016
Language
Language is important. In Genesis it says that God began the act of creation with a word. Abracadabra! or Shazam! I can’t remember what. How you talk to someone is indicative of how you feel about that person. You have the magic of words whether you know it or not.
Saying hello, ask the person how’re they’re doing and wait for an answer with attentive intent is going to make the barista, cashier or gas attendant feel like an equal and possibly change the person’s day for the better.
If a service industry person ask you how’re you doing, don’t just order your order ignoring he question, let the person know you heard the person.
If a person is asking to be addressed a certain way, like a certain name or pronouns, know that you could get over whatever morales you choose to have and respect the person trying to find themselves. If you can’t get over your own morales that you choose to have to recognize a person’s true identity, then you’re probably a scared immature zealot.
How you react to someone who disagrees with you is a way to see how much magic you actually have. If you go to violence or yelling or posting articles and memes to prove your point on social media in a passive-aggressive way, then you have little to no magic. If you can listen to the person’s point of view and try an understand where the person is coming from before resenting your case, then you might have a good source of magic.
Having an understanding of the world around you and be open to the changes and effects the past has on the present is the way to gather magic into your magic holders.
Stop trying to be a warrior or a thief. Be a wizard. Stop sharpening swords or trying to haggle and learn the art of the word. Wear pointy hats with moons and stars and grow a giant grey beard or being a kid whose friends bail you out in 7 books because you’re a student wizard. I mean, come on, Harry, man up!
Prayer
Ein Sof,
In a spark creation begins,
With a word.
I want to use words that work.
This isn’t about grammar.
This is about trying to get some respect,
Or give some respect.
This is about take no shit,
But make no harm.
Please give me the power to say the right thing every day.
Blake: You’re talking about what. You’re talking about… Bitching about that sale you shot, some sonofabitch who don’t wanna buy land, some broad you’re trying to screw, so forth. Let’s talk about something important. They all here?
Williamson: All but one.
Blake: I’m going anyway. Let’s talk about something important. Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee’s for closers only. You think I’m fucking with you? I am not fucking with you. I’m here from downtown. I’m here from Mitch and Murray. And I’m here on a mission of mercy. Your name’s Levine? You call yourself a salesman you son of a bitch?
Dave Moss: I don’t gotta sit here and listen to this shit.
Blake: You certainly don’t pal, ’cause the good news is – you’re fired. The bad news is – you’ve got, all of you’ve got just one week to regain your jobs starting with tonight. Starting with tonight’s sit. Oh? Have I got your attention now? Good. “Cause we’re adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired. Get the picture? You laughing now? You got leads. Mitch and Murray paid good money, get their names to sell them, you can’t close the leads youre given you can’t close shit. You ARE shit. Hit the bricks, pal, and beat it ’cause you are going OUT.
Shelley Levene: The leads are weak.
Blake: The leads are weak? Fucking leads are weak. You’re weak. I’ve been in this business 15 years…
Dave Moss: What’s your name?
Blake: Fuck you. That’s my name. You know why, mister? You drove a Hyundai to get here. I drove an eighty-thousand dollar BMW. THAT’S my name. And your name is you’re wanting. You can’t play in the man’s game, you can’t close them – go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fucking faggots? A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing. ALWAYS BE CLOSING. A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention – Do I have your attention? Interest – Are you interested? I know you are, ’cause it’s fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision – Have you made your decision for Christ? And Action. A-I-D-A. Get out there – you got the prospects coming in. You think they came in to get out of the rain? A guy don’t walk on the lot lest he wants to buy. They’re sitting out there waiting to give you their money. Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? What’s the problem, pal?
Dave Moss: You – Moss. You’re such a hero, you’re so rich, how come you’re coming down here wasting your time with such a bunch of bums?
Blake: You see this watch? You see this watch?
Dave Moss: Yeah.
Blake: That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much’d you make? You see pal, that’s who I am, and you’re nothing. Nice guy? I don’t give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here – close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can’t take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don’t like it, leave. I can go out there tonight with the materials you’ve got and make myself $15,000. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can YOU? Go and do likewise. A-I-D-A. Get mad you son of a bitches, get mad. You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate. Go and do likewise gents. Money’s out there. You pick it up, it’s yours. You don’t, I got no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those sits tonight and close, CLOSE. It’s yours. If not you’re gonna be shining my shoes. And you know what you’ll be saying – a bunch of losers sittin’ around in a bar. ‘Oh yeah. I used to be a salesman. It’s a tough racket.’ These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you they’re gold, and you don’t get them. Why? Because to give them to you is just throwing them away. They’re for closers. I’d wish you good luck but you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you got it. And to answer you question, pal, why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me to. They asked me for a favor. I said the real favor, follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser.
Amen.
Craft
Learn to speak your truth.
Goal
If someone is disrespecting you, tell them. Just say it isn’t nice. Be who you are and be strong.
If you use certain words you will find you have magic. Say words like, Shazam! Abracadabra! Eureka! Wing-ding-font! Knee! Ta-da! Guala! Coldplay! Beyonce Has A New Song Out And I Need to Listen to it Right! Garfunkel! ermahgerd gersberms! Bippity boppity boop!