Just Sitting In The Dark

I am sitting here in my living room at 5:45 am, in just the light of my computer screen updating my accounts and adding friends to Facebook and I thought it would be good to add another post to my blog. I never know who reads this or even if anyone does read it, until the other day. I had some feedback from my daughter telling me that someone had asked if my wife and I had a problem between us simply because of something they had read on my website. Well yes and no is the answer. Who doesn't have problems? But my point is that Rosa and I got to a point in life that we had to renew our commitment to each other. Now on one point I had rededicated myself to our relationship shortly after our trip to Rome in November 2006. I can easily and positively state that Rosa is the most important and beautiful person in my life. I love her more than you can imagine and many times more than I could have ever imagined. In fact I intend that my level of love for Rosa becomes a legend and a standard of love that a man can have for a woman, like Adam and Eve, Samson and Delilah, Romeo and Juliet, Don and Rosa. I know it doesn't have the ring that the first three have, but it will.

The reason for this is because we had a problem and I chose to react differently than most people react. I chose to follow my own advice that I write about in COnCEPT Q. It has power. It will cause you to do things that you cannot imagine possible, if you are open to it. Last night I sat right here in this same spot and watched my wife and simply enjoyed her beauty. (Of course she was unaware, she is uncomfortable for me just to look at her.) My feelings toward her were of love and admiration. I am a lucky man to be with her.

Please comment, I am interested in what you feel as you read this. And until the next post, see you then.

A Real Case History

When I originally set this blog up it was to study a case history about myself and how I actually use COnCEPT Q to empower my own life and how I use it to eliminate the chaos in my life. That may sound silly, or not, but over the last few months I have had to live through something that without it, I believe it would have destroyed both me and my wife. I had to be invincible for her to barely come through. It is still not over. I only wish daily that it was. At one point I was told that it was still not over but I didn't want to believe it. They were correct and the nightmare lives on but the light of day approaches.

When I wrote my book No Money? Sorry, No Honey! I focused on what it would take not to go through a divorce. What I wrote I apply to myself. It has kept me from getting a divorce. But what it didn't do is make my marriage affair proof. Yeah I know, you probably suspected what I was leading up to but couldn't get me to come out and say it. Part of the reason I am in the US right now is to give my wife a break from me. It gives her a chance to see what life is like without me. It has worked in my favor but is is still not easy to go through.

The story is a long one. I could have easily been the one to initiate the divorce but the story is a story of true love. It is a story of forgiveness, a story of mistakes and a story of abuse by a person who deceived her through the Internet. It is a story that needs to be told. I am a writer so what would you expect? Another book of course. The title is yet to be disclosed. It will be out shortly. This has been very hard to live but it is a story to be told to help many women keep from making a huge mistake and help the husband prevent it from happening in the first place or have the strength to make it through it.

If you read this, please post a comment. I would love to help anyone that may be going through the same ordeal. I have been told that I am in a one percent group of men and that 99 percent would never do what I have done. I could not have done it either without understanding COnCEPT Q. It REALLY IS that good!

I hope to have it ready by April 23rd. Stay tuned and please share this blog with anyone you may know is in a similar situation. Thanks and until next time.

A Look At An Old Book

Today I pulled out an old book. It is almost 50 years old. The binding is a bit tattered, the pages have yellowed and yes, we might think that it is an old book, but for me, there is a lot of interesting information in it. I suppose that more than anything, it is full of many memories. It is my baby book. And I guess it is only about 47 years old, however, when we measure the years of a person it does not seems like many years, but as we look at a book it seems ancient. I have a very vivid memory of when I was 3 years old. I was in the kid's parade of at the Cherry Festival celebrated in June of every year. I was on my little red plastic motorcycle. I can still picture it in my mind. I was put in line and was expected to continue with the procession. But for me it was a race! I pulled out and started to pass everyone as fast as my little legs would push me. Evidently, they thought it was cute because no one tried to stop me and just let me keep advancing as fast as I could. When I got to where the parade turned a corner and went to a little park I was stopped and changed directions or I would have possibly ridden on out of town. I got 2nd place and $2. Now isn't that cool? I was reading about it in this old book.

This was possible because my mom kept a good record of events that occurred many years ago. Now here is where I could turn all this into a great spill about keeping a journal and the importance of it. But I don't want to talk about that, let me just say, keep a journal and someday you'll be glad you did. What I want to write about is old books. Perhaps this is on my mind because of my wife's job. She works for a genealogical society that takes digital pictures of old books to preserve the information contained in them. All that information is put on CDs. There are some very old books that date back to the 1300s.

I also think of a book written about 400 years ago and many of the concepts in it also have value today. It was written by Miguel Cervantes. It is called Don Quixote. And he gives some great lessons about self-esteem. Good stuff.

You may ask, "Why is this important?" Well let me tell you something about There Is No Power In Chaos. Yes, it has taken me the better part of 21 years to write it. Ans I wrote it with the intention that 400 years from now it would be considered a very good book. It has been written to be around for many years. I did not write it to be a flash in the pan and forgotten tomorrow. I have tried to imagine myself 50 years from now, looking back and considering what my contribution would be to better our world. COnCEPT Q, contained in the book is my contribution. It is a way to better one's self. It is a way to improve. And I can see that it will be around for a loooong time. If you haven't read it, please do. I can guarantee that you'll be glad you did. This will also come to be an old book, but one that is not forgotten.

Day Thirty Two - Happy Q-Day

Q-Day. This is the 7th anniversary of Q-Day. Next Year I really want to have a party!!! Next year is going to be something VERY Special, Q-DAY 08-08-2008. I officially POST my dibs on that day!! 8-8-08 It belongs to the official COnCEPT Q-Day!! And we are going to party hearty and rock the world!!

So what is Q-Day anyway?

Day Thirteen - A 4 am Stroll Through The Past

First of all, Please keep your gift suggestions coming! (See yesterday's blog) There are some real good suggestions and I can see the possibility of offering them. The only problem I see is, since the survey is anonymous those people that want the gift they suggest may not get it and someone else who doesn't want it gets it. Isn't that like life though at times? We may want something with all our heart and someone else who really doesn't deserve it is the one who gets it? We need to work on a solution for that problem. I have an idea or two though for a super gift that may work, but then again it may back fire, we shall see.

Last night around 4 o'clock in the morning I was just lying in bed pondering the COnCEPT Q Model. (I know that sounds crazy, at 4 am I ought to be sleeping or up working, but hey I was just pondering, good time for it I guess.) I retraced its history and tried to think of a time when I did not have this idea in my mind. I revisited 1986 when I was blessed with inspiration. I sat down in my mind at the desk in the home where we lived in Waco, Texas. I revisited ideas and events that caused me to begin writing. I remembered my frustration of not understanding the model enough that it caused me to quit writing. I pondered my defects back in time and considered how I had improved and realized that it was COnCEPT Q that helped me stay on track. I compared my strengths and abilities of today's me with the novice of me twenty years ago. I am NOT perfect!! but I am happy with what saw and excited with what I can be in the next twenty years.

James Allen in his wonderful little book As A Man Thinketh writes, "Calmness of the mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought." As I took my 4 am stroll, I considered the strength and calmness that my mind experiences, even in the most difficult of times and I owe it to my constant journey toward Quarter Four. Oh no, please don't get me wrong. I do not feel that I have made it completely to Q4 and it still seems far off and will probably take the rest of my life to get there, but I do enjoy some of its benefits from the association of its characteristics.

James Allen continues to say "The strong, calm man is always loved and revered. He is like a shade-giving tree in a thirsty land, or a sheltering rock in a storm." I have remembered that phrase many years and that has been one of my desires and I still continue to grow my tree because it is yet a sapling and my ability to be a sheltering rock is still that of just a stone. (I might be a good shelter for a few ants :-)

You know, I liked my little stroll through time, and it only encourages me on to become better and I am so grateful to be the one that was entrusted with COnCEPT Q and am excited to share it with others. It has made all the difference to me. A friend and the moderator of a master mind group to which I belong wrote something that makes me feel the huge responsibility that rests on my shoulders and gives me the desire to carry on. He said, "I give sincere gratitude to Don for not holding back any longer on releasing "There is No Power in Chaos" to the world. It would have been a crime for him to keep this to himself one day longer." And who wants to be guilt of a crime?

I am anxious for the book to be done, printed and available. It is the weight of that crime that keeps me awake at night. See you tomorrow.

Day Eleven - A Secret of THE SECRET

There are 2 essential beginning posts to read to understand what this blog is about:
Prelude to 90-day Case History of Mr.Faith and
A Brief Description of COnCEPT Q

I don't believe in the Law of Attraction the way too many people are presenting it especially after the hit movie The Secret. It seems that everyone wants to jump on that bandwagon. As I watched the movie for the first time I was appalled, my jaw drops and I couldn't believe what I was hearing and more so what I was seeing. Oh yes it was very professionally done and with all the expert guru's backing it up who could doubt? So how can anyone go up against that? But do you notice how many of those gurus are doing a lot of back pedaling? Trying to rectify some of the things said in the movie? So why endorse something that you have to change your opinion later? In The Secret's way of thinking with just directed thought, all of a sudden 'poof' your desire appears. Or in many cases, think about the things you don't want and 'viola' you get that too. If I could just think my way to all of my goals without any effort on my part that would probably do more harm than good. Attracting our desires just by the thought of it would create a world of many more lazy people than already exist. It would actually create chaos.

So by writing my opposing view do I get banned, and booed, and criticized for not following the big crowd? Well I certainly hope there are enough smart people to realize how accomplishment really happens. More that that, If I were to follow the crowd...I would have to take everything that I have learned and written about for the last 20 plus years and throw it out the window! That means I just trash more than half of my life, if I include the study that I put into it before I received the inspiration that comprises COnCEPT Q.

John Masters, an Australian oil man said, "You have to recognize that every "out-front" maneuver is going to be lonely. But if you feel entirely comfortable, then you're not far enough ahead to do any good. That warm sense of everything going well is usually the body temperature at the center of the herd. Only if you're far enough ahead to be at risk do you have a chance for large rewards."

Writing my opposition to The Secret makes me feel a bit lonely except for the fact that there are one or two people that also oppose it, Kevin Hogan being one of them. Now you see, Kevin is also a person that had the opportunity to be one of the experts, but he turned it down because he WILL NOT compromise his integrity. Nor will I compromise my integrity. By the way, Kevin has written the foreword to my book There Is No Power In Chaos and he does state that, "Some of the concepts in the book are so new that you’ll have to read the chapters twice. But then, it starts to sink in and you really do find yourself reading one of the finest personal development books ever written."

For a very long time I have actively pursued the ideas that compose the COnCEPT Q Philosophy. After much thought and even more effort many of the pieces of the puzzle are coming together. Events are now happening that facilitate its reality, but that only comes after I have done my part. Oh yes, I believe that I am attracting those things that are necessary for its success, but not without my own trials of my faith in what I am doing. But hey!, that is a Q3 event! And what does that mean? It means as long as I continue to pursue my objectives, Quarter 4 (or the accomplishment) is just around the corner!

Oh by the way, since I was young I have never like to be in the middle of the crowd, I liked being out front. When I was 3, (yes three years old) I still can vividly remember being in the Gem County Kid's Parade, on my little red plastic motorcycle. And I was put in line to proceed with the parade. For whatever reason, I figured it was a race or I wanted to be out in front, so I pulled out of line and as fast as I could make my little legs push I started passing everyone. I was lucky that dad was running along beside next to the crowd on the side of the street, cause when I got to the point that the parade made a turn I would have kept going straight on out of town!
Who knows where I would have ended up.

My point is that you don't have to follow the crowd either and I can guarantee that I won't let you get off track either. There Is No Power In Chaos is a guide that WILL keep you on track without you waking up one day and finding out that a few miss guiding 'gurus' told you things that really got you nowhere.

Do or Do Not. There Is No ...

Part of the reason for this blog is to give you my reader insight on how the COnCEPT Q model affects many aspects of a person's individual life and how it's understanding can actually help you to progress and change different aspects of those things that affect you everyday. In other words, how you can apply faith to your everyday living.

This case study takes me, Mr. Faith and allows you to see inside of my private life and how I actually try to practice what I preach. (I know, I know as Yoda says, "Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'" - add your own voice imitation here please.) Once you get to know me, you will see that I am a very laid back, non-high stress sort of person. I don't get stressed out very fast, even though I am subjected to situations that many people would not or could not handle I don't let it get to me, or at least that is what I thought. It seems that I have found my weak link. Over the last several weeks, I have had blood analysis and different tests to diagnose a problem that I have only recently become aware of. The doctor suspects that it is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) which is not real serious, but can be uncomfortable when the large intestine swells and makes me feel bloated. It is more of a matter of watching what I eat and controlling the stress. That is what I meant by weak link. It seems that even though I don't get stressed mentally, my digestive system does, and since I am past my five year guarantee I can't take me into the shop and have it replaced under warrantee. Ha ha. :-)

No problem. If you keep this in mind, at a later date I will show you how the application of faith can apply to this also. For now I still want to give you a little information on how this case study will work. This case history will be a record of Mr. Faith's personal history and environment over the next 90 days for use in analysis, instructive illustration and future reference regarding COnCEPT Q. Hopefully, during the next three months we will gather a blog crowd of 10,000 people that will be willing to purchase the book, There Is No Power In Chaos, How To Be Empowered And Eliminate Chaos From Your Life on October 8th of this year. That will put Mr. Faith in the best-seller author status and potentially get me out of a compromise that I seem to not be able to fulfill as of today. More than once I have been told that I am cheating the public by not sharing the information that is contained in the book and other materials that I have written. I am not a perfect person, but do have the maladaptive pattern of perfectionism. In plain English, I want everything to be perfect before it goes out. So I will control myself and share what I have been privileged to know for over 20 years as the result of an inspiration back in 1986. Don't get me wrong, I do share this information in classes, lectures and talks but on a limited basis and not as fully as I could. So here we go. Little by little you will get to know what this is all about. And be part of something that will grow to very large proportions. That is my faith.

As these 90 days progress, to those people willing to commit to purchase a book, I will also offer special bonuses. And I am sure there are other friends of mine as well that will be willing to give of themselves too. Most of all, I just want to have a little fun, and teach the power of faith like it has never been taught before. I kind of feel guilty also in that I have had several people that have read a pre-press copy of the book, tell me that they have had to reread sections of the book just to grasp what I am saying. So with this I want to help prepare people's understanding for the book when it does hit the shelf. In fact, I hope that this first printing doesn't even hit the shelf, rather all 10,000 copies are shipped directly out to you my readers. And if this project gets really rocking and a rolling we can make that first order really short.

So if you like what you read, post a comment, ask a question, share it with a friend and thank you for that. I can guarantee you that it is not a bunch of rehashed material that is just packaged differently. Dr. Kevin Hogan says, "Some of the concepts in the book are so new that you’ll have to read the chapters twice. But then, it starts to sink in and you really do find yourself reading one of the finest personal development books ever written." Well, I'll let you decide for yourself. With this case study and a few other surprises, there will be a bunch of firsts, So I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

A Brief Description of COnCEPT Q

I want to just give you a few lines of information before I begin the 90-day study, which begins on July 8th until October 8th (the rectified launch date), I want to let you know what COnCEPT Q is, how it got started, what it stands for and how you can benefit from it. So to begin with I will give you the official description.

A Brief Description
COnCEPT Q philosophy holds that:
All like characteristics, traits, habits, similarities, behaviors, manners and conducts can be grouped together. And that by understanding the association of such characteristics a person can determine where change is needed, how action can be implemented and how accomplishment can be achieved in any area of life. This understanding is gained by teaching the process of accomplishment as a circle. The circle is then divided into quarters placing the different aspects of progression in its respective quarter.

Quarter One holds negativity, fear, doubts and countless other repressing traits that keep individuals from substantially progressing toward their own ideal lifestyle. Procrastination due to fear is commonplace. Inactivity and the love of ease are usually caused by ignorance of a better way and the maladaptive patterns of inertia. This lifestyle is always full of regret, grief and envy of what could have been.

In Quarter Two change is an essential element in order to alter, modify and transform a person’s needs and state of lack into abundance and a state of having, being and doing. Change though, is terrifying and represents a roadblock to many people. Education and knowledge is the means by which change becomes less frightening. Planning is a crucial component in this part of the process. Vacillation back into Quarter One is not only likely but also probable if certain steps are not taken to prevent it.

Quarter Three Action is the only means by which any achievement may come to be. But action cannot and must not be random and without cause. Specific achievement is accomplished by focused effort based on proper planning. Additional strength is found in mentored guidance helping the student progress under the tutelage of an expert.

Quarter Four Result is the ultimate reward for all prior efforts. Haphazard accomplishment or just getting there accidentally or by a stroke of luck is unnatural and nature will take you back to where you are most prepared for. Water seeks its own level. Unless you have diligently passed through the essentials of the other quarters, you will end up back to where you started before you “got lucky.”

COnCEPT Q is a vast resource for understanding. Once it is comprehended it can be applied to many things. It has become a source of reference for me personally to know if what another person teaches follows the pattern of accomplishment or if it lacks steps and if they are out of order. My own maladaptive pattern of perfectionism has kept me from sharing this information any sooner simply because of an internal incessant desire to seek perfection in the expression of this concept. Due to the enormity of application possibilities I have to conform in explaining its relevance to different topics in different volumes of work rather than just one large book.

In 1986 as a result of several years of study I received an inspiration that eventually was molded into what is now known as COnCEPT Q. The name is part of an acronym which means
Concept OnQ, a Coherent & Extensive Philosophy of Thought,
thus the C On C E P T Q.

The following is my description of what OnQ means:
OnQ (änkyu) adj. 1.Being where you are supposed to be, doing what you are supposed to be doing at the time you are supposed to be doing it in the way it is supposed to be done. 2. Headed in Q4 direction.

Either you are moving forward
or you are moving backward,
there is no fence sitting.

The entire concept is very complete. Even though I have simplified and continue to do so it is NOT a light read. It takes time to sink in.

This will give you something to think about for today, and we'll talk more about it tomorrow and the day after, and the day after that for about 90 days. If after that there is need for more...well I'll decide then.

Prelude to a 90-day case history of Mr. Faith

I suppose this is more for me than anyone else, just to prove that it will work. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, so, we will start from a point that any person can read from right here and have an idea what this project is all about.

My name is Donald Alan Rekow, the son of the late Donald Merl Rekow and Arlene Rekow Osborne. I go by Don-Alan as my author name and for this project and case history I am Mr. Faith. Why, you ask, are you called Mr. Faith? First of all, for over twenty years, my main study has been focused on the principle and power of faith. The study has not been what a person might think you would do and just open the scriptures and study all you could about the topic of faith. Sure, it has included that, but it has gone way beyond that and from it I have made some very unique discoveries and have uncovered many similarities of things both secular and religious. So the title Mr. Faith has to do with the knowledge and understanding I have gained about 'faith' as a subject

Part of the reason for this project is to test what I have written on myself and keep record of it in the form of a blog. It is also an informal way of giving many more details than I can put in the book that is the object of this case history. The book, There Is No Power In Chaos was set for release on August 8th, 2007. It has been pushed back for 2 months until October 8th.

Well I suppose there IS another aspect of all of this too. It is so that you my future reader can get to know me. And I will start off with a picture of me and Mr. Bean. Sometimes I am told that I am too serious or too philosophical. This shows that I can be silly at times too.

Mr. Bean & Mr. Faith

Well that is all for today. Oh by the way, for those of you in the US, Happy 4th of July! Tomorrow I will tell you a little more about COnCEPT Q and what it is. Until then, you have a GREAT day!!