Tufti the Priestess

by Vadim Zeland

  The same thing happens in physical reality — in the film rolls, according to which your everyday life is moving. On each new film roll, your consciousness enters the next version of the mannequin, which then comes to life and becomes you in the current frame.

  Do you remember I once said that if you look in a mirror whilst you are dreaming, you might not recognise yourself? You do not just have one mannequin that is characteristic of your being, but a whole bunch of them i.e. one particular or very specific mannequin for each film roll. In all the films stored nearby, you are pretty much the same, and are recognisable as you. In films that are stored far away from the current film roll, you are completely different.

  It’s not about the fact that once you were young, and then you aged, or once you were slim, and then you put on weight. The mannequin can change right now in a very short period of time. You are capable of changing very quickly, to the point of spectacularly changing your outer appearance. You can also change qualities and skills such as self-confidence, charm, ability to communicate, courage, intelligence, and professionalism.

  But before I explain how to do this, I want to explain something. Changing yourself doesn’t mean judging and rejecting yourself or chucking out the old you. We are talking about self-development, especially if you are one of those rare exceptions who like themselves just the way they are and doesn’t particularly feel the need to change. Even if that is the case, you have to keep developing, otherwise you’ll go down the slippery slope of deterioration.

  You have to change yourself, without changing your core identity, your principles, beliefs, and philosophy of life. Making yourself a better person doesn’t mean compromising your identity. You can work on self-development at the same time as retaining your true self. It’s not so much a matter of remaking yourself, as kindling the Creator’s Spark. Don’t force yourself to conform to the norms of others; create your own ‘norms’, so that other snails look to you with envy. You can create your own norms if you accept your own uniqueness. Uniqueness may be all you have, but it is more than enough.

  Uniqueness is perfect unto itself because there is nothing of its kind anywhere else. How can something which cannot be found anywhere else or in anyone else not be very valuable? It is an advantage, which you can either use or chuck to the back of a dusty, old cupboard. It is all a matter of choice.

  However, it is not easy to accept that you are unique, self-sufficient and perfect, just as you are, just as becoming aware that you are inside a motion picture is not easy. You will notice that when there is something about yourself that you categorically dislike, it is almost impossible to convince you that this very thing could become to your advantage.

  For example, from the point of view of accepted norms, something in your appearance, your personality or manner might be considered a shortcoming. But all shortcomings have one paradoxical aspect. If you accept a shortcoming, it becomes a valuable, individual quality. If you don’t accept a shortcoming and battle against it, the shortcoming becomes a flaw. This is exactly how others will perceive it: either as a valuable quality, or as a flaw.

  You are perfect, just as Nature and the Creator intended you to be. Perfection is when an individual is embodying their uniqueness in harmony with their true self. Where there is acceptance, harmony will appear. And the opposite is true; any negation gives rise to disharmony, which everyone notices.

  So, take a good look at your shortcomings, before you hurry to get rid of them. Perhaps, if you accept them, they will transform into your unique qualities and become an advantage? Look attentively, without paying any attention to what other people consider normal! Try to relax at least for a few days and just accept being you. You’ll see for yourself what happens. Perhaps, you will end up liking you, just the way you are.

  Of course, you still need to be able to distinguish shortcomings from vices. An obvious vice or weak point, that directly harms you, your health and reputation, for example, or that harms others, should be rooted out. Some things are obvious, and there’s no need to go into them here.

  In everything else, it is better to develop your positive qualities than to battle with your shortcomings. Focusing your attention on your shortcomings, including physical ones, that cannot be eliminated, only makes them worse. If, however, you can root out a shortcoming via self-development, then you should work on self-improvement. But only on the condition that you actually have the desire to do so. If you don’t desire to change it, then don’t trouble yourself and concentrate on your finer qualities. Otherwise, your life will become a constant battle.

  Developing existing qualities is much more effective than rooting out your shortcomings, and doing something with them. Developing your finer qualities will, most likely, eclipse your shortcomings or remove them automatically. And then the issue of your shortcomings will fall away of its own accord.

  The three achievements way

  You, my little harebrained twits, have no doubt already imagined yourselves as being magnificent? No! I am the magnificent one here! But you can be too if you are audacious enough to let yourself be so! You decide for yourself, the kind of person you want to be. You are more than capable of doing so. And I will teach you how. You will be the happiest and most beautiful of them all. I am Tufti, your priestess! That is the reason I came.

  You occupy the body of a mannequin, as one of your many variations.

  You have to develop, whilst retaining your true self; change, without betraying Self.

  Uniqueness is all you have, and this is enough.

  A shortcoming should either be rooted out or accepted.

  When you accept a personal shortcoming, it can turn into a positive quality.

  Don’t battle with your shortcomings, develop your finer qualities.

  Before we get into how to compose your own mannequin, I’ll explain why this is worth doing because it’s a matter of some importance. Patience, my dears, you will learn all this in good time.

  There is one universal formula that is 100% reliable: life will work out if you accept that you are a unique miracle, with all your shortcomings, just as you are, and then decide to enjoy yourself and the life you have. If you can simply enjoy life, then you, your life and everything in it will improve automatically.

  However, it is quite hard to achieve this. Too great a burden of various moulds and standards, conventional norms and limitations have been placed on you since birth. There are three concrete actions you must take in order to free yourself from this burden. One thing is certain, you won’t remove this burden with the mind.

  First. Don’t focus on your shortcomings. Don’t allow yourself to dwell on feeling deprived in some way; this is a destructive state. The shortcomings will only become worse and this will lead to greater deterioration. You have to shift into a different, more constructive state. This will help with the second action.

  Second. You should have a goal in life, something inspiring, that fills you with enthusiasm, and benefits you and others. If you feel apathetic about life in general, then, you don’t have a goal. Or, if you look at it from a different perspective, when you have no goal, you feel apathetic about life. When you have no goal, there is nothing to desire. If you experience no sense of striving, there will be no movement in your life. No movement, no energy; no energy, no life. So you must find your true goal, your life purpose, and begin moving towards it. Without a life purpose, there is no ‘you’; you are simply an empty space. If you haven’t yet found a life purpose, the third action will help you to do so.

  Third. Whether you know what your life purpose is or not, you should concentrate on personal development, on remaking yourself. Focus on yourself constantly. Kindle in yourself the Creator’s Spark; work on self-development and self-improvement. This method delivers three achievements instantly: first, you shake off any feelings of being deprived; second, you find your life purpose; thi
rd, you realise life purpose.

  Well, what else did you expect? There is no magic wand. There is the plait though, but you have to work with it. It won’t happen whilst you’re lying about on the sofa. As you now know, goals are achieved through triple action: propel reality, propel yourself, propel yourself from within. Self-development is always a worthy goal and path. Your life purpose on this path will find itself and once you have found it, there should be no stopping you. Remember: there is either development or deterioration.

  You mustn’t think of self-development as an onerous duty or heavy chore. Quite the opposite; it’s much harder to experience stagnation, inactivity, and laziness. Working on yourself is no chore but pleasant preparation for something even more pleasurable. You get ready when you are going to a party, don’t you, smartening yourself up? Well, today is the party. A one-time preparation won’t be enough for what will come tomorrow, in a month’s time or in a year from now.

  To summarise what has been said: To become magnificent and turn your life into pure magnificence, you have to shift yourself out of a state of stagnation and degradation. The way out is to find your life purpose, your true goal, and then take steps towards it. Your life purpose is your route to self-realisation. Without a life purpose, life is nothing more than mindless existence. Even if you do not yet know what your life purpose is, the Creator’s Spark that smoulders inside you knows. But the Spark has to be kindled. By kindling the Creator’s Spark and working on yourself, you achieve these three things: you leave stagnation behind; you find your life purpose and you realise your life purpose.

  This is why you need to compose a mannequin as well as your reality. Remember the integrated propel-stroll method, and what we said about it? Follow this method, and everything in your life will right itself.

  Aside from the issue of your life purpose, there is another good reason to follow this method. Self-development creates movement. I repeat, without movement, there is no energy and without energy, there can be no life, just a fading of life. To trigger meta-power you need to have sufficient amounts of personal power — energy. When you move, because you are developing yourself, you can receive this energy.

  No one can know better than you, the direction in which you should develop. If you don’t have a clear idea yet of what direction you should choose, ask yourself the question and set yourself the goal of developing yourself, and it will come to you.

  As far as one’s life purpose is concerned, there are other details to be taken into account.

  Follow the call of the heart. Find the things that are meant for you and the things that could have been made specifically for you, things that are right out of the box.

  Follow your own path, not the footsteps of others. Don’t copy the experience of others. Indulge in the luxury of being unique in everything.

  I could write a whole book on this theme.Yes! You will have to read other books aside from this one. Don’t be lazy, don’t be lazy, my dear ones, but study diligently! You don’t want to stay snails forever, do you?

  You are brilliant

  Did I say that I didn’t like you? I was only joking. You are my favourites, my pets. Don’t disappoint me and I won’t disappoint you.

  Don’t dwell on feeling deprived in some way.

  You must find your true goal, your life purpose and begin moving towards it.

  Your life purpose is what inspires you and benefits others as well as yourself.

  You may not know what your life purpose is, but the Creator’s Spark knows; kindle it.

  Self-development helps to shake off stagnation, find your purpose, realise your purpose.

  Without movement and development, you will not have the energy to trigger meta-power.

  Do you want to be a better person, improve your physical fitness and appearance, develop skills and talents? Or are you too lazy? What do you mean, you don’t want to? Look at yourselves, and the state you are in with your crooked legs, silly horns, round tummies and hungry mouths.

  And yet despite all that, you are perfect because the Creator’s Spark is present within you. You have to realise your perfection and kindle the Spark. In what manner your perfection will manifest all depends on your personality. Whether it will be revealed at all depends on your intentions.

  Let’s say you want to have a beautiful body, transform yourself into a charming personality, pleasant in all respects, or become a high-paid professional in a particular field. Essentially, this means occupying your perfected mannequin on a fundamentally different film roll. Have no doubt that this film roll and the corresponding mannequin exists. All you have to do is get there. This goal is achieved via triple-action: propel reality, propel yourself, propel yourself from within. Let’s look at all three components individually.

  1. Propel reality With the help of the plait, compose a reality, in which you already have what you want and already embody the person you want to become. Compose a new you in a new reality. Literally, do this several times during the day or more. Become fully present, activate the plait, and without losing a sense of the plait, picture the scene you desire (the end result, the target frame) with your thoughts and words; visualise it as best you can. Do the exercise in a relaxed manner for no more than a minute at a time. Remember that it is concentration and meta-power that makes this technique work, not effort and force.

  Don’t hold back when you set your goal. Go for it! Think big and set your sights high from the outset. Set yourself a goal that will awaken the genius in you; become a genius in a specific field or in your general attitude towards life. Then, regardless of your specific abilities, you will start being brilliant.

  That said, if you have no aptitude at all for something that attracts you, it might be worth considering whether this is, in fact, your true path. But if you are following your heart’s desire and if your goal is basically achievable, then there is no reason why it should not be realised; beyond that, it all comes down to perseverance and composing a new you in a new reality consistently and coherently. Remember you have the Spark of the Creator within, which you can kindle into a flame and turn into a masterpiece.

  After some time, you will see that you are beginning to do things you couldn’t do before and that you probably were not even capable of doing. This will surprise you and yet there is nothing superhuman about it. It is no miracle, just a technique. By setting a reality, in which you are brilliant, you move onto film rolls, in which you do brilliant things; I repeat, the reason for this is not that you have the necessary abilities per se, but because that is the nature of the script.

  It simply comes down to the fact that on other film rolls, you will have things that you don’t have currently and haven’t even considered. There, in a new mannequin, new abilities will manifest themselves and new means of realising your ideas can be found. You will spot them, as long as you aren’t sleeping.

  2. Propel yourself I remind you that to propel yourself in relation to other people means to compose an image. To propel yourself in relation to the reality of your everyday life means to compose a reflection. In a general sense, the act of propelling involves being consciously aware of your motives and actions.

  When you aren’t consciously aware, and are just drifting in accordance with the script, all the messages you put out to the mirror that concern other people will be reduced to “give me-give me-give me”, and those that concern reality will come down to, ‘I want, I want, I want’. And yet, there comes a point in time, when you are able to release yourself from the script. Then you can become fully present and recall the image composition method and the reflection composition method.

  In relation to other people, replace all your ‘give me’s’ with ‘here, take!’. After persistent practice, this manner will become a habit and start to create an impression. You’ll naturally become a very charming personality without having to fake it becaus
e your habits make up part of your mannequin. Together with your own transformation, you’ll see that the problems that troubled you so much have either solved themselves or simply fallen away. Take a good look at the ‘Setting An Image’ chapter and there you’ll see all the ‘give me’s’ and the corresponding ‘here, take’ alternatives.

  The same thing goes for reality: whatever happens, you have the method for composing a goal frame, the principles of use, as well as the allowing and following methods. Remember also that all negative thoughts and messages will return to haunt you like a boomerang. Try and turn all the negative signs into plus signs for your own benefit, and then this too will become a habit that makes up part of your new mannequin.

  What should you do if, right now, you can’t think of anything that you can give or any message you want to put out to the universe? This is where the imitation technique comes in handy. You can transform the reflection into an image or subject by pretending that you already have something you do not currently have, or that you already are the person you would like to be but have not yet become. As the game, so the reality; what you imitate is what you get; who you fake is who you will become. The reflection flows into an image. We will go into this in more detail in the next chapter.

  The imitation technique

  You are probably beginning to think, dear ones, that with all these methods, you could end up being a clockwork mannequin? Don’t worry, my little fidgets; it is better to be a wind-up mannequin with good habits than a puppet of no sound mind.

  New mannequins are created via triple action: propel reality, propel yourself, propel from within.