No I'm just a winner...

[Longinus]

Gambling + law of attraction + losing weight by buying tickets instead of food = MASTER KEY TO SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY AND HEALTH ALSO

Please write an ebook elaborating on this secret formula.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Sounds like an interesting way to dodge explaining your post doesn't it?

Sounds like you not only need an education in mathematics, you need one in logic. Pretty much everything you argue with is a logical fallacy of some sort. Debating you would be a circular never-ending mess.

Anyhow, insofar as your original post -- I think it has some redeeming merit, the meditation, the behavior alteration - you've turned a bad habit into something exciting. While technically it is gambling, I don't see this as something addictive. I understand this aspect of the post and can identify with it.

I believe positive thinking and meditation can play a role in our journey. My issue with the "law of attraction" was how it was marketed. Dream it, and things outside of your control will happen. That's the bunk that is dangerous, and now you're using it to justify lottery wins, something you cannot control. You can dream a Ferrari and work your a$$ off to get it - that's controllable, winning the lottery is not.

Elliot Rodger tried to do this too, he dreamed of pretty girls and riches, and it when it didn't perform as promised, he ended up murdering people.

Elliot Rodger and The Secret

I realize that's an outlier, as much as your fantasy of the lottery player who now has a net worth of 150M.

As for the universe manifesting your lottery wins because you're such a powerful meditator, I don't think the universe cares about your desire for free money -- and if it did, I'd be the first to admit I'd be disappointed in the universe.

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

I just smile at her, and say "Life is what you make it, and you make what you believe", and walk off and enjoy my day.

All that changed? Daily meditation, which seems to be like plugging a Tesla into the mains..it gives me energy, or power, of some kind. And the belief that everything is for a reason, and the Universe combined with action on my part leads to anything I want.

Watch the youtube video. Learn about expected value. Get good at math. Only pursue actions where the math is on your side. Get rich.

 

[Sequential]

I do realise this could potentially turn into a habit which would be negative behaviour.

I am going to write a new thread later about my life and ask for advice as I can see some people are very in tune with psychological health here. It will be very long and might take me a while to write, I am on a laptop currently which is a no go.

I would love this thread which has turned out negative to turn into something positive so I will touch upon my OP with more detail in the new thread.

Thank you all for all the insight. You know, as hard as it is to admit, I am obviously wrong... as hurtful to my own ego as that sounds.

 

[MidwestLandlord]

At least if you bought the junk food instead, the money goes to the retailer, the wholesaler, the manufacturer, etc.

But only the government gets your money with lottery. (In the USA it's illegal to mark up lottery tickets, I assume it's the same there)

Retailers use lottery as a traffic generator, but if you don't buy anything else all you did was cost the retailer money in labor and overhead.

 

[G-Man]

Every time I feel the need to overeat, I just smoke a little crack. That's why I'm a winner.

 

[AndrewNC]

So in the UK we have something called the National Lottery. It is like your Powerball but the wins are single to double and very occasional triple digit million wins. £7m, might roll over to £12m, goes all the way up to £170 odd mill. NOT TAXED, and you can choose between publicity and anon (why anyone chooses publicity I don't know).

Anyway along side this, they sell scratch cards.

Being overweight and having an issue with emotional eating I recently came up with the idea of...every time I feel like making myself feel better by snacking, I buy a scratch card instead.

I always choose #13 which is £250k win or #17 which is £100k win. #13 is £2 and #17 is £1.

All the money goes to both the Canadian Teachers Pension as well as charity. They build things needed by people in the UK for people who are not even in a lane.

So anyway I almost always win at these games. Because I am a winner... and I believe in the Universe to bestow me good stuff. Checkout lady actually says to me "feeling lucky?" and I just shrug and tell her I am a winner already. She rolls her eyes at me and smirks to her collegue.

I take my £2 and I buy a card. I scratch it right there in front of the checkout lady. BOOM, won £4. Give it to her to claim, buy 2 more.

Win £2 on each one. Ask for 2 more.
Win £10. Pocket £8, ask for one more.
Win £2.
At this point I call it quits.

And she can't believe it.

She is like "wtf?"

I just smile at her, and say "Life is what you make it, and you make what you believe", and walk off and enjoy my day.

This was not always the case. I used to buy these and lose £40 in a row. Not anymore.

All that changed? Daily meditation, which seems to be like plugging a Tesla into the mains..it gives me energy, or power, of some kind. And the belief that everything is for a reason, and the Universe combined with action on my part leads to anything I want.

MJ touched on this in his first book... The Flaw of Attraction. Think and Grow Rich. People read those and think if they just put it out there that they will get rich then it will happen. Then it doesn't and they leave a 1 star review on the book.... 10 years later people say it is BS. But they don't read properly.

This was a different result last week:

I say, in my mind, "Universe, I want to win on a scratchcard today" = thought

I drive somewhere completely random and buy the ticket = action.

I win = reaction.

TLDR: The power of action and thought = success.

Don't let the haters on this thread strive you off the path you are walking on. The are skeptical because they are closed-minded and they don't believe.

I know exactly what you are talking about.

We truly live in a reality where we can manifest anything we want by the power of our thoughts. Keep holding positive thoughts, keep believing, and keep experiencing!

What I'm about to share with you is something I learned through a closed-doors training ran by a man who mastered this path you are on. He breaks our level of evolution down into 8 levels.

Level 3 - People who rob and steal people for a living. Violent, etc.

Level 4 - Slowlaners - They abide by the rules of the system. And play by the rules.

Level 5 - Entrepreneurs - These are the ones that work hard and hustle through problems, and make things work through hard action. They are the ones making millions of dollars through building businesses that impact others. These are the unbelievers of this forum.

Level 6 - The spiritual hippie. This is the stage of your journey where you've unlocked the hidden powers of the universe. You're going to continue think positive thoughts, you're going to continue buying lottery tickets with this positive "I am a winner mentality." and you're going to continue dream of the best possible live that is surely on it's way to you.

As you do this, a few things are going to happen. You're going to continue to struggle with your eating habits, and financially. But don't worry - you're going to think positive thoughts and the miracle breakthrough is just around the corner.

You're going to continue to win $2-$10 on lottery tickets and show the unbelieving cashiers that you are a winner. In the meantime, you're going to slowly start to notice that your finances are going deeper and deeper in the dark. But you're confident that when you stand in the mirror and believe and call yourself a winner....you're belief is what is key to your success.

Shortly after that, you're going to run out of money in the bank account. This is a normal part of the journey you are going on. You continue to believe, and you'll continue to have something come in from the universe having your back. When you lose your house/apartment, you'll manifest a friend who can let you sleep on their couch at their apartment.

This is the time of your life where your belief will get stronger. And it's your true test from the universe to see how strong your beliefs are.

And that'll be around the point where your friends kick you out of the apartment from all the scratch off tickets you leave lying around, and you're going to go homeless.

And that is right before the part of your journey where you graduate to level 7.

Level 7 - The Enlightened Entrepreneur - When you're homeless on the streets in the U.K., you'll merge back into the path of taking action. Where you still know that you can believe and that the universe has your back and delivers all that you ask for.

But you also learn that the amount of change you see in the world outside of you is directly in proportion with the amount of physical impact you make with your actions. You hold the positive belief, and you spend your time opening up as many doors as possible for your business, and all of a sudden, the two mixed together will allow you to grow your business to newer and greater heights....even more than the skeptics on this thread.

So continue to do what you're doing. Experience the homelessness, perhaps you might even start doing drugs, but eventually you'll graduate level 6 into level 7 when you begin to take action in the physical work in the form of creating a massive impact with your business.

Or you could skip the whole homeless drug addiction, stop buying lottery tickets, and build your business now...Either way, come back here in a year and you'll see how your journey went very similar to how I outlined it.

 

[lowtek]

So you want me to be fat and die of obesity because it makes Mars Corporation and whoever sold it more money?

Do you recommend I get a coke habit so it creates wealth for coke dealers too?

No, people want you to get your head out of your a$$, hit the gym and buy healthy food then roll your savings into a business venture.

You know, become an actual winner.

 

[SquatchMan]

So anyway I almost always win at these games. Because I am a winner... and I believe in the Universe to bestow me good stuff. Checkout lady actually says to me "feeling lucky?" and I just shrug and tell her I am a winner already. She rolls her eyes at me and smirks to her collegue.

You're on a winning streak. The expected value of a scratch ticket is always negative.... so you will always lose in the long run. Gambling is literally for losers.*

You also sound like a gambling addict.

Edit: I decided to humor myself and look up the odds for the 250k scratch lotto you play.
1 in 4,419,450 chance of winning 250k.
For every 8.8 million you put in you can expect to win 250k (slightly more because of the tiered odds, but you're still gonna lose).

*outside of poker and other games where you can calculate the EV and adjust your bets accordingly.

 

[lewj24]

I thought you were going to say something like, "Even if I lose I am still a winner because I helped out the community by donating and I'm still going to be successful in my life."

But no..

You said, "I believe I will win at gambling, and then I do! why? BECAUSE IMA WINNER!!"

#landfill

And you only won $8? The max win was $250k and you got $8 on 6 tries... What a winner.....

 

[Deleted34902]

Being overweight and having an issue with emotional eating I recently came up with the idea of...every time I feel like making myself feel better by snacking, I buy a scratch card instead.

Go to the gym instead

 

[G-Man]

I do want to say one thing... if it is just taxing the poor who can't do math...what do you say to those who played and now have a £100m+ networth because of it? Are they also stupid?

Are we rationalizing gambling because of the 1 in 1 gazillion people that hit the lotto?

So you want me to be fat and die of obesity because it makes Mars Corporation and whoever sold it more money?

Yes. I hear they sell a new bar of outlier myth coated in candy mint false dilemma.

 

[Andy Black]

I do realise this could potentially turn into a habit which would be negative behaviour.

I am going to write a new thread later about my life and ask for advice as I can see some people are very in tune with psychological health here. It will be very long and might take me a while to write, I am on a laptop currently which is a no go.

I would love this thread which has turned out negative to turn into something positive so I will touch upon my OP with more detail in the new thread.

Thank you all for all the insight. You know, as hard as it is to admit, I am obviously wrong... as hurtful to my own ego as that sounds.

Fair play to you. This isn't the normal path these types of threads take. If you're strong enough to admit you're wrong even though it hurts your ego then you're strong enough to do many things...

 

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[Brian C.]

I regret every single penny I gave you yesterday in rep after seeing this thread.

 

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[Andy Black]

Lotteries are voluntary taxation for the proletariat.

Damn you for making me use Google other than to check ads...

 

[EvanOkanagan]

All of my income comes from ltd companies that I own. I am already Fastlane. This is just a side project to make me lose weight, seems to be working so far.

What about replacing this with a different, healthier habit?

For example. Set up an online bank account, or even just a jar at home called "Fun Account"...when you think of buying junk food, instead you throw it into this account or jar. Then you just blow that money on a fun experience when it gets large enough?

Since you're already "Fastlane" a jar for saving/investments doesn't make sense but rewarding yourself with an experience you normally wouldn't do might be motivating?

 

[Raoul Duke]

I regret every single penny I gave you yesterday in rep after seeing this thread.

#Savage

 

[scottmsul]

I wouldn't even want to win the lottery. To me something about the whole process feels tainted. You only receive money because you happened to be lucky, and that money comes from other people's hard-earned pay that they wasted on the lottery. Whereas if you get rich from fastlane, it's because you provided real tangible value.

 

[Brian C.]

It's trading one addiction for another addiction. Is that wise?

 

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[Sequential]

UPDATE TIME


So I won £250k... lel only kidding.

Not bought any more scratch cards since Aug 17 - a day after my last reply here.

I popped myself into a 20-4 intermittent fast window, that is 20 hours of fasting (water only allowed) and a 4 hour eating window for my whole 1500 calories. Lost half a stone. Broke it today with some dark chocolate for seretonin.

I have been spending the money on buying books instead, and trying to think of the blissful space in my head you get during meditation when I feel the urge to binge. Seems to be working but it is early days.

I don't know whether to do this:

I am going to write a new thread later about my life and ask for advice as I can see some people are very in tune with psychological health here. It will be very long and might take me a while to write, I am on a laptop currently which is a no go.

because it is a public forum and I'm not sure I want all of this out in public.

 

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[JAJT]

You will probably laugh at that too...

Truthfully I'm more concerned with the application of your belief in constructive or destructive ways.

Believing you can control chance as it pertains to destructive habits (gambling, for example) is incredibly worrisome.
It would be like saying your belief will protect you from harm when crossing a busy street blindfolded.
Or that because you never lose so might as well bet your life savings in a game of chance.
Or you'll start a business with borrowed money in a field you know little about, with very little experience, and think you can't fail.

Your belief is less of a concern than the application of it.

If you think you can control the odds to always win, and use this belief to engage in positive activities such as building businesses you can afford, helping others, fighting for what you believe in, etc... then there's no harm in it. You are doing what you think is right with the belief that you can do it.

When you tempt fate in negative ways it often ends in tears.

 

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[EvanOkanagan]

So in the UK we have something called the National Lottery. It is like your Powerball but the wins are single to double and very occasional triple digit million wins. £7m, might roll over to £12m, goes all the way up to £170 odd mill. NOT TAXED, and you can choose between publicity and anon (why anyone chooses publicity I don't know).

Anyway along side this, they sell scratch cards.

Being overweight and having an issue with emotional eating I recently came up with the idea of...every time I feel like making myself feel better by snacking, I buy a scratch card instead.

I always choose #13 which is £250k win or #17 which is £100k win. #13 is £2 and #17 is £1.

All the money goes to both the Canadian Teachers Pension as well as charity. They build things needed by people in the UK for people who are not even in a lane.

So anyway I almost always win at these games. Because I am a winner... and I believe in the Universe to bestow me good stuff. Checkout lady actually says to me "feeling lucky?" and I just shrug and tell her I am a winner already. She rolls her eyes at me and smirks to her collegue.

I take my £2 and I buy a card. I scratch it right there in front of the checkout lady. BOOM, won £4. Give it to her to claim, buy 2 more.

Win £2 on each one. Ask for 2 more.
Win £10. Pocket £8, ask for one more.
Win £2.
At this point I call it quits.

And she can't believe it.

She is like "wtf?"

I just smile at her, and say "Life is what you make it, and you make what you believe", and walk off and enjoy my day.

This was not always the case. I used to buy these and lose £40 in a row. Not anymore.

All that changed? Daily meditation, which seems to be like plugging a Tesla into the mains..it gives me energy, or power, of some kind. And the belief that everything is for a reason, and the Universe combined with action on my part leads to anything I want.

MJ touched on this in his first book... The Flaw of Attraction. Think and Grow Rich. People read those and think if they just put it out there that they will get rich then it will happen. Then it doesn't and they leave a 1 star review on the book.... 10 years later people say it is BS. But they don't read properly.

This was a different result last week:

I say, in my mind, "Universe, I want to win on a scratchcard today" = thought

I drive somewhere completely random and buy the ticket = action.

I win = reaction.

TLDR: The power of action and thought = success.

Nice man! Have you thought of writing an eBook?

"Scratchcard Millionaire " would be a catchy title.

 

[lowtek]

No, you're the one who missed the point.

Replacing one addictive activity with another doesn't make you a winner. It makes you an addict in denial.

Focusing on the winners of the lottery, while ignoring the millions who spend their rent money on their gambling addiction, is the definition of ignorance and mathematical illiteracy.

Have you READ either of the books? Either you haven't, and would benefit greatly from doing so, or you have and your literacy is on par with your mathematical literacy.

The things you're spouting are the definition of sidewalk / scripted.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

BTW, here's a thread on IDENTITY as it kinda parallels this topic.

*UNSCRIPTED* - Identity Hacking: How to Kill Your Status Quo

 

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[lowtek]

And to think... all those people that were praying to win the lottery were just doing it wrong. If they meditated and sent out good vibes instead, they'd be scratch off superstars.

 

[Ecom man]

giving yourself an incentive to lose weight is a great idea. I'm not sure of the incentive but if it works for you without getting addicted than great... but based on your lack of self control I would guess gambling could be your next problem.

 

[lewj24]

I would love this thread which has turned out negative to turn into something positive

You can look at this thread as a positive growing experience or a negative insult.

Up to you.

Ex.
When someone calls you fat you can look at it as a negative insult from a bully. Or you can look at it as positive criticism that will help you grow as a person.

Would you rather have a friend lie and say you look great when they actually think you're fat and ugly or a truthful friend who says you need to lose weight because you look fat and ugly?

Like you said. It's an ego thing.

 

[Sequential]

Thanks FHS8 but we already progressed

 

[jon.a]

Well said.

Thanks FHS8 but we already progressed

 

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[lowtek]

this is the problem of capitalism

stupid things are allowed to be sold because of this economic system

tobacco, alcohol, lottery tickets and so on

it is correct to become rich by selling stupid things to people . where are moral and common sense here ?

so you guys must not complain about the lottery because you support the economic system that allows it

be congruent with your society 's way of life

The lottery is run by the government.. but hey, don't let facts get in the way of your argument.

And the people who play the lottery, drink to excess, or smoke tobacco... where were they educated?

Oh... that's right... in government schools, by overwhelming majority.

And how is that these businesses are allowed to operate? Yeah, they are licensed by the government. They are also protected from competition by the state.

The government also makes sure that nobody can sue tobacco/alcohol manufacturers for undue harm or death, due to their products. So they get to pedal poison with impunity.

So the government churns out scientifically, mathematically, and economically illiterate people by the tens of millions, then licenses and shelters the people who sell them harmful substances... and somehow capitalism is to blame.

Logic, not even once.