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The physician known as the Father of Palliative Care, Dr. Balfour M. Mount, tells a story about his visit with a patient suffering from the common and understandable 'dark days' soon after becoming a quadriplegic. Dr. Mount asked her one simple question completely unrelated to her condition. What kind of music do you like? Her response, following her look of "What does this guy want", was Elvis.

When the good Doctor shared with her his memory of being at the 1957 Elvis concert in their home city, her face lit up, and a spirited conversation ensued. This short visit had an enormous impact on the woman's overall state of mind, which greatly improved her physical and emotional health.

Dr. Mount believes the reason for the drastic improvement in this woman's quality of life was due to her sudden flush of 'living fully in that moment'.

Our perception of what things mean tint our experience of this world and are the essence of our attachments to how things must look in order for us to be happy. Unfortunately, as A COURSE IN MIRACLES suggests, our attachment to what we believe things mean, whether they be feelings, objects, or ideas, is only that - our belief.

In fact, a mastermind plan to get to where you believe are going to be happy will take you from this moment of pure potentiality and your opportunity to feel the profound peace and happiness of this very moment. Elkhart Tolle says in his book, THE POWER OF NOW...

"Forget about your life situation for awhile and pay attention to your life."

It is in your life, including and most especially the dying moments of your life, that you will have the golden opportunity to simply allow and fully experience the eternal peace and happiness you seek.