In 1991, Guns n' Roses released a double-CD which I bought and which was the
catalyst of my going beyond.

Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion II

They also went on a world tour of the same name. I have the LD of their Illussion
tour recorded live in Tokyo Dome. Civil War, Don't Cry, November Rain, Knockin'
On Heaven Door and more. I have not watch the LD for a few years now,
including that of Led Zeppelin with the live recording of Stairway To Heaven at
Madison Square Garden in the 1970s, and that of Deep Purple of the 1970s before
the breakup of Deep Purple II, Uriah Heep, Bon Jovi, Madonna, Carol King and
more. My LD player died and I have not bought a replacement. LD players are
obselete and I can't find a good one at Cash Converter. Those exact LDs tracks
are not available on DVD or VCD.

OK coming back to this post. It is not about those LDs or recordings. It is about
ILLUSIONS.

The dictionary meaning for ILLUSION is:

1. An erroneous perception of reality.
2. An erroneous concept or belief.
3. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief.
4. Something, such as a fantastic plan or desire, that causes an
erroneous belief or perception.


Many times in our life, we have illusions. They are always caused by wrong belief.
When it comes to the financial market place, the wrong beliefs are usually the
product of GREED. It is okay for me to say that I myself have fallen to greed and
is having illusion. But if I am having illusion it is impossible to know that I have
fallen to greed. It is not okay for me to say that YOU have fallen to greed and YOU
are having illusion. It is bound to entice a very strong adverse reaction from YOU.

My encounter with illusions I found later can be broken down into three stages. It
is fortunate I see the third stage because usually a lot of people stop at the
second stage; the third does not exist for them.

The three stages are:

1) Having illusion
2) Being dis-illusioned
3) Use your illusion


Following are examples of illusions I had long before David Copperfield made
the Status of Liberty disappeared from Liberty Island. When I last visited Liberty
Island a few months ago while playing Spiderman 2 PS2 game, the statue was still
there. I even climbed to the top, web-zipped onto and hitched a ride on a helicopter.

Look at the charts below. See how perfect the indictor is? See how it identify ALL
the tops and ALL the bottoms without missing a single one? Can you visualise how
much money you are going to make? Wow! How powerful the illusion!


Illusion I




Illusion II




Illusion III




But all these are just illusions. Go ahead be dis-illusioned. If you don't go to the
second stage, you cannot go on to the third stage. But not everyone who reached
the second stage go on to the third. But try. Try to go beyond. Try to go beyond
and so that you can USE YOUR ILLUSION.


Use Your Illusion I




Use Your Illusion II




The track Don't Cry on the CD just started playing as I am writing. Good night.

Enjoy your illusion! And remember to go beyond.

Our brains are capable of seeing things that aren't there. Even if you see someone making a lot of money, even if you see some excellent trading results, you got to pause and think, does it make sense ? If not you are likely to see things that aren't there.

No Green Dot
If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black + in the center, the moving dot turns to green. Now, concentrate on the black + in the center of the picture. After a short period of time, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see a green dot rotating if you're lucky! It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.