Eckhart Aurelius Hughes AMA (Ask Me Anything)

[mrlefty0706]

Hi Eckhart, thank you for your very thorough reply.

[Lorna Philip Enslin]

Hi Scott,
I recall that in one of my posts I mentioned my current circumstances of being responsible for my 13 yr old grandson since his Father passed last year. My daughter (his mother) has been out of rehab for 6 months and is slowly getting her life together but having difficulty finding work as a carer. So, the onus is on me to provide as my husband is 84 and retired.

My grandson requires remedial teaching which is beyond our financial capabilities at present. However, I have hatched a plan to overcome this and I’m currently half way through a TEFL course (teaching the english language to foreign students) which I’m surprisingly enjoying. I say surprisingly because its 55 yrs ago that I last saw a grammar paper, which just goes to show, you’re never too old to learn!

I’m very grateful that I discovered this platform and expect to be working flat out very soon. My reviews for OBC will continue: it gives vent to my creativity and I’m passionate about reading plus they pay me for writing reviews and every little bit helps.

This post is merely to point out that irrespective of how deep in the morass you are financially, you’re never too old to up skill, relearn, or find a job and let us never forget those who’s life circumstances are very much worse than ours and would give everything for just one of our opportunities. I’m very grateful for all that I have and pray that I can continue in good health to work, protect and provide for my precious little man.

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

Hi Scott,
I recall that in one of my posts I mentioned my current circumstances of being responsible for my 13 yr old grandson since his Father passed last year. My daughter (his mother) has been out of rehab for 6 months and is slowly getting her life together but having difficulty finding work as a carer. So, the onus is on me to provide as my husband is 84 and retired.

My grandson requires remedial teaching which is beyond our financial capabilities at present. However, I have hatched a plan to overcome this and I’m currently half way through a TEFL course (teaching the english language to foreign students) which I’m surprisingly enjoying. I say surprisingly because its 55 yrs ago that I last saw a grammar paper, which just goes to show, you’re never too old to learn!

I’m very grateful that I discovered this platform and expect to be working flat out very soon. My reviews for OBC will continue: it gives vent to my creativity and I’m passionate about reading plus they pay me for writing reviews and every little bit helps.

This post is merely to point out that irrespective of how deep in the morass you are financially, you’re never too old to up skill, relearn, or find a job and let us never forget those who’s life circumstances are very much worse than ours and would give everything for just one of our opportunities. I’m very grateful for all that I have and pray that I can continue in good health to work, protect and provide for my precious little man.

Hi, Lorna Philip Enslin,

Yes, I completely agree: you’re never too old to up skill, relearn, or find a job. It's also a great habit to regularly think about the fact that there are many people out there who wish they had it as good as you have it and wish for what you have.

It's wonderful what you are doing for your grandson. You seem like a great grandmother.



With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott

[Lorna Philip Enslin]

Hi Scott,
Thank you: we’re mum’s and dad’s forever and even when adult kids return home with grandkids, we embrace them because we know how challenging life can be. I’m privileged to have been given a precious life to nurture at this advanced age: my only wish is to ensure that he grows up to be a kind, caring and loving man: much like yourself.

Sincerely,

Lorna

[Adam Bryce Stern]

Hi Scott, I came across one of your posts about how "happiness leads to external success". I'd love to hear your opinion on things you consider internal success as well. I do believe money, fame and the rest of it classifies as external. And self fulfilment seems like the only internal success, I can think of.

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

If you haven't already, you can sign up to be personally mentored by Scott "Eckhart Aurelius" Hughes at this link.

Hi Scott, I came across one of your posts about how "happiness leads to external success". I'd love to hear your opinion on things you consider internal success as well. I do believe money, fame and the rest of it classifies as external. And self fulfilment seems like the only internal success, I can think of.

Hi, Adam Bryce Stern,

Thank you for your question!

As I use the terms, internal success (or "true success") is unavoidable. It's a nearly tautological truth, one that would probably seem meaningless and fully tautological to a reasonable philosophical zombie (i.e. a human lacking true consciousness, a.k.a. a human without a spirit). In other words, failure is an illusion, and by extension spiritual slavery is always a type of or symptom of some kind of illusion or dishonesty especially in the sense of dishonest self-delusion. Granted, as my book explains in detail, illusions can be self-fulfilling and thus be granted a sort of indirect relative reality. Imaginary roadblocks are just as effective as real ones, and fictional nightmares torment you just the same despite their fictionality and the fact that you actually control them.

As I typically use the terms, the phrase "external success" is a phrase I use mainly to refer to superficial things that are commonly associated with success, or commonly seen as symptoms of success, or things that your present self would tend to think your future self (or kids or great grandkids) would see as a welcomed gift. Those are things like money, wealth, good reputation, good looks, a nice house with a working toilet, and a comfortable bed. Incidentally, most humans throughout most of history did not have a working toilet, so if such things and creature comforts were actually what defined true success (they aren't) then the line between successful people and unsuccesful people would be most correlated with a point in the timeline of human history, such as the invention of the toilet and indoor plumbing.

Another probably much clearer way to look at it is in terms of what my book calls "The Two Yous".

"Internal Success" is about what my book calls the real you, and roughly speaking about what the real you 'wants', or really the lack of wanting by it, and more importantly (as my book explains in detail) about how that transcends desire and temptation and entails an infinite source of infinite unwavering spiritual fulfillment and free-spirited inner peace (a.k.a. true happiness), all achievable without any effort at all, costing zero dollars to achieve and takings zero seconds to achieve. It's so infinitely easy to achieve, that even calling it an achievement or calling it easy is a bit of misnomer. Calling it easy is like saying a bald man's hair is short.

In contrast, "external success" is about the body and ego, and what the body and ego want, such as bodily comfort, sensual pleasure, and things like money, drugs, social attention, sex, and beer, or whatever any given body craves. There is nothing wrong with those things, but they won't give you true happiness. Happiness leads to you having more of those things, not vice versa. That's for many reasons but a big one is that, when you are spiritually fulfilled and truly happy, you don't chase those kinds of things away with desperate miserable clinginess and a miserable impoverishing scarcity mindset, but rather attract them with your happiness, confidence, gracefulness, and happily appreciative abundance mindset.

Here are two key quotes from my book:

Failure is an illusion. Internal Success (a.k.a. true success) is unavoidable. Everyone and everything is a success. You are always successful, because, when it comes to your choices, you always successfully get exactly what you choose.

With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott



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In addition to having authored his book, In It Together, Eckhart Aurelius Hughes (a.k.a. Scott) runs a mentoring program, with a free option, that guarantees success. Success is guaranteed for anyone who follows the program.

[Adam Bryce Stern]

If you haven't already, you can sign up to be personally mentored by Scott "Eckhart Aurelius" Hughes at this link.

Hi Scott, I came across one of your posts about how "happiness leads to external success". I'd love to hear your opinion on things you consider internal success as well. I do believe money, fame and the rest of it classifies as external. And self fulfilment seems like the only internal success, I can think of.

Hi, Adam Bryce Stern,

Thank you for your question!

As I use the terms, internal success (or "true success") is unavoidable. It's a nearly tautological truth, one that would probably seem meaningless and fully tautological to a reasonable philosophical zombie (i.e. a human lacking true consciousness, a.k.a. a human without a spirit). In other words, failure is an illusion, and by extension spiritual slavery is always a type of or symptom of some kind of illusion or dishonesty especially in the sense of dishonest self-delusion. Granted, as my book explains in detail, illusions can be self-fulfilling and thus be granted a sort of indirect relative reality. Imaginary roadblocks are just as effective as real ones, and fictional nightmares torment you just the same despite their fictionality and the fact that you actually control them.

As I typically use the terms, the phrase "external success" is a phrase I use mainly to refer to superficial things that are commonly associated with success, or commonly seen as symptoms of success, or things that your present self would tend to think your future self (or kids or great grandkids) would see as a welcomed gift. Those are things like money, wealth, good reputation, good looks, a nice house with a working toilet, and a comfortable bed. Incidentally, most humans throughout most of history did not have a working toilet, so if such things and creature comforts were actually what defined true success (they aren't) then the line between successful people and unsuccesful people would be most correlated with a point in the timeline of human history, such as the invention of the toilet and indoor plumbing.

Another probably much clearer way to look at it is in terms of what my book calls "The Two Yous".

"Internal Success" is about what my book calls the real you, and roughly speaking about what the real you 'wants', or really the lack of wanting by it, and more importantly (as my book explains in detail) about how that transcends desire and temptation and entails an infinite source of infinite unwavering spiritual fulfillment and free-spirited inner peace (a.k.a. true happiness), all achievable without any effort at all, costing zero dollars to achieve and takings zero seconds to achieve. It's so infinitely easy to achieve, that even calling it an achievement or calling it easy is a bit of misnomer. Calling it easy is like saying a bald man's hair is short.

In contrast, "external success" is about the body and ego, and what the body and ego want, such as bodily comfort, sensual pleasure, and things like money, drugs, social attention, sex, and beer, or whatever any given body craves. There is nothing wrong with those things, but they won't give you true happiness. Happiness leads to you having more of those things, not vice versa. That's for many reasons but a big one is that, when you are spiritually fulfilled and truly happy, you don't chase those kinds of things away with desperate miserable clinginess and a miserable impoverishing scarcity mindset, but rather attract them with your happiness, confidence, gracefulness, and happily appreciative abundance mindset.

Here are two key quotes from my book:



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With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott



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In addition to having authored his book, In It Together, Eckhart Aurelius Hughes (a.k.a. Scott) runs a mentoring program, with a free option, that guarantees success. Success is guaranteed for anyone who follows the program.

Wow, thank you for your reply, that was extremely detailed and helpful.

[Henry Daniel 2]

What is your favorite book in this forum? Have you read all the books in this forum? How many children do you have?

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

What is your favorite book in this forum? Have you read all the books in this forum? How many children do you have?

Hi, Henry Daniel 2,

I don't know what you mean by "in this forum" exactly. Can you explain in more detail what you mean by the phrase "in this forum"?

[Risper Ouma Lisa Anyango]

For those who don't know, I am Eckhart Aurelius Hughes.

Post any questions you have for me as a reply to this topic, and I will do my best answer.

It can be a question about anything. It can be about me, about the book, or about anything else!




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How far would you go to save a person whom you deem to be a lost soul with no sense of direction?

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

For those who don't know, I am Eckhart Aurelius Hughes.

Post any questions you have for me as a reply to this topic, and I will do my best answer.

It can be a question about anything. It can be about me, about the book, or about anything else!




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How far would you go to save a person whom you deem to be a lost soul with no sense of direction?

Hi, Risper Ouma Lisa Anyango,

Thank you for your question!

Before I answer, can you define and explain what you mean by "save" in this context? What does it mean to save a person? Have you ever saved a person? If so, can you describe the latest time you successfully saved a person in detail?

Can you also explain what you mean by "lost soul"? As I use the terms, what does it mean for someone to be a lost soul?

I hope you don't mind the questions. I just want to be sure to understand your question, so I can answer accurate.


With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott

[Austin Rhodes]

I am glad I get to post. I would love to know if you have an upcoming book you plan on releasing soon.

[Gerry Steen]

Hi, Scott. How did you come up with the name Eckhart Aurelius Hughes as your pseudo-name?

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

Hi, Scott. How did you come up with the name Eckhart Aurelius Hughes as your pseudo-name?

Hi, Gerry Steen,

That question was already asked and answered earlier in the Q&A:

What inspired you to use a different name for this book and how did you choose it?

Moving forward, please do make sure to read all the previous Q&As before asking a new question to make sure the question hasn't already been asked and answered.


With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott

[Gerry Steen]

Hi, Scott. How did you come up with the name Eckhart Aurelius Hughes as your pseudo-name?

Hi, Gerry Steen,

That question was already asked and answered earlier in the Q&A:

What inspired you to use a different name for this book and how did you choose it?

Moving forward, please do make sure to read all the previous Q&As before asking a new question to make sure the question hasn't already been asked and answered.


With love,
Eckhart Aurelius Hughes
a.k.a. Scott

Thank you. I found it.