The fourthworld companions who saw me at the Casino - yes, I did a two year stint of gambling - all used to swear by number twenty three! My favourite number at the time used to be nineteen. So, when the ball landed on number twenty three, everyone on the table was paid - except me. Again when the ball hit number nineteen, of the very few who would be paid, I got the most money because on number nineteen, either I lost big or won big!
Life itself can be likened to a game of roulette. Each number has an equal chance of being bet on, yet there are numbers which are frequented more than others, like number twenty nine, and number twenty, and number eight. When you analyse further, you notice that these are what are called "middle" numbers, and when the Casino wants to attract patrons early in the evening, these numbers pay big time. Now, later on, when the serious business starts of making sure that the Casino makes more money than the patrons, the spinners change and only those trained not to hit the middle numbers come in. The ball changes speed and rhythm. The eyes around the table become dilated. Heartbeats can almost be heard and the spin of the wheel becomes fast and furious. Play is non-stop, spin after spin, leaving you with no time to think. The more the loss, the more argumentative you becomes and the surer also of getting it all back on the next spin, till you spread yourself too thinly until you lose it all.
My advise to people of this, my fourthworld is that only people who know what they are doing should be allowed to gamble. I know that some people play for high stakes while holding bluffs and for a while, they look like they control the spin. That roulette ball, viewed through a gambler's eyes, looks easy, but looks deceive. A valuable lesson I learnt from gambling is that if I do not know the entire matrix, I tread carefully, very very carefully and sooner or later, I get it. That is how I was able to stop gambling. I did it of my own free will because I knew that there was nothing there for me.
This, is going to be a good week!
Life itself can be likened to a game of roulette. Each number has an equal chance of being bet on, yet there are numbers which are frequented more than others, like number twenty nine, and number twenty, and number eight. When you analyse further, you notice that these are what are called "middle" numbers, and when the Casino wants to attract patrons early in the evening, these numbers pay big time. Now, later on, when the serious business starts of making sure that the Casino makes more money than the patrons, the spinners change and only those trained not to hit the middle numbers come in. The ball changes speed and rhythm. The eyes around the table become dilated. Heartbeats can almost be heard and the spin of the wheel becomes fast and furious. Play is non-stop, spin after spin, leaving you with no time to think. The more the loss, the more argumentative you becomes and the surer also of getting it all back on the next spin, till you spread yourself too thinly until you lose it all.
My advise to people of this, my fourthworld is that only people who know what they are doing should be allowed to gamble. I know that some people play for high stakes while holding bluffs and for a while, they look like they control the spin. That roulette ball, viewed through a gambler's eyes, looks easy, but looks deceive. A valuable lesson I learnt from gambling is that if I do not know the entire matrix, I tread carefully, very very carefully and sooner or later, I get it. That is how I was able to stop gambling. I did it of my own free will because I knew that there was nothing there for me.
This, is going to be a good week!
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