What is he thinking?

A silhouette of a woman, cars popping up, the few confident looking people in focus behind the majority faded others - this is about how our incessant and needy thoughts function. They're the ongoing background thoughts that seek to find resolution, a feeling of completion or peace by getting the things we desire - the recognition (or love) of another (woman image) or material things (car images).

The few in the forefront are the mythical end point - they're the Superclass, those who have all the material desires and recognition at their disposal. The problem is it's based on a big myth - there's always another car, a bigger yacht, a more prestigious mansion and always someone who still doesn't give us the recognition we believe we deserve.

There can be no end point to this because this story only survives if we never find completion. But we're sold anyway by the temporary high we get every time we buy into this with our belief and our hard earned cash - the misplaced idea we're getting closer is like an addictive hunger, never satisfied and always begging for more.

So what's Lawrence's Year of the Tiger secret?

Lawrence points to how in 2010 this story is most powerfully sold by immersive / interactive experiences found in new media (usually a combination of images, footage, music / voice). These tools are often used to perpetuate the story as they offer an quick outlet to our "unfulfilled" reality and we are compelled to drop our guard or suspend our disbelief to immerse ourselves in this "better" prescribed reality. While this happens we become less conscious of our own reality and more susceptible to unconscious influences of this new reality often with direct agendas in mind.

The good news is Lawrence sees another force surfacing in 2010 - the conscious consumer. The conscious consumer seeks real information on products and services and being more conscious and self-aware, this consumer is not as vulnerable. The world map indicates the world wide web (internet) - This is where the conscious consumer seeks authentic information published by people without direct agenda or affiliation on anything he or she is compelled to buy or become involved in. As the internet is filled with information from every angle, the conscious consumer learns how to discern and spot a fake (information with affiliation) very quickly.

The 1+1=2, is an equation that shows why this story is so unreliable. It basically states that you are not complete right now (1) until you fulfill certain requirements or obtain certain things. The you of this mythical future (the other 1) is the completed you, the one at peace, the one not lacking. This means the incomplete you and the complete you are two separate entities. This simple equation shows the absurdity of that statement - there are not two of you, only the one - so in truth you are complete right at this very moment. You don't need to do or get anything to complete you.

Lawrence says "I suppose I should wish you a happy new year" because not all people are ready to be really happy (or fully conscious) and only those who understand Lawrence's thoughts will have a Happy New Year and be able to receive the Year of the Tiger love and luck.

If you know someone who is ready to be happy and lucky throughout the Year of the Tiger - let them know about this. The Law of Reciprocity will undoubtedly spread the the happiness and luck back to you in this auspicious year.