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Secret Teaching From World's Greatest Unrecognized Genius

Profound insight can completely transform your life for the better

Secret Teaching from the World’s Greatest Unrecognized Genius will Transform Your Life!!

Do you recognize this child?

Later became world famous

He grew up to be the greatest unrecognized genius in the world. And his teachings, which are not widely known, can indeed utterly transform your life for the better. Immeasurably for the better.

The odds are good that you have heard of the man this boy eventually became. Here is a picture of him in later years:

Well known for wild hair

No, this is not a bad joke and I am not trying to be funny. And I do believe that Einstein is the world’s greatest unrecognized genius.

You probably know about Einstein because of his scientific achievements – formulation of the Theory of Relativity, discovery of the photo-electric effect and so on. These were stupendous achievements but they were complex and beyond the understanding of most. I had a difficult time getting my arms around Einstein’s work even when I was a physics major at one of the top universities in India.

Great as it is, Einstein’s scientific work will not change your life directly.

What is not widely known is the Einstein also had a deep understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of the universe. And what he knew about this CAN directly affect YOUR life. In fact, it can improve it beyond measure.

One of Einstein’s profoundest sayings is, “The most important decision you will ever make is ‘Is the Universe friendly?’”

Our relationship with the Universe: There are some who believe that the Universe is unfriendly. These are the type of persons who believe that the highway senses that you are driving to an important meeting and deliberately causes a traffic jam.

They are few in number.

The majority of us, the vast majority, believe that the Universe is indifferent to us and may not even know we exist. Some of the time the Universe acts in a fashion that benefits us and some of the time it frustrates us. Which way it behaves is random and unpredictable.

But what if the Universe was friendly? If the Universe is friendly, then it is indeed aware of us and works to help us. So there are no ‘unfortunate accidents’ and everything that happens is orchestrated in an elaborate and complicated manner to be of benefit to us.

Think of the Universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child WANTS, but it is what the child NEEDS.

In exactly the same way we have a laundry list of wants but what the universe provides us is something else entirely. But just suppose what we get is exactly what we need for our growth and development? Simply pausing to consider this makes a big difference to the way in which we react to life events.

Say you thought you would get promoted but, instead, you were fired from your job. A ‘normal’ reaction would be to get angry and then frustrated and resentful. Fear and anxiety would creep in later as you wonder when you will get a new job and how you will like it and how much it would pay and what your prospects for advancement will be.

But suppose you really believed that the Universe was ‘friendly’? Friends don’t harm friends, right? So your losing your job was somehow in your best interest. How so? You don’t know but you seek to find out. Is this your opportunity to become entrepreneurial and start the company you always dreamed about? Is this the right time to seek out a smaller company with greater growth prospects and equity participation?

Notice that your frame of mind as you explore is completely different and may even be upbeat.

Or say your spouse tells you that she intends to file for a divorce. A ‘normal’ reaction would be to force a confrontation, vent feelings of betrayal and hurt in an angry exchange, perhaps plead desperately for her to stay or hire a pitbull of a lawyer to wear her down and give her nothing. None of these leave you feeling particularly good.

But again, what if the Universe was friendly? In that case, this is an early warning sign. What can you learn and what should you do? Again, you don’t know but you start searching. Have you been a good husband? In what ways have you let her down emotionally and can you start making amends immediately? Or perhaps you have grown in different directions and this is a logical end that will be good for both of you. In what ways can you make this a smooth parting for both of you and how can you support her in what will be a painful re-adjustment even if she was the one who wanted out.

Notice, once again, that your frame of mind is completely different and much more positive.

And here is the kicker, once you start exploring with the underlying thought being that whatever happened to you, in some unknown fashion, was perhaps ‘good’ for you, lots of evidence shows up that you were ‘correct’ in your assessment. And, in fact, you will look back years later and classify the event as one of the ‘good’ things in your life.

What about the really horrific things that happen or could happen? Things like serious illness, death of a child and so on? How could a ‘friendly’ universe let such things come into your life? The answer is you don’t know. And you never know. But if you believe the Universe is friendly, then you don’t go to pieces when tragedy strikes and eventually extract some meaning. Thus, a mother who lost her child in an accident involving a drunk driver started Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).

Notice that, even if the Universe were indifferent to you and unaware of your existence, your life would improve tremendously if you believed the Universe was ‘friendly’.

It is indeed possible to change your view of the universe from indifferent to friendly. I have helped thousands of persons make this transition in my workshops.

And it helps is that no less a person than Einstein saw that this is the most important decision you will ever make.

Indeed it is.

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