The other day a trader said something to the effect that "it's Friday, last of the green until Monday". As I reflected on those words another popped up with "The Trend is Your Friend". The more thought that went into it added that last part "In Crypto and In Life".
Mostly Misunderstood
Quite often the phrase of "the trend is your friend" is taken to mean just go with the flow. Think about it, it's easy to make that analogy. It's simple, practical on some level very logistically appealing.
Don't make waves, or rock the boat. How many times have you heard that phrase? I know it's been around my entire life from all levels in different languages and in different contexts.
Now, we have come to this place in the world, where I think that the phrase is mostly understood. I'll do my best here to describe how seeing going with the flow and following the trend being less of conforming, rather transmuting momentum and energy into your desired outcome.
Simple right?
Transmutation
This is one of those words that is thrown around quite a bit, but really what does it mean;
According to Dictionary.com - "change into another nature, substance or condition".
Now that's pretty straightforward if you ask me. But how do you actually do that and how does it apply to crypto? More importantly, how is it connected to the trend.
Both equally great questions and let's look into it a little deeper.
Keeping Up with the Jones
Probably one of the most overused and relatively useless phrases in the english language, that is unless you recognize and transmute the energy. It's rooted in dense emotions of insecurity and scarcity.
Nevertheless it is part of the balance of our soul beings and learning the power of transmutation is critical to our evolution.
Now when you first start thinking about trends, there are things such as momentum, direction & strength that are all involved.
Think about it in crypto for a hot second. Are you longing or shorting, steep or shallow movements and what is the relative strength of the actions underway. All of the indicators on a chart are very similar to these 3 topics.
Now take the same thinking and apply it to life. This is where it becomes even more interesting. Are you focused on increasing or decreasing your position? What is your timeline and at what intensity will you do it?
These are all very similar if not exact broad topics of thinking about life and crypto.
Now this is not to say that you are choosing to NOT be in a better financial position. Yet, in fact by not choosing increase, abundance and prosperity in the affirmative you are subconsciously accepting the latter.
Whoa, so you're telling me that I can choose?
Yes that's exactly what I am saying.
Connecting the Trend
Over the last couple days as I have tuned into the energy behind some of the traders, the energy has been around disbelief, disagreement and non-acceptance of the current trend.
In general, most were focusing on the tension between intent & desire for increase and the reality of bearish activity.
You know where I am going with this now, right? Transmutation of that "desire & intent" for increase can be focused on how to best leverage the current situation to ultimately increase.
Yup, talking about shorting. Remember the trend is going inversely to what you want and desire. So think about is the focus and desire that you actually want the prices to go up, or is it that you wish your position to increase?
What About on the Life Side
Now this is where things get really interesting and we can discover the secret sauce to abundance and overall prosperity.
It may have been Sir Edward Coke who said:
Every man's house is his castle...
What happens when you take your situation and turn it into the change, the outcome, the success, the achievement, the benefit or any other descriptor that you intend it to be.
We as humans roaming this spinning rock often get moving in a direction and whether we know it or realize it often have a tough time of changing direction.
Even for those of us who switch often, have made a habit and built the muscle memory out of changes in life.
So suffice to say that most roaming this world will benefit from understand that Trend Truly is Your Friend. By that I mean that the trend represents a movement of energy and flow that can be transmuted to your intended outcome.
In the Epic Struggle
The epic struggle between the rock and stream always ends the same way. Obstinance is met with conflict and a current of eddies and pushing downstream. Yet, the transmutation of energy yields a change or even complete transformation, in this case form the rock to the pebble to sand.
Whether you are operating in life or crypto, this skill is applicable to both. Be blessed!
