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All,
Three blind men hear an elephant. They approach it, arms outstretched.
The first grabs the tail and announces,"It's a rope".
The second hugs a leg and announces,"It's a tree".
The third wanders into an ear and announces,"It's an angel".
There is the story of a student who comes to his teacher demanding to know
the secret of life.
"The secret of life is the one thing", replies the teacher.
"Can you tell me what it is?", asks the student.
"Can you tell me what it is not?", asks the teacher.
"Alas, I cannot", replies the student, to which the teacher replies,
"Then you already know".
Arguing over 'who knows Gann' or 'what is Gann' is arguing over which part
is the elephant. True Gann is not a person or a method but an inner process
designed to teach someone the inner ability to find their own keys to tell
them whatever they need to know.
The first prerequisite is self honesty.
You might ask yourselves whether you are morely like to build your grail
from that which becomes unified, or that which is torn apart.
And whatever your answer is will be true, for you.
I look forward to hearing what your elephants look like.
Darrin
>From: "Brent" <brente@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: brente@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx><nwinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [RT] RE: Cowan-Stewart Continued
>Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 10:03:42 -0700
>
>Yes, that is the way I figured it in regards to someone actually being a
>personal student of Gann himself. To me this business about Dr. Baumring
>and
>who had what first is laughable, because this guy was just another
>pretender, promoter himself. He was not an actual student of Gann's from
>what I have gleaned and it sounds like he didn't even have a direct
>connection. Maybe, he was an astute speculator but it sounds like that was
>a
>big maybe.
>
>I know that a good many traders around here regard Gann himself as not much
>different from another good promoter. It is interesting to have a little
>light fall on the subject so we can decide for ourselves. When I look at
>what Gann had to say it's not that different from what everybody says are
>sound trading principles. Such as always stay with the rules, always use a
>stop, always trade with the trend. Don't over trade and don't expect to be
>rich overnight. You get the idea.
>
>Brent
>
>
>
>I don't know the answer to your question. But, here are some factors
> > that should determine the
> > odds of an actual student of Gann's being alive. My recollection is that
>Gann
> > died in 1955? Therefore,
> > assuming that someone was lucky enough to have connected with Gann when
>the
> > student was in
> > their 20s, lets say 25, this student would have been born in 1930, so
>would
> > now be 69-70 years old.
> > So, it is possible. However, the odds of someone pursuing Gann at such a
>young
> > age are probably fairly slim. The person would have to already be fairly
> > affluent at age 25, as Gann charged $5,000 for his course, which is what
>the
> > average house cost then.
>
>
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