Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Sunday, July 4, 2010

Exploring Your Own Mind Power

By Philip Michel

If there is something in this world which has huge potential but is so complicated that science in all its advancement has not been able to grasp its strength and scope in its entirety, is that of the human mind. It is said that normally man only utilizes 10% of his brain. That being the case, can you even think of the immense possibilities if one could control his subconscious mind and utilized 100% of his mind power? The word 'miracle' might well have disappeared from the dictionary.

Since ancient age, various religions and cultures have prophesized the power of the mind. Age old sadhus, monks, spiritual gurus, monks and preachers have promoted the fact that reality is nothing but a product of the mind. The ancient monks were known to perform miracles, light up fires, caused rainfall, ascended from the ground while meditating, cured illnesses and even moved matter with their mind power. Are these all mere stories or is it really possible? Does your mind power have the ability to mould and create reality as you want it to be? The answer is yes.

Moving forward from the ancient cultures and practices of which we have no real proofs, one can discuss contemporary concepts like the Law of Attraction, Affirmations, Hypnotism and the like in our New Age thoughts. The New age spirituality refers to the spiritual movement that seeks the ultimate or universal truth, the highest potential of man. It is more of an individualistic spiritual progression in nature instead of based on any religious doctrines.

According to the law of attraction, your mind power has the capability of influencing and thereby creating the reality of your life. According to this law, if you focus all your attention on something that you want and believe from the core of your heart that it will come true, then the sheer power of your mind will attract the object of your want and result in its manifestation in reality.

Moreover, since your thoughts are creating your reality, always remember that like attracts like. That is, the more you have positive thoughts, situations will manifest which will give you more positive thoughts. In the light of the above it should be said that affirmations are something if correctly practiced can show great results. That is, if you continuously affirm yourself that 'I can do this job in 7 days' or 'I'm getting well', then your subconscious mind gets convinced and the power of your faith affects the cosmos in a way so that your affirmations manifest in reality.

In increasing your mind power, meditation is one of the best techniques. Starting with basic meditation to increase one's concentration power, work up towards the state where you can concentrate or focus more on a goal, visualize it in your mind's eye and direct all your energy towards it. Once you start practicing this, gradually you will feel the increased awareness of your own self and ultimately gain control of your subconscious mind unleashing the power within.

Thus if you really want your mind to take control of your life and steer it in the direction you want to, instead of other external factors doing it, the best strategy is to start with affirmations and positive thinking and then working up through meditation to gain increased control over your thoughts and beliefs so that the law of attraction can work for you.

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