At first, I was extremely excited and highly motivated by this possibility. And I have been eagerly and religiously affirming and visualising and intending my perfect life. The only problem is, whenever I sit down to do my visualising, I change my mind about what I want to manifest. Some days, I have a huge house in Sandymount, and one in Hampstead and one in New York, overlooking the park, but then, some days I decide I want to live a simple, eco-friendly life in a log cabin in California with a bunch of hippies. To the outside observer, these problems are only the normal problems that any multi-billionaire in my position would be faced with.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
'Lady Idina Sackville was nicknamed "The Bolter" because of the
I have been reading The Secret, a book which has sold a zillion copies and which purports to tell me how I can make myself have absolutely anything I want.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
The Art of Acceptance
The concluding goal for any endeavor in self improvement is to gain a clearer understanding of your own potential. Through the insights gained with self assessment a picture begins to form which suggests the things of that potential. Who you will become begins to take shape in your mind, but among such new found insight, obstacles become apparent, behaviours and actions which have not served to help you on your way to improvement.
When you begin a process of self assessment and self analysis it can be difficult to confront certain aspects of our personalities. The measure of battling through ingrained thought processes, learned behaviours, and counter productive reactions to situation can seem overwhelming. It is important to come to terms providing the elements of our personality that are unhealthy and obstructive to the development of our real selves. These counter productive elements if not be considered as faults or negative traits, properties are how they are, and most notably they are obstructions to a deeper understanding of our real natures.
The nurturing and growth of the real self is a process and should viewed as such. As we become a multitude of self up to date we can boost to become more accepting of the non intuitive components of our behaviours and thoughts. With awareness comes responsibility, responsibility to deal with the challenges posed by the improvement of the inner self.
The acceptance of non-productive aspects of personality should be applied to others as well. We are all fallible and have setbacks, perfection is not an attainable goal, understanding and improvement are goals. Treat others to the same level of acceptance as you allow for yourself. Know that not anyone shares your commitment to a deeper spiritual bargain and not everyone is on the path towards discovery.
When you begin a process of self assessment and self analysis it can be difficult to confront certain aspects of our personalities. The measure of battling through ingrained thought processes, learned behaviours, and counter productive reactions to situation can seem overwhelming. It is important to come to terms providing the elements of our personality that are unhealthy and obstructive to the development of our real selves. These counter productive elements if not be considered as faults or negative traits, properties are how they are, and most notably they are obstructions to a deeper understanding of our real natures.
The nurturing and growth of the real self is a process and should viewed as such. As we become a multitude of self up to date we can boost to become more accepting of the non intuitive components of our behaviours and thoughts. With awareness comes responsibility, responsibility to deal with the challenges posed by the improvement of the inner self.
The acceptance of non-productive aspects of personality should be applied to others as well. We are all fallible and have setbacks, perfection is not an attainable goal, understanding and improvement are goals. Treat others to the same level of acceptance as you allow for yourself. Know that not anyone shares your commitment to a deeper spiritual bargain and not everyone is on the path towards discovery.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Docs keep the faith
Well, doctors do believe in God and some don't mind infusing a dose of spirituality into their sessions at the clinic. Like Dr Vinod Kumar Nigam, a general and laparoscopic surgeon, who is writing a book 40 Minutes With God, where he talks about the time he spends praying for his patients while on the treadmill.
Currently at the Apollo Hospital, Gurgaon, he encountered the power of prayer early in his career of over 30 years. “There was a patient who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour. When she found out, she simply asked me for a photograph of the malignant organ and assured me that she would knock down the tumour and she did, simply through prayer and the power of positive thinking. She went on to live for years, defying the prognosis of a couple of months."
Adds Dr Nigam, “We all know about the feel good hormones like serotonin and pheromones that are secreted in the body when we exercise or experience happiness and positive emotions.
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Currently at the Apollo Hospital, Gurgaon, he encountered the power of prayer early in his career of over 30 years. “There was a patient who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumour. When she found out, she simply asked me for a photograph of the malignant organ and assured me that she would knock down the tumour and she did, simply through prayer and the power of positive thinking. She went on to live for years, defying the prognosis of a couple of months."
Adds Dr Nigam, “We all know about the feel good hormones like serotonin and pheromones that are secreted in the body when we exercise or experience happiness and positive emotions.
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Friday, July 4, 2008
Religion: Thinking vs. feeling
Not thinking. Thinking, even atheistic thinking, can lead to belief, because thinking is the province of logos, the Word. And so, this caught my eye. A few weeks ago, we blogged on the Templeton Foundation's posing of the question, "Does science make belief in God obsolete?" This article from The American examines the answer of one physicist and Christian who answered the question with "Absolutely not!" But I'm not sure the rest of his answer is satisfying. His name is William D. Phillips, a professor at the University of Maryland and a Nobel Laureate in physics.
Phillips, himself a scientist and a practicing Christian who talks openly about his faith, wrote in his essay that "a scientist can believe in God because such belief is not a scientific matter." […] Phillips said that examining belief in God from a scientific vantage point was the wrong approach, since one cannot measure God scientifically.
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Those Embarrassing Body Problems
But wouldn't you know it, just when you want to project an image of cool confidence, "body central" has other ideas.
"There are some people who actually have a problem with overactive sweat glands, but for the most part, excessive sweating that occurs only in certain situations is all about stress," says Siegel.
A by-product of stress hormones such as cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, Siegel says nervous sweating is a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge - a manifestation of the fight-or-flight response that kicks in when we're anxious.
The way to prevent it, he says, is to condition ourselves ahead of time for facing stressful situations. "It's a matter of brain retraining. Gradually expose yourself to the nervous situation, and eventually your body won't respond as if you're in danger."
An easier way to prevent excessive sweating is simply to try an antiperspirant deodorant, Siegel says.
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"There are some people who actually have a problem with overactive sweat glands, but for the most part, excessive sweating that occurs only in certain situations is all about stress," says Siegel.
A by-product of stress hormones such as cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine, Siegel says nervous sweating is a reflection of sympathetic nerve discharge - a manifestation of the fight-or-flight response that kicks in when we're anxious.
The way to prevent it, he says, is to condition ourselves ahead of time for facing stressful situations. "It's a matter of brain retraining. Gradually expose yourself to the nervous situation, and eventually your body won't respond as if you're in danger."
An easier way to prevent excessive sweating is simply to try an antiperspirant deodorant, Siegel says.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Power of the positive helps cancer survivor
"I absolutely have a more positive outlook on life.
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"We are much more in control of our destinies than I would ever have dreamed."
New Thought Unity Center is located at 1401 E. McMillan. For information on the workshop, call 961-2527.
Forrest Sellers is a reporter for The Eastern Hills Journal. You can reach him at fsellers@communitypress.com or at 248-7680.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Be Hardworking to Reap Results!
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
How to be a better person?
This is a common question instructors ask of students. It is to lead this thinking juice to enhance the learning process.
Basically teachers can make aware to the under graduates the process whereby the brain accepts and digest guidelines before learning takes place. They can move on to methods to acquire info or intellectual resources with reading, listening, or any process this causes use of the 5 human senses. However, it should be highlighted to the students that acquiring data is useless if the tips gained is not digested by thinking and iterative linking of the acquired material and facts.
Through understanding of the newly accepted material, the next phase is for one to apply the new knowledge. This is able to then make sure that the understanding is correct and if it did not require out (with inconsistent outcome), the understanding process has to be re-visited with maybe more hints gathering to supplement the previous bank of information. He has to be hardworking mentally and to repeat the process with persistence in condition to reap a satisfactory result. Good habit will be made in the for a long while run which will mould a person's character and ingenuity capability.
The system of learning is a tedious one of feedback and improvement on oneself. The learning process if properly handled and manged will experience a marked improvement on one's being and confidence. It will create awareness of self-improvement. This self-improvement skills can go on for one's livlihood time and has compounded benefit through application of knowledge and sharing with others.
If a society or community had acquired this attitude of self-improvement, the quality of life within the society or community can be greatly increased. This has a spreading effect when people on other community sees the aide of self-improvement.
How to be a better person?
This is a common question instructors ask of students. It is to lead this thinking juice to enhance the learning process.
Basically teachers can make aware to the under graduates the process whereby the brain accepts and digest guidelines before learning takes place. They can move on to methods to acquire info or intellectual resources with reading, listening, or any process this causes use of the 5 human senses. However, it should be highlighted to the students that acquiring data is useless if the tips gained is not digested by thinking and iterative linking of the acquired material and facts.
Through understanding of the newly accepted material, the next phase is for one to apply the new knowledge. This is able to then make sure that the understanding is correct and if it did not require out (with inconsistent outcome), the understanding process has to be re-visited with maybe more hints gathering to supplement the previous bank of information. He has to be hardworking mentally and to repeat the process with persistence in condition to reap a satisfactory result. Good habit will be made in the for a long while run which will mould a person's character and ingenuity capability.
The system of learning is a tedious one of feedback and improvement on oneself. The learning process if properly handled and manged will experience a marked improvement on one's being and confidence. It will create awareness of self-improvement. This self-improvement skills can go on for one's livlihood time and has compounded benefit through application of knowledge and sharing with others.
If a society or community had acquired this attitude of self-improvement, the quality of life within the society or community can be greatly increased. This has a spreading effect when people on other community sees the aide of self-improvement.
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