Mind Power Daily Exercises

[Blurock]

Kehoe says something similar to that. Just heard it in today's session...

True wisdom comes when you realise how little you know.

(Or something like that. The idea being that you're only wise if you accept that there's so much still to learn.)

One has to continuously focus on self improvement, as what you have learnt at school, university or on-the-job training 10-20 years ago, may not apply any more. Over time I have observed that ignorant people stay dumb, while educated people keep on studying. Doctors, lawyers, engineers etc do not stop studying when they graduate. They keep on doing various courses and studies to improve their skills. Maybe Cosatu should teach their unskilled masses that knowledge is power...

[vieome]

I'll say this much; when somebody compares the mind to a computer and uses a terms like iMind I instantaneously switch off. It is amazing how people try to sell books by tapping into the fads of the day. There was a time when the very same people described the mind as being like clockwork

I also find it interesting how analogies can lead to more confusion. Calling the brain "The motherboard" and the mind "The CPU" for instance. I would suggest that matters of describing the mind be left to Neuroscientists and Philosophers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computa...theory_of_mind http://www.squidoo.com/mindhacks Neuroscientists and Philosophers are already doing this comparing brain and mind to computing. We live in a world governed by information, and to say that certain information is for only certain people to describe removes freedom of thought.


(Buddha):

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions simply because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."

[adrianh]

We live in a world governed by information, and to say that certain information is for only certain people to describe removes freedom of thought.

hmmm...The problem is of course that freedom of thought does not always equate to the expression of intelligence or wisdom...like a barking dog that expresses its freedom of speech all night long.

[vieome]

Freedom of thought may not lead to expression of intelligence but that is where it starts. When one man through freedom of thought, expressed the idea that the earth went around the sun, many thought that an absurd idea. Just because one does not see intelligence in an idea, does not make the idea stupid. Bill Gates once said that all the memory we will ever need was 512MB, sometimes to get things you right you have to be willing to be wrong. And in a thread on mind power one should challenge their assumptions or their assumptions will challenge them. Why does a mind switch off is a good place to start?
How happy the man was to be awoken by a barking dog to find thieves in his yard.

[adrianh]

Just because one does not see intelligence in an idea, does not make the idea stupid.

...nor does it make an idea intelligent.

Why does a mind switch off is a good place to start

...a mind that is unable to switch off from the constant bombardment of drivel that is sold as intellent thought is a mind that needs to be awakened.

How happy the man was to be awoken by a barking dog to find thieves in his yard.

...or maybe not, he might be clever enough not to leave anything of value outside in the first place.

[vieome]

"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance - Confucius "

have a good weekend!

[adrianh]

Good one...

Cheers

[Norri]

Adrian, you like to stir for the sake of stirring hey? Live and let live.

[adrianh]

@Norri - True, but I do have strong views on "Self Improvement" and "The workings of the mind" - Maybe it is because I've spent my entire life battling my own mental states and trying to resolve my own shortcomings.

But yes, sometimes it is better just to let things slide....

[Phil Cooper]

Norio

I attended his course 12 years back.

WHAT A SPEAKER! He is the only person who could talk non-stop for 2 hours - and he gripped you the whole time. Fascinating man!

[Norri]

Phil, he's brilliant hey? Great speaker to listen to and really knows how to get the message across.

I must admit, it takes some discipline to do the exercises daily but I'm noticing significant changes already.

- Opportunities coming my way out of nowhere. (Ala, Your thoughts & beliefs create your vibrations which create your circumstances and situations.)
- In a better mood most of the time. (If negative thoughts come into my mind, I beat them dead. Other times I just ignore them or distract myself with something else. That's not to say I ignore something important (like a car heading for my foot) but that I ignore the unimportant (like the scenario playing in my head of an argument with a client or something stupid like that.)
- Enjoying work more.
- Feeling more positive about my future.
- Getting more done, in all my projects.

Ja, this stuff is lekker if you practise it!

[vieome]

John says that, if you do this, you will notice 3 important things about your mind:

1. It is in constant motion. There's no off-switch.
2. It is the great trickster. (Making you worry about things that'll never happen, etc)
3. There is a lot of useless thought going on inside us.

In observing the mind, who is observing the mind? Is the mind observing itself. With what mind is the mind observing itself, given that observations take place in the mind. That is why I like to think that there is two minds, the brain mind that never stops even while we sleep, and dare I say it again the iMind, or the self mind rather. The art of observing the mind is really meditation. The brain mind tends to get stuck in habits of thought and very often is controlled by fear, it is the brain trying to define our fight or flight response. Many times through out the day, we constantly switch between brain mind and self mind. Self mind is the creative mind, the mind we use for focus, and long term planning. when one get to know how to shut off brain mind, and use self mind(iMind) more, we become more aware of our choices. As we learn to use self mind we become more aware of our present moment. Knowing that many of the things brain mind is telling us about what might be, or what is is wrong, we become more focused more creative, and more able to live our lives of our choosing. Living in self(imind) we find our lifes get filled with synchronocity, meaningful coincidence, things happen in the external world that somehow are related to thoughts we choose to hold in our self minds. Choice. The problem is choice. Do you let brain mind choose how you see the world, or do you use self mind(imind) .

Norri that is my take on mind power.....


Quote about brain minds

As you adequately put, the problem is choice. But we already know what you are going to do, don't we? Already I can see the chain reaction:caused by reading iMind, the chemical precursors that signal the onset of an emotion, designed specifically to overwhelm logic and reason. An emotion that is already blinding you to the simple and obvious truth:
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[adrianh]

...uh huh..

so,
..does the iMind operate in the iCloud that cometh forth from the iWeed?

[murdock]

i have come to realise over the years...no matter what you do in life...your mind will always restrict or improve the outcome...and i mean for anything...be it giving up smoking...loosing weight...improving your wellbeing...or where you will end up at work...or bussiness...when i gave up smoking the 3rd time (now more than 12 years ago) it was simple...i woke up in the morning and told myself that i would never touch one again...all it takes is one night after a few toots...for your mind to forget that you have decided to give up...the next morning you are smoking 20+ a day...my battle with my weight is a good example of mind control...i dont see food as a bad thing like smoking...and because i am on the road all day...it is difficult to justify a healthy lunch for a mere R40 when i can get a 2 pies for R10...i know in my mind that whithina couple of hours i will be suffering with heartburn but in my mind i cannot justify the addtional R30 cost...however the risk of ending up in hospital again...i choose only buy one pie.

people ask how i managed to keep a bussiness going for so many years (20+) i believe it could be because i am determined not to fail...what ever the cost...i believe if i didint have the mind power to keep it going i would have given up many years ago...in fact i am in a position right now where i have no interest in my main bussiness (the one that pays the bills) and it starts to show in my behaviour towards my customers...which is negative...so what happens...they notices my lack of interest and so my work flow slows down...which means my turnover has decreased...and i pay less tax...so i n my mind it tells me...its not a bad thing considering how much tax money is wasted...but then the end of the month comes along...the brain tells me bills...bills...bills...and more bills...so i get out and work my but off.

whereas my interests have shifted to a different field and in less than a year i have managed to aquire all the equipment and setup a fully rigged workshop which will be fully operational within the next month or 2 ...i am already getting people nagging me to make stuff for them...from the few items i have already manufactured.

i have never been to any of these mind power seminars...but i am sure...like anything in your life...if you apply yourself you will achieve great things...its all ablout balance...mind and body control.

[Norri]

I like your summary Murdock

It reminds me of one of my favourite quotes from Jim Rohn:

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment."

That has gotten me through many a difficult task!