Mind Power Daily Exercises

[Norri]

I last read John Kehoe's "Mind Power" when I was a teenager, just out (dropped out) of school - Around 12 years ago when I was 16. (Eish time flies).

I'm revisiting Mind Power now and, this time, I'm making sure that I do the exercises and I'm trying to make them a part of my daily life.

The first exercise is to suddenly and frequently, throughout the day, stop what you're doing and observe your thoughts. I wrote "observe" on my hand to remind me to do this.

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.

You might know this already but doing the exercise, John says, will give you the first-hand experience of it and that will give you the DESIRE to change it.

I don't remember the next steps and John recommends that you do each exercise before proceeding, so give this a shot with me.

Make a note on your hand and experience this today. I'll come back tomorrow with the next exercise.

[adrianh]

I excercise my mind 10 times a day: Mostly push ups - I just think; up down up down up down up down....

[Blurock]

I do a lot of mind exercises. I jump to conclusions...

[adrianh]

After observing his thoughts for a whole day Julius Malema was heard saying that he felt that it was a waste of time because it was just like looking down an empty well (he did actually say longdrop - but that isn't considered to be politically correct).

[Citizen X]

Hi Norri,
Sounds like an interesting book! Tell me something is there a PDF free version somewhere in cyberspace? If so, A link will be appreciated!

[Norri]

LOL guys, highly entertaining :P

Vanash, no it's not free. You can pick up a copy of his book at any book store or visit http://robinbanks.co.za/ to buy his programs.

Enjoy!

[Nickolai Naydenov]

I love reading books even though I don't have much time to read, but I got this specific book about a month ago and it's great. It all makes sence and etc the major thing is to apply what you've learned. Knowlege is not power, applied knowledge is power.

[adrianh]

And the Zen master said to his student:

To exercise the mind one has to cast it aside, for all can only be experienced within an empty vessel. Just as a bucket can only be filled if the lid has been removed.

[IanF]

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

Adrian your new signature is great.

[Norri]

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.)

[Mike C]

He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool-shun him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple-teach him.
He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep-wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise-follow him.

[adrianh]

Learning is easy, unlearning is not.

[Norri]

The Inner and Outer Worlds
The outer world is what is literally happening around you all the time. The absolute truths. A pebble falls on your toe - that happened in the outer world. You got angry, that only happed in your inner world. The evidence is in your friends pointing and laughing at you jump around like a monkey Their inner world experience of that outer world situation is completely different to yours.

The inner world is your reaction to what is happening in the outer world. Happiness, confidence, worry, fear... all exist solely and exclusively in your inner world. Evidence of that is in how you can lose your cool in traffic while the guy behind you can be patient & smiling.

You gain power over your experience of your life when you stop constantly reacting to the outer world and start operating from the inner world.

The Six Laws of Your Mind
1. Thoughts are real forces.
(Weak, scattered thoughts are weak, scattered forces. Strong, focused thoughts are strong, focused forces.)
2. The mind is a sending and receiving station of thought.
(Your thoughts are affecting the people around you and the thoughts of the people around you are affecting you. Pay attention to who you spend your time with.)
3. The law of attraction. Thoughts that are emotionalised are magnetised and attract similar and like thoughts.
(If you get angry by stubbing your toe, that thought attracts other thoughts that make you angry, and you spiral.)
4. The law of control. We are forever experiencing thoughts but we have the power and ability to either entertain or dismiss them.
5. The law of insertion. We have the power and ability to insert any thought of any type into our mind.
6. The inner and outer worlds are connected.

Contemplation
In this context, this refers to deep contemplation and concentration to the exclusion of everything else. If your mind wonders 20 times, bring it back 20 times. We're learning how to concentrate and we're also doing this to uncover new things each time we contemplate these ideas...

Exercises for Week 1
These are the exercises to practise every day, for this week.
1. Contemplate the six laws for 5 minutes.
2. Take one law a day and contemplate just that one law for 5 minutes.
3. Contemplate: "I am in possession of an amazing instrument of power that is transforming my life now that I'm learning how to use it."
4. Contemplate: "My personal vibration determines the circumstances and situations that happen to me. My thoughts and my beliefs create my personal vibration."
5. Go over your notes for 5-10 minutes each day. (I would attach my notes but they're quite personal to me so perhaps just contemplate some of the other things above for an extra few minutes.
6. Observe: Several times a day, suddenly and instantly, stop what you're doing and just observe your thoughts. Don't judge. Just observe. Observe your frustration, stress, excitement, inspiration. Observe your thoughts.
- Don't observe yourself observing yourself. Think back to what you were thinking before and observe that.
- Become familiar with how your mind works.
7. Weed out negatives: Throughout the day, whenever you find yourself thinking a negative thought, use one of the following techniques to weed it out:
- Cut it off. Don't argue with it, don't defend yourself, just cut it off and think something totally different.
- Exaggerate it into ridiculousness. Don't just exaggerate it, make it completely stupid. "John is going to argue with me and then I'm going to retort, and then he's going to dislocate his jaw and swallow me whole and spit out my bones." By making it ridiculous, you take the power away from the negative thought. Your mind says, "Don't be stupid, that can't happen" and boom, it's gone.
- Observe. Just observe it and say to yourself, "I am experiencing a negative thought." You give it power when you react to it. Don't react to it. Just keep saying over and over, "It's just a negative thought, it's just a negative thought..."
- Counteract it. Immediately think something that is the direct opposite: "I won't make another sale today." -> "I will make another sale today!"

Your mind CAN only think one thought at a time.

There's a lot more to this program but hopefully these tidbits help somebody out there take control!

[vieome]

The Way of the minds
A C Petersen Book


This is a first draft
1. Preface
2. The Brain
3. The mind
4. Tool Maker
5. Programs of Men
6. In the now
7. Focus( Focus Trinity Focus and self talk)
8. Will power( I will, I mean I do)
9. The World Life WEB.
10. Virus

Preface
In this book I aim to explain the simple workings of the human machine, I will use alot of computer jargon to explains the parts of the machine, but in no means am I just saying the human machine is like the computer machine, I simply use the computer terminology, because the computer is one of our most advanced machines and many people familiar with its jargon.

Use correctly this book will serve your two minds well and teach you how to use your iMind to control your brain mind.

Chapter 1

The Human Machine
Our body, minds, hearts and souls, function together to create an organic machine, in this book called the human machine. Given that we have to live within the machine for the period of our lifes , it is important for one to know how to take care of the machine, and in terms of having a brilliant life, how to use the machine. We are all familiar with machines, they are our tools, but while some machines are easier to understand then others, most people never pay attention to their God given machine(The human body).

Chapter 2
The Brain( MotherBoard)

The Brain is the motherboard of the Human Machine, and to this motherboard all the components of the human machine are connected. The Brain is very delicate and housed within a protective bone covering called the skull.

Chapter 3
The mind(CPU)

The mind is the central processing unit of the brain and is not a physical component of the brain but virtual construct, a place where the brain can carry out logic, reason, planning, thinking, feeling.

The Mind is the holding area for information the brains receives. When the brain receives input from the senses it sends the input from the senses into Mind. The mind is made up of two parts, the brain mind and the iMind. When the Brain receives input from a peripheral device like the eye, the brain first put the information in the Brain mind and the brain mind then checks with memory what it should do with the information, once the information is processed the brain mind sends a message back to the part of the brain(motherboard) instructing how it should respond to the information.

The iMind is responsible for long term planning, while the brain mind is responsible for things that require a flight or fight response. The problem that most people face is that they are unaware, that the human machine is of two minds. When one is unaware they tend to live with the brain mind in control, and what this does to the human machine is to create the illusion of choice for the iMind.

[adrianh]

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.