Mind Map Inspiration

50 Uplifting ideas

Paul — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:54:37 +0000

1. Respect your body and life
2. Respect the planet
3. Respect wildlife and nature
4. Respect other cultures
5. Respect other people’s beliefs
6. Respect other people’s tastes
7. Respect other people’s choices
8. Respect other people’s opinions
9. Sample other people’s beliefs
10. Sample other people’s tastes
11. Sample other people’s choices
12. Sample other people’s opinions
13. Sample non-judgment
14. Self-improve rather than other improve
15. Read inspiring books
16. Listen to inspiring CD’s
17. Listen to inspiring Podcasts
18. Listen to inspiring DVD’s & Videos
19. Read positive and uplifting stories
20. Read good news
21. Try dropping fiction
22. Learn from the famous
23. Read about high achievers
24. Read biographies
25. Learn about Top 100 (or 10) best in their field
26. Break bad habits; replace with good
27. Be thankful
28. Appreciate what you have
29. Repel negativity
30. Celebrate life
31. Focus on what matters
32. Focus on what is important
33. Enhance senses
34. Enhance awareness of thinking
35. Learn meditation
36. Learn breathing techniques
37. Marvel at your surroundings
38. Marvel at the basics
39. Enjoy simplicity
40. Listen to birdsong
41. Listen to nature
42. Listen to the weather
43. Practice positive action
44. Practice positive speech
45. Practice positive thought
46. Look for the good
47. Cherish how fortunate you are
48. Enjoy sunsets
49. Enjoy storms
50. Harness your inner smile

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Mindfulness

Paul — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:57:10 +0000

Mindfulness; awareness of present experience and being aware of your thinking can change your life. It takes practice and daily observation to notice your thoughts and environment yet no time at all to explore and experiment. You can try it right now as you read this Blog Post. As you read, become aware of your environment and how your senses and your body are relating to the space around you. Notice also any thoughts you might have about what you are reading and other thoughts unrelated to these words.

Awareness of thoughts and environment helps anchor you in the present moment which in turn also helps you consider the bigger picture – things going on outside of your own thinking and experiences. You could travel the world via your own thinking without going anywhere!

A great experiment is to observe an object whilst focusing your attention entirely on your breathing. This encourages thoughtless awareness – observing the object without thought, labels or judgments. A tricky exercise at first because the mind wants to analyse the object yet by focusing on your breathing you can sense an acceptance of the object without labels. Observation of breath reduces your thoughts and helps you stop thinking which encourages relaxation and also aids meditation. This exercise helps you tune in effortlessly to the present experience; which is being mindful.

You might also call it noting or noticing, for example, to notice when you pick up a cup that you can feel the cup, noticing the liquid as you drink and recognising the temporary nature (transience) of all of it.

Mindfulness is simply being aware of whatever you are aware of. Not being physically aware (or mindful) of environment can lead to tripping on the stairs or spilling drinks and the like. Not being aware (or mindful) of your thinking can lead to being dragged away from the present moment by past or future thinking.

A further useful exercise is to sit in your garden or in nature or go for a walk in the country and focus entirely on your surroundings. Watch the wind, watch nature, birds, animals, enhance your senses; simply notice where you are and as a consequence the appreciation is greater.

Further reading:

Books that helped me detach from constant identification with thought:

Stop Thinking and Start Living by Richard Carlson
Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Buddhism: The Plain Facts by Robert Mann & Rose Youd

Recommended Audio:

Mindfulness for Beginners (Audio CD) by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Compass of Now

Paul — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:46:20 +0000

When you take yourself away from the present moment you can only really do so through your thoughts. Being elsewhere could be likened to a compass; you can be here, yet your thinking can take you away from here and in multiple directions. Your thoughts can transport you back to the past or project you into the future and both of these directions happen in the present moment. Not time travel – thought travel.

Losing the present moment is like seeking; your thoughts can be searching for something, anything other than what is happening right now. Resistance, escapism, possibly even boredom or impatience can creep in and lure you away from the now and only via your thinking.

Avoidance of the present moment can cause inner turmoil and worry; wishing you were somewhere else instead of accepting this moment, or expecting a better moment; anything other than “this”. Most anguish is past or future.

Embracing the now means being fully surrendered to the present moment, aware of your surroundings and not seeking reasons to resist where you are right now.

Embracing the present moment means being here now rather than reaching for the compass to take you away from now.

Being here now doesn’t require a compass.

Wherever you are, wherever you turn, wherever you go – that’s the now.

The compass of now points here.

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Mind Map Branches

Paul — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:38:10 +0000

Creating imaginative mind map branches and exploring unique designs helps add personal style to your mind maps.

To help inspire your creativity I’ve created this mind map to summarise many of the techniques you can use to develop your mindmapping branches.

I am constantly investigating new ways to create branches. As I release more mind maps in the future there will be many more examples to see.

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Jump in a Time Machine to innovate

Paul — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:15:00 +0000

To innovate on a personal level and globally I feel we need to propel ourselves forward and using our imaginations start pondering what we might achieve if literally anything were possible.

Imagine life in fifty years time, a hundred years time; imagine life in a thousand years time.

Imagine we could jump in a Time Machine, see the future and come back and start creating it.

The future; I think that is where we should be planning from and start working backwards.

Innovate – backwards!

Examples: in a thousand years time:

Is the planet likely to be at peace? How might we have achieved it?

Are the World problems we face now likely to have been solved? How might they have been addressed?

What would life look like?

What would transport look like?

What might we look like?

How might we go about our daily lives?

Perhaps if we juggle some future balls the “now” could be improved?

We are in awe of today’s innovation and we are in awe of innovation from the past.

Why not use our imaginations and be in awe of our own future potential?

Imagine the future we wish to see on the planet and start creating it now.

Ask, what would it take to bring about the situation we wish or expect to see?

Then design it!

We futurise ourselves on a personal level; with life planning, from career to retirement.

So, why not make an action plan for the planet?

Consult it of course -

Ask it where it would see itself in 5 years, 10 years etc

What are its aspirations?

How can we help it achieve its goals?

Can we start to feel proud and patriotic about our planet?

Would we be happy to extol its virtues to others in the galaxy?

Could we call ourselves a trend setting planet to live up to?

Best in universe?

To be all that, we need to ask a very simple question:

As human beings serving the planet – how might we help?

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