Mind Power

Mind Power - Hypnosis As A Therapeutical Tool

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:28:00 +0000

One way to release the power of your subconscious mind is through the use of hypnosis. In order to benefit from hypnosis for therapeutic reasons you need three key elements: imagination, concentration, and a total acceptance to be hypnotized. Every time someone works with a group to induce hypnosis we can still say we are talking about self-hypnosis, because it is every person’s individual option if they wish to collaborate with the operator or not.

Therapeutic hypnosis is not available to all people, but most of us can reach light or medium states through concentration and patience. Deep levels of hypnosis produce the best therapeutic results, but takes some practice. Beginners may also achieve efficient states of relaxation and inner peace too.

Lighter levels of hypnosis usually enable their operators to experience feelings of relaxation and calmness. Various perceptions of physical changes may also occur: tingling sensations in the fingers, blinking eyelids, a sensation of weight in some parts of the body etc. The intensity of these experiences is low, but a few weeks of practice can teach you how to develop these skills even further.

Another element that often relates to initial hypnosis is time distortion. Most subjects will believe they were hypnotized for a shorter amount of time than it is in reality. After a few hypnotic experiences a person will start to get a better perception of the passing time.

The altered state becomes more enhanced as we progress to medium levels of hypnosis. Physical perceptions gain more importance and the subject may experience heightened tingling feelings or heaviness in the lower body. Some subjects experience floating sensations and all these feelings are perceived as being very real by the one being hypnotized. This stage allows the hypnotist to suggest stronger visual images in the subject’s mind. At this level, creating illusions becomes more accessible. New thresholds that were unavailable previously now become apparent. Conscious awareness may fade out for the patient when the level of hypnosis deepens.

Hypnosis is often seen as the sleep of the nervous system. There is a decrease of the rate of respiration, although not as much as the one experienced during sleep. Circulation also slows down, together with the brain waves.

Brain waves variations in intensity start with beta, the fastest, then slow to alpha, theta and delta. Beta waves are primary when the mind is under a normal state of consciousness. Reduced levels of hypnosis decrease the brain wave activity to alpha and deeper levels may take a subject’s brain waves all the way to theta.

Various applications of hypnosis in medicine include therapeutic pain relief, psychological treatment and many more.

Mind Power - Understanding Hypnosis

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:06:00 +0000

When you hear "hypnosis" what do you see in your mind’s eye? A half-bald scientist or psychiatrist waving a clock in front of you, whispering something you can’t hear and asking you to walk through jungles and fly through clouds or count stones in your mind, with your eyes closed? This is the general perception people have about hypnosis. While it’s not completely right, it’s not completely wrong.

Actually, a hypnotized patient will fall into a hyper-attentive state, mistakenly considered half-asleep. Thankfully, through the wide availability of information, we understand now more about hypnosis than we used to back then. Hypnosis, in fact, has ceased to be such a phenomenon and is now a more acceptable form of treatment for many mental and sometimes physical problems.

This form of treatment has been largely researched since it was first introduced and used to cure people. And we have yet to find the complete answer to that question. How does hypnosis actually work? And why does it work? What we are seeking to do is to find out how the mind works. It is unlikely that we will be unearthing any ‘deep and dark secrets’ about hypnosis nor will we ever find out about the magical appeal it has but many do understand what hypnosis is.

Hypnosis is a process of leading a patient into a trance-like state. The patient will have to be totally relaxed and his/her imagination will be heightened. Being in the state of trance is totally different from being half-asleep. When you’re in a trance-like state, you will be completely obsessed with something. Your mind is focused and sharp and yet you remain relaxed; this relaxed-but-focused state will help imagination soar. When you are half-asleep, you will have difficulty focusing. Therefore, being hypnotized is not like being half-asleep. If there’s a conscious state that we can draw a similarity with, it’s daydreaming. Being hypnotized is like being sent into an unrestrained state of daydreaming.

When under hypnosis, you will feel a lot of very real emotions - fear, sadness or happiness. It's a mental state, where you are totally uninhibited and relaxed, whole-heartedly embracing the idea the psychiatrist suggests. But when you’re daydreaming, everything seems real to you and the line between imagination and reality is blurred.

As an example, hypnosis makes easier for some people to overcome their fears. For instance, someone who has a fear of heights could be sent soaring happily in the skies with birds and planes during hypnosis treatment. Slowly, this patient will relax and eventually get over his or her fear of heights.

By hypnosis you can only be urged to do something, in order to help you solve your problem. But you cannot possibly be forced to do something you don’t want to - even in a state of trance.

Mind Power - Chinese techniques for your health and strength

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:02:00 +0000

Tai Chi Chuan - the wonder dance
This is how it looks like: very early in the silence of the morning, hundreds of people, alone or in large groups , perform apparently a weird gymnastics, with waving movements. The eternity of the universe and the rhythm of its permanent changes have induced the idea that the human being can become immortal if he adapts to and follows this rhythm. This method combines the subtle side of the human being (mental control, spiritual progress etc) and also his physical side (bones, muscles, articulation etc). Whenever you feel intellectually or physically tired, Tai Chi Chuan gives you the possibility to gain back, in only a few minutes, your strength and harmony.

Chi Kung, or the art of internal harmony
Chi Kung is a complex philosophical system at least 5000 old, which became very popular at the beginning of this millennium. This art of the vital energy is a very advanced and complex method of improving health and longevity, by offering a feeling of harmony with yourself and with the surrounding world. This technique takes into consideration four main principles: the mind, the eyes, the movement and the breathing.

The mind represents the intention, the eyes are considered the focusing of intention, the movement is the action of intention and the breathing is flood of intention. Although looks simple, it takes time and practice to understand and master profoundly their dynamics.

The practice of Chi Kung bring a lot of benefits, such as a better general health state and an increased vitality, even anti-aging effects. This technique is also a training of the mind and improves the intellectual capacities.

According to Chinese medicine, many diseases are the result of a subtle disequilibrium that make the vital energy to diminish or to be present in only certain parts of your body. By practicing Chi Kung you become more conscious of what’s going on in your inner universe and learn to build yourself a defensive system against the disequilibrium, which affects your vital force. The harmony of breathing and the agility obtained during the training sessions, confer a better concentration and a fast recovery from stress and tiredness.

Mind power - Focusing By Taoist Meditation

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:34:00 +0000

Another useful tool for improving the mind focusing is the Taoist meditation. This form of meditation is less abstract than the other similar methods evolved in India (the Hindu and Buddhist systems). One of the main focuses of Taoist meditation relates to the circulation of internal energy. It can be used to promote a healthy life style and increase life expectancy, by improving spiritual relationships with the world. Practical aspects of Taoist meditation may relate to interests and activities such as concentration, relaxation or spiritual healing.

There are two aspects related to meditation: the “jing”, which means calmness, stillness, and the “ding”, which stands for concentration and focus. Calmness is directed towards cutting off external factors of disturbance and allowing you to direct your attention towards your inner self. By focusing on the breathing and allowing your mind to concentrate you should achieve a state called “one-pointed awareness”. This state allows you to achieve a deep concentration, enabling you to get a better understanding of any elements that you are focusing on. There are none, or very limited, distractions during this heightened awareness state. This technique may be used efficiently to find solutions to problems presented by the exterior world and also prepares you to deal with these difficulties.

Starting to practice the Taoist meditation is often difficult as your mind is not willing to cooperate totally in the process. It is hard to tap into the high potential of the subconscious mind. The thoughts tend to fly away, increasing confusion when we need clarity the most, bringing mental chaos when order is sought. Your goal now is to recover your inner concentration and increase your ability to focus precisely on what you dictate your mind to, not vice versa.

The individual practice need to be developed in a timely way, starting with simple aspects and adding later more complex phases. Just to give you an image about this meditation technique, here are some steps of the process:

Focus on the flow of energy through your body. You can do this by paying special attention to your breathing, to the air going in and out of your lungs.

Take this a step further and focus on the contractions of the abdominal area as you breath in and out.

Imagine a candle, with your eyes closed. Shift your focus on the center of the flame but don’t loose sight of the edges. At this stage it is vital to eliminate or ignore all outside interferences.

Allow your breathing to create a rhythmic “drum beat” which will increase your energy and help you ignore outside interferences

Focus on a symbol that is very important to you. This can be a person you love, a place or notion. When you feel relaxed and focused switch back to the meditation.

Mind Power - Meditation Used For Health Problems

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Many health problems find solutions in meditation practices. You can reduce physical tensions and pain, such as headaches. Meditating can offer you a break from the every day problems, offering you a chance to recover and face outside difficulties with ease. A general improvement of your body’s response to stressful factors will help relaxing your mind and body.

Increasing life expectancy is scientifically proven by two main factors: lowering the body’s temperature and diminishing the calorie intake. Meditation can help you achieve the first condition, as a state of heightened mental awareness enables you to slow down your body processes and achieve a positive state of relaxation.

Dealing with pain also benefits from the healing power of meditation. Stress induced anxiety increases perception of pain and, in turn, more pain triggers increased anxiety. By using meditation techniques you develop the power to better resist the negative effects of physical pain through mental abilities. Improving your relaxation helps diminish pain, but it doesn’t eliminate the cause, so use this technique together with medical treatments.

People often adopt meditation in order to reduce the bad influence of the stress factors. It is, indeed, an efficient solution to improve your capacity to resist the negative effects of outside pressures such as illness, unpleasant events in family or at the workplace. Scientific research has shown that several hormones and other biochemical compounds found in our blood that are good indicators of stress do decrease during meditation. Stress factors often manifest themselves as muscular tensions and psychological problems such as depression and anxiety, so by using meditation techniques you should be able to minimize their effects on your mind and body.

The risk of strokes and heart attacks can also be diminished by using the meditation. You can lower your blood pressure as a result of meditation practices, thus lowering the chances of heart problems. Infertility is another issue that may be addressed by meditation practices. There are several psychological additions to infertility, such as depression and low self-esteem, and a reduction of these negative factors becomes more likely through meditation. Chances of pregnancy increase when the patients become more relaxed and in tune with their inner selves. Fewer respiratory crises are observed with patients suffering from chronic breathing illnesses, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Breathing techniques combined with effective meditation improve psychological and physiological responses.

Meditation is a powerful add-on in all the above-mentioned conditions. But meditation is not a cure for some of them and medical treatment should always be considered first. Meditation helps support medical treatments by helping you relax and accept more positive aspects of your life, while diminishing the negative effects of distressful factors and illnesses.

Mind Power - The Mind And The Breathing

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:31:00 +0000

The importance of breathing is obvious and we depend on it to sustain our lives. As human beings we have to eliminate the things that our body is no longer using, and breathing takes care of 70% of this process. Other than eliminating the air from the lungs, after it has been depleted of oxygen, breathing also takes out toxins from the body.

There is also a hidden potential: breathing eliminates non-chemical items such as emotions or stress. By harnessing the immense power of breathing you can create a better connection with your inner self, preparing to efficiently combat outside stress factors.

By keeping the attention toward your breathing you will be able to reduce any outside negative factor. Stay focused on your breath and direct your mind to think only about it. The rhythmical sensation your breath produces will help your mind, and your body, relax and slow down. The way we think determines how most of the tensions and upsets we face, and this little exercise takes thinking into a harmonious and peaceful location.

Many of our thoughts are not so positive in nature. We often use or think about words like “won’t”, “can’t”, “shouldn’t”. Their negative connotations influence the way we feel, increasing nervousness and stress. Your brain processes millions of thoughts on a daily basis and focusing it on your breath gives it a much-deserved break. Temporarily lowering your mind’s activity gives you extra peace and helps relax both your brain and your body.

Try to see your breathing education similar to practicing a physical sport. In order to reach a goal you will need to improve certain skills. You can’t just be an Olympic athlete - you have to become one! This can be done by building up your strengths and stamina, as well as improving your techniques. Improving your breathing works exactly the same way. Right now you are at a low level, as you didn’t do any additional exercises to improve your breathing. Your subconscious mind usually takes care of this process, leaving your conscious mind to deal with other things. However, this is the time to take things into your own hands, and consciously control your breathing for the duration of the exercises.

At first, pay attention to yourself every time you inhale and exhale. Do this until your mind gets used to the rhythmic tone of breaths and let your brain preoccupy itself only with your breathing. It might be hard at first, as you will get distracted by varies outside interferences. In time, however, you will manage to ignore sounds or movements around you and sustain a prolonged period of clear focus.

Mind Power - Positive Emotions

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:50:00 +0000

We got used to consider emotions as a sign of weakness. The way we act or react is always dominated by emotions, even though we like to claim otherwise. We can't live without emotions. No matter how strict and logical you want to be, you will always be a human being and so you will always feel.

To have daily positive emotions is a life long goal for many of us. What is more important, in the end: how much dollars you made during your life or how many times you laughed? However, people tend to put their positive emotions in the dark shadow of their negative feelings. This is one of the biggest problems we come across during our lives. A negative experience can't simply be replaced it with a positive one. It just doesn’t work that way.

As a child, if your puppy dies, you would be extremely sad. Your parents will certainly buy you another puppy, but the sorrow still takes a long time to go away. Things get even more serious with adults. A quarrel with your spouse the night before will affect your entire day. You will go to work angry, tired, with your mind wandering. Then you will go home with an even worse mood. On the way from work towards home you won’t be able to notice the sun shining and you won’t be tempted to stop at the supermarket and buy your favorite ice cream. All these because that one negative thought is contaminating the way you perceive the reality around you.

Finding a place to relax your mind would do wonders. Such a place can be a real location or an imaginary place. The best idea is to totally emerge yourself in it. Let’s say you have a problem on your mind and it just won’t go away. Go play football. Or go fishing. You don’t know how to fish, you say? No problem, go out and try it! Just get caught up in the game. Your mind will suddenly jump from the negative thoughts that dominated your last hours or days and start processing a whole new kind of information.

Also good for relaxing your mind can be a song, a movie, even a person, just to get positive feelings and emotions. The main thing is to allow yourself to get completely involved with this new activity. You might still get flashes of the problem every now and then - ignore them and get even more involved in what you are doing.

When the game, the song, the movie or the conversation ends you will have a rather abrupt return to your problems. Maybe you will feel sad and want to go back to the safe place. Don’t do that. The safe place exists only as a helping hand, it is not the solution to your problems. It is there because you need it to relax your mind, for a few minutes or hours. You will feel energized, better about yourself and more confident that any issue can be resolved. This is how a small escape from a harsh reality can increase your fighting energy and allow you to deal even with the most difficult problems.

Mind Power - Getting Help From Your Inner Voice

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:02:00 +0000

We can't exactly define what the inner voice is but certainly it is present in everyone of us, helping us sense good and bad, differentiate right from wrong and make decisions. This voice is a compound of your personality and past experiences, being specifique for every person. You will never hear your inner voice speaking loud to you, but its messages are reflected in your behavior and attitude. If you wish, you may call your inner voice your soul. Harnessing its power should be something you must be aware of, to be able to use it whenever you need it.

Many people have difficulties when communicating with their inner self. They tend to analyze and evaluate things in a logical manner and that is unproductive. If this is your case, you should start by adopting a small but radical change: eliminate the word “can’t” from your vocabulary. Of course, this is more of a symbol than an actual tool to “cure” your negative views, but it can become very effective. Try to stop for a moment whenever you hear yourself saying “I can’t do that” and think about it. What made you use this expression? Why didn’t you say “Yes, I can do it!”? What is the underlying reason for your denial?

Even though you won’t find answers to these questions right away, this exercise will teach you to adopt a positive attitude towards everything about you. Most of us have a rather conservative inner voice. We unconsciously try to avoid experiencing new things because we feel insecure about them. We like our old patterns and habits and are reluctant about changing them. This is a feeling that tends to get more pronounced as you get older, but we don't have to accept it as it is.

Let’s say your life long dream is to drive your own Ferrari. Looking into your past experiences or in the present you can't find any evidence supporting this ideal. The inner voice then draws the final conclusion: “it can’t be done!”. You will have a hard time putting your conscious mind against your inner voice, but in order to achieve the goal you must escape the ropes that tie you to the past and search for new alternatives. Your inner voice is probably against this: “you’re doing fine as you are now, why would you want to risk changing things?” it might say.

Even though it is a difficult endeavor, you should keep in mind that it is, after all, your inner voice. You do have control over it and you can make it work for you in reaching your goals. Through perseverance and strong will you can turn all of your negative thoughts concerning yourself into positive ones. Stop running away from your fears - they will never stop haunting you! You need to face them, so do it one by one. Tell yourself, before a difficult challenge that is waiting for you, that you will come out as a winner. Don't just say it, be convinced sincerely or skip to another challenge. A positive attitude will weigh much more in the balance than countless hours of physical or technical preparation.

Mind Power - Trust And Use Your Intuition

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:58:00 +0000

What is intuition? Take a look of the following examples. All of a sudden a great idea occurres to you in the most unexpected moment. Or maybe you discover, spontaneously, the answer to a question that had been bothered you for two weeks. Sometimes you think about someone and after a few minutes, that person rings you up. How about the moment you run into somebody you know and you guess exactly what the person is about to say? All these examples, apparently ilogical, can be explained by using the term intuition.

Without intuition, the mind is limited just to the facts we experience. By using our intuition we can say that we let, in a way or another, our mind or soul transmit to the eye those things that cannot be correctly distinguished. Instinct or intuition requires, in the first place, an open mind, capable to receive and transform information. It is also true that intuition helps us perceive meanings beyond logic or read between the lines.

The main problem is that our visions or intuitions can't be always trusted. More exactly, the logical message we extract from them depends by how good is our understanding. We can’t always afford to be spontaneous and take the risk to act based on that message. Sometimes, it turns out exactly the opposite from what we expected it to happen and we discover that in fact, our intuition, was nothing but a fear, a thought that turned out not to be real. We feel very embarrassed at the moment and we don’t dare to trust our instincts anymore, which is precisely something that we should not do. Despite the occasions when you were wrong, you should never totally ignore your intuition, especially when you have a strong feeling about the subject it adresses.

Our everyday lives are influenced and affected by the intuition. "Using the intuition" rarely is a counscious choice. Persons who use intuition frequently tend to analyze the possibilities and the effects certain actions might have, and they end up with a multitude of options, out of which they choose the most favorable one.

There are two main types of intuition: the one based on affection, representative for the persons recognized by the others as energy sources, as they influence in a positive manner all the people around them; and the intuition based on reason, typical for the persons who try to dominate the capacity of understanding, controlling and predicting the reality.

It seems like the intuition is more powerful for women. That's probably because women are more sensitive and open minded. Modern studies, regarding the typology of the personalities, reveal that about a quarter of all women know how and frequently use this mental capacity called intuition.

In conclusion, intuition is, indeed, a real and positive characteristic, but nevertheless it must be combined with judgment and reason. Believing and acting upon your intuition is probably the most certain path to acquire your profound wishes and goals.

Mind Power - Empowering your mind with brain wave audios

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:54:00 +0000

In order to accelerate the progress to a better conditioning of the mind to create what you want, there have been searched and developed varies new methods. A good and reliable technology, combined with the help from a specialist in mind training can reduce the necessary time for attaining higher level mind states.

Brain wave audios are designed to help people solve problems, overcome fears, eliminate stress, refocus their lives, lose weight, sleep better…and generally just synchronize their minds. By synchronizing your mind, you will be able to achieve much more in life. After enough practice, becomes usual to make any new technique you learn a permanent part of your knowledge.

Although there is a lot of suspiciousness of these claims, many testify that they received effective treatment from the brain wave sounds that they listen to. The brain wave audios are developed to trigger peak performance in mental states. Brain wave audios have been shown to effectively turn lives around to accelerate learning, increase productivity, and improve memory. Whatever it is that you want to achieve, there’s something for you in the wide range of brain wave products in the market.

There are many different types of brain wave audios available. There are, generally speaking, the Alpha, Beta, Theta and Delta brain wave sounds. Each of these audios are essentially designed to restructure parts of your brain that deals with specific daily tasks. And it is through these methods that users of these tapes or CDs will benefit the most. For instance, meditation brain wave music is extraordinarily popular among users because of the relaxing, soul-searching, soothing and calming sounds that gently calms the torrents of emotions within a person who is going through a difficult time. Such audio assistance makes the process of detachment and meditation much more effective.

In fact, brain wave audios are continually used as an alternative method to help cure insomnia, help people quit smoking, get over fear, enjoy exercise and improve concentration. With the rising popularity of this method, it’s hardly surprising that there are many different types of brain wave generators there are out there in the market – particularly, the Internet. You can literally log into a website and design your very own brain wave audio record and save it into your computer! Compiling music and adding background sounds (like sound of birds chirping or waterfall) is extremely easy and affordable.

While there is no concrete scientific proof that the brain wave technology method works, the testimony from so many happy and satisfied customers is proof enough. They have been relentlessly singing praises about the brain wave programs that they use to help them make life a better experience. And with such proof, it’s hard not to believe.

While one cannot change the facts of life, one can definitely change the way one works around an obstacle life throws at you. Using brain wave audios, it makes the journey that much easier.

Mind Power - Simple ways of training your mind

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:42:00 +0000

Often life puts every one of us in tough situations where stress and anxiety dominate our day. The frequency and complexity of problems that arise and need to be dealt with affect both our minds and our bodies, making difficult for us of finding the right solutions.

It's very beneficial for you to be prepared against such troubles should them occur. Learn to increase your power of concentration and how to relax your mind and prepare it for future struggles. Your body responds to what your mind dictates, but most of the times it does this on a subconscious level. If you manage to tap into this vital resource, which is your subconscious mind, you get an extra edge in dealing with all problems that surround you.

The idea is that not all your automatically unconscious answers are the best ones. Begin by changing your daily routine. Not much, just a bit, but be very conscious about the changes. In the evening, try to recall all the events that took place in a day. Quickly analyze the highlights of the day and check for any gaps in your memory. If you fail to remember details about an issue you want to recall this is a good indication that you momentarily failed to concentrate during that timeframe.

Also try to diversify the way you live. Again, changes don’t have to be drastic. If today is no different than yesterday and the day before you might want to include new elements in your life. You could start practicing a sport or maybe giving a shot to a passion you didn't have much time in the past. Repetitive and dull actions slowly push your mind in a state of semi hibernation, which slows down your responses to the issues around you.

Stimulating your mind by engaging it in a new activity always has good results. Try the simple things first: take a different route on your way to work, buy another brand of laundry detergent. Try to travel by bus, if you normally use a car and stand up on a chair to have a different perspective of your bedroom.

You can also engage your mind in other interesting activities such as meeting new people or seeing old friends. Give a call to an old high school friend and go out for some coffee or a beer. Your talks will surely trigger a chain of events that you store in your mind but almost never utilize. Still, this would be a good exercise for the mind and, more importantly, a pleasant experience for you.

There are many things you dislike or despise in life. Give them a chance, try to view them from another perspective. If there is a person you hate try to put yourself in his or her shoes for a few minutes. Try to see yourself through the eyes of people around you and objectively observe your actions and beliefs. Try to let a clear mind analyze events that you find annoying and ignore the preconceptions that urge you to judge a person or event in a certain way.

All of the above are just some simple ways to prepare you to deal with the life difficulties. Do not over do any of them and let them integrate naturally into your way of life. The results will make you happy.

Remember, if you don't learn to control your mind then your mind will control you.

Mind Power - Make Your Mind More Powerful and Your Life Better

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:33:00 +0000

"Have all the Success You've Ever Wanted by Tapping Into and Enhancing
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Using Hypnosis and NLP and Other Mind Power Technologies"

Your Personal Belief System controls every aspect of Your Life. Using Your Own Hypno-Mind-Power You Will Experience Positive Life-Enhancing Changes ...

Dear Success-Minded Person and Friend,

Our life is so filled with expectations of success that we hardly even meet them. And when we do, it's not what we thought it was going to be.

Only about 5% of the population actually become successful in their lives - true success. They are the ones that are able to unleash the power of their minds.

What is it that success means to you? If you cannot answer that truthfully, then don't be alarmed. You are just like 95% of the population that have tried and could not answer that simple question. Most people that pursue success - never really become successful.

The only true way to become successful is to be successful in our own minds first. We must think success. We must believe success.

What if you were able to unleash your own mind power for success in your own life?

Earl Nightingale, the founder of Nightingale-Conant, discovered in six words - the meaning of success - "We become what we think about."

Paul J. Meyer, founder of Success Motivation Institute, stated that success is "the progressive realization of a worthy goal."

It's so simple, yet so elusive. It's elusive because our minds have been programmed for failure. But not always. When we were young - 0-8 years old - we lived life filled with dreams. In those years, we took risks - not realizing that society thought it was wrong to do so. At least that's what we were told. During that time we were being programmed for failure-by our well-meaning parents, schools, friends, adults, and so forth. We were told that to dream big dreams were only for special people. People with wealth. People with talent. People with education.

We were told that only a small percentage of the population became successful and that the rest of us should just follow along. Go to school, get an education and get a job. That was our life.

I want to tell you right now - THAT'S A BUNCH OF STUPID, OLD-FASHIONED THINKING!

Everyone of us are special. You were made to succeed. You can change your mindset. Go after your own passion and worthy goals.

I went on a discovery to find the truth about success. And to change my mindset. I went to different motivational seminars - read a bunch of books - listened to dozens of tape programs. While they were all good - and I felt motivated to move on - it just didn't last. What was the missing ingredient?

After reading some more books and taking some more classes - I came across some information that may be the key to making all this information sink in. This information told me about how the subconscious mind is closed off to the conscious mind by a filter. Only in certain circumstances can the subconscious mind be accessed by the conscious mind. First through anxiety and second through hypnosis.

I decided to learn how hypnosis can help me and others to succeed. How it could take all the information I learned and really make it part of my subconsious mind.

How Can Hypnosis Help You?

Our minds are programmed from the time we are born. How we learn and how we behave can be attributed to our subconscious mind. Though our behavior cannot change - it can be adjusted. And how we learn can be changed. Like I said earlier - I've been to many seminars and read lots of books on success. It wasn't until I started implementing the reprogramming tools of success that my mind (and my actions) began to change.

mind power - Increase Your Mind Power

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:14:00 +0000

"My mind feels great. Everything I've learned so far is a step in the right direction."

Would it feel good if you were the one people came to when they needed a sharp mind to help them?

Would you like to know How to quickly rev up your brainpower?That is covered in Part One, "Instant Mind Power Helpers." You'll learn how proper breathing can immediately help your mind work better. The very first of the 100 ways is a simple mental exercise that can clear your mind in just minutes and give you the power to concentrate.

In Part Two, "mind power Through Brain Training," you'll learn ways to change your brain for the better. Use these techniques to create new habits, and you'll have a much more powerful mind. Number 44 will explain why you shouldn't always take advice from successful people, and what you should do instead.

Part Three, "Foods, Drinks And Supplements," will clue you in to what you should eat to nourish your brain. Number 120, for example, will explain why sugar is so bad for your brain, and number 86 is a list of more than two dozen.foods that are good for your brainpower. If you have heard that red wine can be good for your mind, you'll want to read number 92 to see just how much you should drink.

Part Four is for all the "Other Mind Power Boosters." Number 121 is about "dead time," or time that is wasted. This includes the 200 hours per year that the average person spends in a car going to and from work. You'll learn how to use that time to increase your mind power.

MindPower - Heart Pill Erases Bad Memories

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:28:00 +0000

Scientists believe a common heart medicine may be able to banish fearful memories from the mind.

The Dutch investigators believe beta-blocker drugs could help people suffering from the emotional after-effects of traumatic experiences.

They believe the drug alters how memories are recalled after carrying out the study of 60 people, Nature Neuroscience reports.

But British experts questioned the ethics of tampering with the mind.

Paul Farmer, chief executive of mental health charity Mind, said he was concerned about the "fundamentally pharmacological" approach to people with problems such as phobias and anxiety.
He said the procedure might also alter good memories and warned against an "accelerated Alzheimer's" approach.

In the study, the researchers artificially created a fearful memory by associating pictures of spiders with a mild electric shock delivered to the wrists of the volunteers.

A day later the volunteers were split into two groups - one was given the beta blocker propranolol and the other a dummy drug before both were shown the same pictures again.

The researchers assessed how fearful of the pictures the volunteers were by playing sudden noises and measuring how strongly they blinked, something called the "startle response".

Memories erased

The group that had taken beta blockers showed less fear than the group that had taken the placebo pill.

The following day, once the drug was out of their system, the volunteers were retested. Once again, those who had taken the beta blocker were less startled by the images.

Study leader Dr Merel Kindt explained that although the memories are still intact, the emotional intensity of the memory is dampened.

Dr Kindt stressed that using the procedure for complex conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder was still many years away.

Experiments on animals has shown beta blockers can interfere with how the brain makes sense of frightening events.

He told Nature Neuroscience: "Millions of people suffer from emotional disorders and the relapse of fear, even after successful treatment.

"Our findings may have important implications for the understanding and treatment of persistent and self-perpetuating memories in individuals suffering from emotional disorders."

But Professor Neil Burgess of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience said the research merely demonstrates that the beta blockers reduce a person's startle response, breaking the association of the spider to these unconscious responses.

And Dr Daniel Sokol, lecturer in Medical Ethics at St George's, University of London, said memories were important, for people to learn from their mistakes for example.

"Removing bad memories is not like removing a wart or a mole. It will change our personal identity since who we are is linked to our memories. It may perhaps be beneficial in some cases, but before eradicating memories, we must reflect on the knock-on effects that this will have on individuals, society and our sense of humanity."

John Harris, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, said: "An interesting complexity is the possibility that victims, say of violence, might wish to erase the painful memory and with it their ability to give evidence against assailants."

Mind Power - Focus Your Mind On What You Want

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:00:00 +0000

The great advantage of knowing what you want the most is that the power of your mind will help you get it.

Within your mind at an unconscious level is something called the Reticular Activating System. It’s almost like your own personal search engine which automatically picks up ideas and opportunities to help you move toward that goal.

It is the Reticular Activating System that is said to help you notice which of the millions of bits of information coming at you every second are the ones that will help you get what you want.

Another way of describing this concept is that “the thinker thinks and the prover proves.” Essentially, your mind is split into two parts:

• The “thinker” has total freedom and can think anything.
• The “prover” will find evidence for it.

So, if you’re focused on where you’re going – and believe you will get there – then the “prover” will find ways of supporting you and helping you toward your objective.

But if you have no clear sense of direction or you have doubts about your abilities, your “prover” will come up with evidence that you are right.

Keep your focus 100% on what you want rather than on what you don’t want. Either way, you might just get what you’re focusing on.

Focus has been described as Following One Course Until Successful.

So, if you’re not sure what you’re focusing on now, just check your results. If you’re not getting the results that you want, perhaps you need to change your focus.

• What is the single most important outcome you are focused on achieving this week?

• What are the three biggest outcomes you are focused on achieving this year?

• What activities are you doing or what thoughts are you having that distract you from these objectives?

• Can you change these thoughts or stop these actions?

Mind Power - Easily Get More Done Today

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Whenever you set out to do something, you will always end up with one of two things:

• The result you wanted.
• An excuse for why you haven’t got it.

People who come up with reasons or excuses for something not happening usually see themselves as not having any control over the outcome. It was something they had no control over – the weather was bad; just wasn’t my time; I am unlucky etc …

Successful people on the other hand accept responsibility for whatever situation they are in and seek to change it. The truth is that, in most situations in life, you can either choose to be ‘at cause’ or ‘at effect’.

If you are ‘in command’ of the situation – either because you make it happen, or at least you take responsibility for your view of what happens – you’re on the cause side.

If things ‘happen’ to you or you feel at the mercy of events, you’re on the effect side.

If you want to be successful, you need to be at cause for everything that happens. That’s the way you’ll get results. It’s only by realizing that you are in control of everything that happens in your life (or at least your reaction to what happens) that you get the results you want to achieve.

Most people choose to live their lives getting more of one than the other.

The choice you need to make is whether to be one of the people who gets results or one who has many excuses for not getting them.

The good news is that whichever one you choose, you will be right – as you will always get what you want:

• If you choose excuses, you’ll be able to say ‘I told you so.’
• If you choose results, you will get them one way or the other.

The reality is that most people prefer excuses.

So, if you’re not getting the results you want, and you hear yourself coming up with excuses or reasons, try the following process to get yourself to the cause side:

• Write down your reasons or excuses for not being where you want to be.

• Look at each of these reasons from an attitude of being ‘at cause’, so that you’re taking 100% responsibility for them.

• Challenge your reasons. What can you do differently to get results?

If you focus on getting results, you will believe in your own power to change things. People who are successful act as though they don’t believe the excuses.

They believe in their own power to make a difference.

If you believe in results, you realize that you have the power to make a difference. Let go of any excuses you have for failure and you’ll get results.

That is the true power of having a success mindset …

Mind Power - How The World Reflects Your Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:42:00 +0000

Here’s a story that shows how your thinking affects your results …

An old man was walking in the countryside when he met a young traveler coming up the hill. The young man stopped him and asked what the people were like in the village on the other side of the hill.

The old man responded by asking what the people were like in the village he’d just come from. The young man explained they’d been very unfriendly, very unhelpful and that was why he was moving on. The old man said, “I’m afraid you’ll find they’re just like that in the other village as well.” They both went on their way.

A short time later, the old man met another young traveler. He was coming from the same village as the first one. And again, the traveler stopped him and asked him the same question about the people in the village over the hill. Once again the old man asked what the people were like in the village he’d just come from.

The young man said they’d been very friendly and very generous and they made him feel very welcome. The old man answered, “When you get to the next village, I know you’ll find the people are exactly like that there, too.”

So why were his answers for each young traveler different? Actually, his answer was the same, but the effect was different because of the different attitudes of the two travelers.

This is known as ‘perception is projection’ – a concept originated by the psychologist Carl Jung. In short, the idea here is that what you see outside of you is a reflection of the thoughts, beliefs and attitudes inside of you.

Whatever you see around you is a reflection of what you’re thinking.

If you’re thinking positive thoughts, you will see things as positive around you. You will see opportunities around you. If you’re thinking negatively, you’ll see all the bad things that are happening and the problems.

You’re in charge of your thoughts, and therefore your results. So, be careful what you think!

• If you’re not getting the results you want, what are you thinking about that’s causing that to happen.

Mind Power - The Power of Your Beliefs

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:33:00 +0000

Your beliefs are what you hold to be true, and they determine what you can and can’t do. Henry Ford said, “Whether you believe you can or believe you can’t, you’re right.”

For example, if you have the skills of a great football player, but don’t really believe you are good enough, you simply won’t succeed. Skills and abilities on their own aren’t enough for success – whether in sports, business or anything else for that matter.

Hesitation and lack of belief is one of the main issues that holds people back the most from the success they could have.

In holding themselves back, they’re not only disempowering themselves, they’re also depriving others of the contribution that they can make.

Many people hold back because they are waiting for someone to give them the encouragement or endorsement they need. Often, their hesitation is encouraged by others around them who hold them back with comments like “that’s too much work” or “it’ll never happen”.

In general, your best chance of success is by choosing an area where you already know you have strengths that you can build on.

This will help ensure you have the belief that you need.

• On a scale of 1 – 10, how much do you believe in your own abilities?
• What 3 steps can you take now to improve your score and enhance your belief in yourself?

Mind Power - Do You Accept Your Motivations?

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:31:00 +0000

Some of us are surprised when we learn what our true motivators are. We might like to think of ourselves as fundamentally giving, altruistic and decent people. It can come as a shock when we uncover our motivations and find that many of them seem rooted in our own self-interest.

No one wants to think of himself or herself as being “greedy” or “selfish,” but sometimes we discover that even our most deeply embedded goals are very self-focused.

That shouldn’t be a cause of despair. Instead, you should understand that having self-focused motivations is entirely normal and isn’t something about which to be ashamed.

If your motivations all seem to stem purely from your own self interest without regard for others, that should be something of a “red flag,” indicating a need to look at the world and your place in it with a bit more consideration. However, most people won’t find themselves in that situation. They will, instead, uncover a variety of different motivations, a few of which will be matters of seemingly pure self-interest.

That is perfectly acceptable

Human beings are not completely dedicated to the well-being of others. Even the most “saintly” people derive some personal satisfaction from helping others. Their motivations, no matter how altruistic, also represent self-interest. The desire to pursue one’s own personal happiness is not proof of narcissism or selfishness. It is merely proof of being human!

Look at your list of motivations carefully. Consider the positive things that could grow out of those motivations for others, as well as for yourself. Evaluate them recognizing that self-interest is an instinctive, and perfectly normal part of human existence.

Discovering and understanding your motivations will be a critical part of achieving your full potential. In order to make them work for you, it’s imperative that you can embrace them and not feel somehow disturbed by them.

Mind Power - How To Test Your Motivations

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:27:00 +0000

We must unearth our most deeply held motivations and accept those motivations as part of who we are. Before we begin to take substantive action on our discovery, however, we should take a few moments to be certain we are about to follow the “right path.”

You can use a simple exercise to determine whether the list of motivations you’ve developed is an accurate portrayal of your inner self. This project involves comparing your past individual history to past efforts-both accomplishments and failures.

Take a few moments to list several things you have tried to accomplish in the past. Think about major undertakings that excited you, projects you felt almost compelled to do, and other important tasks you have undertaken throughout your life.

Don’t worry if the list is comprised of massive accomplishments or smaller attempts-this brainstorming session will provide you with a list of past experiences that still resonate within you, and that’s what’s important.

Now, take your list and provide yourself with a “grade” for each of those past situations. You can give yourself a standard “A to F” grade, or just rate your performance via some other system. The idea is to understand when you’ve done your best and when you have fallen a bit flat.

Now, go back over the list on more time and note what motivated you to undertake those tasks. Think back to what was pushing you forward as you started them and what sustained you as you were trying to complete them. This will allow you to compare your own personal tendencies toward success with the motivations you have uncovered.

Most of us will find that the motivations we’ve listed for ourselves fall in line, for the most part, with our own past experiences. Our greatest successes will usually be related, in some way, to those same motivations. The experiments that didn’t work out as well were usually motivated by weaker forces.

This exercise will allow you to better isolate which motivators really work for you and may even help you to discover another motivation or two you overlooked earlier. It’s a great way to test the motivations you believe work best for you against your own personal reality.

Mind Power - Uncovering Your Motivations

noreply@blogger.com (sanju) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:14:00 +0000

Uncovering and recognizing the things that truly motivate you is a fundamental building block of any self-improvement plan. If you want to live a more meaningful and fulfilling life, understanding your underlying motivations will be incredibly valuable.

That knowledge will allow you to better devise your goals and will help you to find ways of reaching them.

However, recognizing your motivations is not, by itself, a solution for reaching your potential as a person. It is a very powerful beginning and can shed a great deal of light on many other aspects of self-improvement, but it doesn’t represent a comprehensive plan for personal success.

You should learn all you can about motivations. You should have a theoretical understanding of the concept and why it is so important. You should have a very strong personal understanding of your own motivations and what they mean to you. However, if you want to change your life for the better, you should combine that knowledge of motivations with an overall strategy for personal fulfillment and success.

There are literally thousands of different paths leading to that same goal. Some of them might not work for you, while another may be an absolutely perfect fit. The challenge before all of us is to investigate ways by which we can live honest, successful lives and to make the effort to find a self-improvement strategy that will work for us.

Consider the possibilities. Do the research. Find a method that is consistent with your personality and your motivations and find the best way to reach your potential. You may discover a strategy that fits you perfectly; you may end up finding your own way.

In any case, you can use a solid understanding of your motivations as a long, strong stride down your path to personal growth and optimal well-being.