ATTITUDES AND RESPONSABILITIES OF MASTERY
Part of the process of Spiritual Integration of our Higher Selves or Expansion of our Consciousness involves "re-programming" the way we think. Our thoughts create our reality and the life experience we have on the inside and the outside of us. The following Attitudes and Responsibilities, when embodied and "lived" will help to change our thought patterns. Thoughts that we simply take for granted because they are part of the programming we currently carry. Changing the thought patterns is actually changing the programming in the personal shields.Twelve Attitudes of Mastery Study the 12 Attitudes of Mastery, make an affirmation meditation out of them, and try to make them your way of life.
1. LOVE - Recognition of the TRUTH of the ALL-ONE-ness
2. GRACE - Allowing the ALL-ONE-ness to Be what IT IS regardless of whether it suits you. Living Perpetual Forgiveness.
3. GRATITUDE - Appreciating the ALL-ONE-ness; knowing your Alive-ness.
4. REVERENT - RESPECT - Acknowledging and giving to the ALL-ONE-ness.
5. RESPONSIBILITY - Co-Creating with, Serving and being able to Respond to the ALL-ONE-ness.
6. TRUST - Knowing the Power and Love of the ALL-ONE-ness.
7. ACCOUNTABILITY - Being in a state of TRUTH with the ALL-ONE-ness.
8. IMPECCABILITY - Upholding and Protecting the ALL-ONE-ness.
9. MINDFULNESS - Loving, Nurturing, and Being Attentive to the ALL-ONE-ness.
10. FEARLESSNESS - Recognizing the Eternal Infinite Nature and Unconditional Love of the ALL-ONE-ness.
11. ENGAGED DETACHMENT - Permitting the ALL-ONE-ness to BE without assigning Critique, Condemnation or Value Judgment; understanding the IS-ness of and Validating the ALL-ONE-ness.
12. JOY - Choosing to BE the embodied ALL-ONE-ness.
Twelve Responsibilities of Mastery
Study the 12 Responsibilities of Mastery, make an affirmation meditation out of them, and try to make them your way of life.
1. Self-Actualization: Freedom from the "Victim-Victimizer Blame-Game" and willingness to be accountable for all perceivable manifestations as direct projections of intended learning from the personal Consciousness/DNA Template.
2. Self-sovereignty: Freedom from the need for approval from, or the need to rebel against any form of "external authority" through understanding that you, as a manifestation of the God Spirit, have the ability to create personal freedom without violating the spiritual rights of others and without allowing others to violate your spiritual rights of being.
3. Self Containment: Taking personal responsibility for, and realizing that at all times you are accountable for, DIRECTING PERSONAL ENERGIES. There is no one or no thing that "upsets you" and thus justifies or validates ANY personal spiritual misuse of reaction, idea, intention or action; YOU "upset yourself" by allowing the emotional body to follow misperceptions of the mental body that tell you your power lies outside of yourself. At any moment you can CHOOSE what words, associations and ideas you will use as the filters through which you interpret an event. "UPSET", "MAD", HURT" or any other category of labeling (conscious or subconscious) are all MENTAL BODY FILTERS that direct emotional and physical body function. The self contained individual recognizes that at all times the freedom of interpretation exists, and thus a "negative" experience and its associated dis-harmonic energies of "upset" feelings can only exist as a personal interpretation of events. Accepting any less responsibility for the direction of personal energies will place you directly into the Victim-Victimizer "Blame Game", which can only take place among people who are placing their personal power and responsibility for manifestation onto externalized sources. Only you have the power to "upset yourself"; regardless of what others say or do, you are fully entitled to your own interpretation. No one and no thing has the power to upset you unless you give this power away. Self containment comes when one recognizes that the direction of personal energies--physical, emotional and mental (ideas, beliefs, labels, interpretations), conscious and subconscious, is an attainable level of personal master and exists as an implied responsibility that comes with the gift of free will choice. The more responsible you become the greater freedom and personal empowerment you will know.
4. Self Discipline: Accepting responsibility for directing personal energies toward, rather than in opposition to, the outcomes you desire to experience. The physical, mental and emotional bodies have long been directed by the subconscious forces of the hidden "shadow", creating within us urges, reactions, thoughts, impulses, perceptions and feelings that often work counter to the life creations we desire to manifest. Part of spiritual master entails teaching ourselves to be consciously diligent in observing our own minds, emotions and physical body-talk, so that we may employ conscious redirection of subconscious shadow energies that run on "auto-pilot". If we learn to "catch ourselves" when "negative" thought patterns or emotions run through us, we can use that moment of recognition to reclaim this errant energy and consciously use the power of affirmative attitude, remedial word choice and direct energy-re-direction to direct opposing energies of the self into fulfillment of desired constructive, spiritually mature creations. It takes self discipline to become the "Lion Tamer" of the often roaring subconscious mind, but we do have the intrinsic power to help our subconscious shadow to evolve through loving but firm redirection, into a "cuddly lap cat" that will gladly join us in our constructive co-creations. Self-discipline emerges when we consistently remind ourselves to employ the "Spiritually Correct" thought, action or attitude, even if we don't "feel like it" when the shadow sneaks up from "down under". The shadow parts of self surface so that we may seem, these parts of self come to the conscious mind for healing, through which the conscious mind itself learns greater attributes of mastery.
5. Self Love: It is our own responsibility to love and nurture ourselves through the limitless gift of Divine Spirit that moves through us at every moment; genuine love must come from within, and can only me though genuine spiritual connection to the eternal God-self and its inherent connection to all creation. If we seek love "on the outside" in order to fulfill a personal loneliness or lack within, we enter relationships as "energy vampires"; we are seeking a substitute for our personal God-Force connection through tapping into the God-Force embodied within other people or beings. This is not "LOVE", it is "NEED", which implies the "LACK" of something essential, which in turn implies a limited personal connection to God-Source Universal Consciousness. Such lack cannot be filled by external "love"; it can only be filled by recognizing the God within you, and thus recognizing that you are a living embodiment of absolute love. Once this is recognized you will HAVE the greatest love of all--God Love, and from this Position of Divine Power, you can go into the world seeking those too whom you can give this love, rather than seeking those from whom you can "get" love. When love is approached through Self Love, the motivation is to give joyfully, knowing that anything you might need can be made manifest through the Love of the active God Force that you carry inside yourself. Self Love is a responsibility of spiritual maturity.
6. SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY: It is our absolute responsibility to chose to act with spiritual integrity at al times; there is no excuse to knowingly violate the spiritual rights of others, regardless of how poorly they may react to you. Spiritual Integrity requires that we begin to LOOK AT what we are REALLY doing in the way we live our lives. Do our eating habits violate the plant, animal or Earth kingdoms? Do our choices of words and actions show respect for other people and other life forms? Do we "play the survival of the fittest" lack-game to give ourselves an excuse for unethical behaviors in money matters, such as showing our silent rebellion against the government by trying to "cheat" on taxes, or by "showing up" a fellow employee at work to prove you are more worthy and thus more entitled to favor? Do you "tell people what they want to hear" in order to gain their approval and support, even if it is not fully true and does not reflect your personal needs or feelings? Do you try to "get others to do your share" as far as work or responsibilities? Do you use erroneous excuses such as race, gender, creed, academic or economic status to justify disrespectful, exploitative or unkind treatment of others? Spiritual Integrity requires that we take a good hard, FREQUENT look at how we conduct our lives, face the areas of activity in which we are performing in less than spiritually congruent ways, and employ active commitment and discipline to bring these areas of our lives into Spiritual Integrity. One does not "get through the gates of Heaven" (or anywhere else desirable) through using excuse for not employing GENUINE, not feigned, Spiritual Integrity. Cultivating spiritual integrity is a major responsibility on the path of spiritual mastery, and the way the universe works, you "can't leave home without it"... meaning that there is a biological reality of spiritual integrity that manifests chemically within the DNA as a result of that state and focus of your consciousness; if you do not possess a sufficient amount [of] consciousness bearing spiritual integrity, neither will your DNA Template, and though you might be able to "pull the wool over the eyes of others", your own biology will be your task master ... for passage through stargates requires a sufficient amount of chemically encoded spiritual integrity of consciousness.
7. APPRECIATION: Our present society continually teaches us to "want more", "need more", "be more", "do more" etc.... we are constantly influenced to perceive what is lacking in order to motivate us to buy more, work more, pay more taxes and be "good little consumer sheep". Very rarely do we stop to think about all that we DO have ... beginning with the gift of Life and mental free will choice. Through this disoriented perceptual filter we can cultivate a full-blow[n] mutation of mental consciousness, in which we begin to believe that "we are entitled", that "someone OWES us" (GOD, the Universe, our parents, spouse, children, employer, government, etc....). Once we fall into the "You OWE me" mind trap, we se ourselves up for continuing self-created frustration, as we place unrealistic and untrue expectations upon life, others and ourselves, and can then get mighty angry or hurt when we find the universe doesn't conform to our imagined "pictures". No one OWES us anything .. if we feel we are "owed", then we are entertaining LACK COSCIOUSNESS.. a void within the self is being recognized. If we give to another in order to RECEIVE for ourselves (such as do banks, and often parents or "lovers"...), and the other does not "pay back" what we expected to receive, we may feel cheated, "taken advantage of", or "owed". Perhaps instead such situations emerge in our lives as lessons to teach us that giving should be done for the GIVING ALONE, and not for the expected return. If we give what we desire to give, for the joy of giving, we do not feel owed ... if we live for the joy of living, without forcing our demands or expectations upon life, we will not feel that "life has short changed us" .... It matters not what your neighbor possesses, and in comparing ourselves to each other to see how we "measure up", continually distracts us from seeing and utilizing the blessings that are our own. If we can work to cultivate the ability to APPRECIATE even the smallest of gifts, blessings and gestures, we will begin to create a life that is at least "half full, instead of half empty". In terms of universal physics, what you focus your attention upon expands, and what you resist persists, and what you do not give the energy of appreciation toward will eventually de-manifest itself right out of your experience. When you approach the world through the chosen filter of genuine GIVING, you are "being an electrical transmitter", sending energy out to the word around you. When you release electrical energy in this way, you personally become "more magnetic", as the sending out of energy creates magnetic vortices within the Diodic Grid of your Kathara anatomy. The "magnetized" Diodic points then draw in more universal energy supply, at a higher frequency and quality than the expressed energy, to re-fill the energy void created by the "giving". When you approach the word with the attitude of "getting", this natural physics process becomes inverted; the more you try to "pull" energy from the outside world, the more your energy becomes "stuck" in the Diodic Grid as miasms. The miasms progressively reduce the quantity and lower the frequency of the natural energies you can internally draw from the universal supply. Giving, even in its simplest form of giving appreciation, keeps the natural energy flow moving. so whatever you give out will return to you amplified (this works in reverse as well, however; give goodness, you get more goodness in return. Give out bad attitude, ego arrogance and "garbage", and more of this will return flow your way.) Appreciate what you have, LOVE IT, find perspectives through which the joy of it can be known, and know that in the act of genuine appreciation itself you will set loose the powers of manifesting more of what you desire and less of the illusion of lack. The "Universe Owes Me" mind trip is one of the most powerful self-sabotage games in the world ...trade it in for consistent appreciation and your world will progressively expand to hold the reality of the things you most desire. If you feel put upon by the world, and resentful for having your desires unmet, YOU OWE YOURSELF SOMETHING! ... A greater understanding of the nature of creation and better use of your personal power within the life creation game. SAY THANK YOU to the GOD FORCE more often.. to help yourself remember what things you have to appreciate, and many more of the kind will be sent along your way.
8. PATIENCE: The God Force has its own schedule! We can either acknowledge this intrinsic reality of manifestation and choose to work co-creatively with the God-spirit within, trusting that together you and the universe will create the perfect "Divine Right Timing" (and if that isn't "Right NOW", there IS a very good reason for this), or you can let the ego self try to force its will upon the intrinsic nature of time. If Time does not cooperate with your expectations, you can "let that be OK, and trust in Divine Right Timing" or you can progressively frustrate yourself with attachment to the artificial time of clocks, and choose to believe that you cannot have what you desire just because it does not appear when you demand. If we learn to relax, and realize that most things we desire we can indeed achieve in Divine Right Time and Order, we can learn to work co-creatively with the consciousness of time, and find that it will progressively better conform to our wishes when we ASK nicely, rather than DEMAND, and when we trust the universal God spirit to do its part in our co-creation. Patience is a virtue that reflects our comprehension of the nature of Universal Order.
9. Kindness: Like Respect Kindness is a birthright, but one that is quite often overlooked and misunderstood. When we approach the world through genuine kindheartedness, sending love and respect to all of creation in honor of the God Force that lives within all things, we are again, transmitting electrical energy of a higher frequency, that will follow the mechanics of universal physics to bring more of like kind back to us through universal back flow. Kindness is a gift we must first give to ourselves in order to have it to give to others. Kindness implies being contentious [concerned?] and caring toward the needs, feelings and desires of both the self and others, and to express in action, attitude and intention this concern. Give to yourself random acts of kindness, then pass along the gift to all who cross your way. Try being kind to the mean and grouch neighbor, and you may help them rediscover the ability to smile. Treat all things with kindness and you are demonstrating that you acknowledge their intrinsic value as manifestations of the God Force, and you will find quite often the God Force lovingly returns the favor.
10. Conservation: Conservation is a form of respect and appreciation for the God Force energy in all of its expression, from conserving and protecting our natural resources, to being attentive to the needs of our bodies, to using the energies of our words and actions with gentle conservation by which we freely use what is needed, but not more. The God Force continually recycles its energies for the rebirth of new expression; all is given freely, but no thing is valueless or wasted. Conservation demonstrates that we have respect and appreciation for the gift of creative energy that God has to us provided, and as we learn to use this energy, in all its forms, with respect and clear intention, we will progressively fine tune our ability to create what we desire, while assisting all other kingdoms to simultaneously do the same. There is truth in the old saying "Waste Not, Want Not" ... if everything we perceive in our hologram of life is understood to be the manifestation of personal God Force energy that it IS, we might all employ a bit more respect, appreciation and conservation toward the use and applications of the energies of the Divine.
11. Cooperation/Diplomacy: Existence is and will always be a co-creative endeavor. We must be willing to allow other beings the fulfillment of their needs and desires if we hope to have our fulfillment known. Creating "Win-Win" situations is the natural way of being; creating with the intention of GIVING genuinely. We might not always agree with the intended creations of others, and we all have a right to our points of view. Diplomacy can be a bridge between forces of opposition, through which effective actions or decisions can be reached to mutually support each perspective. We CAN learn to agree to disagree respectfully, so the Spiritual Art of Co-operative Co-creation can progressively evolve to higher levels of expression.
12. Sense: Learning to identify and appropriately apply both "Common Sense" and the "Uncommon Sense" of spiritual knowing will allow us to establish the greatest balance of energy expression within all aspects of our lives.
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Entangled Minds (Life Coaching)
In the future, it [will be] deemed a great oddity that 20th-century scientists had discovered elementary physical particles but had failed even to consider the possibility of elementary psychic factors.—Kurt Gödel
A restlessness is brewing in science. Unexpected discoveries in many scientific disciplines are shaking previously held assumptions. One commonality among these discoveries is that observations once believed to be meaningless, or mere anomalies, are being reconsidered. In the process, new revelations are surfacing about the nature of reality. A few examples will serve to illustrate the rising tension:
Cosmologists have learned that we might have accidentally overlooked 96% of the universe. The missing preponderance of the universe is dubbed "dark" matter and energy, and we know next to nothing about it.
Neuroscience dogma used to assert that neurons in the brain do not regenerate, and that mental functioning inevitably deteriorates when there is a brain injury or as neurons die in the course of aging. Now, new data are revealing that brain neurons do, in fact, regenerate. The brain is much more plastic than previously imagined.
In the borderlands between physics and chemistry, researchers are re-examining claims of cold fusion after 15 years in the deep freeze. Successful replications from laboratories around the world continue to suggest that unexpected effects, possibly nuclear fusion, really do occur in supposedly impossible ways. Have the prejudices of hot fusion researchers, who have spent billions of dollars in a still-vain attempt to build controllable fusion reactors, deflected attention from this anomaly?
In physics, the idea of entanglement--the quantum theory prediction that under certain circumstances particles that appear to be isolated are actually instantaneously connected through space and time-is not only known to be demonstrably real, but is far more pervasive and robust than anyone had imagined even a few years ago. Devising new forms of entanglement has become a central focus in the accelerating race towards developing practical quantum computers.
When science begins to churn with unexpected developments and tolerance for new ideas, breakthroughs are often lurking over the horizon. The consequences of such revolutions are not fully appreciated until long after they've occurred, but one thing is certain: Just as modern science propelled the world into the nuclear, information, and genetic engineering ages, the pregnant postmodern era is likely to introduce radical changes in everything-- from our daily lives to the dynamics of global society. One topic likely to change is science and society's view of the paranormal, that uncertain realm just beyond the reach of science but perpetually alive within our experience.
One element of the paranormal--which I will refer to as entangled minds--is, I believe, on the threshold of transforming from paranormal to normal. I envision that the process may go something like this:
The growing pressure to develop workable quantum computers is rapidly expanding our ability to create ever more robust forms of entanglement in increasingly complex systems, for longer lifetimes, and at room temperature. Existing techniques like "entanglement purification" and "coherence repeaters" will be further enhanced, and our understanding of what entanglement means and how to use it will advance rapidly.
Someone will ask, "I wonder what it would feel like when my brain is entangled with the outside world? Are mind fields bioentangled with the rest of the universe?
First, pairs of photons, and then photon-atom pairs, and then atoms will be successfully entangled in the lab. And then triplets, quartets, and ensembles of atoms. And then macroscopic systems. Pairs of entangled photons will be shot through metal sheets and remain entangled after they punch through to the other side. Photons will remain entangled after being transmitted through miles of open atmosphere. New forms of entanglement and robust, long-lived quantum coherence will be discovered. And then it will be proposed, and confirmed, that certain forms of entanglement extend to virtually everything in the universe, since, as far as we know, everything emerged entangled out of a single, primordial Big Bang. This grand entanglement is nonlocal, extending throughout time and space, suggesting that, despite everyday appearances, we live in a deeply holistic reality.
Researchers will discover that under certain conditions, living cells also exhibit properties associated with quantum entanglement. Then the idea of bioentanglement will emerge, a concept that is more general than today's special cases of entanglement involving inanimate particles and photons.
After scientists become used to the remarkably coordinated dances observed among entangled biomolecules and living cells, someone will get a bright idea and ask, "I wonder what would happen if two brains were entangled? Would they show correlated behavior at a distance, just like other forms of bioentanglement? And is it possible that minds and brains are complementary, like particles and waves, and that there are interpenetrating mind fields?"
An enterprising investigator will take up the challenge and conduct an experiment to see if stimulating the brain/mind of an identical twin results in a corresponding response in the electroencephalograph (EEG) of a distant twin's brain/mind. The postulated "EEG correlation" experiment will work, and it will be widely hailed as a scientific breakthrough.
Then someone will ask, "I wonder what it would feel like when my brain is entangled with the outside world? Are mind fields bioentangled with the rest of the universe?" The answer will be yes, and at this point telepathy, clairvoyance, and the entire panoply of psi phenomena will be rediscovered for the umpteenth time. But this time, and for the first time, it will be accompanied by a widely accepted theoretical foundation.
A Fantastic Scenario
How long might we have to wait before this fanciful "bioentangled brains" experiment is conducted? The answer is no time at all. The proposed studies have been performed at least a dozen times over the past 40 years. And they work.
One of the first such experiments linking psi with entanglement was published in 1965 in Science. That study reported that the EEGs of pairs of separated identical twins (two such pairs out of 15 tested) showed striking correspondences. When one twin was instructed to close his or her eyes, causing the brain's alpha rhythms to increase, the distant twin's alpha rhythms were also found to increase.
Shifting Opinions
Are there any indications that the concept of "entangled minds" is preparing to escape the purgatory of the paranormal? Given that scientific advancements depend not only on scientists' interests, but on how sociologically acceptable a given topic is, one affirmative sign is what editors consider to be newsworthy in leading journals and newspapers. Consider this news item published on January 22, 2004, in Nature, one of the premier voices of mainstream science and an interminable critic of all things paranormal. The article was entitled, "Telepathy debate hits London: Audience charmed by the paranormal." It began,
Scientists tend to steer clear of public debates with advocates of the paranormal. And judging from the response of a London audience to a rare example of such a head-to-head conflict last week, they are wise to do so.
The debate was between Professor Lewis Wolpert, a developmental biologist at University College London, who argued against the existence of telepathy, and biologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake, well-known for his theory of morphogenetic fields (see page 27). Sheldrake argued the case for telepathy. The Nature news article reported that most of the 200-strong audience agreed that Sheldrake won the debate:
[Sheldrake] presented the results of tests of extrasensory perception, together with his own research on whether people know who is going to phone or e-mail them, on whether dogs know when their owners are coming home, and on the allegedly telepathic bond between a New York woman and her parrot. "Billions of perfectly rational people believe that they have had these experiences," he said . . .Wolpert countered that telepathy was "pathological science," based on tiny, unrepeatable effects backed up by fantastic theories and an ad hoc response to criticism. "The blunt fact is that there's no persuasive evidence for it," he said.
Wolpert then provided the rationale for why he feels justified in rejecting any positive evidence for telepathy, by stating, "An open mind is a very bad thing--everything falls out." This may be an acceptable strategy for maintaining one's religious faith, but such prejudice seems anathema to science.
The audience saw through Wolpert, accusing him of "not knowing the evidence" and being "unscientific." In essence, Wolpert was attempting to argue his case through intimidation and repetition, rather than reason. Such strong opinions are not uncommon within the scientific community, and sometimes prejudices are based upon a kernel of truth. There is little doubt that many claims of miraculous health cures, flawless psychic predictions, and extraterrestrials living among us are naïve or motivated nonsense. But this does not mean that all unexpected phenomena, especially those reported for millennia by sober, thoughtful observers, are equally false.
Many similar snippets are starting to appear in academic journals and popular magazines, suggesting that the entangled minds scenario I've proposed is already proceeding. In due time, the zeitgeist will become emboldened as theory and experiments continue to converge. Then one day a sociological phase shift will occur and past prejudices will dissolve, seemingly overnight (but only in hindsight). On that day, a new understanding of who and what we are may dawn.
Today, nearly four decades later, positive results continue to be reported, and the use of identical twins is not necessary. In 2004, a review of this class of experiments was published in Mind and Matter, a new scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on the mind-matter interaction problem. Psychophysiologist Jirí Wackermann concluded that "the present state of research [is] prosaically demure. There are undoubtedly particular indications of progress." In less restrained terms, Wackermann was saying that even with increasingly sophisticated experimental methods and designs, EEG correlations reminiscent of bioentanglement continue to be observed in laboratories around the world (including in the IONS laboratory in 2003).
I believe one element of the paranormal—which I will refer to as entangled minds—is on the threshold of transforming from paranormal to normal.
After all the excitement over bioentangled minds settles down, scientists will rediscover that those quantum neuroscience-oriented experiments were the tip of the evidential iceberg. Literally thousands of other laboratory experiments exploring various aspects of mind fields have been published for over a century; they've just been languishing in the scientific outback along with other paranormal beasts, patiently waiting for science to catch up with the phenomenology.
Much more scientific work remains, but I believe that a rational framework for psi may be taking shape. At least, the needle on our explanatory compass has stopped spinning wildly and is now pointing in a promising direction. After the initial experimental verifications of quantum nonlocality in the 1980s, there was no longer any question that the fabric of physical reality supported the time-space anomalies presented by psi. Coming to grips with the idea that we live within a profoundly holistic reality still remains a challenge given that our daily experience more often reinforces a sense of isolation than a sense of unity. But as more people are exposed to these concepts, I expect that common sense may evolve into a new, uncommon sensibility in which psi is regarded as boringly normal.
DEAN RADIN has a PhD in psychology and an MS degree in electrical engineering. He is the author of The Conscious Universe, and the forthcoming book, Entangled Minds
If you are open to the conversation of how the 'Entangled Mind' operates in your life, and are interested in contacting Niall regarding it, he is available for coaching on www.rlifecoach.com and www.myspace.com/nialln and his books on tranformation and spirituality are available on www.lulu.com/nialln
A restlessness is brewing in science. Unexpected discoveries in many scientific disciplines are shaking previously held assumptions. One commonality among these discoveries is that observations once believed to be meaningless, or mere anomalies, are being reconsidered. In the process, new revelations are surfacing about the nature of reality. A few examples will serve to illustrate the rising tension:
Cosmologists have learned that we might have accidentally overlooked 96% of the universe. The missing preponderance of the universe is dubbed "dark" matter and energy, and we know next to nothing about it.
Neuroscience dogma used to assert that neurons in the brain do not regenerate, and that mental functioning inevitably deteriorates when there is a brain injury or as neurons die in the course of aging. Now, new data are revealing that brain neurons do, in fact, regenerate. The brain is much more plastic than previously imagined.
In the borderlands between physics and chemistry, researchers are re-examining claims of cold fusion after 15 years in the deep freeze. Successful replications from laboratories around the world continue to suggest that unexpected effects, possibly nuclear fusion, really do occur in supposedly impossible ways. Have the prejudices of hot fusion researchers, who have spent billions of dollars in a still-vain attempt to build controllable fusion reactors, deflected attention from this anomaly?
In physics, the idea of entanglement--the quantum theory prediction that under certain circumstances particles that appear to be isolated are actually instantaneously connected through space and time-is not only known to be demonstrably real, but is far more pervasive and robust than anyone had imagined even a few years ago. Devising new forms of entanglement has become a central focus in the accelerating race towards developing practical quantum computers.
When science begins to churn with unexpected developments and tolerance for new ideas, breakthroughs are often lurking over the horizon. The consequences of such revolutions are not fully appreciated until long after they've occurred, but one thing is certain: Just as modern science propelled the world into the nuclear, information, and genetic engineering ages, the pregnant postmodern era is likely to introduce radical changes in everything-- from our daily lives to the dynamics of global society. One topic likely to change is science and society's view of the paranormal, that uncertain realm just beyond the reach of science but perpetually alive within our experience.
One element of the paranormal--which I will refer to as entangled minds--is, I believe, on the threshold of transforming from paranormal to normal. I envision that the process may go something like this:
The growing pressure to develop workable quantum computers is rapidly expanding our ability to create ever more robust forms of entanglement in increasingly complex systems, for longer lifetimes, and at room temperature. Existing techniques like "entanglement purification" and "coherence repeaters" will be further enhanced, and our understanding of what entanglement means and how to use it will advance rapidly.
Someone will ask, "I wonder what it would feel like when my brain is entangled with the outside world? Are mind fields bioentangled with the rest of the universe?
First, pairs of photons, and then photon-atom pairs, and then atoms will be successfully entangled in the lab. And then triplets, quartets, and ensembles of atoms. And then macroscopic systems. Pairs of entangled photons will be shot through metal sheets and remain entangled after they punch through to the other side. Photons will remain entangled after being transmitted through miles of open atmosphere. New forms of entanglement and robust, long-lived quantum coherence will be discovered. And then it will be proposed, and confirmed, that certain forms of entanglement extend to virtually everything in the universe, since, as far as we know, everything emerged entangled out of a single, primordial Big Bang. This grand entanglement is nonlocal, extending throughout time and space, suggesting that, despite everyday appearances, we live in a deeply holistic reality.
Researchers will discover that under certain conditions, living cells also exhibit properties associated with quantum entanglement. Then the idea of bioentanglement will emerge, a concept that is more general than today's special cases of entanglement involving inanimate particles and photons.
After scientists become used to the remarkably coordinated dances observed among entangled biomolecules and living cells, someone will get a bright idea and ask, "I wonder what would happen if two brains were entangled? Would they show correlated behavior at a distance, just like other forms of bioentanglement? And is it possible that minds and brains are complementary, like particles and waves, and that there are interpenetrating mind fields?"
An enterprising investigator will take up the challenge and conduct an experiment to see if stimulating the brain/mind of an identical twin results in a corresponding response in the electroencephalograph (EEG) of a distant twin's brain/mind. The postulated "EEG correlation" experiment will work, and it will be widely hailed as a scientific breakthrough.
Then someone will ask, "I wonder what it would feel like when my brain is entangled with the outside world? Are mind fields bioentangled with the rest of the universe?" The answer will be yes, and at this point telepathy, clairvoyance, and the entire panoply of psi phenomena will be rediscovered for the umpteenth time. But this time, and for the first time, it will be accompanied by a widely accepted theoretical foundation.
A Fantastic Scenario
How long might we have to wait before this fanciful "bioentangled brains" experiment is conducted? The answer is no time at all. The proposed studies have been performed at least a dozen times over the past 40 years. And they work.
One of the first such experiments linking psi with entanglement was published in 1965 in Science. That study reported that the EEGs of pairs of separated identical twins (two such pairs out of 15 tested) showed striking correspondences. When one twin was instructed to close his or her eyes, causing the brain's alpha rhythms to increase, the distant twin's alpha rhythms were also found to increase.
Shifting Opinions
Are there any indications that the concept of "entangled minds" is preparing to escape the purgatory of the paranormal? Given that scientific advancements depend not only on scientists' interests, but on how sociologically acceptable a given topic is, one affirmative sign is what editors consider to be newsworthy in leading journals and newspapers. Consider this news item published on January 22, 2004, in Nature, one of the premier voices of mainstream science and an interminable critic of all things paranormal. The article was entitled, "Telepathy debate hits London: Audience charmed by the paranormal." It began,
Scientists tend to steer clear of public debates with advocates of the paranormal. And judging from the response of a London audience to a rare example of such a head-to-head conflict last week, they are wise to do so.
The debate was between Professor Lewis Wolpert, a developmental biologist at University College London, who argued against the existence of telepathy, and biologist Dr Rupert Sheldrake, well-known for his theory of morphogenetic fields (see page 27). Sheldrake argued the case for telepathy. The Nature news article reported that most of the 200-strong audience agreed that Sheldrake won the debate:
[Sheldrake] presented the results of tests of extrasensory perception, together with his own research on whether people know who is going to phone or e-mail them, on whether dogs know when their owners are coming home, and on the allegedly telepathic bond between a New York woman and her parrot. "Billions of perfectly rational people believe that they have had these experiences," he said . . .Wolpert countered that telepathy was "pathological science," based on tiny, unrepeatable effects backed up by fantastic theories and an ad hoc response to criticism. "The blunt fact is that there's no persuasive evidence for it," he said.
Wolpert then provided the rationale for why he feels justified in rejecting any positive evidence for telepathy, by stating, "An open mind is a very bad thing--everything falls out." This may be an acceptable strategy for maintaining one's religious faith, but such prejudice seems anathema to science.
The audience saw through Wolpert, accusing him of "not knowing the evidence" and being "unscientific." In essence, Wolpert was attempting to argue his case through intimidation and repetition, rather than reason. Such strong opinions are not uncommon within the scientific community, and sometimes prejudices are based upon a kernel of truth. There is little doubt that many claims of miraculous health cures, flawless psychic predictions, and extraterrestrials living among us are naïve or motivated nonsense. But this does not mean that all unexpected phenomena, especially those reported for millennia by sober, thoughtful observers, are equally false.
Many similar snippets are starting to appear in academic journals and popular magazines, suggesting that the entangled minds scenario I've proposed is already proceeding. In due time, the zeitgeist will become emboldened as theory and experiments continue to converge. Then one day a sociological phase shift will occur and past prejudices will dissolve, seemingly overnight (but only in hindsight). On that day, a new understanding of who and what we are may dawn.
Today, nearly four decades later, positive results continue to be reported, and the use of identical twins is not necessary. In 2004, a review of this class of experiments was published in Mind and Matter, a new scholarly journal devoted to interdisciplinary research on the mind-matter interaction problem. Psychophysiologist Jirí Wackermann concluded that "the present state of research [is] prosaically demure. There are undoubtedly particular indications of progress." In less restrained terms, Wackermann was saying that even with increasingly sophisticated experimental methods and designs, EEG correlations reminiscent of bioentanglement continue to be observed in laboratories around the world (including in the IONS laboratory in 2003).
I believe one element of the paranormal—which I will refer to as entangled minds—is on the threshold of transforming from paranormal to normal.
After all the excitement over bioentangled minds settles down, scientists will rediscover that those quantum neuroscience-oriented experiments were the tip of the evidential iceberg. Literally thousands of other laboratory experiments exploring various aspects of mind fields have been published for over a century; they've just been languishing in the scientific outback along with other paranormal beasts, patiently waiting for science to catch up with the phenomenology.
Much more scientific work remains, but I believe that a rational framework for psi may be taking shape. At least, the needle on our explanatory compass has stopped spinning wildly and is now pointing in a promising direction. After the initial experimental verifications of quantum nonlocality in the 1980s, there was no longer any question that the fabric of physical reality supported the time-space anomalies presented by psi. Coming to grips with the idea that we live within a profoundly holistic reality still remains a challenge given that our daily experience more often reinforces a sense of isolation than a sense of unity. But as more people are exposed to these concepts, I expect that common sense may evolve into a new, uncommon sensibility in which psi is regarded as boringly normal.
DEAN RADIN has a PhD in psychology and an MS degree in electrical engineering. He is the author of The Conscious Universe, and the forthcoming book, Entangled Minds
If you are open to the conversation of how the 'Entangled Mind' operates in your life, and are interested in contacting Niall regarding it, he is available for coaching on www.rlifecoach.com and www.myspace.com/nialln and his books on tranformation and spirituality are available on www.lulu.com/nialln
The Laws of Success (Life Coaching)
The Seven spiritual laws of Success
By
Deepak Chopra
Reviewed by Niall Nichoson
As a former Aerospace Engineer and Mathematician well versed in the small math theory of quantum physics, my interpretation of this work touches many levels, however the most impact full of all is in the macro level of the theory of the creation of the universe.
The creation of all things in an instant, or the big bang. If the universe and all that is in it can be created in an instant, and if this great cosmic event is subject to natural law, then all things in it can also be created by that same natural law, and also as instantly.
As we are all a product of this creation, then we, by extension have the ability to create our own magic in a universal constant if we understand the simple laws that govern the universe that we live in. This universe, so vast that one can barely comprehend, has a positive and a negative charge. And yet the smallest sub atomic particle also has a positive and a negative charge. Therefore, if the largest thing and the smallest thing have such a characteristic, then accordingly, all things must also live by this law.
Deepak Chopra has taken these natural laws and given them a simplicity that belies the words and the logic that is imparted through them. In that they are beautifully manifested through his voice, heard from either the print or the spoken word, but still his voice, none-the-less.
As the author states, we are truly divinity in motion, existing in a state of grace, capable of majestic things if we can reach a true harmonic resonance with the universal constant of chaos or the uncertainty of life.
And yet the life that we are granted, which eludes most of us, is just out of the grasp of our fingertips, and with a minor shift of consciousness, we are all capable of attaining the brilliance of the sublime. Like a drop of mercury on a plate, beautifully majestic in its natural state, the tranquility and perfection our dreams lie before us to be manifested in our reality.
But, only by practicing the laws of divinity in motion, or the seven spiritual laws of success, can one truly attain harmony with ones unique gifts. To actually catch the mercury as it slides off the glass.
The laws of acceptance and detachment give us the ability to appreciate the beauty of things and allow us not to hold on so tight to a reality as to strangle off the possibility of another more correct reality, or the spontaneous right act that will occur when we choose the act in conjunction with the law of karma.
These laws when practiced with the law of pure potentiality create a space where we loose touch with our ego driven inauthentic selves. By practicing non-judgment and selfless giving, we create our empowered true authentic selves whereby pure energy and potentiality can freely emerge.
The prayer, “I will judge nothing that occurs today”, seems so simple and yet is extremely hard to do. Our very nature as human beings is to judge. Yet we must realize that we are spiritual beings occasionally caught in human circumstance.
That combined with the thought that you will bear everyone that you meet during your travels a gift; tangible or silent, is so powerful and yet in itself so empowering; as to create as space whereby the pure self can manifest its destiny.
Defenselessness, when truly understood and practiced; allows the true self to remain unchanged when confronted by either criticism or accolades, as our true self knows its own worth. When opposition or challenges emerge in life, we realizes if we bend like the reed in the wind, that life and its troubles flow through us and allow us to create new opportunities and solutions to each challenge as the beauty of life enfolds.
This laws when practiced, allow our unique abilities to come together with our unique needs, completing a cycle allowing us to create wealth in our lives. But living in a state of abundance, one must realize that in order not to become stagnant, we must keep the flow energized by recycling this wealth.
Continuing the cycle of giving and receiving, maintaining a constant in the universe, a universe that is based on a cycle of creation through destruction.
And as we give back to our community we realize our lives of manifest destiny are about the journey, not the destination.
By
Deepak Chopra
Reviewed by Niall Nichoson
As a former Aerospace Engineer and Mathematician well versed in the small math theory of quantum physics, my interpretation of this work touches many levels, however the most impact full of all is in the macro level of the theory of the creation of the universe.
The creation of all things in an instant, or the big bang. If the universe and all that is in it can be created in an instant, and if this great cosmic event is subject to natural law, then all things in it can also be created by that same natural law, and also as instantly.
As we are all a product of this creation, then we, by extension have the ability to create our own magic in a universal constant if we understand the simple laws that govern the universe that we live in. This universe, so vast that one can barely comprehend, has a positive and a negative charge. And yet the smallest sub atomic particle also has a positive and a negative charge. Therefore, if the largest thing and the smallest thing have such a characteristic, then accordingly, all things must also live by this law.
Deepak Chopra has taken these natural laws and given them a simplicity that belies the words and the logic that is imparted through them. In that they are beautifully manifested through his voice, heard from either the print or the spoken word, but still his voice, none-the-less.
As the author states, we are truly divinity in motion, existing in a state of grace, capable of majestic things if we can reach a true harmonic resonance with the universal constant of chaos or the uncertainty of life.
And yet the life that we are granted, which eludes most of us, is just out of the grasp of our fingertips, and with a minor shift of consciousness, we are all capable of attaining the brilliance of the sublime. Like a drop of mercury on a plate, beautifully majestic in its natural state, the tranquility and perfection our dreams lie before us to be manifested in our reality.
But, only by practicing the laws of divinity in motion, or the seven spiritual laws of success, can one truly attain harmony with ones unique gifts. To actually catch the mercury as it slides off the glass.
The laws of acceptance and detachment give us the ability to appreciate the beauty of things and allow us not to hold on so tight to a reality as to strangle off the possibility of another more correct reality, or the spontaneous right act that will occur when we choose the act in conjunction with the law of karma.
These laws when practiced with the law of pure potentiality create a space where we loose touch with our ego driven inauthentic selves. By practicing non-judgment and selfless giving, we create our empowered true authentic selves whereby pure energy and potentiality can freely emerge.
The prayer, “I will judge nothing that occurs today”, seems so simple and yet is extremely hard to do. Our very nature as human beings is to judge. Yet we must realize that we are spiritual beings occasionally caught in human circumstance.
That combined with the thought that you will bear everyone that you meet during your travels a gift; tangible or silent, is so powerful and yet in itself so empowering; as to create as space whereby the pure self can manifest its destiny.
Defenselessness, when truly understood and practiced; allows the true self to remain unchanged when confronted by either criticism or accolades, as our true self knows its own worth. When opposition or challenges emerge in life, we realizes if we bend like the reed in the wind, that life and its troubles flow through us and allow us to create new opportunities and solutions to each challenge as the beauty of life enfolds.
This laws when practiced, allow our unique abilities to come together with our unique needs, completing a cycle allowing us to create wealth in our lives. But living in a state of abundance, one must realize that in order not to become stagnant, we must keep the flow energized by recycling this wealth.
Continuing the cycle of giving and receiving, maintaining a constant in the universe, a universe that is based on a cycle of creation through destruction.
And as we give back to our community we realize our lives of manifest destiny are about the journey, not the destination.
If you are interested in learning more about what you can create in the Universe of Pure Potentiality, contact Niall at www.rlifecoach.com or www.myspace.com/nialln. His books are availabel at www.lulu.com/nialln.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Who Moved My Cheese? (Life Coaching)
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE
BY
Dr. Spencer Johnson
Reviewed by Niall Nicholson
This book can best be described as a metaphor for life and the way that we all live it. When we are young, we all behave like the mice, Sniff and Scurry. We chase about trying to find our ‘raison d’etre’, our cheese if you will.
And like the mice we are relentless in the pursuit of our ‘cheese’. Maybe this cheese is a material possession, a job or just the love of another being, in any event we desire it immensely. So we scurry about day and night until we find this most cherished of things. Then in time, all of the trappings of society and the bullshit that we feed ourselves causes us to become hemmed in by the imaginary walls that our minds can create regarding our lives and the way that we live them.
Then something comes along to change our basic equation, maybe the job changed, we got old and couldn’t play our favorite game, or a loved one dies, our cheese gets moved or changed. This creates an incredible amount of stress in our everyday lives. Now the modern day human being will fret and complain but usually not adapt to the changing world or marketplace that confronts him. And as he whiles away the time with his head buried in the sand, like Hem, the world begins to change and pass him by.
When Haw finally overcame all of his fears and set out to find his ‘new cheese’ it was a metaphor for transformation itself. The fear of changing has Hem frozen in time, until his unfortunate demise most likely; whereas Haw is taking the courageous steps of setting out on a journey of transformation.
Through this maze of life, adrift in a sea of his own fears, Haw represents all of us as we set out on our journey of transformation. With each step gaining strength, with each step gaining will, with each step gaining the courage to go on.
And as Haw realizes every day, as he continues in his quest, that he is too late for some realizations, and has just missed others, but none-the-less is all the more determined to accomplish his task. Finding the new cheese.
And like all of us, finding a new way of being.
If you are interested in discovering a new way of being, you can reach Niall through his website, www.rlifecoach.com or his myspace at www.myspace.com/nialln or you can dowload his books on transformation at www.lulu.com/nialln. There is a FREE book available for download on the site.
BY
Dr. Spencer Johnson
Reviewed by Niall Nicholson
This book can best be described as a metaphor for life and the way that we all live it. When we are young, we all behave like the mice, Sniff and Scurry. We chase about trying to find our ‘raison d’etre’, our cheese if you will.
And like the mice we are relentless in the pursuit of our ‘cheese’. Maybe this cheese is a material possession, a job or just the love of another being, in any event we desire it immensely. So we scurry about day and night until we find this most cherished of things. Then in time, all of the trappings of society and the bullshit that we feed ourselves causes us to become hemmed in by the imaginary walls that our minds can create regarding our lives and the way that we live them.
Then something comes along to change our basic equation, maybe the job changed, we got old and couldn’t play our favorite game, or a loved one dies, our cheese gets moved or changed. This creates an incredible amount of stress in our everyday lives. Now the modern day human being will fret and complain but usually not adapt to the changing world or marketplace that confronts him. And as he whiles away the time with his head buried in the sand, like Hem, the world begins to change and pass him by.
When Haw finally overcame all of his fears and set out to find his ‘new cheese’ it was a metaphor for transformation itself. The fear of changing has Hem frozen in time, until his unfortunate demise most likely; whereas Haw is taking the courageous steps of setting out on a journey of transformation.
Through this maze of life, adrift in a sea of his own fears, Haw represents all of us as we set out on our journey of transformation. With each step gaining strength, with each step gaining will, with each step gaining the courage to go on.
And as Haw realizes every day, as he continues in his quest, that he is too late for some realizations, and has just missed others, but none-the-less is all the more determined to accomplish his task. Finding the new cheese.
And like all of us, finding a new way of being.
If you are interested in discovering a new way of being, you can reach Niall through his website, www.rlifecoach.com or his myspace at www.myspace.com/nialln or you can dowload his books on transformation at www.lulu.com/nialln. There is a FREE book available for download on the site.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Ego, Friend or Foe? (Life Coaching)
When we were younger, whatever we chose to blanket outselves in, to protect ourselves from our fears. seemed to be a close companion. A best friend, that never left our side and never let us down.
When we were younger that friend might have been imaginary, or it might have seemed real, but one thing is for certain, it served us well, then.
And as we grew older, that friend slowly grew into something different as our view of the world changed and our interactions with one another took on a more serious tone.
But why do we become so serious?
Why do we leave behind the wonder and amazement that was present in us as children?
That authentic being who was joyful, courageous, risking and beautiful. That bight light that lit up every room that we entered. That emotive soul who only knew how to be its highest self.
What has us build the walls around us in defense?
Love?
No, I think not.
Most likely it is a belief that something is going to harm us that creates a need for defense. And then, when this belief is strong enough, then we create ways of being that will re-inforce the walls that we have created around us.
Now, think about it. If we build it they will come. Rememeber that line from the move, 'Field of Dreams'. That is true, but what if it was true about what we are doing in our everyday lives?
The fact that we are building walls around ourselves in defense, and then once we build the walls, we have to have the armies to defend the walls. because 'if we build it they will come!'
So why do we build the walls?
First of all, as a child, we needed a protective set of beliefs to shield us from all of the imagined fears that the world entails.
After all, between our parents teaching us their fears, society teaching us its, and the school system and our peer groups influencing us with theirs; by the time we are in grade school, we have quite a few fears.
Think about it.
So either we have to invalidate everything that we are hearing, or we have to start building walls to protect ourselves from all of these imagined fears.
And what is fear?
Fear is: False Expectations Appearing Real!
Hmm.
False Expectations Appearing Real. Where did we get all of these fears from? Were we born with them? Who made them up in the first place? Why are we putting so much energy in them?
Is this what our Ego has allowed us to believe? Or are we willingly giving our power away to it beacuse we are either too lazy or afraid to confront these fears and have something authentically different happen?!
As we get older, what do we really want out of life?
Don't we all deep down, want to experience love and happiness?
And yet these walls that we have built are preventing us from connecting with the very thing that we say we want, Love!
Now I don't know about you, but that sounds a little crazy to me.
So maybe it is time to surrender the armies of Fear, and tear down the walls the Ego has created and allow the Love that is emanating from 'All That Is' to enter into our lives.
And in that space, allow Life to occur, and allow Love to occur and allow Joy to enter our heart!
If you are interested in receiving more information about the power of love, visit niall's website at www.rlifecoach.com, or his myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln. His books on transformation are available at www.lulu.com/nialln.
When we were younger that friend might have been imaginary, or it might have seemed real, but one thing is for certain, it served us well, then.
And as we grew older, that friend slowly grew into something different as our view of the world changed and our interactions with one another took on a more serious tone.
But why do we become so serious?
Why do we leave behind the wonder and amazement that was present in us as children?
That authentic being who was joyful, courageous, risking and beautiful. That bight light that lit up every room that we entered. That emotive soul who only knew how to be its highest self.
What has us build the walls around us in defense?
Love?
No, I think not.
Most likely it is a belief that something is going to harm us that creates a need for defense. And then, when this belief is strong enough, then we create ways of being that will re-inforce the walls that we have created around us.
Now, think about it. If we build it they will come. Rememeber that line from the move, 'Field of Dreams'. That is true, but what if it was true about what we are doing in our everyday lives?
The fact that we are building walls around ourselves in defense, and then once we build the walls, we have to have the armies to defend the walls. because 'if we build it they will come!'
So why do we build the walls?
First of all, as a child, we needed a protective set of beliefs to shield us from all of the imagined fears that the world entails.
After all, between our parents teaching us their fears, society teaching us its, and the school system and our peer groups influencing us with theirs; by the time we are in grade school, we have quite a few fears.
Think about it.
So either we have to invalidate everything that we are hearing, or we have to start building walls to protect ourselves from all of these imagined fears.
And what is fear?
Fear is: False Expectations Appearing Real!
Hmm.
False Expectations Appearing Real. Where did we get all of these fears from? Were we born with them? Who made them up in the first place? Why are we putting so much energy in them?
Is this what our Ego has allowed us to believe? Or are we willingly giving our power away to it beacuse we are either too lazy or afraid to confront these fears and have something authentically different happen?!
As we get older, what do we really want out of life?
Don't we all deep down, want to experience love and happiness?
And yet these walls that we have built are preventing us from connecting with the very thing that we say we want, Love!
Now I don't know about you, but that sounds a little crazy to me.
So maybe it is time to surrender the armies of Fear, and tear down the walls the Ego has created and allow the Love that is emanating from 'All That Is' to enter into our lives.
And in that space, allow Life to occur, and allow Love to occur and allow Joy to enter our heart!
If you are interested in receiving more information about the power of love, visit niall's website at www.rlifecoach.com, or his myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln. His books on transformation are available at www.lulu.com/nialln.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
What Prevents Us From Being Happy?! (Life Coaching)
What prevents us from being happy?I believe the answer is quite simple. Every person on this planet who is not happy is suffering from one emotion. It is the cause of all wars, racism, crime, and hate. What a powerful emotion it must be to be responsible for all of that negativity. That emotion is fear and it is affecting you in ways you may not even be aware of at the moment. Fear of failure, fear of being alone, and fear of what people will think. Have you stopped and looked at the people you are afraid might judge you? Are their lives in a place where you would like to someday be? If not, then why are you concerned with their opinion? They will judge you out of envy and ignorance. When they see you succeed they are not happy for you. They want the success for themselves. But they do not want to take action to succeed. They will say you are lucky, or spoon fed, or more attractive. They will die with a million excuses as to why their life didn't turn out like yours... but they are just excuses. I would much rather die with reasons why my life was great instead of excuses why my life was not. If you take a chance what is the worse that can happen to you? You fail. Sure there are a bunch of other details but ultimately the thing you remember is the feeling of failure. Do you know what failure is? It is feedback. You take action and the Universe gives you feedback. Failure implies the end of your efforts. To never try is to truly fail. Everything that happens to you in life whether you want to call it luck, tragedy, or failure is merely a lesson. You are the person you see today because of your experiences. You cannot know something without having experienced it first hand. So if you want to be something different but are afraid to take a chance you will never change. Positive thinking, affirmations, and prayers will not change your life without action. Without action those are just words created by man formed into a nice little phrase. You have to show the Universe your intentions. Would you like to learn there is nothing to fear? How powerful would you be if you realized there was nothing to fear? What would you change? What is shaping your life today? Your life today is the outcome of your thinking and beliefs up to this point.What are beliefs?beliefs passed down + life experiences + current level of awareness = BeliefsSo basically how we view our past is what shapes our lives today. What is your current level of awareness? How are your beliefs affecting your life?BeliefsWe believe what our parents taught us which was passed down by their parents and so on and so on. Does that mean we are destined to live out our lives with these beliefs? You were taught most of your beliefs when you were a sponge with no judgment. You probably thought the tooth fairy existed and that babies came from storks. The fact that Santa was not real did not make him any less real to you as a child. When your parents told you he was not real you probably cried but your belief changed. Beliefs are not hard coded. As you got older and people started to lie to you more frequently you began to form judgment. Now you didn't believe everything you were told. You formed your own opinion based on past experiences. This became a shield to protect you from hurting or being mislead. It became part of your toolkit for survival. You became afraid of the hurt associated with dishonesty and betrayal. So you began forming beliefs to shelter you from pain. Do you have beliefs that aid you in survival but are self defeating?AwarenessWhat we focus on becomes reality. For example, Eric is in the market for a new automobile. He is shopping around and a certain model catches his eye. He decides to purchase it. It is perfect for him and he has never really seen them on the road so it is not too common. Curious thing though as Eric was driving his new automobile he notices that specific model several times over the next few days. Were there less cars of that model on the road before his purchase? No. Eric was simply not aware of them. When his focus shifted he became aware of that specific model all around him. Using that example do you focus on more negative aspects of life or more positive aspects of life? If you focus on negative aspects I bet you can guess what you notice more in the world around you. Have you ever seen those happy people who cannot be swayed? What do you think they are focusing on? Stop for a second and notice your breathing or your heartbeat. Did you heart just start beating? Did you just start breathing? No. You simply shifted your awareness.SynchronicityHave you noticed when two people walk they tend to synchronize their steps? Go to a local mall and just observe. Have you ever noticed when you pass someone they often speed up to stay right next to you? I am not referring to the people who are being difficult but the people who gradually sync with you like when driving on a freeway long distances. Synchronicity is common in all things. Through the use of binaural beats scientists have learned that our brain will sync with frequencies when they are noticed by the brain. So do we sync with thoughts as well? After all thoughts are just frequencies. Have you noticed in the presence of some people you cannot help but feel happy or excited? When you are around negative people do you notice that you might be more negative? Do you act one way around certain friends and act completely different around others? We sync with our environment. So what can you do? Do you hide somewhere and avoid your friends who are always negative? No. Change your perception. Know that those people are just experiencing life through a set of filters you do not have. Love everyone even the nasty people. The nasty people do not know how powerful they are and they are living life as a victim. They are not aware of their infinite power and gifts of love and compassion. They live life as if their past or present defines them. These people are doing the best they can with the resources they have available. Be aware of the negative but do not sync with it. Do not hate. Do not judge. Do not criticize. For you will surely sync with those feelings.NegativityIt is impossible to avoid negativity in this day and age. You can however choose not to react to it. Control your emotions. Every person in your life that troubles you is testing you. The person you are irritated by most is your best teacher. Complaining, whining, and placing blame does not help solve anything and stifles your personal and spiritual growth. Every challenge you face whether big or small should be viewed as a challenge. For without challenge we would not grow. Harboring negative thoughts and feelings for others makes your body ill. It pollutes the mind. It clouds your judgment. People who are negative are neither happy nor successful. After all the definition of success is happiness. You can be rich with money but poor in happiness. You see that all the time in Hollywood.DistractionsWhy do you think fads and trends exist? They are distractions. People who meditate are usually successful and happy. But it requires discipline and willpower. Meditation for some is to be without distraction. Western culture is all about distraction. Ask yourself this. Are you happy? What distractions do you have that prevent you from being happy? People run from this question and stay distracted. They settle in relationships that do not make them happy and they end up settling in every aspect of their life. They stay distracted until the day they die with mountains of regret. For some, security even if negative is better than pursuing happiness since there is no guarantee you will find it. Addictions are distractions. For some people giving up is more appealing than trying. Some would rather die an addict. Is it that hard to attain a state of happiness? Are people afraid they might not find it? Addiction becomes an excuse for inexcusable behavior and ultimately a reason why their life isn't turning out right. Is it that hard to take control of your life and be happy? Addiction is not limited to drugs. Lust, love, and anger are addictive. The same neural receptors for love are shared with chocolate and heroin. How many people do you know addicted to love? With someone who does not make them happy but they crave the "idea" of being in love so much they settle.The BrainWhat an amazing tool we all possess though very few use it to its full potential. How very little most people know about the brain. The subconscious mind processes about 40 million bits of information every second. It is responsible for monitoring the operations of the body, motor functions, and literal thinking. The subconscious is habitual and timeless. It only understands present time. It also stores our past experiences, attitudes, values, and beliefs. The conscious mind on the other hand is time bound in other words either past or future. The conscious mind is responsible for volition and abstract thinking. The conscious mind can only process about 200 bits per second. Our subconscious mind filters out most of our surroundings since the conscious mind is so limited in its processing capabilities. So if we use the example above you do not notice that specific car model because the subconscious mind filters it out. When you give attention to something the subconscious mind then sets a filter to notice it and does not filter it out. Do you now understand why affirmations, prayers, and positive thinking exist? If you give attention to positive and growth related ideas what will the subconscious make you aware of?Fight or Flight a.k.a. Acute Stress ResponseYou probably learned about fight or flight while in school. Walter Cannon in 1929 described it as animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, priming the animal for fighting or fleeing. Fast forward nearly 100 years and biologists have improved upon this simplistic theory. The visceral cavity is home to all our major organs. When the body is presented with a threatening situation the adrenal glands will release a hormone that will squeeze the blood vessels in the viscera. The squeezing of these vessels sends the blood from the viscera to the limbs. If you are running from a lion your muscles need the blood to get you to safety. When the blood is rerouted from the viscera things like your immune system are weakened. No need for fighting a cold when a lion is chasing you. In addition to the viscera being affected the blood in the forebrain is routed to the hind brain. You are more likely to need reflex and coordination more so than the ability to solve mathematical problems. In biology there are three states a cell can be in growth, neutral or protection. A growth state in which the viscera and fore brain are being supplied with blood properly. A protection state where the blood is being rerouted from the viscera to the limbs and hind brain. When you are in a stressful situation you are less intelligent. Imagine being in a constant state of protection. Have you ever noticed that people who are always stressed out fall victim to illness more often that those that are not stressed out? It is not magic or that the person has better genes. It is simple science. Love has been proven to be beneficial to a child's growth and development more so than even nutrients. A child who is loved will grow more than a child who has proper nutrition but is neglected. You cannot be in a state of growth and be in a state of protection at the same time. What state do you live in?FEAR Is A ToolEverywhere you look on television, in newspapers, and on the Internet there is a reoccurring theme. FEAR! It is a tool to enslave people. Don't you find it odd that science has proven we are energy bodies and that energy cannot be created or destroyed but most people live in fear of dying? When Theodosius converted to Christianity and declared it the only valid religion of the state during the Roman Empire do you think it was out of love for the people? He declared one religion official over all others. Is that an empowering belief for humanity? You minimize others who do not share your beliefs. You break the communication with your fellow man and judge all others. It makes you skeptical about others based on their beliefs but worse yet it makes you fear death. It puts you in a constant state of fight or flight. Who benefits from the fear campaign taking place in the media? The masses are enslaved by fear and biology proves we are getting sicker and less intelligent as a result.Genes DO NOT Control BiologyThe human genome project was supposed to give us a blueprint of the human body. The scientists thought they would have blueprints to make any organ. What they found out is only 1/5 of the genes that were required based on their assumptions were there. We also found out the Bonobo Chimpanzee is a 98 percent match to human DNA. Oops... :) Not all was lost though we also learned that genes do not control biology. Your perception of the environment controls your biology not your genes. How do you perceive your environment?The Power of IntentDr. Emaru Emoto has discovered that our intention can alter the physical properties of water. The human body is over 70% water and our brain is over 80% water. If our thoughts affect water how do they affect our physical bodies or more importantly our brain? Dr. William A. Tiller has discovered that our intention can alter matter. Now listen to that voice in your head. Is it spewing positive and productive thoughts or is it dwelling in the past which is gone forever? Yesterday is gone and tomorrow will never get here because it becomes today. Today is the only moment in time that is important. What are you intentions?What Is Real?We are made up of energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Everything is made of energy. Wait... this desk I am sitting at is hard and made of wood not energy. Actually the desk is made up of billions of atoms which are not solid. Your intent that it is solid keeps it solid. If you neglect something over time does it not start to fall apart? Your neglect for that object and lack of intention and focus makes the object break down. You literally create everything you see around you. When science started to study sub atomic particles they discovered that the deeper they delve the less and less was there. Matter is just vibrating energy. Our thoughts are frequencies. A study using athletes running a race who were hooked up to EEG machines produced specific and unique brainwave patterns. The second part of the study was to hook these same athletes up to the EEG and have them visualize the same race. The same brain patterns were measured when the person was seated in a chair just visualizing the race. Our brain does not know the difference between what we see and what we think. What do you spend most of your time thinking about?Ok Ok I get it.. I need to change. But I don't know how.Do you not see how powerful you are? You make your eyes the color they are, beat your heart, and digest your food all without any knowledge on how you do it. Every human wants one thing. Love; however they can only understand what they are aware of. Why do you think addicts and people that hate are never content? Because they really seek love but are so lost they cannot find it. When you look at a person don't see their physical body. That is temporary. It will someday die. See them as an infinite being with a wise spirit fighting to get their human on the right path :) Seems silly but it helps when dealing with the less likeable among us :)What Can I Do?1. Meditate.Meditation has been scientifically proven to make a person more tolerant and healthy.2. Forgive.If Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela, and Jesus Christ can all forgive their oppressors who am I to hold a grudge? Forgiveness will accelerate your healing and spiritual growth. 3. Stay curious and adventurous.Make everyday, every person, and every task an exciting experience. We learn from our experiences. Seek out knowledge and share with others. To be happy is to be in growth. Find the good in everything. Live life everyday like it is your first day on earth. To seek knowledge is to be in a continuous state of growth. To settle and not seek knowledge stifles your personal and spiritual growth. 4. Learn to allow.Allow others to be who they are. Allowing others to be will make you more patient and understanding of others. Allow people to give to you. Be tolerant of other beliefs and religions. Love the person not the ideas formed by man.5. LoveMost important of all is to love all life. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Love solves all problems.
If you want more informtion on how to manifest happiness in your life, contact Niall at www.rlifecoach.com or at his myspace page on www.myspace.com/nialln or download one of his free ebooks at www.lulu.com/nialln.
If you want more informtion on how to manifest happiness in your life, contact Niall at www.rlifecoach.com or at his myspace page on www.myspace.com/nialln or download one of his free ebooks at www.lulu.com/nialln.
We Make Life Hard! (Life Coaching)
WE MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE!
Since time began, we humans has been taking the simplest things and complicating them to no end.
Even in the simpler days of yore, our complication or ignorance of life and who we really are led us into many dramas and wars which have not served humanity.
And in today’s increasingly complicated society, along with all of the added layers of pressure in our personal life’s, the ego is overwhelmed with a blitzkrieg of data that would drive a simpler being a little crazy.
So, I get back to the fundamentals of what it will take from me in order to discover who I really am! As a human, like all of the humans before me, I hold onto things from my past, (even past lives), and I make up stuff about what is happening in my present (and future).
The key to unlocking my soul is simple......................LET GO AND MAKE UP BETTER SH*&!! Now I know that sounds amazingly simple, but haven't we been making all of this a lot harder than we should!!
The act of letting go of the past is an extremely difficult process for most, and painful for some, but is a requirement for moving forward into the NOW! Because that which I can't let go off will eventually consume me.
This catharsis is sometimes a required step that must be repeated, as like the layers of an onion, the layers of my ego become harder to penetrate, (and stink a lot more) as I get closer to my soul. Now this process might be a little intimidating for some, but...............IF NOT NOW, WHEN!!!
And what would cause me to shrink away from what is possible for me if I just get off myself!!Only fear,.........fear of the unknown............fear of the pain..............fear of my greatness......................But love is stronger than fear.
I Love Myself so much that I would never sell out on my soul, or anyone else's again. I LOVE MYSELF SO MUCH THAT I AM WILLING TO TAKE A STAND TODAY!!!THIS PLANET NEEDS US ALL TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT IN THIS LIFETIME. If not me, then who...................?
So as we all undergo the painful catharsis that is part of the process of beginning the inward journey of enlightenment, know that sweet salvation and eternal bliss are the ultimate rewards.and remember this famous quote that I read in a book somewhere and have adapted a bit for THE NOW!
THE PAST IS HISTORY, THE FUTURE'S A MYSTERY, BUT THE PRESENT IS A GIFT................................................... THE UNIVERSE IS CONSTANTLY GIVING YOU GIFTS, ........................................SO IN THIS NOW DON'T WASTE THE GIFT'S THAT YOU ARE ..............................................................................LIVE WHILE YOU LIVE!!
For further information on how to simplify your life, contact niall at http://www.rlifecoach.com/ or his myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln or his online bookstore for free downloads at www.lulu.com/nialln
Since time began, we humans has been taking the simplest things and complicating them to no end.
Even in the simpler days of yore, our complication or ignorance of life and who we really are led us into many dramas and wars which have not served humanity.
And in today’s increasingly complicated society, along with all of the added layers of pressure in our personal life’s, the ego is overwhelmed with a blitzkrieg of data that would drive a simpler being a little crazy.
So, I get back to the fundamentals of what it will take from me in order to discover who I really am! As a human, like all of the humans before me, I hold onto things from my past, (even past lives), and I make up stuff about what is happening in my present (and future).
The key to unlocking my soul is simple......................LET GO AND MAKE UP BETTER SH*&!! Now I know that sounds amazingly simple, but haven't we been making all of this a lot harder than we should!!
The act of letting go of the past is an extremely difficult process for most, and painful for some, but is a requirement for moving forward into the NOW! Because that which I can't let go off will eventually consume me.
This catharsis is sometimes a required step that must be repeated, as like the layers of an onion, the layers of my ego become harder to penetrate, (and stink a lot more) as I get closer to my soul. Now this process might be a little intimidating for some, but...............IF NOT NOW, WHEN!!!
And what would cause me to shrink away from what is possible for me if I just get off myself!!Only fear,.........fear of the unknown............fear of the pain..............fear of my greatness......................But love is stronger than fear.
I Love Myself so much that I would never sell out on my soul, or anyone else's again. I LOVE MYSELF SO MUCH THAT I AM WILLING TO TAKE A STAND TODAY!!!THIS PLANET NEEDS US ALL TO ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT IN THIS LIFETIME. If not me, then who...................?
So as we all undergo the painful catharsis that is part of the process of beginning the inward journey of enlightenment, know that sweet salvation and eternal bliss are the ultimate rewards.and remember this famous quote that I read in a book somewhere and have adapted a bit for THE NOW!
THE PAST IS HISTORY, THE FUTURE'S A MYSTERY, BUT THE PRESENT IS A GIFT................................................... THE UNIVERSE IS CONSTANTLY GIVING YOU GIFTS, ........................................SO IN THIS NOW DON'T WASTE THE GIFT'S THAT YOU ARE ..............................................................................LIVE WHILE YOU LIVE!!
For further information on how to simplify your life, contact niall at http://www.rlifecoach.com/ or his myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln or his online bookstore for free downloads at www.lulu.com/nialln
INNER PEACE (Life Coaching)
INNER PEACE
What is REAL inner peace? How did the Masters find it? Is it possible for us to achieve in this seemingly crazy, hectic world in which we live? Yes, it is possible to reach inner peace, but it will not come over night. And it may take many lifetimes to achieve what the Masters have learned and taught us.In order to understand inner peace, one has to stand back a bit and take a look at who you really are. Briefly, you are a spiritual being caught up in a human, 3-dimsional experience. Ancient mystical wisdom tells us that our God-centered spirits discovered planet Earth aeons and aeons ago. We decided to slow our vibrations down so that we could appreciate the wonders of the material, 3-dimensional world. After that initial experience, we jointly agreed that we would bring a sense of sacredness to this planet by blending Spirit with matter. In other words, we wanted to being a sense of God-energy and Heaven to Earth.Over time we lost our way by over-identifying with the pleasures of the physical world and all it could offer. As a result, we've gotten stuck here. We now find ourselves in a cycle of life-death-karma until we awaken spiritually and find a balance between our mind-body-soul. When we do, our spirits will be free from the material world we find ourselves attached to lifetime after lifetime. Each and every one of us is a part of our Source. Prior to arriving on planet Earth as a human family of souls we were always God-centered. Everything we did was a result of our sacred relationship with All That Is. We constantly experienced a deep and profound inner peace because of our connection with the divine. As we lost our way in this material world of 3-dimensional reality, we drifted further and further from God-centeredness. The more we drifted, the more we lost our inner peace. The more we lost our inner peace the more we experienced suffering and pain. All of this occurred because of free will choices we made that separated us from our Creator. It has nothing to do with God punishing us. It has everything to do with the past, ego-based choices we've made, individually and collectively.Because of divine wisdom and God's perfect plan, we will never find lasting happiness or a profound sense of inner peace outside of ourselves. We may be able to rent it for a while, but it will never be permanent. Nowhere in the physical universe is this possible. There is nothing in the material world that lasts forever nor can anything material, regardless of the degree of pleasure, provide a deep and continuing state of peace and happiness. One must go within to find it.What is within? God. The inner journey, the discovery of remembering who we really are is the path to inner peace. It is only when we are God-centered in all we think and do that we will finally achieve the lasting peace we've forgotten about. The Masters know this. Nothing perturbed them. They saw through the illusion of the physical world and all of its false promises... promises we have yet to detach from. What are some things we can do to begin the journey towards inner peace. Here are a few thoughts and suggestions, much of which comes from the Peace Pilgrim, a modern day saint..."Your lower self (ego) sees things from the viewpoint of your physical well-being only. Your higher self considers your spiritual well-being.When you are governed by your lower self you are selfish and materialistic... if you follow the promptings of your higher self you will see things realistically and find harmony within yourself and others.Body, mind and emotions are instruments which can either be the self centered nature or the God-centered nature.The self-centered nature uses these instruments, yet it is never fully able to control them, so there is a constant struggle. They can only be fully controlled by the God-centered nature.When the God-centered nature takes over, you have found inner peace."The Peace Pilgrim has expressed her thoughts as to how we can achieve inner peace..."No problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life... that cannot contribute to your inner growth.When you perceive this, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise.Bring your lives into harmony with the laws that govern this universe.Every one of us has a special place in the life pattern and no two people have the same part to play in Life's Pattern.There is guidance, which comes from within to all who will listen.We must remain open to God's guidance.Every morning I thought of God and thought of things I might do that day to be of service to God's children. I looked at every situation I came into to see if there was anything I could do there to be of service.The simplification of life... This (simplification) was made easy for me. Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than what I need while others in the world have less than they need.During this period I was able to meet my expenses on ten dollars a week... $6.50 for food and $3.50 for lodging.Then I discovered there were some purification's required of me.The first was the purification of the body... this had to do with my physical living habits.Now I eat mostly fruits, nuts, vegetables, grains and no meat.Another is purification of thought. If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.There is one more purification, and that is purification of motive.What is your motive for whatever you may be doing? If it is pure greed or self-seeking or the wish for self-glorification, I would say don't do that thing.The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course, service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good if your work is to have a good effect.The secret of life is being of service.Then there are the relinquishments...- the relinquishment of self-will, the ego- the relinquishment of the feeling of separation- the relinquishment of all attachments (noone is truly free who is still attached tomaterial things, or to places or to people)- the relinquishment of all negative feelings There will be hills and valleys, lots of hills and valleys, in that spiritual growing up period (attaining inner peace). Then in the midst of struggle there will come a wonderful mountaintop experience... the first glimpse of what the life of inner peace is like."This incredible woman, whom many likened to a "western Gandhi," found deep inner peace, the kind that truly lasts. She lived in our lifetime. Her faith in All That Is was proven by walking thousands and thousands of miles back and forth across America for 25 years, trusting that God would provide all of her needs. All she had was the clothes on her back. And she slept and ate whenever it was given to her by others. All of this was done for the love of humankind, all for peace, all for God. Believe me, she knows what she's talking about when it comes to inner peace.Peace Pilgrim was written by her many friends. For a FREE COPY write to:Friends of Peace Pilgrim43480 Cedar AvenueHemet, California 92544(909) 927-7678
SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE.
Tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fear based on past experience
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each momentLoss of interest in judging other people
Loss of interest in judging selfLoss of interest in interpreting the actions of others
Loss of interest in conflictLoss of ability to worry (a very serious symptom)
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation
Contented feelings of connectednesswith others and with nature
Frequent attacks of smiling throughthe eyes and heart
Increasing tendency to let things happenrather than make them happen
Increased susceptibility to love extended from others as well as...the uncontrollable urge to extend it.
If you want more information on Inner Peace, check out my website at www.rlifecoach.com, or my myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln, or my online bookstore at www.lulu.com/nialln
What is REAL inner peace? How did the Masters find it? Is it possible for us to achieve in this seemingly crazy, hectic world in which we live? Yes, it is possible to reach inner peace, but it will not come over night. And it may take many lifetimes to achieve what the Masters have learned and taught us.In order to understand inner peace, one has to stand back a bit and take a look at who you really are. Briefly, you are a spiritual being caught up in a human, 3-dimsional experience. Ancient mystical wisdom tells us that our God-centered spirits discovered planet Earth aeons and aeons ago. We decided to slow our vibrations down so that we could appreciate the wonders of the material, 3-dimensional world. After that initial experience, we jointly agreed that we would bring a sense of sacredness to this planet by blending Spirit with matter. In other words, we wanted to being a sense of God-energy and Heaven to Earth.Over time we lost our way by over-identifying with the pleasures of the physical world and all it could offer. As a result, we've gotten stuck here. We now find ourselves in a cycle of life-death-karma until we awaken spiritually and find a balance between our mind-body-soul. When we do, our spirits will be free from the material world we find ourselves attached to lifetime after lifetime. Each and every one of us is a part of our Source. Prior to arriving on planet Earth as a human family of souls we were always God-centered. Everything we did was a result of our sacred relationship with All That Is. We constantly experienced a deep and profound inner peace because of our connection with the divine. As we lost our way in this material world of 3-dimensional reality, we drifted further and further from God-centeredness. The more we drifted, the more we lost our inner peace. The more we lost our inner peace the more we experienced suffering and pain. All of this occurred because of free will choices we made that separated us from our Creator. It has nothing to do with God punishing us. It has everything to do with the past, ego-based choices we've made, individually and collectively.Because of divine wisdom and God's perfect plan, we will never find lasting happiness or a profound sense of inner peace outside of ourselves. We may be able to rent it for a while, but it will never be permanent. Nowhere in the physical universe is this possible. There is nothing in the material world that lasts forever nor can anything material, regardless of the degree of pleasure, provide a deep and continuing state of peace and happiness. One must go within to find it.What is within? God. The inner journey, the discovery of remembering who we really are is the path to inner peace. It is only when we are God-centered in all we think and do that we will finally achieve the lasting peace we've forgotten about. The Masters know this. Nothing perturbed them. They saw through the illusion of the physical world and all of its false promises... promises we have yet to detach from. What are some things we can do to begin the journey towards inner peace. Here are a few thoughts and suggestions, much of which comes from the Peace Pilgrim, a modern day saint..."Your lower self (ego) sees things from the viewpoint of your physical well-being only. Your higher self considers your spiritual well-being.When you are governed by your lower self you are selfish and materialistic... if you follow the promptings of your higher self you will see things realistically and find harmony within yourself and others.Body, mind and emotions are instruments which can either be the self centered nature or the God-centered nature.The self-centered nature uses these instruments, yet it is never fully able to control them, so there is a constant struggle. They can only be fully controlled by the God-centered nature.When the God-centered nature takes over, you have found inner peace."The Peace Pilgrim has expressed her thoughts as to how we can achieve inner peace..."No problem ever comes to you that does not have a purpose in your life... that cannot contribute to your inner growth.When you perceive this, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise.Bring your lives into harmony with the laws that govern this universe.Every one of us has a special place in the life pattern and no two people have the same part to play in Life's Pattern.There is guidance, which comes from within to all who will listen.We must remain open to God's guidance.Every morning I thought of God and thought of things I might do that day to be of service to God's children. I looked at every situation I came into to see if there was anything I could do there to be of service.The simplification of life... This (simplification) was made easy for me. Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than what I need while others in the world have less than they need.During this period I was able to meet my expenses on ten dollars a week... $6.50 for food and $3.50 for lodging.Then I discovered there were some purification's required of me.The first was the purification of the body... this had to do with my physical living habits.Now I eat mostly fruits, nuts, vegetables, grains and no meat.Another is purification of thought. If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.There is one more purification, and that is purification of motive.What is your motive for whatever you may be doing? If it is pure greed or self-seeking or the wish for self-glorification, I would say don't do that thing.The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course, service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good if your work is to have a good effect.The secret of life is being of service.Then there are the relinquishments...- the relinquishment of self-will, the ego- the relinquishment of the feeling of separation- the relinquishment of all attachments (noone is truly free who is still attached tomaterial things, or to places or to people)- the relinquishment of all negative feelings There will be hills and valleys, lots of hills and valleys, in that spiritual growing up period (attaining inner peace). Then in the midst of struggle there will come a wonderful mountaintop experience... the first glimpse of what the life of inner peace is like."This incredible woman, whom many likened to a "western Gandhi," found deep inner peace, the kind that truly lasts. She lived in our lifetime. Her faith in All That Is was proven by walking thousands and thousands of miles back and forth across America for 25 years, trusting that God would provide all of her needs. All she had was the clothes on her back. And she slept and ate whenever it was given to her by others. All of this was done for the love of humankind, all for peace, all for God. Believe me, she knows what she's talking about when it comes to inner peace.Peace Pilgrim was written by her many friends. For a FREE COPY write to:Friends of Peace Pilgrim43480 Cedar AvenueHemet, California 92544(909) 927-7678
SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE.
Tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fear based on past experience
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each momentLoss of interest in judging other people
Loss of interest in judging selfLoss of interest in interpreting the actions of others
Loss of interest in conflictLoss of ability to worry (a very serious symptom)
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation
Contented feelings of connectednesswith others and with nature
Frequent attacks of smiling throughthe eyes and heart
Increasing tendency to let things happenrather than make them happen
Increased susceptibility to love extended from others as well as...the uncontrollable urge to extend it.
If you want more information on Inner Peace, check out my website at www.rlifecoach.com, or my myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln, or my online bookstore at www.lulu.com/nialln
Chakras and the Law of Attraction (Life Coaching)
Chakras and the Law of Attraction
True Divine guidance never speaks in terms of blame, guilt, or whether someone is right, wrong, good, or bad. So, your angels always seek out win-win resolution to conflict. However, they may occasionally guide you away from a relationship and help you close the door on a friendship whose purpose has been served. {from my experiences it can be any relationship...even family} Ending a relationship can feel frightening to anyone, but for those on a spiritual path, this process can elicit, extra guilt. "I'm supposed to help people and be a loving person," you may worry. "Am I am abandoning my friend if I choose to spend less time with her?" The truth is that you may choose to spend less time with old friends, and more time with new people in your life. This does not mean you are judging, criticizing, or abandoning anyone. You are not being a snob or isolating yourself. You are simply allowing yourself to be guided to the spiritual law of attraction.We are attracted to people whose mind-sets mirror our own. It's a matter of common interests creating friendships. As your lifestyle shifts, you will naturally look for people with whom you have things in common. On an even deeper and metaphysical level, your mind set affects the energy centers in your body, which are called chakras. Each chakra corresponds to a different life issue. Whatever issue we spend the most time thinking about determines which of our chakras are stimulated. Then, as if by radar, we attract and are attracted to people with similar mind sets. The angels explain that the chakras send out energy waves that bounce back like a sonar system. When we meet someone with a similar energy pattern, their chakra system bounces back to us in a feel good way. We are then attracted to them and are pleasantly surprised to find we share mutual interests.For instance, if you think about money and security most of the time, your first chakra, which is located at the base of the spine. Like a magnet, you will pull other people into your friendship circle who also have the money and security concerns.The second chakra, called the sacral chakra, is concerned with body issues. Issues that affect the third chakra, or solar plexus, include fears or obsessions about power and control. This chakra is housed in our midsection, behind our naval. If these issues are on our mind a lot, we draw people to us with similar mind sets.The three lower chakras are concerned with Earthly matters. The fourth, or heart charka, is the first set of chakras concerned with higher issues. Not coincidentally, the spiritually centered chakras are located higher up in the body. The heart chakra, located in the chest, concerns itself with love. Those who are working on love issues, such as forgiveness, compassion, and soulmate relationships, are called heart centered. They tend to attract other loving people into their lives. The fifth chakra, located in the Adam's apple area and called the throat chakra, is concerned with creative expression and communication. This is involved with artistic or teaching projects - particularly of a spiritual nature - invoke the energy of their throat chakra. This chakra especially stimulated by an integrity lifestyle, where you strive always have your words and actions match your inner truth. By concentrating on these issues, you pull like minded souls to you. The third eye is the sixth chakra, which centers around spiritual sight and visions. If you have been visualizing and meditating, or if you are naturally clairvoyant, this chakra is opened. You will draw people of similar spiritual interests and abilities into your life. The ear chakras, located just above the eyebrows on the left and right side, deal with listening to Spirit. Those who silently meditate and tune in to the messages of heaven have stimulated their ear chakras and tend to attract other listeners.On the inside of the top of the head is the crown chakra, which is activated when a person realizes we are all one with god and each other. A person with this mind set will naturally attract like minded souls who share the spiritual path. So, lets say that in the past, most of your thoughts were centered around Earthly matters such as money worries or sexual obsessions. your circle of friends shared similar beliefs. Then you had a spiritual awakening that led you to read meditate about Divine topics. In doing so, your primary chakra energy moved upward. So, instead of operating of your first (money related) or second (sex related) chakra, you began living from the fourth (love related) or fifth (truth related) chakra.As soon as this shift occurred, you would naturally lose the "pull" you once felt for people who live from the former chakra mind set. You will either begin to desire, or start to attract, people who share your focus. Through the law of attraction - as long as you hold a positive expectation - new, like minded friends will enter your life.
If you want more information on this and other subjects, check my website at www.rlifecoach.com, my myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln or my online bookstore at www.lulu.com/nialln
True Divine guidance never speaks in terms of blame, guilt, or whether someone is right, wrong, good, or bad. So, your angels always seek out win-win resolution to conflict. However, they may occasionally guide you away from a relationship and help you close the door on a friendship whose purpose has been served. {from my experiences it can be any relationship...even family} Ending a relationship can feel frightening to anyone, but for those on a spiritual path, this process can elicit, extra guilt. "I'm supposed to help people and be a loving person," you may worry. "Am I am abandoning my friend if I choose to spend less time with her?" The truth is that you may choose to spend less time with old friends, and more time with new people in your life. This does not mean you are judging, criticizing, or abandoning anyone. You are not being a snob or isolating yourself. You are simply allowing yourself to be guided to the spiritual law of attraction.We are attracted to people whose mind-sets mirror our own. It's a matter of common interests creating friendships. As your lifestyle shifts, you will naturally look for people with whom you have things in common. On an even deeper and metaphysical level, your mind set affects the energy centers in your body, which are called chakras. Each chakra corresponds to a different life issue. Whatever issue we spend the most time thinking about determines which of our chakras are stimulated. Then, as if by radar, we attract and are attracted to people with similar mind sets. The angels explain that the chakras send out energy waves that bounce back like a sonar system. When we meet someone with a similar energy pattern, their chakra system bounces back to us in a feel good way. We are then attracted to them and are pleasantly surprised to find we share mutual interests.For instance, if you think about money and security most of the time, your first chakra, which is located at the base of the spine. Like a magnet, you will pull other people into your friendship circle who also have the money and security concerns.The second chakra, called the sacral chakra, is concerned with body issues. Issues that affect the third chakra, or solar plexus, include fears or obsessions about power and control. This chakra is housed in our midsection, behind our naval. If these issues are on our mind a lot, we draw people to us with similar mind sets.The three lower chakras are concerned with Earthly matters. The fourth, or heart charka, is the first set of chakras concerned with higher issues. Not coincidentally, the spiritually centered chakras are located higher up in the body. The heart chakra, located in the chest, concerns itself with love. Those who are working on love issues, such as forgiveness, compassion, and soulmate relationships, are called heart centered. They tend to attract other loving people into their lives. The fifth chakra, located in the Adam's apple area and called the throat chakra, is concerned with creative expression and communication. This is involved with artistic or teaching projects - particularly of a spiritual nature - invoke the energy of their throat chakra. This chakra especially stimulated by an integrity lifestyle, where you strive always have your words and actions match your inner truth. By concentrating on these issues, you pull like minded souls to you. The third eye is the sixth chakra, which centers around spiritual sight and visions. If you have been visualizing and meditating, or if you are naturally clairvoyant, this chakra is opened. You will draw people of similar spiritual interests and abilities into your life. The ear chakras, located just above the eyebrows on the left and right side, deal with listening to Spirit. Those who silently meditate and tune in to the messages of heaven have stimulated their ear chakras and tend to attract other listeners.On the inside of the top of the head is the crown chakra, which is activated when a person realizes we are all one with god and each other. A person with this mind set will naturally attract like minded souls who share the spiritual path. So, lets say that in the past, most of your thoughts were centered around Earthly matters such as money worries or sexual obsessions. your circle of friends shared similar beliefs. Then you had a spiritual awakening that led you to read meditate about Divine topics. In doing so, your primary chakra energy moved upward. So, instead of operating of your first (money related) or second (sex related) chakra, you began living from the fourth (love related) or fifth (truth related) chakra.As soon as this shift occurred, you would naturally lose the "pull" you once felt for people who live from the former chakra mind set. You will either begin to desire, or start to attract, people who share your focus. Through the law of attraction - as long as you hold a positive expectation - new, like minded friends will enter your life.
If you want more information on this and other subjects, check my website at www.rlifecoach.com, my myspace page at www.myspace.com/nialln or my online bookstore at www.lulu.com/nialln
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