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October 24, 2010

What Nobody Told You About Affirmation And Visualization

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Throughout our lifetime, the subliminal mind unconsciously works us through a quantity of self-development by using visualizations and affirmations . The average entity would possibly not be acquainted with this progressive action, yet it is happening noiselessly as we grow. Naturally, the body and mind goes through a series of growing phases, which we can start to recognize the changes occurring within our body at the puberty stage. Yet, many people do not recognize the self-development process as the body and mind starts to make changes.

The tiny kid inside us is moving toward maturity when we cross the development from starting to end adolesence. Of course, before this action unfolds, we also go from first to last into a measure of self-development prior to puberty. An entity can recognise the method of self-development by considering the 1st step you took, or the 1st words you spoke as a child.

Because so many people fail to recognise the degree of self-development which has taking place through their life, it is critical to spread out your self-awareness and conscious mind. By building these marks and talents, one can begin to recognise the body and mind’s activities, which makes it simpler to spot details that develop thru visualizations in the mind .These visible aids are your aid agents that may work with you to form affirmatives that lead you to positive thinking.

Regardless of that, our processing is basically natural ; we still have to put forth constant effort in order to finish the process of self-development. Once you’ve constructed a foundation of self-awareness and consciousness, you may then begin to build your imperative thinking abilities.

Critical thinking actions are followed in a series of movement that takes place in the mind. For example, you’ll have a degree of imperative thinking abilities, but if you don’t follow the series purpose, question and so forth in order, therefore, your imperative thinking abilities will fall down short of your expectation in helping you with and thru self-development while using affirmatives and visualisations.

How to build critical thinking skills – Think in order when you use your critical thinking abilities to solve problems. First, think about the purpose. What purpose drives your determination to consider the problem as something that holds you back from progress? What’s the problem? Who caused the problem? How did the difficulty develop? When did the problem start? Where did the issue begin? This is an element of the vital thinking order. You want to find the purpose by deliberating on the problem while moving to ask questions that help you find the purpose. Thus, critical thinking starts with purpose and questions, but it moves to other steps. Let us inspect these steps to see what we come up with while practicing to use vital thinking so as to help answer issues.

Paul and Linda Boone help us to understand that imperative thinking is broken into parts and must follow sequential order so as to work efficiently. So , we begin with purpose, then query that purpose and move to use info that we have gathered to ascertain ( inferences ), and use guesses so as to develop a standpoint that comes from our ideas and the implications made to the mind.

Linda and Paul announces that, by accepting the parts of thinking or elements of reasoning, including purpose, query, info, inference, presumption, viewpoint, ideas and implications, one can build a healthy urgent mind that may figure out issues efficiently. These views where pointed out in- Critical thinking: Distinguishing between inferences and assumptions; taking from Boone Spring 2002, Volume 25, ISS three, pg. 34, 2pgs ;

August 26, 2009

The Law Of Attraction And Mind Movies. Does It Work?

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The phrase Law of Attraction, although used widely by New Thought authors, has a variety of meanings. Turn-of-the-20th-century references conceptualized the law of attraction as relating to physical structure and to how matter develops. A more modern consensus among New Thought thinkers is that the Law of Attraction says people’s thoughts (both conscious and unconscious) dictate the reality of their lives, whether or not they’re aware of it. Essentially “if you really want something and truly believe it’s possible, you’ll get it”, but putting a lot of attention and thought onto something you don’t want means you’ll probably get that too.

Widespread popular interest for the law of attraction reached its peak after the release of the The Secret, a 2006 cinematic release. After the film’s release, the book Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham by Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks made the New York Times Best Sellers list, drawing more attention and interest to this topic. Prior to this, the pair had been in the New Age field since the 1980s.

In 2007, the writer of the bestselling book, The Secret, Rhonda Byrne was so popular that she was interviewed on Oprah Winfrey. By the time Byrne went on Oprah the book had already gotten its break on the Ellen DeGeneres show and was “hugely successful”. Oprah aired the first of two segments on February 8, 2007.

Since many of the claims of the law of attraction appear impossible without violating established scientific principles and our understanding of the universe, it has received criticism from the scientific community. Physicist Ali Alousi, for instance, criticized it as unmeasurable (and therefore unscientific) as well as questioning the likelihood that thoughts can affect anything outside the head. The Associated Press is also quoted as saying that “some medical professionals suggest it could even lead to a blame-the-victim mentality and actually be dangerous to those suffering from serious illness or mental disorders”.

Skeptical Inquirer magazine criticized the lack of falsifiability and testability of the claims . The evidence provided is usually anecdotal and because of the self-selecting nature of the positive reports, as well as the subjective nature of any results, highly susceptible to confirmation and selection bias’s. References to modern scientific theory are questionable. Brainwaves have an electrical signal, and any magnetic field produced by the brain is actually negligible. Not to mention the required shielding of a room against outside magnetic sources, to enable the minuscule magnetic field of the brain to be isolated and detected by very sensitive equipment. So, “the brain’s magnetic field of 10 -15 tesla fastly dissipates from your skull and is promptly swamped by other magnetic sources, not to mention the earth’s magnetic field of 10 -5 tesla, which overpowers it by 10 orders of magnitude”

The use of the term “metaphysical law” has also come under fire (of the term and)

Both Dr. Victor Stenger (PhD. Physics, UCLA 1963) and Dr.Leon Lederman (PhD. Physics Columbia Univ.) are critical of references to quantum physics to bridge any unexplained or seemingly implausible effects, which are hallmark traits of modern pseudoscience.

Writing in the New York Times, Virginia Heffernan said: ““The Secret” is not really a book but a series of misquotations from historical figures and fraudulent maxims from no-count hucksters. And yet something in that gooey red waxy seal on the front of “The Secret,” and the book’s believe-in-magic glitter, takes me to a happy place.” The hitherto undiscovered “Secret”, is actually a mix of misunderstood quantum physics and a re-telling of “New Thought” fallacies, which have been around since the late 18th century.

The principles of the natalie ledwell program have also been interpreted in the realm of medicine and illness. In 1990, Bernie Siegel (a retired assistant clinical professor of surgery at Yale) published a popular book, Love, Medicine and Miracles, which asserted that the threat of disease was directly related to a person’s imagination, belief and will. Siegel primarily advocated “love” as the source of healing and longevity stating that “if you want to be immortal, love someone.” Some argue that this claim is falsified by the eventual death of every known human, despite the propensity of so many to love each other. As yet, no immortal loving people have been discovered. Siegel’s description has been largely rejected by the medical community. The most notable critic is neuroendocrinologist and Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky, who devoted a whole chapter in his book Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers to critiquing Siegel. Sapolsky refers to Siegel’s general idea as “benign gibberish” but is strongly critical of what he sees as blaming patients for their illness, based only on questionable anecdotal evidence. Sapolsky sums up his primary criticism as follows:

August 1, 2009

Achievement With Courage, Beliefs and Goal Setting

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While much has been written about goals little has been drafted about the courage needed to set goals in the first place.

It doesn’t take much digging to see many people are living with fear, frustration and doubt.  Who among us can say we haven’t had a restless night worrying about what disaster could befall us the next day?

The more I read about the science of thought (“The Field” by Lynne McTaggart for example) the more I’m convinced thoughts are things.Our thoughts can bring us dark images of desperation and despair or they can paint pictures of joy, laughter and deep abiding happiness.

It is the way we think, rather than our surroundings, which determines our happiness level.  Hold a thought and you will create an emotion.  That emotion drives a behavior which in turn creates an event.To change your events you first must alter your thoughts.

For those of us who have spent any time reading Self Improvement literature ‘positive thinking’ is not a new idea.In fact it’s tempting to read the ‘thoughts are things’ message and dismiss it as a cliché.

The challenge, for the most of us, is to get off the well worn path of pessimistic thinking to a place where your thoughts create feelings of joy and hope.  So how do you do it?

First know that thoughts and emotions don’t have to rule your life.  They can in fact be harnessed to further your goals.   The more you practice becoming conscious of your thoughts and emotions, the greater your ability to shape and control them. Therefore encouraging only those thoughts that will produce empowering emotions.

Think about the person you want to become.  Picture that person going through their normal day.  What are they wearing?  Where are they going?  How do they get there?  Who do they spend time with and what kind of conversations do they have with others?  What kind of contribution is this person, this “future you”, making?
Get clear on these images.

Now imagine how this person feels.  What emotions do they carry with them?  When you look at them at their very best, what words come to mind?

What kind of thoughts go through their mind?  What thoughts would this person simply not give energy to?  Need some help defining some of the positive beliefs and thoughts your future self will carry?  Check out the StepOne Affirmation Library.  It’s well organized and filled with great quotes, beliefs and positive thoughts.

Once you’ve got clarity on your future thinking, take a moment and write the thoughts down.  Capture both the positive thoughts your future self will carry and the negative thoughts you have today that your future self will discount.

You’ve just taken a significant step forward.What you’ve just done (or maybe are just about to do) lays the foundation on which all your other work will stand.So what is next?

If you are building a StepOne Vision Board enter these thoughts in the Affirmations section of the ‘My Profile’ page.  If you’re not yet a StepOne member, print out your Positive Thoughts List on a piece of paper and your Negative Thoughts List on another sheet.

Know that we attract to us that on which our thoughts dwell.  If our thoughts are about things we don’t want we will attract those things to us; if our thoughts are about those things we do want, we will attract those things to us just as easily.  So, think about what you want!

Post your Positive Thoughts List in a place where you’ll be able to read them every day.  As for your Negative Thoughts List, print that out too.  Hold the Negative Thoughts List in front of you.Now promise to leave no place in your mind for these thoughts any further.

The thoughts may pass through your mind again but they will not be allowed to stay.  Ideally, say this to yourself in the mirror as if you were making a solemn promise to your best friend.  Now take that Negative Thoughts List and destroy it.   What do I mean by destroy it?  Crumple it up, cut it up, shred it or burn it over the sink.  

Want to make this experience really powerful?  As you’re writing down your lists put on your favorite motivational music. Crank the volume!  Building your Positive Thoughts List works best when you’re on an emotional high and there’s nothing like great music to get you there.

So you’ve got more clarity on your future self.You have defined the thoughts your future self will carry and those they will leave behind.

The next step is to apply all of this and change your day to day thinking….easier said than done I know.

Here’s the good news, if you can catch yourself holding a negative thought early enough you can usually stop it from turning into an emotional reaction.  So how do you lift yourself out of negative thinking patterns?Try the Rubber Band technique.

Get a rubber band that fits snuggly on your wrist.  Each time you find yourself holding onto a thought that doesn’t serve you, snap the rubber band.And not just a tiny little snap.  You’re looking for a big, ‘SNAP!’.  The kind of snap that makes you wince.  This is where the normal Rubber Band technique ends.

The StepOne version of the exercise takes it…well…a step further (forgive the pun).  As soon as you’ve stopped reeling from the wicked snapping you’ve put on yourself repeat the positive thought you want to carry instead.If you can repeat it 3 times out loud (ideally you’re not amongst friends while your doing this as you’ll get some weird looks) then you’re hitting the sweet spot of mental reprogramming.

For example let’s say you are working hard to reach and then maintain a certain weight.You’ve identified a negative thought you often repeat that goes along the lines of ‘Just have whatever you want to, you’ll never lose the weight anyway.  After giving yourself a proper snapping you quickly say ‘I only eat food that strengthens and replenishes my body’.Repeat this three times.

You’ll find that in no time you will change your thinking around reaching a given goal.

Do Not forget that it’s actually possible to benefit by using goals to achieve everything you want out of life. Live Courageously!

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