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    Contents:-

    1. Real Life Stories

    a. Chandranath Mondol

    b. Dipalay Das

    c. Goutam Pal

    d. Purnendu Bhatterjeee. Tarak Yadav

    2. Research Based Article

    a. Prevention science, drug abuse prevention and Life Skills Training

    b. Flow And Creativity

    c. Mans Search For Meaning

    3. Fillers

    4. Testimonials On Meditation

    a. A Gradual Awakening - a personal experience on meditation

    b. Meditation

    5. Testimonial on MBTI

    6. Testimonial on KPI

    7. Testimonials on Secret Principlesa. Secret Principles

    b. The Secret

    Courtesy: Promethean Magazine

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    Real Life Story

    Chandranath turns adversity into Success

    Name: Chandranath Mondal

    Age: 62 years

    Name of company: Quicken Tools

    Production: 1. Refrigerator parts

    2. Mechanical Engineering Tools

    Working hrs. 14 in a day.

    He was born in a very poor family. He has lost his father when he was in 3rd

    standard. After

    completing his 10th

    standard he joined a small factory as a worker. After few years being there he had

    completed a 4 months course from IUEP and taken a loan Rs. 15000 from a bank on 1978 to create his

    own company. He started his business with 2 workers. At first he started a Repairing Workshop. Now

    95 workers work for him. 20 servicemen are also there. He made his business a huge profitable. He

    has 3 factories now.

    Customers: 1. Voltus, Allwin, Electrolux, LG (Howrah, Hoogly, Midnapore)

    2. Stone India, Associated Tools Co, Durance Mclean (Kolkata, Howrah, Hoogly)

    Now he has started a Plastic Factory with 9 machines with 45 workers. For this he investedcapital approx Rs. 10 Lac.

    MRIGANKA GOSWAMI, SECTION-T, ROLL-223

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    REAL LIFE STORY OF A MILLIONAIRE

    DIPALAY DAS

    Mob No: 9830264735

    Address: 2/1 Satgram Housing Society Biren Roy Road (W)Kolkata-61

    Date of Birth: 16.03.1960

    Honesty is the best policy. This is the success mantra of the man we are going to discuss now. His

    name is Dipalay Das (Sentu).He started his business with zero investment. From childhood his thinking

    was totally different from his other contemporaries. After achieving a certain level of education he

    started his business carrier as a P.W.D contractor. He then involved himself in several projects. Apart

    from this he started thinking how to expand his business. He then bought 20 katas of land from the

    owner to whom he promised to pay the amount within 6 months. First he approached many other

    people in order to sell his land but the response from the customer was very poor. He then offeredthe customer two different scheme, first one a customer if can pay the whole amount he will give the

    customer a discount of 10% & the other if a customer can pay 50% of the total amount he will give

    the customer a period of nearly 1year to repay the remaining amount. These two schemes made by

    him gave him a tremendous amount of response from the customers & he was able to sell all the land

    within the period of 6 months. In this way his business flourished. He also made a scheme for the

    persons who used to buy a plot for him, he promised to pay those customers a discount of 2% if they

    search another customer for him & the discount will be on per land basis.

    In this way he increased his network & now he is involved in several big

    projects. He started his business investing zero amount of money but now he is a millionaire. This

    person is very much honest in nature & always used to keep his words in any occasion. Today he

    possesses his own house, his own car & many other properties on the platform of honesty & hardwork. He also wants to open a school for the poor children in the near future. For that reason he also

    borrowed a 10 katas of land & construction is also in progress. As a human being he is very kind

    hearted & nice person. He gave several amount of donation to various charitable organizations.

    Taking his interview he gave us the three pillars of success behind his

    successful life i.e. 1.Honesty 2.Hardwork & 3.Beleif.According to him if any individual follow these

    three pillars then success will be waiting at the doorstep of that individual. One word he always used

    to utter when he talks to somebody i.e. GOD BLESS U ALL. This proves that he not only thinks of

    himself but he also thinks of everybody & that is why he is so successful in life.

    Interviewed by: Abhirup Sen Sarma

    Roll no: T002

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    Real Life Story

    Story of successful businessman

    Name: GOUTAM PAL

    Age: 47 years

    Business: Coal wholesaler, BAJAJ Cement wholesaler

    Owner: NEW SAMRAT LODGE, BISWAYAN

    DIAGNOSTIC

    AND DRUG CENTER

    Address: 24,Hriday Krishna Banarjee 1st by lane,

    P.O.-Kadamtala, p.s-bantra thana

    Pin-Howraha 711101

    Phone Number: 9433041267

    He was born of a humble family in 1962 in Howrah. He has lost his father when he was in 4th

    standard. Then his family struggle the hard times. After completing his 10th standard he was first joint with his elder brother (Kesab pal) to doing bending nails convert into straight nail and sells

    them. At that time he luckily won the lottery of Rs.250. Then he used all his earned money near

    about Rs.850, begin his wholesaling business of coal in Dhanbad. He made his business a huge

    profitable. This is the turning point in his life. He tries to better his conditions by means of hard

    labor and profitable business. Now he has a lodge name NEW SAMRAT LODGE in Old Digha

    .In 2006 He started new wholesaling business of BAJAJ Cement where he was a C.N.F of

    BAJAJ Cement distributor in West Bengal. Recently he had taken a loan Rs.12,00,000 from abank in 2008 to started his own Diagnostic center name BISWAYAN DIAGNOSTIC AND DRUG

    CENTER which is the project of 3.1 core.

    Now he is a one of the successful business man in Howrah. He strong in his own

    power, he will face all his troubles with a smiling face. He makes proper use of his time and

    opportunities and follows his aim in life with patience and perseverance. So he achieves his aim as a successful business man. Also he love charity and consider himself fortunate if he could give

    anything to anyone.

    Interview by: SANDIP NANDY

    Roll Number: T062

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    Real Life Story

    Purnendu Turns Adversity Into Success

    Name: Purnendu Bhattacherjee

    Age: 39 yrs.

    Place: Howrah

    Name of co.: R&N Plastic

    Produce: Molding dice

    Education: H.S.

    Born in a middle class family he started business with 2 partners in 1990. In middle of 1995

    he met an accident and got one artificial leg. After that he was facing some problems thats why he

    started his own business in lots of adversity like economic problems etc. with 3 machines (grinding,

    holding, testing) and 7 workers. He knows some business strategies and he is able to make 50% profit

    from his business. Purchase raw material from..Their customers are in Mumbai, Kanpur, Gujrat, and Bangalore. Companies are- Pear Pet,

    Aparna, and Jauss Pet..

    Now he started his 2nd

    factory with automatic injection molding machine, to make shell cover

    of Defense, Audio cassettes, fan canopy etc.

    Now he has 75 workers in 2 factories.

    MRIGANKA GOSWAMI, SECTION-T, ROLL-223

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    Prevention science, drug abuse prevention and Life Skills Training:

    Comments on the state of the science

    GILBERT J. BOTVIN*

    & KENNETH W. GRIFFIN*

    Institute for Prevention Research, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA.

    Email: [email protected]

    Abstract. There has been tremendous growth in the field of prevention science over the past two

    decades. The defining features of contemporary prevention science are high quality empirical

    research using rigorous and well established scientific methods, careful hypothesis testing and the

    systematic accumulation of knowledge. One area where substantial progress has been made in our

    understanding of etiology and prevention of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug abuse. In this paper we

    review the growth in prevention as a scientific enterprise, discuss advances, in drug abuse prevention

    research, and review of effectiveness of one approach to the problem of adolescent drug abuse, the

    Life Skills Training (LST) program and the methodological strength of the LST evaluation research. Inaddition we provide a response to criticism regarding two types of data analysis in evaluation

    research and show that these analysis of high fidelity sub samples can address research questions

    about the importance of program implementation fidelity; and second, composite measures of

    concurrent tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use (i.e., polydrug use) are useful in testing research

    questions about program effects on more serious levels of drug involvement. With an increasing

    number of randomized controlled trails underway, the field of prevention science is contributing to a

    new generation of evidence based approaches and policies that, if widely utilized offer the potential

    of reducing the mortality and morbidity associated with a number of major health and social problem.

    Key words: drug abuse, prevention science, program evaluation, research methods.

    Notwithstanding advances in prevention research over the past two decades and the development of

    prevention science as a field, Gorman (this volume) question the legitimacy of prevention research as

    a scientific enterprise, the quality of prevention research and the conclusions drawn from prevention

    studies. Although at odds with major reviews of the prevention literature (Dodge 2001; Kelly and

    Kalichman 2002; Lochman and van den Steenhoven 2002; Roth and Brook-Gunn 2003; Tobler and

    Stratton 1997; Weissberg et al. 2003) and expert consensus panels reviewing the quality of

    prevention research (e.g., American Psychological Association Task Force on Prevention, Center for

    Substance Abuse Preventions National Registry of Effective Programs, and the U.S. Department of

    Education Expert Panel on Safe and Drug Free Schools), Gormans comments in his most recent article

    are consistent with his characterization of prevention science as psedo-scienceand previous articlescritical of prevention research (e.g., Gorman 2003) . In this article, he once again criticizes prevention

    science, drug abuse and violence prevention research, and two exemplars of that research.

    Prepared by: Sourabh Hazra

    Roll no: T069

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    Creativity and Flow Psychology (Douglas Eby)

    The author of "Flow - the Psychology of Optimal Experience" and a number of related books,

    psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced me-high chick-sent-me-high) says we can facilitate

    the conditions for this quality of optimal functioning, and that it may be found in a wide range of

    careers and activities.

    For his doctoral thesis on "how visual artists create art" he studied photos taken every three minutes

    as artists created a painting. He says he was "struck by how deeply they were involved in work,

    forgetting everything else. That state seemed so intriguing that I started also looking for it in chess

    players, in rock climbers, in dancers and in musicians.

    He cautions that many people misunderstand flow as a kind of "spacing out" and seek it in passive

    leisure activities. "Most people look so much forward to being home, relaxing. Then they get home

    and don't know what to do. They aren't challenged, so they sit in front of the TV, depressed."

    Athletes call flow experience being in the "zone" - an optimal psychological and physiological climate

    for peak performance. Brazilian soccer player Pele has described days when everything was goingright, and feeling "a strange calmness I hadn't experienced in any of the other games. It was a type of

    euphoria; I felt I could run all day without tiring, that I could dribble through any of their teams or all

    of them that I could almost pass through them physically. I felt I could not be hurt."

    Basketball players, when they experience being "in the zone" report that the basket seems bigger,

    and feeling an almost mystical connection to it. The legendary hitter Ted Williams has said that

    sometimes he could see the seams on a pitched baseball. Gymnast Carol Johnson found that on some

    days she experienced the balance beam as wider, so "any worry of falling off disappeared."

    Football quarterback star John Brodie told Michael Murphy (author of "The Psychic Side of Sports")

    that he found periods in every game when "time seems to slow down, in an uncanny way, as if

    everyone were moving in slow motion. It seems as if I had all the time in the world to watch thereceivers run their patterns, and yet I know the defensive line is coming at me just as fast as ever."

    This time dilation experience may relate to studies of psychologist Robert Ornstein in which increased

    information processing by the brain can result in a "stretching" or slowing down of the experience of

    time.

    Sports psychologists and trainers use a range of techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation,

    concentration exercises and meditation to help access this "zone". One of the consistent themes of

    these approaches is the need to "get around" the conscious mind.

    The winner of the 1988 Olympics in archery was a 17-year-old Korean young woman whose training

    included meditation for two hours a day.

    Archer Tim Strickland has noted that conscious intervention is the great enemy: "Your conscious mind

    always wants to help you, but usually it messes you up." Csikszentmihalyi has warned "You can't make

    flow happen. All you can do is learning to remove obstacles in its way." He says the effort to recapture

    the high of a perfect run down a ski slope, for example, will rarely succeed because "you're splitting

    your attention from what's happening now."

    Acting teacher and consultant Jennifer Lehman notes how that quality of mind can interfere: "It's

    difficult to achieve a consistent openness, letting things flow through you, without your own

    judgments, your own personal history, or how you think it should be, interfering with that. I also have

    a feeling that our thinking mind is different than our feeling mind, and that if we start thinking, we

    shut down creative expression.

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    "Thinking is very linear and one dimensional and we get attached to it and its 'should' and 'ought to'

    and 'let me go in there and fix it'.

    A related concept has been developed by Diane Ackerman, a poet, essayist and naturalist who

    teaches creativity at Cornell. In her book "Deep Play" she talks about being able to "play anywhere

    that is set off from reality, whether it be a playground, a field, a church or a garage.

    "Deep play doesn't have to do with an activity, like shallow play. It has to do with attitude or an

    extraordinarily intense state...

    Using PET scan technology (Positron Emission Tomography), researchers at the University of

    California, Irvine, have found that people learning to master a video game show a reduction in the

    overall metabolism of the brain - less brain activity along with greater skill.

    This indicates that increasing ability results in better efficiency: the brain can "relax into" the task.

    This may be the physiological result, or perhaps a central cause, of decreasing the "static" of non-flow

    consciousness.

    Csikszentmihalyi points out that "Some flow experiences involve low danger, like reading a good

    book. But certain people are disposed to respond to risk, and their flow will depend on it more than

    somebody else's. "Danger is the hook. But their descriptions are not that different from, say, a Thai

    woman's description of weaving a rug. The quality of concentration, forgetfulness, involvement,

    control is similar."

    Some of his recent research relates to the UC Irvine studies: "We found that high school kids who

    reported flow more frequently performed better in the test situation with much less cortical activity,

    were less aroused by the tasks, or spent less mental effort responding to the stimuli."

    Writing a short story, or raising a child, can be contexts for flow experience: you can see them as a

    series of short-term steps or events, each having value in engaging one's talents. Other examples of"flow activities" are games, artistic performances and religious rituals, but Csikszentmihalyi notes that

    "people seem to get more flow from what they do on their jobs than from leisure activities" - perhaps

    especially those kinds of jobs which demand full attention, like surgery or computer programming.

    Susan K. Perry, PhD affirms that flow is not a state of 'no mind' or meditative ness as such. "I don't

    believe that when you get into a creative place, you're giving up thinking," she says. "You're super-

    thinking -- better and with more parts of your mind than you do normally."

    But having a 'busy mind' can also mean being fragmented, unfocused, distracted. "You want to get to

    a place which is loose, relaxed, and focused," she notes. "What I found in my studies of flow are that

    two things you need to do to get to this place where time stops and you can be most creative, are to

    loosen up, and focus in. In her book writing in Flow, Dr. Perry points out an intriguing quality ofconsciousness associated with flow: "It shouldn't play into any of your anxieties about the loss of

    control that comes with flow if I share with you that looseness and the ability to cross mental

    boundaries are aspects of both schizophrenic thinking and creative thinking," she writes.

    "Schizophrenic thinking is characterized by a cognitive style that has been variously called

    overinclusive, allusive, loose, or characterized by the term 'mental slippage,' writes Eysenck, a noted

    researcher in the field. ... For a writer, such looseness is an amazing asset."

    She says awareness work is an orientation to living and "seeing where the flow is going, so that we're

    not working at cross-purposes with anything that's moving organically on its own."

    And that state of awareness is also where we are most creatively alive.

    Prepared by: Souvik Chatterjee; Roll no.: T 071

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    Mans Search For Meaning:

    Viktor Frankl's 1946 book Man's Search for Meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration

    camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding a reason to live. According to

    Frankl, the book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration camp

    reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?" Part One constitutes Frankl's analysis of his

    experiences in the concentration camps, while Part Two introduces his ideas of meaning and his

    theory of logotherapy.

    According to a survey conducted by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the Library of Congress, Man's

    Search For Meaning belongs to a list of "the ten most influential books in [the United States]." (New

    York Times, November 20, 1991). At the time of the author's death in 1997, the book had sold 10

    million copies in twenty-four languages.

    Experiences in a concentration camp:

    Frankl identifies three psychological reactions experienced by all inmates to one degree or another:

    shock during the initial admission phase to the camp, apathy after becoming accustomed to campexistence, in which the inmate values only that which helps him or others survive, and reactions of

    depersonalization, moral deformity, bitterness, and disillusionment after being liberated.

    Frankl concludes that the meaning of life is found in every moment of living; life never ceases to have

    meaning, even in suffering and death. In a group therapy session during a mass fast inflicted on the

    camp's inmates trying to protect an anonymous fellow inmate from fatal retribution by authorities,

    Frankl offered the thought that for everyone in a dire condition there is someone looking down, a

    friend, family member, or even God, who would expect not to be disappointed. Frankl concludes from

    his experience that a prisoner's psychological reactions are not solely the result of the conditions of

    his life, but also from the freedom of choice he always has even in severe suffering. The inner hold a

    prisoner has on his spiritual self relies on having a faith in the future and that once a prisoner loses

    that faith, he is doomed.

    He also concludes that there are only two races of men, decent men and indecent. No society is free

    of either of them, and thus there were "decent" Nazi guards and "indecent" prisoners, most notably

    the capo who would torture and abuse their fellow prisoners for personal gain.

    His concluding passage in Part one describes the psychological reaction of the inmates to their

    liberation, which he separates into three stages. The first is depersonalizationa period of

    readjustment, in which a prisoner gradually returns to the world. Initially, the liberated prisoners are

    so numb that they are unable to understand what freedom means, or to emotionally respond to it.

    Part of them believes that it is an illusion or a dream that will be taken away from them. In their first

    foray outside their former prison, the prisoners realized that they could not comprehend pleasure.

    Flowers and the reality of the freedom they had dreamed about for years were all surreal, unable tobe grasped in their depersonalization.

    The body is the first element to break out of this stage, responding by voracious eating and sleeping.

    Only after the partial replenishing of the body is the mind finally able to respond, as feeling suddenly

    broke through the strange fetters which had restrained it.

    This begins the second stage, in which there is a danger ofdeformation. As the intense pressure on

    the mind is released, mental health can be endangered. Frankl uses the analogy of a diver suddenly

    released from his pressure chamber.He recounts the story of a decent friend who became

    immediately obsessed with dispensing the same violence in judgment of his abusers that they had

    inflicted on him. Upon returning home, the prisoners had to struggle with two fundamental

    experiences which could also damage their mental health.

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    The last is bitterness at the lack of responsiveness of the world outsidea superficiality and lack of

    feeling...so disgusting that one finally felt like creeping into a hole and neither hearing nor seeing

    human being any more. Worse was disillusionment, which was the discovery that suffering does not

    end, that the longed-for happiness will not come. This was the experience of those wholike Frankl

    returned home to discover that no one awaited them. The hope which has sustained them

    throughout the camp was now gone. Frankl cites this experience as the most difficult to overcome.

    As time passed, however, the prisoner's experience in a concentration camp finally became nothing

    but a nightmare. What is more, he knows that he has nothing left to fear any more, "except his God".

    Prepared by: Souvik Chatterjee

    Roll no.: T 071

    Fillers:

    "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and

    Honest people are screwed first."

    "Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."

    "The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. ! It will destroy you."

    "There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests.

    This is a bitter truth."

    Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions -Why am I doing it, what the

    results might be and will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers

    to these questions, go-ahead."

    "As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."

    "The worlds biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."

    "Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People

    who work sincerely are the happiest."

    "The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person

    spreads in all direction."

    "Whoresdon't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't

    build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits"

    "God is not presenting idols Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."

    "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."

    "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never

    give you any happiness."

    "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time

    they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."

    Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)

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    like chanting, to keep on course.

    If you drift off, its like getting the train to paradise and then getting off at the first stop!

    A vast sign over the meditation hall read: 'Sit like a mountain, be steadfast, and be majestic, at ease in

    awareness. No matter how many winds are blowing, how many clouds are swirling, how many lions

    are prowling, be intimate with everything and sit like a mountain'

    For me, this was the true beginning of meditation. Now, I certainly wouldnt recommend a long retreat,

    as an introduction to the practice. Much better to submerge yourself in the practice more gently, thoughI would adhere to the old adage that the more difficult you find meditation to be the more you need

    to do it. One should find a form of focusing that suits best and stick with it, one could focus on ones

    breath, an object, a sensation, a mantra, a piece of music whatever you find absorbs you the best.

    When you meditate regularly, you start to confront the nagging mind, which drags you constantly out

    of focus. You start to see how your perceptions are shaped by your own concerns, fears and hopes,

    which shut us off inside, we become lost in the constant barrage of thoughts that arise within the vortex

    of our minds.

    Its vitally important to understand that meditation is active work; the work of constantly keeping the

    mind soft and bringing it back to the object of attention. Its not about being lost in distraction, nor

    daydreaming, nor getting into a nice inner space, however enjoyable. Its to reach out mentally and

    hold your attention still its as simple and as difficult as that.

    One of the greatest drawbacks in meditation is the ambition to becoming enlightened, or to open up the

    kundalini, or to talk to your guide, or attain your higher self. These desires are actually destructive -the very act of trying to attain anything is a part of the distraction.

    You may well experience your higher self you might sense chakras opening and all sorts of subtle

    changes may take place within the physical and etheric bodies. However, dont yearn for, nor chase

    these experiences, or feel disappointed if you dont have them. These are staging posts along the long

    path of practice, and its important not to get stuck on any one of them.

    Remember that meditation is not the property of any particular religious group, you dont have to be aBuddhist, nor a spiritualist, nor a mystic, its a simple and natural function of the mind that anyone

    possesses, and can easily practice.

    Getting Started

    The first thing you need to do is establish a regular time for your practice. Then find a place, preferably

    the same place. Dont worry about statues and shrines, joss sticks and candles, these are props can be

    helpful, but are not essential. Dont worry if you cant get complete peace and quiet either, learn to

    focus in distracting circumstances.Try to get comfortable, without necessarily being in a perfect yoga posture. If you dont go to sleep, its

    fine to be lying down, but this can encourage drowsiness and mental drift, therefore a position on a

    stool, or on a pile of cushions, or in a chair with the back straight, is best.

    Liken the mind to looking at a pool that is always agitated, with waves running over its surface, and

    then as it becomes calm, insight begins. As the water clears you start to see and understand what wasthere all the time.

    A good, basic practice is to count the breath, but by all means try chanting, or contemplating an object.

    A woman I know watches the movement of tropical fish in a tank in her hallway. You could try

    focusing on a flower, or a crystal, or any other natural object.Whatever the object of your attention, reach out and mentally grasp the object and hold the focus

    there. No matter how many times you get lost, keep coming back to the focus object. Every time you

    do so, you become stronger.Try to have a sense of being all in this moment, completely involved in this experience, the greatest

    treasure is here and now, not in the yearning for any other experience than the one you are presently

    having. After you have been practicing a while, you will find that concentration, intuition andinspiration improve, you feel more relaxed, and you sleep better.

    Its a myth, by the way, that you must avoid sex and sensual experiences in order to deepen you

    meditation practice. But its fair to say that meditation does teach one to maintain a certain distance

    from experience. This means its easier to not get addicted to sensual things and one can take a more

    moral and healthy view of ones own behavior. A healthier sense of judgment and a more holistic view

    of life arise as one cuts the tether to the mad, restless, ego I. Things seem to take on a sense ofproportion, and universality.

    We all experience meditation differently, and we all flower spiritually in different ways. You will, if

    you maintain your practice, eventually need a teacher or a guide to help you go further. This stage will

    not be reached for some considerable time and after long experience has been accrued, so dont let thisstop you beginning on your own. Prepared by: Abhirup Sen Sarma (Roll: T002)

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    MEDITATION

    What does it mean to me:-

    Meditation is an intensely personal and spiritual experience. The desired purpose of each meditation

    technique is to channel our awareness into a more positive direction by totally transforming one's stateof mind. To meditate is to turn inwards, to concentrate on the inner self. The entire process of

    meditation usually entails the three stages of concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana) and

    enlightenment or absorption (Samadhi). The individual preparing to meditate usually starts off byharnessing his awareness, such as focusing his mind onto a certain object. Once attention gets engaged,

    concentration turns into meditation or dhyana. And through continuous meditation, the mediators

    merge with the object of concentration, which might either be the present moment or the Divine Entity.

    MAPPING THE MIND

    MIND AND BODY

    There's more to meditation than just closing ones eyes and an understanding of this technique

    demands an understanding of our mental realm. The subtle state of mind, which is the ultimate stage

    of meditation, requires a tremendous amount of energy to reach. An absolute harmony between ourgross physical realm, sensual realm and our life energy is the prerequisite of a meditative state of

    mind. Traditional perceptions of our mental make-up are uncommonly useful in understanding the

    workings of the mind. According to ayurveda and yoga, both the mind and the body are made up of

    the 'Five Great Elements' (Panchabhutas) of earth (prithvi), water (jal), fire (agnior tej), air (vayu) and

    ether or space (akash).

    MIND AND SPIRIT

    The mind (mana) and the energy spirit (prana, chior life force) have always had an affinity for each

    other, being merely the two sides of the same coin. Whatever the mind engages upon is soon infused

    with life energy, and conversely, whatever the soul hungers for instantly engages our attention. As a

    result, certain aspects of each are present in the other. Out of the two, the mind is the finer and more

    sophisticated version of the cruder life force or pranait has a storehouse of its own energy and

    vitality. Some aspects of it naturally spills over, flooding the spirit with thought and intelligence

    (buddhi). But it is the vital force, which is inherently a conscious power, finding its expression in the

    mind, which is inherently the active force.

    How to Prepare the Mind:-

    Meditation, especially passive meditation, brings us face to face with our subconscious. If we are not

    ready to encounter our inner selves, it could end up being a disastrous experience instead of an

    enlightening one! And the most vulnerable seem to be-people with overwhelming anxiety, who are

    emotionally or psychologically disturbed, those who have problems accepting reality, people who

    suffer from acute paranoia and even those who develop delusions of grandeur from the altered states

    of consciousness that meditation tends to produce. To avoid such psychosis or simply getting lost in

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    our thoughts and ending up confused and disturbed, it is necessary to begin meditation sessions with

    formal practice. Different schools of thought prescribe different methods of such preparation, but

    they all agree on the absolute necessity of concentration exercises preceding meditation. These

    preparation techniques are as varied as praying, chanting mantras, performingpranayama or even

    visualizing. Once the mind becomes trained for concentration, actual formless or mindfulness

    meditation can proceed, such as sitting in silence, practicing self-inquiry or performing devotional

    meditation.

    Meditation needs proper place and proper environment:-

    ATMOSPHERE

    The best environment for the practice of meditation is a quiet place with minimum distractions. It

    sometimes helps to set up a meditating room with special pictures, icons, holy books or even burning

    incense sticks and soothing music in order to infuse the atmosphere with spiritual energy. It is best to

    sit in a well ventilated room, which receives natural light.

    ATTITUDE

    The best attitude to follow while practicing meditation is that of a receptive observer. Try to observe

    either the mind or the immediate physical environment, without thinking anything in particular.

    Watch the mind slowly empty itself out.

    POSTUREA major characteristic of prescribed meditation postures in many traditions is that the spine is kept

    straight. This is true in Hindu and Buddhist yogas, in the Christian attitude of kneeling prayer, in theEgyptian sitting position, and in the Taoist standing meditation of "embracing the pillar." People with

    misalignments may feel uncomfortable in the beginning when assuming these postures. The spine is

    put back into a structurally sound line, and the weight of the body distributed around it in a balanced

    pattern in which gravity, not muscular tension, is the primary influence. It is possible, although it has

    not been conclusively proven that this postural realignment affects the state of mind.In the East, the

    cross-legged postures, with head and back in vertical line, are considered ideal for meditation. In the

    classic the Lotus posture, when the legs are crossed with the feet on the thighs, right feeling of poisedsitting for meditation is imparted. These postures are difficult and even painful at first for those who

    are not familiar with them. For such inexperienced individuals, two other traditional Eastern postures

    half lotus posture and the Burmese postureare usually much easier to follow. For those who prefer to

    meditate while sitting on a chair, there is the Egyptian posture.

    TIME

    It is always recommended that meditation be practiced daily, twice a day for best results. Beginners

    are recommended to meditate for about half an hour daily. Later when one gets used to the practice,

    one hour is ideal.

    What can we get out of MEDITATION:-

    Stress Control

    Most of the people who get on meditation do so because of its beneficial effects on stress. Stress

    refers to any or all the various pressures experienced in life. These can stem from work, family, illness,

    or environment and can contribute to such conditions as anxiety, hypertension, and heart disease.

    How an individual sees things and how he or she handles them makes a big difference in terms of how

    much stress he or she experiences.

    Research has shown that hormones and other biochemical compounds in the blood indicative of

    stress tend to decrease during TM practice. These changes also stabilize over time, so that a person is

    actually less stressed biochemically during daily activity.This reduction of stress translates directly into

    a reduction of anxiety and tension. Literally dozens of studies have shown this.

    Pain ManagementChronic pain can systematically erode the quality of life. Although great strides are being made in

    traditional medicine to treat recurring pain, treatment is rarely as simple as prescribing medication or

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    surgery. Anxiety decreases the threshold for pain and pain causes anxiety. The result is a vicious cycle.

    Compared with people who feel relaxed, those under stress experience pain more intensely and

    become even more stressed, which aggravates their pain. Meditation breaks this cycle.

    Cancer and Other Chronic Illness

    Meditation and other approaches to deep relaxation help center people so they can figure out how

    they'd like to handle the illness and proceed with life. An Australian psychiatrist who uses meditation

    with cancer patients, studied seventy-three patients who had attended at least twenty sessions of

    intensive meditation, and wrote: "Nearly all such patients can expect significant reduction of anxiety

    and depression, together with much less discomfort and pain. There is reason to expect a 10 percent

    chance of quite remarkable slowing of the rate of growth of the tumor, and a 50 percent chance of

    greatly improved quality of life.

    Heart Disease and High Blood Pressure

    Meditation is a key component of Ornish therapy, the only treatment scientifically proven to reverse

    heart disease, besides research has also proven TM to be very successful in treating various heart

    ailments and high blood pressure.

    InfertilityCouples dealing with infertility may become depressed, anxious and angry. When relaxation

    responses are taught to such stressed out, infertile couples, the meditators experience less distress

    and is more likely to get pregnant.

    Respiratory Problems

    Asthma, emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) all restrict breathing and

    raise fears of suffocation, which in turn makes breathing even more difficult. Studies show that when

    people with these respiratory conditions learn breath meditation, they have fewer respiratory crises.

    Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

    Meditation can ease physical complaints such as premenstrual syndrome (PMS), tension headaches

    and other common health problems. Meditation gives people a psychological buffer so that life's

    hectic pace doesn't knock them out. Practicing meditation is like taking a vacation once or twice aday. When you nurture yourself, you accrue tremendous spin-off benefits.

    Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ulcers, and Insomnia

    Meditation can also improve irritable bowel syndrome, ulcers, and insomnia, among other stress-

    related conditions. Eighty percent of the people who use meditation to relieve insomnia are

    successful.

    MEDITATION for the beginners like me:-

    Things I went through:-

    Found a clean place.

    Sat in a position that was most comfortable for me.

    Closed my eyes.

    Concentrated on the darkness behind my eyelids.

    Watched the flow of my thoughts. Did not try to stem the flow.

    Observed simply.

    Kept my attention focused.

    Did like this for at least 10 minutes.

    Opened my eyes slowly.

    Meditation is perhaps the simplest system that we can follow for mental peace and self-

    realization, but don't get impatient for results.

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    What did compel me to do meditation:-

    1. I had backache.2. I could not concentrate on my study.3. I could not sit at a same place for more than 20-25 minutes.4. Even I could not sleep.5. I was fickle minded.

    How did I get rid of my Problems?

    Ultimately meditation is all about being at peace with oneself. It cannot perform miracles out of thin

    air. It does not solve problems magically. It's simply a technique, which acquaints you with the person

    you really are. And having gained that timeless knowledge, it is you who will take that first step

    towards self-transformation. Remember always that the technique of meditation is nothing more

    than a tool in your hands!

    I used to meditate for 5-7 minutes earlier but I could not find any differences then I started it for 15-20

    minutes and I saw a vast change in me. Earlier as I mentioned, I could not sit at a single place for more

    than 20 minutes, it helped me to strengthen my spine as while meditating I used to sit straight. Little bylittle I found that I gained strength and I recovered at some extent.

    I could not sleep at night. I used to pass my nights just by lying and sitting on my bed. I could not close

    my eyes. Whenever I shut my eyelids, some scary flashes used to come as my concentration got

    diverted and I used to think scary things. When I started meditating I brought my concentration middle

    of my eyebrows for 20-25 minutes and concentrated more and more deeply as much as I could thathelped me to get the calmness in my mind back.

    Prepared by: Sudipa Majumder (Roll no.: T073)

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    Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

    The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to

    measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. These

    preferences were extrapolated from the typological theories originated by Carl Gustav Jung, as

    published in his 1921 book Psychological Types (English edition, 1923).The original developers of thepersonality inventory were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers. They began

    creating the indicator during World War II, believing that a knowledge of personality preferences

    would help women who were entering the industrial workforce for the first time identify the sort of

    war-time jobs where they would be "most comfortable and effective. The initial questionnaire grew

    into the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which was first published in 1962. The MBTI focuses on normal

    populations and emphasizes the value of naturally occurring differences.

    Some academic psychologists have criticized the MBTI instrument in research literature, claiming that

    it "lacks convincing validity data. Proponents and sellers of the test cite unblinded anecdotal

    predictions of individual behavior, and claim that the indicator has been found to meet or exceed the

    reliability of other psychological instruments. For most adults (75-90%), though not for children, the

    MBTI is reported to give the same result for 34 preferences when the test is administered to the

    same person more than once (although the period between measurements is not stated). Some

    studies have found strong support for construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest

    reliability, although variation was observed

    The definitive published source of reference on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is The Manual

    produced by Consulting Psychologists Press (CPP), from which much of the information in this article

    is drawn, along with training materials from CPP and their European training partners, Oxford

    Psychologists Press. However, a popularized source of the model, with an original test, is published in

    David Keirsey's book Please Understand Me.

    As the MBTI Manualstates, the MBTI "is designed to implement a theory; therefore the theory must

    be understood to understand the MBTI."

    Fundamental to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the theory of psychological type as originally

    developed by Jung. Jung proposed the existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive functions:

    The "rational" (judging) functions: thinking and feeling The "irrational" (perceiving) functions: sensing and intuition

    Jung went on to suggest that these functions are expressed in either an introverted or extraverted

    form. From Jung's original concepts, Briggs and Myers developed their own theory of psychological

    type, described below, on which the MBTI is based.

    Organization use the MBTI to1. Make the most of their human resources.

    2. Leverage individuals natural strength.

    3. Improve teamwork

    4. Understand and adapt to differences in leadership/ management style.

    5. Assist in carrier development.

    6. Coach individuals.

    7. Develop skills in creativity, time management, and stress management

    Application of MBTI in organizational context

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    The MBTI has applications in diagnosing organizational issues, teamwork (particularly quality

    systems), communication, counselling, careers, strategic thinking, performance appraisal, leadership

    and stress management.

    Organizations themselves also have a type. The type code can be shorthand for the way things are

    done around here

    1.While work is a set of complicated activities, there are four major things that everyonehas to do each day:

    a. To meet with others (attitudes)

    b. To generate information (functions)

    c. To make decisions (functions

    d. To establish priorities (orientation)

    Meeting with others & managing relationshipsThis can be done in two ways. One is extraverted, the other introverted.

    Generate InformationThere are two aspects to this. One dimension is called sensing & the other intuition.

    Making DecisionsOnce the information has been gathered, there is usually a requirement to do something with it. Here

    again we have two options, thinking and feeling.

    Choosing PrioritiesFinally, all of us have to make a choice in how we allocate our time. The priorities are those of either

    generating information or making decisions. Some people want a lot of information before making a

    decision. Others will quickly come to a decision even though they do not have much data. Their

    concern is usually to implement the decision made. The former is called perceiving & the latter

    judging.

    The four dichotomies

    Dichotomies

    Extraversion Introversion

    Sensing iNtuition

    Thinking Feeling

    Judging Perceiving

    Based on these four dichotomies the preferences of an individual are calculated and also like how

    clear they are about their perceptions or their preferences are being judged. Point scores on each of

    the dichotomies can vary considerably from person to person, even among those with the same type.However, Isabel Myers considered the direction of the preference (for example, E vs. I) to be more

    important than the degree of the preference (for example, very clear vs. slight).

    However this instrument deals with the Attitudes, Functions and Lifestyles of human beings rather

    each individual.

    1. Attitude: The preferences of Extraversion and Introversion often referred to as attitudes veryoften. The terms extrovert and introvert are used specially in MBTI. However the extraversion people

    draw energy from the outer world where as the introversion draw their energy forms the inner world.

    The Es first act then reflect where as the Is first reflect then act.

    2. Function: The characteristics like sensing and intuition or feeling and thinking refers to thefunction criterion of an individual. The first two (S and N) are information taking function where as

    the later two (T and F) are decision making functions.

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    3. Lifestyle: The dichotomy Judgmental and Perceiving refers to the lifestyle of the individual.This type indicates ones approach towards the outer world.

    However the whole type is the combination of the all eight dichotomies and hence there are sixteen

    types.

    ISTJ

    11.6%

    ISFJ

    13.8%

    INFJ

    1.5%

    INTJ

    2.1%

    ISTP

    5.4%

    ISFP

    8.8%

    INFP

    4.3%

    INTP

    3.3%

    ESTP

    4.3%

    ESFP

    8.5%

    ENFP

    8.1%

    ENTP

    3.2%

    ESTJ8.7%

    ESFJ12.3%

    ENFJ2.4%

    ENTJ1.8%

    Again these are the preferences only. There is no good or bad in the MBTI neither MBTI measures the

    ability. MBTI sometimes used for the career options but however it is not the ultimatepsychometric

    toolto decide upon the careers and prediction of job success. Hence we can conclude that it can be a

    guide based upon which we can improve ourselves better and be concerned about our area of

    opportunity. However a group selected upon the basis on MBTI may work well and show good results

    as because in a diverse group the productive conflicts arise which is helpful for the organization...

    Our group hence is very rich in diversities as we have various dichotomies in between us working as a

    group. Starting from ESTJ, ENFP, ESFJ, ENTJ, INFJ, INTJ and ISFP we have seven dichotomies betweenus, hence the productive conflicts gets solved in a very creative way and we can work in a situation

    where missing out and point of and broad picture are assumed not to happen. The Extraversion,

    Intraversion, Sensing, Intuitive, Feeling, Thinking, Judgmental, Perceiving all the eight dichotomies are

    present and work in a sequential and unique manner to achieve the same goal of the TEAM.

    Prepared by: Souvik Chatterjee (Roll: T071), Sourabh Hazra (Roll: T069)

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    KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

    Key Performance indicators or KPI, also known as Key Success Indicators or KSI which is useful for a

    person or an organisation to define and measure progress toward their goals. What I have learnt

    about KPI is that if a person or an organization has analyzed their goals it needs a way to measure

    progress toward those goals. Key Performance Indicators measure those.

    What Are Key Performance Indicators?

    Key Performance Indicators are quantifiable measurements that reflect the success factors of an

    organization or an individual. They will differ depending on the organization or on the individual.

    A business may have as one of its key performance indicators the percentage of its income that

    comes from return customers. A school may focus its key performance indicators on graduation rates

    of its students. An individual may have as one of its KPI by measuring the progress of his or her

    improvement. Whatever KPI are selected, they must reflect the goals, they must be key to its success

    and they must be measurable. KPI usually a long term considerations. The goals for a particular KPI

    may change as the organizations or a persons goal to change, or as it gets closer to achieving a goal.

    KPI must be quantifiable (measurable)

    If a KPI is going to be of any value, there must be a way to accurately define and measure it. For an

    average student KPI is needed to measure the development. But a student who is already best KPI is

    not that much useful for the student. But a person needs to set target for each KPI.Utilization of KPI

    By using KPI a person can improve his or her lacking but before that a person needs to set the goal.

    KPI is also useful for a business, organizations, schools etc. Utilizing the KPI they can have the

    improvement.

    As I know what is KPI and how beneficial it is I also want to share my experience which I have seen to

    happen with one of our group member. She (Sudipa Majumder) described me that how she got

    benefited after using KPI in her life.

    She had acute stammering problem which she used to face while speaking in English. She has great

    zeal to have good communication skill. Because she thinks that due to her stammering problem she

    can be rejected from an interview. After learning KPI she has set her goal that she will get rid of this

    problem. She made her target that everyday what she will do. She made a routine that everyday how

    much time she will pay in what. From that day onwards she started working on her goal by using KPI.What she did is she used to stand in front of the mirror and speak by herself, so that she can

    understand her way of speaking, whether it is good or not. She also started reading the newspaper

    loudly. She used to speak in English almost every time without speaking in her mother tongue. In a

    week she used to read a novel and she was always eager to take part in group discussion and seminar.

    I remember the day when she was not selected for the seminar and how she tried to get the chance

    to take part in it. But at last she went to take part in the seminar.

    And this way she was trying to improve. And now, she has slightly improved. She does not stammer

    that much while speaking which she was having before. She realised her improvement than before.

    So, KPI helped her to improve and still she is utilizing KPI with her great determination to achieve her

    goal. In this way she got benefited by using KPI.

    Thus, we also can utilize KPI in our life to get benefited by it.

    Prepared by: Debasree Mitra (Roll: T020)

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    SECREET PRINCIPLE

    Principles of Secret: 1.Secret is the LAW OF ATTRACTION.

    2. Mind should be clear & specific to understand secret.

    3. Secret principles are based on three pillars CONCEPTUALIZE (to think about

    and to know

    what we want to do or achieve), VISUALIZE (to see that achievement in our heart

    and soul) &

    REALIZE (to get the effect of the thoughts in reality).

    4. Concentrate on things that you actually wants not on things that you dont.

    5. Things you are surrounded are attracted by you.

    6. Always FEEL GOOD in any sort of situation.

    EXPERIMENT ON SECRET PRINCIPLE BY ME: Based on the above characteristics I followed the law of

    Attraction in my life. Here is an example that will make it very clear & simple. Previously I was not

    very

    Punctual in my life. Sometimes my friends & relatives used to laugh at me regarding my late

    coming. After watching the SECRET movie I have decided to apply the rules of secret in my life so that

    I can improve the area of punctuality in my life. I started concentrating on things I actually need

    rather

    than things I do not need. I used to wake up early in the morning & started thinking of my whole daysschedule. I allotted different time in doing different things. I started applying the concept of

    CONCEPTUALIZE, VISUALIZE & REALIZE techniques by applying thoughts that is valuable in my

    life. Certainly after doing all these techniques I have improved my punctuality level to a great extent &

    I

    was appreciated by everybody, even by those persons who used to laugh at me. The SECRET principle

    not

    only increase my punctuality level but it also increases my personality level also. It is also seen that

    when one tries to apply the laws of attraction in their life, the life of that individual changes

    drastically. Not only the mind everything used to changes in their life even their body also becomes

    very fit & healthy after

    all mind is related directly to the body. Whatever I think I used to think it in a clear & specific

    way, practicing it my mind reaches a certain level of clarity & perfection. Thus the principles ofSECRET

    plays a vital role in my life & I am quite successful by experimenting it.

    Prepared by: Abhirup Sen Sarma, Roll no-T002

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    SECRET

    The word Secret means Law of Attraction.The law of attraction says life attracts like, so when we think a thought, we are also attracting like

    thoughts to us. Thoughts are magnetic and thoughts have a frequency. It means whatever we think the

    same things happen to us. Everything sent out return to the source- us. If we want to change anything inour life change the frequency by changing our thoughts. Our currents thoughts creating future life.

    What we think about the most or focus on the most will appear as our life. So it can be said that the

    main theme of secret is our thoughts becomes things.

    Some key thoughts according to the authors regarding secret

    1. BOB PROCTOR (Philosopher, author and personal coach)-The Secret gives you anything you want; happiness health and wealth.

    2. Dr. JOE VITALE (Meta Physician, marketing specialist and author)-You can have, do or be anything you want.

    3. JOHN ASSARAF (Entrepreneur and money making expert)-We can have whatever it is that we choose. I dont care how big it is.

    Enhancement of secret in human life:-

    The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial as the law of gravity. Nothing can come into

    our experience unless we summon it through persistent thoughts. To know what we are thinking we

    need to ask ourselves how we are felling. Emotions are valuable tools that instantly tell us what we

    are thinking. It is impossible to feel bad and at the same time have good thoughts. Our thoughts

    determine our frequency and our feelings tell us immediately what frequency we are on. When we

    feel bad, we are on frequency of drawing more bad things. When we feel good, we are powerfully

    attracting more good things to us. Secret shifters such as pleasant memories, nature or our favorite

    music can change our feelings and shift our frequency in an instant. The feeling of love is the highest

    frequency we can emit. The greater the love we feel and emit, the greater the power we are

    harnessing.

    After when people first hear the part of secret they recall events in history where masses of lives

    were lost and they find it incomprehensible that so many people could have attracted themselves to

    the events. By the law of attraction they have to be on the same frequency as the events. It does not

    necessarily mean they thought of those exact events. But the frequency of their thoughts matched

    the frequency of the events. If people believe they can be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and

    they have no control over outside circumstance those thoughts of fear , separation and

    powerlessness ,if persistent can attract them to bring them in the wrong place at the wrong time.

    The importance of feelings can not be our stated .Our feelings are our greatest tool to help us to

    create our life. Our thoughts are the primary cause of everything. Everything else we can see and

    experience in this world is effect and that includes our feelings. The cause is our thoughts. Our

    feelings tell us very quickly what we are thinking .So our feelings are an immediate signal for us to

    what we are thinking. The most important thing for us to know is that it is impossible to feel bad and

    at the same time behaving good thoughts. That would defy the law, because our thoughts cause our

    feelings. If we are feelings bad, it is because we are thinking thoughts that are making us feel bad

    .There is no greater power in the universe than the power of love. The feeling of love is the highest

    frequency we can emit .If we could wrap our every thought in love, if we could love everything and

    everyone our life would be transformed .Infect some of the greater thinkers of the past referred tothe law of attraction as the law of love. And if we think about it, we will understand why. If we think

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    unkind thoughts about someone else, we will experience those unkind thoughts manifested. We

    cannot harm other thoughts, we only harm us. There is a truth deep down inside of us that have been

    waiting for us to discover it, and that Truth is this: we deserve all good things life has to offer. We

    know that inherently, because we feel awful when we are experiencing the lack of good things.

    All good things are our bright sides. We are the creator of us, and the law of attraction is ourmagnificent tool to create whatever we want in our life.

    The creative process helps us to create what we want in three simple steps- ask, believe and receive.

    Asking the universe for what we want is our opportunity to clear about what we want. As weget clear in our mind we have asked.

    Believe in involves acting, speaking and thinking as though we have already received whatwe have asked for. When we emit the frequency having received it, the law of attraction

    moves people, events and circumstance for us to receive.

    Receiving involves feeling that may we will feel once our desire has manifested. Feeling goodnow puts us on the frequency of what we want.

    Expectation is powerful attractive force, because it draws things to us. As BOB PROCTOR says Desire

    corrects us with the thing desired and expectation draws it into our life. Expect the thing we wantand dont expect the thing we dont want.

    We already have and we will attract more good things. Giving thanks for what we want in advance

    turbo-charges our desires and sends a more powerful signal out into the universe.

    Visualization is the process of creating pictures in our mind of ourselves enjoying what we want.

    When we visualize, we generate powerful thoughts and feelings of having it now. The law of

    attraction then returns that reality to us, just as we saw it in our mind.

    At the end of every day before we go to sleep go back through the events of the day. Any events-

    moments that were not what we wanted, replay them in our mind the way we wanted them to go.

    Secret to money: To attract money, focus on wealth. It is impossible to bring more money into our life

    when we focus on the lack of it because that means we are thinking thoughts that we do not have

    enough. Focus on not enough money and we will create untold we will feel better about money, as we

    feel better about it, more will flow into our life. Feeling happy now is the fastest way to being money

    into our life intention to look at everything we like and say to ourselves, I can afford that, I can buy

    that. We will shift our thinking and begin to feel better about money. Give money in order to bring

    money of it into our life. When we are generous with money and feel good about saving it, we are

    saying I have plenty.

    Secret of relationship: When we want to attract a relationship makes sure our thoughts, works,

    actions and surroundings dont contradict our desires. Our job is we ourselves. Unless we feel

    ourselves up we have nothing to give anybody. Treat oneself with love respect and we will attract

    who show us love and respect. When we feel bad about ourselves, we block the love and instead we

    attract more people and situation that we continue to make us feel bad about us. Focus on the

    qualities we love about ourselves and the law of attraction will show us more great things about us.To make a relationship work, focus on what we appreciate about the other person, and not our

    complements. When we focus on the strengths, we will get more of them.

    Secret to Health: The placebo effect is the example of the law of attraction in action. When a patient

    truly believes the tablet is a cure, he receives what he believes and is cured Focusing on perfect health

    is something we can call do with ourselves, despite what may be happening on the outside. Laughter

    attracts joy, releases negatively and leads to miraculous cures. Diseases are held in the body by

    thought, by observation of the illness, and by the attention given to the illness. If we are feeling a little

    unwell, dont talk about it unless we want more of it .If we listen to people about their illness, we add

    energy to their illness. Instead, change the conversation of good things, and give powerful thoughts to

    seeing those people in health .beliefs about aging are all in our minds, so realize those thoughts from

    our consciousness. Focus on health and eternal youth since the film The secret was released, we have

    been inundated with miracle stories of all types of diseases dissolving from peoples bodies after they

    watched The secret .All things are possible when we believe.

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    Secret to the world: What we resist, we attract, because we are powerfully focused on it with

    emotion. To change anything go within and emit a new signal with our thoughts and feelings we

    cannot help the world by focusing on the negative things. As we focus on the world negative events,

    we not only add to them but we also bring more negative things into our own life. Instead of focusing

    on the worlds problems, give our attraction to energy to trust, love, abundance, education and

    peace. We will never run out of good things because there is more than enough to go around foreveryone. Life is meant to be abundant. We have the ability to tap into the unlimited supply through

    our thoughts and feelings and bring it into our experience. Praise and bless everything in the world

    and we will dissolve negativity and discord and align ourselves with the highest frequency-love.

    Secret to life: Everything is energy. We are an energy magnet, so we electrically energize anything to

    us and electrically energize ourselves to anything we want. We are spiritual beings. We are energy

    and energy cannot be created/ destroyed- it just charges form. Therefore, the pure essence of us has

    always and always will be. The universe energize from thought. We are the creators not only of our

    own destiny but also of the universe.

    An unlimited supply of ideas is available to us. All knowledge, discoveries and inventions are in the

    universal mind has possibilities, waiting for the human mind to draw them forth. We hold everything

    in our consciousness. We are all connected, are we are all one. Let go of difficulties from our past,

    cultural codes and social benefits. We are the only one who can create the life we deserve. A shortcut

    to manifesting our desires is to see what we want as absolute fact. Our power is in our thought, so

    stay aware. In other words, remember to remember.

    We get to feel the blackboard of our life with whatever we want. The only thing we need to do is feel

    good now. The more we use the power within us the more power we will draw through us. The time

    to embrace our magnificent is now. We are in the midst of a glorious era. As we let go of limiting

    thoughts, we will experience humanities true magnificent in energy area of creation. Do what we

    love. If we dont know what brings we joy ask, What is my job? As we commit to our joy, we willattract an avalanche of joyful things because we are radiating joy. Now that we have learnt the

    knowledge The secret what we do with it is up to us. Whatever we choose right, the power is all

    ours.

    Prepared by: Purbasha Chowdhury (Roll no.: T051); Satamita Dasgupta (Roll no.: T064);

    Sudipa Majumder (Roll no.: T073)