How to Be Quiet and Stop Thinking Meditation

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MEDITION

When youre with stillness, you merge with everything around you. You cant pin-

point where its coming from. From inside? From outside? Where? It just is. Sri

Swami Sai Premananda

Awakening The Mind: Meditation 101

In todays fast paced modern world it seems that many have come to find that the

one thing that stands between their happiness is not materialistic wants, but their

own mind.

We live each day with thousands of things demanding our minds precious

attention. We think incessantly about a million things that many of us

becomeslaves to our minds.In fact, we think so much that as soon as we have

time to be still we dont even know how toenjoy being quiet.

The only way you will ever experience peace of mind is by learning to drop the

analytical thinking mind. Meditation is a way to help you on the journey of

achieving mental clarity and peace. Its time for you to awaken your mind to its

potential. Through mediation you will discover and catch glimpses of a state of

consciousness that is truly aware and alert. Meditation will be your tool for deep

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introspection of your inner being, and will prove to be very valuable in your day to

day life.

It will help you develop an intimate relationshipwith your true self.As youdevelop your inner being you will become valuable to those around you, because

you will be more in touch to who you really are. An intimate intuitive knowing

beyond any mental conception you have of yourself.

You can only truly help others when you have become the master of your mind,

free of false illusions. Many people feel that just because they have the urge to

help that they are able to help. Unless you really know what your true identity is,

which is not your ego, you will only be trying to offer help from something that is

an illusion.

The beauty of proper meditation is that it helps you create immense distance in

your inner space. It gives you perspective, your level of consciousness changes. It

helps you create distance between your thoughts and the witness who watches

your thoughts. The problem for most is that they remain too close to their

thoughts, being close means being identified. This is why psychoanalysis never

actually solves the causes of your problems, it may help you function more

efficiently in society, but you remain on the same level. Your problem is in your

thinking, and you try to solve it with thinking, you still remain within the field of

thought. Meditation gives you vertical growth, it gives you a birdseye

perspective to see your problems, an awareness to freely observe your

conditioning. You become an impartial observer, being impartial you will see the

causes, you gain understanding. There is no need to solve the problem, you just

need more understanding. It simply exists because you lack sufficient

understanding, not enough awareness.

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Thats why we are always able to give someone else great advice, we are far from

the problem, we are impartial, we have clarity to see. The person with the

problem is too close to it, too identified, he will say, easy for you to say, this isnt

your problem. Meditation helps you create the distance for you to see clearly.

Many say that it would be nice to have peace of mind, to learn to be calm no

matter what goes on around them. But as long as you make those things objects

of your desire, you have already identified yourself as lacking them, thus keeping

your self from experiencing peace.

When people begin to attempt meditating they say that is difficult and boring.When you learn to watch whats going on inside you, if those thoughts of

boredom come up, just watch them. Explore why you are telling yourself this is

boring, pay attention to your feelings, where is it coming from? There is a huge

growing experience hidden, you just need to explore it. There are strange

moments in life when the mind rests without any kind of worries. When our mind

is quiet, when our mind is in silence, then the new arrives.- Samael Aun Weor

Meditation is the act of allowing the thoughts in your mind to cease. When you

drop your mind you will experience oneness with the universe. You will realize

that everything really is intimately interconnected and multi-dimensional.

The only thing that keeps you thinking you are separate is your body and mind.

When you are asleep and disconnect your mind from your body your

consciousness is one with the universal consciousness. Mediation is your key in

transcending the confines of your body and mind to consciously experience a

higher state of universal awareness.

Through a daily discipline of meditation you will become more mindful and calm.

Calmness is the ideal state in which you should receive and take part in your lifes

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experiences. Some one who is calm has the mental clarity to handle any situation

that life throws at him. Even mindedness should be your goal, learning to

maintain a clear headed mind state helps you with enjoying and dealing with a

fast paced lifestyle.

The more that you focus your attention within, you will begin to feel a new

power and new peace rise up within you. Meditation is the ability to stay actively

calm. Meditation does not even have to be what many associate meditation with,

which is to get into a lotus position and start chanting a mantra.

Any activity that you enjoy can be meditation;you just need to learn to bewatchful of whatever you are doing. Learning to be fully present in any activity is

meditation. Jogging through the forest and being observant of everything going

on inside you without judgment is meditation. It is however important to

incorporate a daily routine of meditation and do it earnestly and consistently if

you are to reap the rewarding effects.

Awakening Your Mind Daily

1. Pick a nice comfortable place where to meditate..

2. Find a comfortable position to sit. Sitting on a chair or on the floor, does not

really matter as long as it is comfortable for you.

3. Cross your legs, clasp your hands together. (This helps make your own energy

circuit and gives stability)

4. Close your eyes, than stop inner and outer chatter.

5. Relax; begin thinking that your whole body is becoming extremely relaxed.

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6. Eyes should be closed. With your eyes closed focus your gaze and attention as

if you are looking through a point between your eyebrows. Try and not to cross or

strain your eyes; the upward gaze should come naturally when you are relaxed

and calmly concentrated. What is important to keep in mind is to be able to fix

your whole attention at the point between the eyebrows.

7. You will notice that your mind is full of many thoughts. Your mind will than

begin to ask questions to those thoughts and try and come up with answers

whether they are known or unknown.

8. You will need to transcend your mind and thoughts in order to meditate. Yourmind and thoughts are what separate you from your higher self, you can also

think of your higher self as your subconscious/unconscious mind, dont worry

about the labels.

9. You transcend your mind by simply observing your breath. Dont inhale/exhale

consciously just observe your natural breathing. Dont go behind your thoughts; if

you catch your self drifting just always come back to your breathing. Slowly the

amount of thoughts reduces and your breathing becomes thinner and shorter.

If you are able to keep all your focus on your breath, you will get to the point of

no thought and no breath. This state of no thought is your connection to your

divine being and energy body. Continue to concentrate between the eyebrows

until you begin to achieve peacefulness. The more you meditate the more

benefits and energy that you will receive. Your own self-awareness and

consciousness will also expand.

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10. You will feel a very pleasurable feeling meditating. If you feel any discomfort

in your body these can be possible areas of disease or illness. If you meditate

everyday you can possibly heal your body naturally.

11. Now that you are in a state of no thought and total relaxation. Begin to think

only on your intention. Your intent and can the feeling of love, creativity, a

problem you may have, or any object that becomes your sole focus. Remember

whatever you think now is in a state that will be impregnated directly into your

subconscious.

Example: Whenever I dont have any ideas of what I should write about, I initiallythink of just a headline, topic, or problem than meditate on it. After about 30

minutes I am able to get on my computer, and the words just flow out of me.

I really hope you enjoyed this introduction on the topic of meditation; I really

encourage you to take the time to incorporate it into your daily life. Identify what

are your essential needs and quit being possessed by your possessions.

Remember that happiness lies ingiving yourself timeto deeply ponder,

something that our modern society is in dire need of.

For additional insights into meditation and solutions to some common problems

check out this post here:

Problems With My Meditation Practice

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How To Develop Your 6th Sense: Intuition

Posted on 01/16/2009 byIvan Campuzano33 Comments

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The only real valuable thing is intuition.- Albert Einstein

Awakening Consciousness

Reality on earth can be categorized into three aspects, the known, theunknown,

and the unknowable. The known is what we have proven with science thus far.

The unknown is what science has yet to discover. The unknowable is the mystery

of our universe, that which can never be known, it gives our life meaning. The

unknowable is what keeps us inspired, we are here on earth to experience life

fully and make known the unknown.

We use logic, reason, and science to try and unlock the mysteries of life. Logic,

reason, and science can only take us to a certain point; the unknowable is beyond

all this. We can catch glimpses of the unknowablethrough our intuition.We only

get to experience glimpses of the unknowable but we are not able to explain it, it

is beyond explanation.

We cant solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we

created them. Albert Einstein

Nature has given the role of all your bodys functions to your instincts. Your

instincts have innate knowledge passed down through thousands of years of

evolution. You dont need to consciously breathe, it is all done automatically.

Your mind is not grounded in reality, therefore your intellect is blind. You pose it

with questions and it comes up with answers based on your memory bank. The

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answers it gives you can be creative or destructive but to the mind it makes no

difference.

The main problem with the mind is that because it makes its interpretations frommemory, it does not know how to deal with the new and unknown, the mind has

no reference for it.

Modern man has been conditioned to look for answers outside of himself.

Therefore, most people live their whole lives never really getting to know who

they really are or their true nature. Many people just think they are their name,

physical appearance, interests, likes, dislikes, ethnicity, nationality, none of whichis really you.

Your true self and inner master is hidden behind your body, mind, and heart. The

problem is that modern society never goes inward.

Your inner knowing comes from first your instincts, second your intellect, and

third from your intuition. Most people only operate from the level of the intellect.

If you get a hunch from your instincts the intellect is great at rationalizing

therefore negating an intelligence that is grounded in a deeper reality. Your

instincts have a higher intelligence that comes from the past that allowed you to

survive. Your intuition comes from a higher cosmic intelligence that simply just

knows and does not require logic.

You need to be able trust your instincts and intuition so that you can use

yourintellect for the right purpose.You can begin by learning to pay attention and

trusting the inherit wisdom in your instincts; develop your instinct as a stepping

stone to your intuition and higher self.

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You need to create experiences that will help you grow them, there is no way to

grow them with outside help. Only through your own direct experiences will you

be able to accumulate the wisdom to have the clarity to see properly.

In getting to know your true nature and inner space you will encounter memories

that you have repressed. Do not keep them repressed, doing so is to not learn

about a certain aspect of your being. Keeping things repressed also leads to build

up in your subconscious, until enough pressure builds and one day it explodes.

Learn to acknowledge your negative tendencies, learn from them, then let them

go from your being.

Your intuition is pure intelligence. Intellect and intelligence are only similar on the

surface. There are many people who are of a high intellect but do not

demonstrate intelligence. Just as there are people who possess intelligence but

do not have a high intellect.

Intellect is dependent on knowledge, knowledge is simply just theory. Intuition

comes from a higher knowing not dependent on knowledge but can be felt

through experience. You need to be able to experience what I am saying, not only

learn what I am saying, otherwise you will not be able to see. If you dont

experience it for yourself your intellect will use this new information to still keep

you separate from the truth.

If you are able to really see you will develop insight. Insight has the power to

transform your being. Transformation entails no effort. If you still ask how you

did not get the point, how just means you need more knowledge to be able to see

it through your own eyes.

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You need to become themaster of your mind,so that you can let knowledge work

through your mind, and not let your mind work through your knowledge. If you

become the servant and not the master of your mind, you will have a closed mind

because your knowledge will bind you. You need to use your intellect to rise

above your knowledge.

Insight is a state of no thought, when people say they have an epiphany it comes

from being able to see when there is no thought involved. Thats why you hear

people say that all of a sudden an epiphany struck them out of thin air. The insight

came from a higher intelligence that dwells in the realm of your inner silence.

These glimpses, if you are able to grasp them, will leave the feeling of amazing

connection. You experienced truth, your own personal truth of pure intelligence.

To Develop Your Intuition You Will Need To Overcome

1. The Physical Senses: We now live in a society where we are less dependent on

our senses for our survival that many people have become dull and unaware.

Your sense of vision, hearing, touch, smell, and taste through the modern world

have gotten out of tune. To get in tune with your senses begin by immersing your

self in nature. Just by being in nature you will make your senses come alive.

2. Conditioning:Through your life you develop beliefs that help you filter and

make sense of the world. This world is all about communication and it includes

both the seen and unseen mediums, but your beliefs are the very thing that keep

you from communication. If you are Christian and I am a Buddhist you will not

accept an Idea if it challenges your beliefs, even if the idea has nothing to do with

Christianity. You need to learn to suspend disbelief and judgment if you are ever

to expand your awareness. You need to learn to listen attentively, intelligently,

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and openly if you are to derive wisdom from an experience.

3. Rationalization:It is not what you say but who you are that matters. The mind

is very cunning; it will do everything in its power to keep you from who you really

are. You will need to transcend your mind in order to take the actions necessary

to become the person you desire to be.

4. Emotions: You need to not be governed and consumed by your emotions. You

need to be able to distinguish a real feeling. If you feel it in your heart it will

transform you because you will take action. If you become consumed by your

feelings but only remains a feeling with no action, then you will know it is pseudo.

You should not go against your heart; otherwise you are just a person who

pretends.

5. Repression:You need to learn to watch and observe your inner mechanisms

and not let them overlap each other, because this will corrupt them. Let your

mind play its role of logic and reason. Let your heart function for its purpose of

feeling. You need to learn to let everything function in its own natural way or else

your judgment gets clouded. For example when one is in love, you know your in

love because in your heart you feel it, yet many people say I think I love you. If

you trust your feelings you will simply tell the person I love you. Do not let them

mix into each other, the side effects are that you will begin to have corrupted

instincts and will not be able to make a good decision.

Growing Your Intuition ThroughMeditation

Whenever you feel a hunch that is simply a fragment of intuition. If you learn to

usemeditationto drop the reasoning mind, your intuition will begin to grow. If

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your life your intuition can mean all the difference between living a fulfilling life or

not.

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How To Increase Your Awareness and Expand Your Consciousness

Posted on 02/05/2009 byIvan Campuzano120 Comments

Me in

front of the Berlin Wall.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Albert Einstein

Awakening Consciousness

When Itake a look at our societyas a whole and think about the stage of

evolution that we are at, it amazes me how many problems still exist on earth.

We have advanced tremendously in technology and commerce, but one thing we

have neglected to advance is the worlds consciousness, the ability to be awake in

the world.

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Any problems we have come from a lack of awareness. If our politicians were

really conscious there would be no question about right and wrong, they would

be able to make the right decision. In pure awareness there is no dark only light.

In fact, if everyone was really awake and conscious, the role of government would

be very limited, becausepeople would not depend on someone elseto lead them.

We live in the age of information, but even with all the knowledge of the world at

our fingertips, what good does it really do us if we are not conscious and awake?

The problem is that knowledge essentially binds us, the more knowledge a person

gains, the more psychologically asleep that he becomes. The more knowledge he

gains the more entrenched his mind becomes in a certain way of thinking. He may

thinkhe is thinking outside of the box,its the same box; he just makes it look

different.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion

that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing

positive knowledge.- Albert Einstein

Just really take a good look at the world around you; you will realize that most of

the population is operating from a level where they are psychologically asleep.

Todays society has become extremely efficient at doing things with little to no

awareness, we just run on auto pilot. Once you realize how much you really are

operating on auto pilot in your day-to-day life, you will be able to search for ways

to become more aware.

Think about the very first time you were learning to drive, remember how

engaged you were? You could feel every movement you made, you were fully

present in what you were doing, you were in a state of heightened awareness.

After a few weeks all your motions were effortless, you could look at your rear

view mirror, adjust your stereo, and change gears with very little awareness.

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you gain a new clarity. A clear mind is a happy mind. As you grow in your

awareness, your inner growth will explode because you begin to let the deepest

parts of your being rise to the surface.

You will also come to notice how much of your growth was being suppressed by

the awareness of the whole (society) and dependent on others. At this lower level

of awareness you observe how people mostly try and grow by means of arguing,

simply trying to outwit, and out smart others on pure logic.

One day while drinking some coffee I observed two people arguing, the person

who feels that he came out on top is puffed up in his ego, and all he did was makea brilliant logical explanation to satisfy his own desires. The other person now

feels bitter towards the other, did not accept the other persons point of view,

and still chooses to keep his own beliefs.

I can see that both are oblivious to what actually happened. Nothing was

accomplished, but in their minds they felt something was achieved. They were

simply not aware of what was going on inside themselves, being lost on the inside

is being lost on the outside.

Awareness Steps to Achieve Spiritual Growth

Step 1: The Bodylearn to become aware of your body first. Learn to place your

attention and sense your bodys energy from the inside out. Learn to feel its

presence, its aliveness. You can begin by starting in small parts of the body, such

as your hands, until your attention can encompass your whole body.

Step 2: Your Thoughts - Once you become observant of your body, expand your

awareness to observe and watch your thoughts.

Step 3: Feelings and EmotionsWhen you are able to watch your thoughts, learn

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One important thing to remember also is to not make the mistake of constantly

thinking how can I be in the present moment, because this involves thinking;

this is a very delicate line.

Just learn to be a passive witness, which means youobserve without judgment,

and slowly you will fall into moments of beautiful silence. By constantly being in a

state witnessing you will fall into the gaps between your thoughts.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for

existing.One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of

eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.It is enough if one tries merely

to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.Never lose a holy curiosity.

Albert Einstein

Communist Statue in

Prague

Awareness is Key to Spiritual Transformation

With whatever you find yourself doing, learn to continuously be aware ofwhatever is going on inside you. The more you become aware of yourself doing

what ever it is that you are doing, the more you become centered in your inner

being.

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Once you begin to be stronger inside, you will develop a deeper feeling of the

inner presence that you are. Your energies will become concentrated around

this centered presence, and your true self is born. Ego is only a false sense of self,

but if you dont awaken your inner self you will go on believing that you have a

self that is only your ego.

When you have little or no awareness of your inner world, you are a victim of

circumstances because you operate only by reaction. From this level your physical

senses rule, your physical senses only job is to respond. You only take action

when something has been done to you.

When you are grounded in your inner being you create a distance between your

inner being and your physical senses. Something can affect your physical sense

but cannot touch your inner self. When you take actions from the center, your

actions are total and complete,inspired actions not hindered by past and future.

You will come to find that becoming a witness of your life will be something that

should be done passively. Learn to do what you are doing non-verbally;

verbalization is escaping from the experience.

When you look at the Starsin the sky with awe and admiration you feel a deep

connection of beauty within you. As soon as you try to verbalize what you are

feeling, you remove yourself from it, because to verbalize is to think, and to think

is to not be fully present.

Learning to be non verbal in your internal world will make you the witness of your

inner world. Language is only needed to communicate with others, but language

is not needed to communicate with ones self.

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Thoughts come and go, think of your mind as the host and your thoughts as the

guests. Once you learn to watch, witness, andobserve your thoughts,you will be

in a position ofmastering your mind.

Your thoughts are there but you are no longer a slave to your thoughts, you are

the master of your thoughts. Dont try and control your mind, this is impossible,

just learn to become centered in your consciousness. Just watch, dont try and

stop your mind, just observe it and allow it to happen on its own.

Being aware and clear headed will allow you to take responsible actions, because

any action you take born out of awareness is total and complete. Any action you

take will be action that arises from your watching.

With Awareness You Can Be Decisive

Only awareness can be decisive because your mind only conceives possibilities

and is constantly in a state of indecisiveness.

Many people strive to be a man or woman of character, but a man or woman of

character only reacts. Character is mechanical because it operates from

memory;moral conditioning on what is right and wrong.

The problem with this is that life is constantly changing, it is never the same. But a

man of character always responds with the same answers. A man of

consciousness simply takes action, and whatever action he takes in the moment is

natural and perfect for the situation.

Becoming a man of awareness will also allow you in seeing your own faults. The

moment you become aware of your faults they will begin to disappear. They were

only allowed to exist because you where unconscious of it.

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So dont be worried about errors and mistakes in your life. Put all your energy and

effort intobecoming a more conscious awake being.In a state of pure awareness

your faults cant exist. Someone who tries to be a good person requires great

effort. A conscious person needs no effort, living a conscious life makes you a

good person.

Someone trying to be good is constantly judging himself and others, his inner

world is one of continuous conflict. He condemns and represses and learns to

hide it in the deepest parts of his being.

You are good by just being aware. There is no question of whether what you do is

good or bad, from awareness whatever you do is good. A person of awareness is

calm, relaxed, quite, serene, creative, only good can come from these states of

being.

You will know when you become a person of awareness because you will quit

watching others, thats what everybody else does; all you need to do is watch

yourself.

apping Into Your Subconscious Mind To Get What You Want

Posted on 06/22/2010 byIvan Campuzano27 Comments

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one Albert Einstein

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Creating Your Vision

I feel that one of the most important ingredients in your formula for personal

fulfillment is having a clearly defined vivid vision of where you want to be.At firstthe how is not that important, you need to create a vision that gets youso

excitedthat you will stop at nothing to get what you truly want.

Many people first focus on the how than very quickly find themselves

overwhelmed with too many details and just as quickly talk them selves out of

pursuing their goals.

You have to take aleap of faithandtrust that the how will be shown to you asyou go along. Do you rememberthe days as a kidwith dreams of epic

proportions? What happened those dreams? You got older andconditioned by a

societythat says that having those dreams is foolish. I think thats nonsense, I

encourage you to dream like you once used to.

Shoot for the mooneven if you miss youll still be amongst them stars

One way I keep my vision alive is through my picture book. In my book I have

many of the things I want to experience in life. Go right now and get some

magazines and cut out every picture of the things you want to do and places you

want to visit,dont be thinking if you can actually do those things now, dare to

dream.

Remember your mind thinks in pictures, look at your picture book until in

becomes as vivid as possible in the theater of your mind. Your brain cant tell the

difference between something you are remembering or something you

experience in real time.

Tapping Into Your Subconscious Mind Power

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You can think of meditation as conscious sleeping. Just as you sleep to gain energy

for your daily functioning, meditation is conscious sleeping that gives you all the

energy (creative abilities) you need, for what you intend to accomplish. This is

how you will consciously tap into the power of your subconscious mind.

Use thepower of meditationto help you achieve your goals. Strive to everyday

meditate one minute for each year of your current age. I am 26, so everyday I try

and meditate at least 26 minutes. There are many techniques find something that

feels good to you.

Daily Routine

1. Pick a nice comfortable place where to meditate.Have an intention on what

you plan to meditate on before hand. Ex. A destination you want to visit or a

feeling like love.

2. Find a comfortable position to sit.Sitting on a chair or on the floor, does not

really matter as long as it is comfortable for you.

3. Cross your legs, clasp your hands together : This helps make your own energy

circuit and gives stability.

4.Close your eyes, than stop inner and outer chatter.

5. Relax, begin thinking that your whole body is becoming extremely relaxed.

6. Eyes should be closed. With your eyes closed focus your gaze and attention as

if you are looking through a point between your eyebrows. Try and not to cross or

strain your eyes; the upward gaze should come naturally when you are relaxed

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and calmly concentrated. What is important to keep in mind is to be able to fix

your whole attention at the point between the eyebrows.

7. You will notice that your mind is full of many thoughts.Your mind will than

begin to ask questions to those thoughts and try and come up with answers

whether they are known or unknown. This is why your mind(ego) can be your

enemy if it mostly thinks in negative terms.

8. You will need to transcend your mind and thoughts in order to meditate.Your

mind and thoughts are what separate you from your higher self, consciousness

itself.

9. You transcend your mind by simply observing your breath.Dont

inhale/exhale consciously just observe your natural breathing. Dont go behind

your thoughts, if you catch your self drifting just always come back to your

breathing. Slowly the amount of thoughts reduces and your breathing becomes

thinner and shorter.

If you are able to keep all your awareness on your breath, you will get to the point

of no thought and no breath. This state of no thought is your connection to your

divine being and energy body. The more you meditate the more benefits and

energy that you will receive.Your own self awareness and consciousness will also

expand.

10. You will feel a very pleasurable feeling meditating. If you feel any discomfort

in your body these can be possible areas of disease or illness. If you meditate

everyday you may even heal your body naturally.

11. Now that you are in a state of no thought and total relaxation , bring your

focused attention to your intention. Remember whatever you focus on now is in a

space that will be impressed directly into your subconscious. It is important that

youdont color any of your thoughts with any lack, limitation, dis belief or

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doubt. This is why almost all self help material does not produce the results

people expect.

Wishing for more money(or anything else) never works, the thought of wanting

more money also has the thought of doubt attached to it. Ask your self how many

thoughts that you think about have been modified in a way that is not beneficial

to you. You just never realize that you are programming your sub conscious all

day.

This is why meditation is so powerful. You are able to make suggestions to your

subconscious where the thought is not modified in any way shape or form. So if

you want to make things happen fast you need to get rid of theconcept of

attaching time to your thoughts.

You have to remember that almost everything you get in your life comes based on

the conditions that you set up, and time is usually one condition that cuases the

most frustration with people. Just as a computer programmer gives a computer

instructions to complete a task, you program the most powerful computer you

have which is your subconscious.

Your conscious mind acts as thegate keeper as to what thoughts you let in.Now

that you know this choose to become more aware and conscious about what you

think all day long. Learn to see the world in a non linear way, remove time from

your consiousness and watch how things show up in your life faster than you

ever thought.

Thoughts = feelings = actions = results (just like that you can begin to shape your

life)

12. Mentally rehearse every moment of it with all your senses.Dare to be like

Peter Pan.

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13. Visualize in vivid detail, your intention as established fact.Also make sure

you meditate only on days you feel good. Remember you want your thoughts to

be as pure as possible. This also means thatyou really find out what you want,

make sure its not something you want solely for ego purposes. Thoughts that

involve the ego are usually always colored with negativity.

14. With time you will begin to be able to hold vivid pictures of anything(you will

develop you third eye). The more you are able to hold onto an image in your mind

the more power you give it.

15. Get up and go have a great day, notice how much energy you have the rest of

the day.

I also uselucid dreamingas another way to increase my creativity or come up

with new ideas.(Lucid dreaming is when you actually become aware in your

dream that you are dreaming, once properly trained you can control your dreams)

Well I hope you enjoyed my article and that It may assist you in achieving some

of your goals. I would also love to hear any of your tips or ideas on how we can all

accomplish our goals in a harmonious way, leave your comments below. Thank

you and have a great day!

How to Develop Charisma: Twelve Key Moves

Posted on 12/25/2008 byIvan Campuzano1 Comment

Debra Benton

My good friend and mentorDebra Bentonauthor of New York Times best

selling How To Think Like a CEO, has spent her life teaching some of the

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nations top CEOs how to be more effective and charismatic, so when she speaks I

listen.

Youve seen them. People like John Edwards or Carly Fiorina whose personal

magnetism makes them stand out and propels them up the ladder of success.

But is charisma that powerful personal magic that attracts people and

promotions like a magnet something you are born with or something you can

learn?

Its common knowledge, for example, that the late president John F. Kennedy

exuded charisma. Yet historians say his style was so carefully rehearsed that

before running for president he even commissioned a study to determine the

most effective handshake!

Those who study the phenomenon of charisma say while some people are

innately more charismatic than others, there are certain things everyone can do

to boost their charisma quotient. Debra Benton, author of Executive Charisma:

Six Steps to Mastering the Art of Leadershipoffers the following pointers:

Expect acceptance.

Regardless of rank, expect to be treated as an equal. If you expect acceptance,

you just might get it. If you dont expect it, you definitely wont get it.

Control your attitude.

Success in business is based more on mental attitude than on mental capabilities.

Be optimistic toward yourself, others and life. Walk in to a room with a spring in

your step and a smile on your face.

Perfect your posture.

Pull your ribcage away from your pelvis, roll your shoulders back and down, pull

your stomach in and tuck your bottom toward your spine. Breathe deeply. Youll

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not only look better, but feel more energized, alert and in control.

Think before you talk.

Think fast, pause, then speak purposefully. One CEO practices saying everything

to himself before he says it out loud so that he will hear how it sounds and can

change it if he needs to.

Slow down.

Speed in speaking, moving, gesturing and walking looks nervous and scared.

Scared people get passed over, not hired or promoted. Learn to speak in a

comfortable, easygoing and welcoming way. Dont waste time, but do speak as if

you have all the time in the world for those you are speaking to.

Shoot straight.

Everything you say or write can be done in a simple, straightforward manner. Just

do it.

Be a good storyteller.

People understand you better, remember what you say longer, and find you

smarter and more interesting if you use anecdotes to make your points.

Be aware of your style.

Clothes dontmake the man but they do make a difference. Wear well-tailored,

good quality clothes that make you look like you are in charge. But remember, it

isnt as much about your look as how you look at things and what people see

when they look at you.

Admit your mistakes.

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If you are error-free, youre likely effort-free.

Dont be bullied.

If you are unjustly criticized, dont take the bait and get into an argument. Instead

calmly ask: Why do you think that? What do you mean? or Whats that

based on?

Be flexible.

Be able to stand out while still fitting in with the crowd.

Be at ease with yourself and others.

Look others straight in the eye, eliminate any defensiveness and take the edge off

your voice. Never let them see you sweat!

To get in touch with Debra Bentonvisit:DebraBenton.com

How To Master Your MindPosted on 08/29/2009 byIvan Campuzano34 Comments

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything.

What we think we become. Buddha

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simply from a negative thinking habit.Reality reflects back to you what you think

commonly, change your common thought, and change your life.

You just need to take full responsibility and understand that mind management is

essential tolife management.Here is the amazing thing about being conscious

human being, you have free will. You are the one who ultimately gets to decide

what you pay attention to.The problem is that if you are not the master of your

mind, your current mental habits will be the one to choose.

In all circumstances your free will boils down to what you choose to pay

attention to.Learn to watch at all times where your mind is placing its attention.

If you find that it is not conducive to your growth, change it. The more you do this

the stronger your will power will become. You will have the power to direct your

mind towards your intention. When you know your personal intent, it helps you

stay centered and lets you know when you are not centered.

Cultivate Your Mind

The way you think stems from habit, so your mental mastery will come from the

conditioning you give it. No matter what happens in your life, you alone have the

power to choose how you respond to it. Learn to form the mental habit of looking

for the positive in every experience you have. This will develop the habit that will

allow you to overcome challenges and support your inner growth.

Just remember that in life there are no mistakes only lessons. Learn not to judge

situations as either good or bad, but just as a learning experience. If you trulylearn from it you will not commit the same thing you label as a mistake. If you

keep committing the same mistake you will know you have really not learned

from the experience.You are still allowing your old ways of thinking dictate how

you act in a given situation.

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Techniques On How To Master Your Mind To Get Rid of Worry and Anxiety

1. Concentrate on an object:Pick an object that you will use for your daily ritual.

As an example you can use a flower or a statue. Everyday take some time to just

observe it. Learn to keep your minds attention only on the object. Notice

everything you can about it. When your mind wonders off and thinks of

something else bring your attention back to the object.

Your goal here is to each day be able to increase the time you are able to

concentrate solely on the object with out deviation from it. At first this will be

very difficult for many. Dont get discouraged just realize that the more you

exercise the easier it will get. This is a mental exercise for your mind. Just like with

your body if you dont exercise the mind it becomes lazy and unfocused.

You either control your mind or it controls you.Once you have the power to

concentrate through your will power, you will be able to banish the thoughts of

worry. As soon as you notice negative thoughts bubble up within you, you will

have the power to refocus your attention on thoughts that will better serve you.

2. Opposition thinking: By nature the way that our brains are wired, we are only

able to focus on one thought at a time. Learn watch every negative thought that

comes into your mind. Before you give any power to it, unclutch from it and

replace it with an opposite positive thought. Learn to mother good thoughts.

Carry a notebook with you, each time you become aware of your negative

thinking, write it down. This will simply be a friendly reminder of how manynegative thoughts you had in a day.

Take the Time to reflect on your day:Every night make it a habit of running

through your day in your mind. What was the general theme? How were you

thinking? How did this influence your day and ultimately your interpretation of it?

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Practice these techniques without fail for one month, one month should be

enough to make it a habit. If you skip a day, start all over. Making this

commitment to yourself will yield amazing results.

How Mastering Your Mind Will Create Your Destiny

Once you are able to direct where you place your minds attention through your

free will, you will be able to concentrate all your energies on one task at a time,

until you see it to completion. Through your mental habit of opposition thinking

you will be able to maintain a positive mindset. It will direct your attitude and

ultimately how you respond to situations and decisions that shape your life.

Through your magnetic visualization each time you summon a positive thought, in

your minds eye you will see it in its entirety and keep you focused on your target.

So the secret of your happiness is to find what you truly love to do and then

direct your minds focused concentrated energy to its attainment. I am sure you

see how important it is to learn how to master your mind. Once you are able to

direct your mind you are able to direct the path you take in life.

Thank you so much for reading my article;If you find my site valuable please pass

it along to your friends and family. I really appreciate you helping me in my

personal mission to self empower as many people as I can.

The Shawshank Redemption Guide To Freedom

Posted on 07/26/2010 byIvan Campuzano18 Comments

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Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free- The Shawshank

Redemption

Escaping The Matrix

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor

do they deserve, either one.- Benjamin Franklin

F-R-E-E-D-O-Mahhhjust say it out loud to yourselfjust by saying it you feel an

exhilarating feeling of boundlessness. This has to be the most beautiful word in

any language.

Freedom is the central theme around the movieThe Shawshank Redemption, it

Is a classic film filled with wisdom and universal messages that almost everyone

can relate to. I want to show what we can all learn from the movie because while

most of us may not be locked up in prison,many of us are living in a prison that

we are not aware of. If youare not awarethat you are in a prison you will not

bother in trying to escape. You may not be physically imprisoned, but

psychologically we are prisoners of our minds.

Physical freedom is only one aspect of freedom, this is freedom from. Freedom

from could be financial freedom, being free from a job, this is what most peopleassociate freedom to, butthis is not real freedom. Its a start, it gives a glimpse of

whats possible. This is why people who win the lottery remain unfulfilled, they are

still not free of their own prison.Inner freedomcannot be given to you by

anyone or any amount of money.

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To know how to free oneselfis nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do

with ones freedom- Andre Gide

Freedom from is still dependent on external circumstances. You need from

for, this is psychological inner freedom. This is having a mind free of its

conditioning, free from its own limitations. Freedom for is the ability to respond

to life without having the past or future interfere in your actions. Freedom from

your incessant inner chattering. Having freedom from and freedom for, now

this is ultimate freedom.

The Plot:The film portrays the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends

nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife

(wrongfully sentenced). During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow

inmate, Ellis Red Redding and finds himself protected by the guards after the

warden begins using him in his money laundering operation. Wikipedia.org

The Essential Wisdom of The Shawshank Redemption

Provide service to otherswithout expecting anything in return:Andy was a very

smart person, but he was not arrogant towards others who where not on his level

intellectually. He took the time to teach and empower others. He received great

fulfillment in seeing one his students get his GED from prison. Serving others and

being a part of their growth is one of the greatest forms of fulfillment that you

can experience.

Hope + hard work + baby steps + commitment = Freedom:Andy ultimately

escapes the Shashank prison because it started with a little hope. One night In his

prison cell a small part of the wall chipped off, this was the little spark of hope he

needed. He then proceeds to dig a hole for the next 20+ years of his life, behind

the poster of a beautiful woman.

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Hope:Think of the times you felt truly great, truly free, this is your hope that you

know other states of being are possible.

Hard work:study yourselfall the time, study great books, practice yoga,

meditate, and find a school or group of like minded people you can work with.

Baby steps:If you work hard enough andhave a definite aim,you will create

experiences for you to know that your work is paying off. If your work is real and

meaningful you will change the way you feel, you will change your state of

being.

Commitment: You need to commit, you cant work for one month, then take a

month off. If you are not ready to commit dont even start because then you may

create even more problems for yourself. You may even lose faith in certain

methods and close yourself off from them in the future.

When I first played around withmeditationin my teenage years I did not get it

my efforts where partial and infrequent. What I thought mediation was, was me

only thinking I was meditating, which was not meditating at all, just a superficial

feeling of calmness was as far as I got.

It would be years until I finally understood what the great teachers meant in

having a timeless mind. It took years to get through my layers of conditioning

and previous ideas I had about meditation, until I finally got my first taste of going

beyond my inner chattering. This is a journey that only continues to grow into

deeper states of meditation. If I would have not stayed committed I would have

never known what is possible, it was inconceivable.

You can always be creative and continue learning even while in prison : No

matter what your circumstances may be, there is always something new to learn.

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If you learn to become integrated within yourself, you can always find acreative

solutionto any of your problems.

Making Genuine Connections:Be open to anyone new you meet, you really never

know when you might meet a once in a life time friend and ally.

Enduring Extreme Pain and Suffering:What doesnt kill you will only make you

stronger, thats if you approach things with the right attitude. If you have

a definite aim in your life, it will serve as motivation for you to get back on track

when you encounter obstacles in your life.

Life is not fair:Life does not discriminate, there is neither good nor bad in the

eyes of the universe, it is up to you on how you decide to approach and live your

life.

Becoming attached to your environment, even if it is a prison:Anything you

become attached to will create pain when it changes or is taken away from you.

Realize that if you do not have a certain understanding of how you work

internally, you will always live a life of attachment. You need to live a life of

awareness, so that you do not make unconscious decisions that will then become

an attachment and keep you in bondage.

On Being Institutionalized:

This is all he knows, In here he is somebody, out there he is nobody(prison

walls) first you hate them, then you get comfortable, then you begin to love them,

you depend on them Ellis Redding

One of the oldest inmates Brooks gets released after spending the majority of

his life in prison. Once he has his physical freedom back, he does not know what

to do with it. He has forgotten what it means to be outside of the prison walls, he

doesnt know how to function, so he decides to kill himself. This is what happens

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illogical, that we are able to feel a reality that is beyond our minds

comprehension.

Prison Time Is Slow Time:

A man in prison will do almost anything to keep his mind occupied Shawshank

Redemption

This is not true of only people who are in jail, but all people who escape with

entertainment. In your slow time learn to be with your silence, this is how you will

break free from your mind. You will come to understand your mind, you will see

all of its negative tendencies. If you stay in your silence long enough you will come

to realize that you are not your mind.

You will be able to seethat your mind does not function in a logical manner, most

of your thoughts are just random, the problem is that when our thoughts bubble

up within us, we are always looking for meaning. We try and connect one thought

with the next. Our minds crave certainty and always want to understand

everything.

When you are able to see that your mind does not function in a linear manner,

you will stop trying to control or look for meaning in your random thought

process. This leads to a great increase in energy, much energy is wasted in trying

to control and suppress our thought process. This will allow you to have enough

mental energy to see things as they are.

Having a Timeless Mind:

You know what Mexicans say about the Pacific? That It has no memory -Andy

If you are able to experiencea mind that has become empty,you will understand

what it means to have a timeless mind. Your thoughts create your sense of time,

all your thoughts come from memory. Freedom from your mind means freedom

from your memory. This is not to say that you no longer use your memory and are

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in a state of amnesia, but that your memory no longer conditions and influences

you in the present.

It all just comes down to a simple decisionyou get busy living or get busy

dieing- The Shawshank Redemption

All You Need is Pressure and Time:

Everyman has a breaking point

Pressure: Freedom is your choice, but youre going to have to work hard to get it.

You have to realize what your main aim in life is, if its to discover real freedom,

you are going to have to give everything you got. But first you need to realize that

you are living in a prison in the first place, you need to get a glimpse of whats

possible. Once you experience what true freedom tastes like, there is no going

back, heaven is possible in this life time.

Time: It takes time to change, but true change is instant.Once you re examine

your relationship to time,you will see that change can happen this instant.

Depending on your own level of being and understanding it may take a long time

and a lot of work to get to the point where change can become instantaneous,

when you are acting from a timeless space.

Living With Fear:

I just want to be back to a place where I am not afraid all the time- Ellis Redding

Fear is the one thing that may be keeping you stuck in your life.You need to

understand that only a mind that is free from the past is the only state of mind

that is free of fear. Fear cant exist in a mindthat is grounded in the present.

Some birds arent meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright-Ellis

Redding

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Life is too short, make sure you realize that freedom is not something to be

achieved but something that you need to rediscover.You came into this world

free, now its time to spread your wings and reclaim your freedom.

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