Mind Power: How Focus Determines your Reality

Do you know how powerful your thoughts really are? Are you fully aware that these thoughts, all 50,000 per day, are singularly the most powerful influences on everything that happens to you in your life and are the reason you have attracted the people you know, the house you live in and the car you drive?

In fact the sum total of everyone's thoughts is the very thing that shapes everything that exists, everything that has existed, and everything that will ever exist. You may ask then "if this is true then shouldn't it be possible to bring into existence anything we desire?"

Well the short simple answer is YES!

It is through the power of deliberate thought that we can create. While thought alone does have the power to bring tangible (cars, houses, boats) and intangible (peace, harmony and joy) things into existence often times this is not enough!  Intention, or directed thinking and believing, is enough to create powerful enough thoughts to manifest anything we want but you must also add two other ingredients.

Firstly, your thoughts must be backed by emotion. The more powerful the emotion - the stronger the thought. It is essential to create within you the same feelings that you will have when you actually achieve your desire. You actually do this all the time only in the opposite direction. For example, you think of what you are afraid may happen and all of a sudden you feel frightened, tense and may even start to exhibit some physiological symptoms such as sweating or shaking or just get the shivers. Begin to reverse this method of thinking. Think only of what you do want and conjure up the feelings associated with that. How will it feel to meet and marry that perfect person? How will it feel behind the wheel of that new Mercedes or in the kitchen of that new home?

The second key ingredient of the three is action! It is necessary to be prepared to take some action. This is a key point that many personal development gurus leave out! The action that you need to take will not be strenuous or a toil, it will be enjoyable and feel right to you.

Each of us here on the planet plays their own special role in the complete operation of the Universe. We are all One, interconnected and interdependent. Your desires will almost always come through some form of action and through connection to other people.

Your thoughts do have the power to completely change your life and circumstances. When thoughts are backed by emotion they become an unstoppable force that will carry you to wherever you want to go in life. But you must be willing to take the steps towards your desires when these steps are presented to you. For example thinking and believing you will meet your soul mate will bring you vast opportunities for meeting him/her but you never will if you sit at home all day and do not venture outside! You may find that you begin to get asked to go to places more often or get invited to a place you have never been before. You may even accidentally meet old friends or develop new friendships. This is the Universe setting you on a path to your desires. Take that invitation. Even if it is something you have no desire to do or somewhere you do not want to go, you should accept the invitation. Who knows who you may meet or where you may end up!

So remember, ingredient 1 - thoughts have power. Ingredient 2 - thoughts backed by strong emotion and belief can change the very Universe and create ANYTHING you want. And the lastly ingredient 3 - action is the last key ingredient to bringing about your desires and living the life of your dreams. Now get out there and start to CREATE!

How to Clear your Mind for Meditation Trance State

What do you think about during meditation?

One common problem my followers report is that during meditation they can sometimes find it difficult to clear their minds. They say that they struggle to switch off their brains, that even if they are alone, relaxed, in a quiet or calm environment they cannot consciously stop making pictures and images in their heads or talking to themselves, chattering away with their internal dialogue. They ask me, how do I clear my mind?

If you are a regular reader you will have seen this article which offers three basic meditation techniques, the Hindu method, the candle induction and the dark-side meditation. if you haven't seen that please check it out. choose whichever method will suit your needs and style best:

http://markmauvais.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/three-basic-easy-meditation-techniques.html 

If you are struggling to get into a trance like state because of external noises then you can use them to your advantage. Focus on each noise, try and flow with its rhythms and this will help you achieve a deeper trance experience. Some times though the noises and distractions can be internal rather than created by an outside source.

This isn't always the case though, sometimes even in an environment where you have little to no sensory input your brain will automatically attempt to entertainment itself. These types of thoughts can be distracting during meditation and there are a few techniques you can use to silence them. 

The first thing you need to consider is the content of these distracting thoughts. it is possible that your subconscious is making you think of these things for a reason. If it is an issue in your life that is bothering you or a problem which needs solving then you should use this meditative time constructively. You often hear people say they 'will meditate on an issue' or 'sleep on a decision'. This is because the subconscious is a great problem solver. Rather than trying to block these thoughts you should embrace them, think through the issues and resolve them. 

Are you Visually Minded or Auditory Minded?

If you are a more visually minded person then your distractions will most likely be in a video like form, you imagine what you might do tomorrow or re-experience a memory from history. Again use this to your advantage. Make a picture in your mind of looking down on yourself from above, like an out of body experience. Keeping your eyes closed, visualize all of your surroundings in as much detail as you can. Slowly zoom the image out in your mind as if you are gradually flying away. Slowly let the outer edges fade away into blankness. The further you zoom out the more the picture disappears until you can see nothing but blankness. 

A person who is more auditory minded could be distracted by the little voice in their mind, who talks to them. The voice that we hear inside our heads, our consciousness, life force or soul, or whatever you personally call it. These people would benefit from the use of a mantra. A mantra is when you repeat a word or phrase over and over. These have been used for centuries in meditation from the ancient Ohm to Hare Krishna. Repeatedly saying a word or phrase will stop your conscious mind from talking to you during the trance state.

The main point to be taken here is not to ignore these thoughts that you have. Generally there is a reason why your mind says "hey, think about this". You may have sat down to open your third eye or something but if you solve a personal problem or have an epiphany moment then that can be equally rewarding. If your brain is working against you then you can use those things to your advantage. Its your brain, we all experience the world and meditation in our own ways. Do what suits you and your way of thinking.

HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT IS REAL?

Descartes: I think therefore I am.

How do we know what is real? How do we know that we are experiencing reality? Its a simple question and the simple answer is: We can see/feel/hear/smell and taste the environment and therefore what we are experiencing must be actual reality. But this is not so. Our senses lie to us in every moment of every day. You feel how the ground is steady? Well its not, its moving at thousands of miles and hour.. 

All the things which we SEE in the physical world are a translation, by our brains, of the sensory input received through the eyes. Vision is merely the interpretation of light touching the retina. The brain then decodes this information, flips the image the right way up and filters out anything it deems to be unimportant in that moment. This all happens instantly, its an incredible feat of human brilliance.

The famous philosopher Rene Descartes understood this and posed the following question: How do I know that I am not just a brain in a jar? His point being that electricity and therefore magnetism could be used to stimulate the brain in such a way that it could see things which are not there or be tricked into experiencing other sensory information. We've all seen the Matrix, its a similar question. How would you be able to determine if what you are experiencing is a real event or just a complex fabrication made by your own mind? Those of you who are apt at Lucid dreaming will have struggled with this question also. I have often been awake and had to question myself "is this real?" or "am I asleep?"

Do you actually see whilst astral projecting or do you just imagine moving? I would have to ask the question when you are imagining do you actually see? I know that I do for sure. Stop.

When you make a picture in your mind what happens to the rest of the room? I've had people angrily say at me "what are you looking at?" and I've been like huh? I was in a trance state and my eyes may have been pointing at them but my mind was off and away somewhere else. For years they've told you off for "day dreaming" but I ask you whats the difference? How do you know that what you're experiencing right now, sitting at your computer or on your phone reading every word of this, and then you swallow.

How do you know any of this is real?

All the stresses in your life, your boss, your teacher, your husband or wife, how do you know they are not all fabrications of your own mind? We know that the mind has the ability to do remarkable things like that, be it in a dream state or the Persinger god helmet.

Then after writing all of this I realized that we still, now some 400 years after Descartes still don't have a water tight answer to this question. So I put it to you, how do you know that you are alive and that you are experiencing reality at this moment?

Different Types of Thinking HOW DO YOU THINK?

Understand how different people think differently.

One of the things that you notice when you learn telepathy, delving around in peoples minds is that not everybody thinks in the same way. That the way that you perceive the world is different from everybody else. Ever thought "Why the hell did this person behave in this way?"

If you want to know what other people are thinking you must first understand the different ways in which people think. There are three basic types of thinking. We all use a mixture of the types but generally are predominate in one. The brain is very adaptive and it is possible to train your mind to improve in the areas you feel you are the weakest.

Visual
There are some people who think mainly in pictures. They make images in their minds or play videos. What shall we have for dinner? Their mind flick through images of sausages and mash, or spaghetti, or toast or whatever. These people say things like "look at this" or "did you see this" and these people are generally good at art or design because they have a strong 3d visual sketch pad in their minds.

Auditory
There are those who think in words. Those who hear there own voice say the words they are thinking. People who ask themselves questions in their mind or 'talk to themselves'. In the dark ages if you told somebody you thought like this you were considered a witch! This people say things like "Did you hear about this?" or "I read this thing which said..."

Kinesthetic
Finally there are those who 'feel' rather than think. People who deal with whims, intuition and gut instincts. People who base their decision making on the way they feel in their bodies. This isn't to say that they are better for psychic power. In fact often these people struggle to explain their actions.

So the question is which type are you? Take part in the poll:

http://psychicinvestigation.forumotion.com/t61-how-do-you-think#262