Posts Tagged ‘Neo-Spirituality’
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
I have heard people claim that the Law of Attraction does not work for them. It’s a really bizarre statement, since how can a law work for some and not for others. If it is a law, then it must by definition work each and every time, for every person, in every situation. What could be happening is that it works differently to how people expect it to work.
The basic premise is that you attract into your life whatever you are aligned with in terms of your thoughts (conscious and non-conscious) and feelings. You are always attracting things into your life, but you may be attracting things that you don’t necessarily want. That being said, there are other laws in the Universe that have not been popularized to the same extent as the Law of Attraction through the movie The Secret.
I came across some material online by Bob Proctor where he talks about the ‘11 Forgotten Laws’ that relate to the Law of Attraction. The way Bob Proctor put it was that the Law of Attraction is a single ingredient in a cake, but you need other ingredients to make it. Over the next little while I’ll cover the different laws, which will hopefully give you some useful information.
Until next time,
V
Tags: 11 Fogotten Laws, Bob Proctor, Energy, goals, Law Of Attraction, Money, Neo-Spirituality, Success, The Secret, Universe
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Inception has been out for some time now, and has received raving reviews, so if you have not seen it, definitely treat yourself to this awesome movie! Much like one can draw a lot of parallels between The Matrix and how our reality is simply our perception of something that can be very different, Inception also offers many such thought-provoking elements. I personally really enjoyed how the movie talked about ‘an idea’, and how it can be the most resilient thing in existence, which can grow to define you or to destroy you.
I also appreciated how they talked about the sub-conscious, it’s power, our inability to control most aspects of it, and how ideas planted in the sub-conscious can take hold. Very cool stuff indeed! You can look at that from many different angles of understanding of what the sub-conscious mind is and what it does, and the movie will likely resonate with your view.
But to come back to the concept of ‘an idea’. It, undoubtedly, is very powerful. It is the starting point of everything in our lives. Our personalities, behaviours, goals, and fears are all based on different ideas. Once we get an idea firmly planted in our mind, there are mechanisms in our brain that are designed to keep it there and give it nourishment – and this has been scientifically shown. This movie was a good reminder for me to re-examine what kind of ideas are driving my life.
Until next time,
V
Tags: Action, Fear, goals, Human Behavior, Irrational Behavior, Neo-Spirituality, Personal Power
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Monday, July 19th, 2010
There is one main purpose in Life that is showcased time and time again – growth and expansion. When any living or non-living thing stops growing, it starts disintegrating and ‘dying’ away. It is true of plants, animals, and even the mountain rangers. I know it to be true true of my body, my mind, and my consciousness as well. My vision requires growth in all of the areas of my life, and so with grateful and welcoming attitude I feed my body and soul with healthy nourishment. I’m grateful for this day, and for this awesome moment that is filled with bliss. I let go and I let it be. And so it is.
Until next time,
V
Tags: Ernest Holmes, Neo-Spirituality, Science Of Mind, Spiritual Mind Treatment
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Thursday, July 15th, 2010
There is this really neat video on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q_GQqUg6Ts
that explains the 11 dimensions. It took me quite a few viewings to somewhat understand what the heck they are talking about, but to this day I don’t quite get it. In either case the video is quite interesting!
For those of you wondering why I am talking about the 11 dimensions while the video title is about understanding the 10th dimension, it’s because dimensions start at 0, being a point. So 11 dimensions go from 0 to 10.
Enjoy the brain cramp!
Until next time,
V
Tags: Energy, Law Of Attraction, Meditation, Neo-Spirituality, Science Of Mind, Success, Universe
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
If you have been following the World Cup, you may have heard about Paul the Octopus living in the Oberhausen Sea Life centre in Germany, who predicts the outcomes of the German soccer matches. To get a match prediction, two mini tanks are set up with the octopus treats inside, marked with the flags of Germany and their respective opponent. When Paul the Octopus goes for the treats, the country represented on the mini tank is the predicted winner. So far he is been able to predict the outcomes of all five German matches in this World Cup. In the Euro 2008, Paul the Octopus was 80% accurate. So what is going on here?
As per usual, there are two possible explanations. First is that Paul the Octopus can actually predict the outcomes of soccer matches. If everything in the Universe is Energy, and everything is connected, and the concept of time is actually an illusion, then quite possibly Paul the Octopus may have ‘a gift’. On the other side there are skeptics who explain that statistically predicting outcomes of games with such accuracy it is not that improbable – and there is no need to involve anything ‘supernatural’. Picking 5 out 5 correct matches by chance is 3%. So if there were 100 animals picking outcomes of games, 3 of them would get all 5 right. The challenge is, we don’t hear about all the times that the match outcome was not consistent with the foresight.
Whatever the case may be, there is another prediction and another test for it later today. Paul the Octopus picked Spain to defeat Germany. I am cheering for Germany, so I hope that the damn octopus is wrong. If he is right however, I’ll be inviting people over for a Polpi in Umido.
Until next time,
V
Tags: Energy, Neo-Spirituality, Paul the Octopus, Science Of Mind, Soccer, Universe, World Cup 2010
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Just to be clear, I know very little about this field – I have never met or even talked to a sports psychologist. My guess is that the job of a sports psychologist is to help athletes work through any mental issues that they may have. So for instance, if a player is afraid to shoot the ball and is instead always looking to pass, I imagine that a team psychologist will address that confidence issue in some way. Or if the player had a really bad game, a team psychologist would help the player get over that game and leave it in the past; if the player has a good game, however, maybe they’ll try to work on carrying that momentum forward. Essentially, a sport psychologist tries to get the player’s mind to help him or her instead of getting in the way.
If that is at all accurate, it sounds very similar to psychologists in other fields – they help you get your own mind to play for you and not against. A lot of self-help materials deal with the very same concept. When you hear players give interviews, they often mention ‘faith’ in themselves and their team and ‘belief’ that they will win. The interesting thing is that when two teams compete for the ultimate prize, players on both teams believe that they will win, but only one team wins. Taking Law of Attraction into the count, who wins? The team that believes more? Or the team that doubts less? What about the fans – in town and around the world? Or do all the beliefs and doubts balance out and a better skilled team wins?
I am just curious to hear what you think…
Until next time,
V
Tags: Energy, goals, intentions, Law Of Attraction, Neo-Spirituality, Success
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
I have heard people say that about 95% of our thoughts are non-conscious. I have heard people say that 58,000 out of about 60,000 thoughts that we have each day are non-conscious. I have heard that our brains are processing 400 billion bits of information per second while only being conscious of 2,000 bits (What The BLEEP Do We Know?). I have heard it enough to even use it in my conversations, thought-processes, and this blog. The trouble is, when searching more on the subject, I could not find any evidence for any of these stats.
I’m not saying it’s false – it definitely seems like there are thought processes going on below our conscious level – I just want a published, peer-reviewed scientific paper that provides some numbers. Otherwise it could be that we only have 5% of non-conscious thought, but it does not works as well for some self-improvement gurus, so they fudge the numbers.
If you remember reading that claim somewhere, and it is referenced, would you kindly send me the details of that reference? I’d like to nail this sucker down and not use some nice-sounding stats that have no backing.
Until next time,
V
Tags: Neo-Spirituality, Non-conscious
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Recently I started to think more about all the things I have heard and read on spirituality and attempted to organize it into something more personal and concrete. I want to stick to the scientific end of things, not to the blind faith one, so I tried to separate ideas into the ones that had scientific backing and the ones that were personal opinion of another human being. Frankly, I’m not much closer to figuring things out because it seems like there is contradicting evidence out there for almost everything.
The book that I mentioned yesterday, 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense, brings 13 great examples of things that are proven and disproven by equally qualified and educated scientific teams. Go figure! I thought that if something was proven, it would not be disproven (or vice-versa), but that does not seem to be how it works. In fact this reminds me of another piece I read once that suggests that people, using the same data, can prove two completely different things by applying statistics differently.
Sadly, because of that, it makes it difficult to separarate ‘truth’ from ‘fiction’ and using logic does not help much, since it is stained by previous experiences. So what is the virdict? It seems like you can find evidence to support whatever you want to believe. *sarcastic tone* Lovely!
Until next time,
V
Tags: 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, Michael Brooks, Neo-Spirituality
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
This is one of those phrases that sounds nice and playful, yet contains a lot of power and wisdom. I’ve talked in the past about the vital role that expectations play in our lives, and this phrase, which I heard in a Bob Proctor program, puts it rather eloquently. The idea is pretty simple – your true expectations will create your experience. It’s not what you want, not what you wish for, but what you truly expect that becomes your experience. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had countless situations that reflect that very principle at work.
So, ‘never expect what you don’t desire’! Pretty simple, right? In theory yes…in application it can be more difficult. If it wasn’t we’d never get what we don’t desire. But seriously, if you don’t desire something, why in the world would you expect it? It’s a logical statement, but we are not very logical beings. The same holds for the other side of the equation – ‘never desire what you don’t expect’. If you desire what you don’t expect, you simply will not be able to bring that into your experience. If there is something that you desire, work on expecting it in your life.
Now I’ve got to go work on the lesson in this phrase myself…
Until next time,
V
Tags: Bob Proctor, Energy, goals, Irrational Behavior, Law Of Attraction, Neo-Spirituality, Success, The Secret, Universe
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Pretty much every book that talks about the concept that we are responsible for what we create and attract into our own lives, says that it is the feelings that get the creative process rolling. Sure, everything begins with a thought, but though by itself will not create much – you need to be emotionally involved in the idea – that means that you need to have corresponding feelings about that idea. More importantly, those feelings need to be supportive of you experiencing and achieving whatever it is that you are after; if you feel like you are incapable or unworthy of the given goal, it’s counter productive and will keep you away from what you desire.
We talked about how vital our subconscious mind is to the creative process. So how do you know what you mind is doing? A great way to check that is to check your feeling. This idea came to a friend of mine who shared it with me, and I thought it was a very insightful observation. If at any point in time you want to get an idea of what you are brining into your experience, ask yourself how do you feel. Feelings are like a temperature gage for your consciousness, that is your conscious and subconscious minds put together. Do you feel happy, loved, joyful, and abundant? Or do you feel sick, lost, confused, and generally pitiful? That is what you are bringing more of into your life.
I think that “How do I feel?” is a great question to ask yourself throughout the day. It will likely provide you with some very interesting insights into what is going on in your mind.
Until next time,
V
Tags: Energy, goals, Law Of Attraction, Neo-Spirituality, Success, The Secret, Universe
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