We
have long heard the phrase "Mind over Matter". We have
also found how true the expression is from our everyday life.
When you wake up from sleep, go to office and work throughout
the whole day, even though you were not in the best of your health
and spirit...........you moved your mind over matter. When you
are under-prepared, scared to sit for an examination but do so
inspite of your fears...........that is also moving mind over
matter.
The
phrase "Mind Over Matter" thus means, it is not reality
that matters. What matters is that, which is in your mind.
Using
the Power of mind is nothing new to mankind. In the period written
during 19 B.C. the famous classical poet Virgil wrote the famous
phrase "Mind moves matter."
10,000
years ago visualization was a tool that cavemen in the region
that is now France used for hunting. Every hunter focussed on
the prey they sought by painting the animals on the wall of their
caves. By the light of the tribes fire, the images felt as if
they actually moves. They became so real in the caveman's mind,
they got fired up, and some of them actually threw spears at the
drawings. The marks are there to be seen till today.
Similarly,
"psyched up" is a psychological tool that sportmen practice
before a big game. They form an image of a dream performance in
their minds. Yet another instance of Mind moves matter.
Doctors
throughout the world believe that the body is directly linked
to the mind. People with a worried state of mind usually develop
ulcers. Tension affects the normal production of acid in them.
Similarly there lies a close link between heart diseases and repressed
anger.
If
negative thoughts can have such a dramatic effect over your mind
and body, imagine the power that positive thinking can have on
you.
In
fact, doctors have found from research studies that a positive
outlook in the patient increases the effectiveness of any treatment
Patients
suffering from high-blood pressure are often advised to picture
themselves in a peaceful, calm and encouraging environment. Time
and time again it is seen that their blood pressure has really
decreased.
The
power of visualization has helped a lot in treating cancer patients.
One such form is through the "mind blowing" technique,
where patients actually picture the cancer cells in their body.
Then they go about destroying them.
One
such approach is, instructing the patients to visualize their
cancer cells as "aliens" from outer space. Then they
set about to destroy them. Un-believable! Perhaps, but many a
patient without any hope to recover had used it and has recovered
completely.
I
had a middle-aged lady as a client who suffered from a high blood
sugar level, yet could not give up on her love for sweets. I initialized
a series of visual steps where she visualized sweets in any form
as a bunch of earthworms. Each time she was attracted to sweets,
she felt as if she was feeding on a bunch of earthworms. Naturally,
it gave her a very nauseating feeling. Within weeks, she had given
up on sweets. Her blood sugar level, even to this day, has been
lying within permissible limits.
Visualization
is not only an useful tool in matter of Medical Science. A young
man in his late twenties once came to me with a different problem.
He felt his being a bad speaker was interfering in his career.
I replaced the image he had about himself of being a bad speaker,
with that of a wonderful image of a good speaker.
Within
months he had earned himself a promotion. He lost his mental image
of being a bad speaker, spoke efficiently, convinced his clients
and tripled his confidence level.
Let
us talk about sportsmen now who put as much value to mental preparation
as they do for enhancing physical fitness, skills and talents.
They have discovered the art of visualization, where they think
of themselves as performing well, and ultimately do so.
I
saw this work with an Indian cricketer who was out of form as
a batsman. His career was un-certain. It is true, that when a
batsman is in form, he sees the ball as big as a football. While,
if he is out of form, the ball appears to be moving faster and
bouncing higher than it actually is. I initiated a process for
him where I explained the difference between the two state of
mind. In the first case, the batsman moves faster than all around
him. In the second case, the batsman moves slower while everything
else moves fast around him. It is evident, he belonged to the
latter case.
I
made him visualize that he was moving faster than all around him.
Within months, he had struck terrific form. Last I heard, he was
knocking the door of the Indian team.
This
sort of visualization is called "psyching oneself up".
It not only enhances our abilities, in fact it opens a whole new
world of opportunity by opening space in the mind to receive them.
Are
you surprised?
The
truth is that your perspective about yourself and your life can
either prevent opportunities and good people from coming to you
or it can welcome opportunities with open arms.
It
is upto you what you receive, good or bad, opportunities or missed
opportunities. You are the king of your thoughts for it is you
who generate your thoughts. No one does it for you. Thus, if there
is anyone who can be in charge of your thoughts it is you.
Now,
let us see what positive mental images can achieve for us?
One.
Positive thoughts are like magnets that attract opportunities.
Their individual Vibration Frequencies create a strong electro-magnetic
field that draws people and situation of similar frequency towards
it.
Two.
An individual space is created in your mind for success. This
provides a place where success can be received and contained.
Imagine!
Think!
If
you do not possess a mental space for success through what will
opportunities enter your life? So creating a space for success
to enter your life is the first step towards success.
However,
the size of the space for success varies from person to person.
Too much "success space", when the individual credits
little is of useless value.
For
example, a glass of water can only contain a glass of water. If
two glasses of water is poured in one glass, then the excess spills
over, and is wasted.
Similarly,
if you visualize too much success than you are ready for, it will
spill out of your life. Or else, one incident of success will
displace another. Until one day, excess success from past as well
as present spills over and out of your life.
This
is evident from people who suddenly become rich. They suffer from
the "too much too soon" syndrome. The excess spills
out of their lives in the form of drugs, alcohol, accidents, lawsuits
and divorces. Famous rock stars, movie stars display this trait
as some of their famous biographies suggest.
A
man who earned well but could never save enough money because
of his spendthrift habit once came to me to change his nature.
I replaced his thoughts of an in-adequate bank balance with that
of a fortune in his bank. Within months, he had saved all possible
expenses to build enough fortune impossible for a spendthrift.
I
helped a young lawyer who was frantically looking for new clients
to establish himself. I created a sequence of visualization for
him that connected to his sub-conscious needs.
In
about an year, he boasted a large number of clients. Today, he
is one of the most renowned lawyer of the city.
The
idea is simple!
Expand
the space for success in your mind through clever and successful
visualization. And then, move mind over matter.
What
seemed limited success will soon become a world of limit-less
achievements.
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