When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of possibilities. This is where the magic begins. This is a state I call synchrodestiny, in which it becomes possible to achieve the spontaneous fulfillment of our every desire. Synchrodestiny requires gaining access to a place deep within yourself, while at the same time awakening to the intricate dance of coincidences out in the physical world. It requires understanding the profound nature of things, recognizing the wellspring of intelligence that endlessly creates our universe and yet having the intention to pursue specific opportunities for change as they appear.” The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire by Deepak Chopra
Spontaneous fulfillment of our every desire. I’m not sure if we could live in a world with spontaneous fulfillment of every desire. Chaos would rein supreme. But I do think that as we begin to become more aware of the underlying coincidences (often opportunity knocks very, very quietly) we can get better at manifesting our desires (intentions).
Canada Day (formerly known as Dominion Day), marks the joining of the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a federation of four provinces. Canada now has ten provinces and three territories. The provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The three territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.
Do you struggle with consistency? I do. For example, I have a goal to complete my meditation CD every day, for approximately an hour. I have yet to complete 7 days in a row. So I’m going old school to reinforce my consistency.
When I say old school, I mean OLD school. Going back to kindergarten, my teacher would give us gold stars for especially good work. (I think I got a gold star for an especially long nap - I’m sure my teacher needed it.)
I am placing a visual aid where I can see it several times a day. Just a simple piece of paper with the next 7 days on it. And a gold star for every day I complete my meditation.
When I reach 7 cays in a row, I’ll go for another seven days and after that a third set of seven days will give me the magical 21 days (in a row that is) that “they’ say is key for establishing a habit.
When I was little I would play a game with my father. I would put my finger in my father’s hand and pull it away before he closed his hand. His hand was so big, it was like a giant bear trap.
“I thank you for the kindness
And the times when you got tough
And, papa, I dont think I
Said I love you near enough –”
Napoleon Hill tells us about Andrew Carnegie’s philosophy of success
“It is true that whatever your mind feeds upon your mind attracts to you. Now you see why it is important that you recognize that all success begins with definiteness of purpose, with a clear picture in your mind of precisely what you want from life.”
“…physical exertion itself has a much bigger influence on the brain than previously thought. Just this week, a survey of existing research published by the Cochrane Library concluded that the same aerobic exercise that is good for your heart also improves cognitive function—specifically, motor function, auditory attention, and memory—in healthy older adults. ” John J. Ratey, author of Spark.
“The magical ingredient here, according to Hillman, is brain-derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF. It builds up in those who regularly exercise, causing the brain’s cells to “branch out, join together and communicate with each other in new ways. This and other research has shown that physical activity is therapeutic. We now know that brain cells can grow and regenerate as we age, and exercising may encourage this process” Exercise and the Brain
Personal development includes exercise. Exercise affects our brain and mind. I am more than my brain but I am quite dependent on the health of my brain (and the rest of my body). A healthy mind needs a healthy brain.
rssHugger is a new website developed to help bloggers promote their blogs, and to help visitors discover new blogs. Most bloggers are seeking new ways to promote their blogs and gain higher visibility while visitors are looking to discover blogs that are relevant to them without having to surf the net for hours - and this is what rssHugger is all about.
For bloggers:
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I use rssHugger to find new personal development blogs.
Watch this video by Dr Jill Taylor Bolte - this video has a lot of great information. What really grabs my attention is the description of how our left and right hemisphere process information differently.
“Our right hemisphere functions like a parallel processor (Parallel processing is the ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli.) Our left hemisphere functions like a serial processor (Serial processing occurs sequentially.) Because they process information differently, each of our hemisphere think about different things, they care about different things and dare I say they have very different personalities. Our right human hemisphere is all about this present moment. Its all about right here, right now. Our right hemisphere it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information in the form of energy, streams in simultaneously through all of our sensory systems and then it explodes into this enormous collage of what this present moment looks like, what this present moment smells like and tastes like, what it feels like and what it sounds like. I am an energy being connected to the energy all around me through the consciousness of my right hemisphere. We are energy beings connected to one another through the consciousness of our right hemispheres…
My left hemisphere, our left hemisphere, is a very different place. Our left hemisphere thinks linearly and methodically. Our left hemisphere is all about the past and its all about the future. Our left hemisphere is designed to take that enormous collage of the present moment and start picking out details, details and more details about those details. It then categorizes and organizes all that information, associates it with everything in the past we have ever learned and projects into the future all our possibilities.”
There are two almost instantaneous processes. The first involves the sensory input and the second involves interpretation of that data.
It is the interpretation of the data that will shape our life. How we interpret the data will affect our quality of life. Personal development is all about changing how we interpret the incoming data. Did you know that optimism can change your life expectancy? (Go to this site to see how pessimism/optimism affects your life expectancy.
Imagination is what allows us to “see” the future.
Memory allows us to see the past.
Perception allows us to see the present.
The Law of Attraction states that whatever I give my energy, attention and focus to, I receive (attract) more of.
Often we attract more of what we don’t want - by focusing on what has already happened. (Memory). Instead, we need to focus on what we want by using imagination. Visualization is forward focusing.
Often, it is our perception of our present circumstances and focusing on what has already happened that gets in the way of our forward focusing. When we visualize that beautiful new 7 bedroom mansion with jacuzzi hotub and home theater, our perception tries to remind us that we are living in a 1 bedroom apartment and our memory that wants us to focus on the stack of bills.
If we are to move from where we are to where we want to be we need to look forward rather than behind.
“Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.” Lauren Bacall
