Goal Setting - The Facts Behind The Fiction
Copyright © 2005 Ian Randall
Mind Power - Fact Or Fiction
http://www.MindPower-FactOrFiction.com/
To have hopes and dreams for the future is a wonderful idea. If you want to call
them 'goals' that's fine also but do learn to get things in perspective. They
are NOT achieved in the way you have been led to believe.
The much talked about conscious mind, subconscious mind, the will, belief
patterns, etc. are simply descriptions of mental procedures and do not exist in
isolation, as many people believe.
They are all part of the same 'mental cooperative'.
Ah, there lies the rub!
The moment you set a goal you instantly cause an 'inner conflict' to take place
between various departments of this mental cooperative.
This is unavoidable due to the way we were brought up, our parents, how we were
educated, where we grew up, our religious beliefs or lack of them. The list is
almost endless.
All these factors make up our core beliefs. These beliefs give rise to our very
own particular and personal creative patterns of thought which dictate our own
individual realities which, in
turn, give life to our very own set of 'Living Laws'.
'Living Laws' means laws that we follow, in other words, adhered to, for the
sake of leading a 'normal' acceptable life. But it also means that they have a
life of their own and can be changed,
amended or completely abolished to make way for new ones.
Each one of us has a set of these laws. Some of the laws you live by are similar
to other people's but never 100% - that's what makes us individuals.
Sure, we are all human beings - but we are NOT the same. We are all different,
albeit only slightly, but we all differ.
The inner conflict arises when what I call 'The Judge' evaluates, compares and
checks out your goal to see if it is valid. That is to say, if it complies with
your current set of internal laws.
When your goal is found to be contravening these laws, for whatever reason, and
reasons you are very rarely aware of, it is immediately and unceremoniously
overruled and thrown out of court with no hope of appeal.
The secret to achieving our goals, therefore, is to cause a new creative pattern
of thought and thereby amend our current set of Living Laws.
We must become an active and willing member of the cooperate. We must, in fact,
cooperate with the cooperative!
The modern day idea that you can use visualization techniques or repeat endless
affirmations in order to change these laws and therefore The Judge's mind is
totally erroneous - it will not
make the slightest difference.
This is totally misguided thinking.
Sure, after many years of constant repetition of your
affirmations/visualizations you may eventually get some reaction from The Judge
even if it takes a lifetime, that's if they don't
lock you away in a funny farm first!
Meme machines
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Before we go any further let's just take a look at these beliefs and where they
come from and see why they are so darn difficult to change.
It's all very well being told to change our beliefs and we will change our lives
but just how do we do it?
We know from experience that simple visualization doesn't work, nor do
affirmations or anything else for that matter. So, what's the answer?
The DNA of beliefs are MEMES (pronounced as in cream). Memes are a relatively
new discovery and seldom, if ever, talked about in books or courses about
personal success and achievement.
Why? If memes are the very foundation of our personality why are they never
mentioned?
The main reason is that few people actually understand how they work or the
significance they have in our everyday lives.
The dictionary defines a meme as "a unit of cultural information, such as a
cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action
from one mind to another."
Memes have been likened to viruses and the comparison is indeed very apt. The
Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins defines memes as a set of ideas that can
replicate itself like a virus and spread
from one brain to another.
For example, it took only 300 years for the meme of Christianity to overrun the
Roman Empire and less than 130 years for the meme of communism to "infect" 1.8
billion people across the face of
the Earth.
So you can imagine that memes such as: "life's a constant struggle", "there
ain't no free meals in this life", "money doesn't grow on trees" etc. etc. and
all that these silly memes
represent (that life is not easy and you have to constantly struggle to make
ends meet) have had many generations to set uphome in our psyches and become
part of our everyday lives.
Besides, it's got to be true - our parents said so!
Memes come in all shapes and sizes. Some are relatively innocent, such as the
'hula-hoop meme', 'the pet rock meme' and 'music memes' normally associated with
a particular race or
creed.
But some are extremely dangerous and far from innocent.
I don't wish to enter into the religio-political arena, so, suffice it to say
that the 'religion memes' and the 'political memes' are particularly virulent
and in some cases deadly!
Paradigms
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Memes then form what are known as PARADIGMS.
A paradigm is "a set of assumptions, concepts, values and practices that
constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them."
We must be very clear on the understanding of the power of paradigms and how
they affect us in order be able to exercise our right of free choice.
For, whatever paradigms we choose to accept determine the form or our
perceptions, which in turn shape our decisions, actions, experiences, social
systems, worlds and futures.
If you don't understand just how much of a grip paradigms have on your life and
shaping your experiences then you will be under the impression that you and the
world are set in stone and there's nothing you can ever do to change that.
Paradigm shifts
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Whenever we shift paradigms all sorts of new possibilities are suddenly
available to us.
Not only that but we also find that we discover new potentials within ourselves
that the old paradigms had assured us were impossible or even nonexistent. We
need to be liberated from
these self-imposed restrictions and outdated paradigms and have the freedom to
see ourselves in the big picture of life - our very essence.
This is our true God-given freedom - one that frees us from the numerous
cultural expectations that are constantly causing us so much unhappiness.
These cultural expectations cause us to become the competitive, insecure,
obedient and brain dead creatures that our social systems require of us. So how
do we cast off these 'paradigm
chains' that keep us prisoners of our own silly, nonsensical belief patterns and
from achieving our true potential?
For example, do you honestly believe in the power of the mind?
Mind Power - Fact or Fiction?
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Everybody and their aunt talks about it but do they really believe that the mind
does indeed have any power?
If someone where to prove it to you beyond a shadow of a doubt you would believe
- after all, seeing is believing, right?
Well, here at last is the proof you have been seeking all your life!
The mind does indeed have power - here's the proof!
The Secret Of The Shaolin Monks
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This exercise is has been known for thousands of years and is just as valid
today as ever.
1) Stand with your feet shoulder width apart.
2) Raise an arm to the side of your body (your left or right, whichever is more
comfortable for you) so it is at the height of your shoulder with the palm
facing upwards and the fingers outstretched. Slightly bend your arm at the
elbow.
3) Breathe deeply through your nose taking about 6 seconds to complete the
inhalation.
4) Imagine a point about two and a half inches below your navel (called seika no
iten in Japanese). This is the center of gravity of your body.
5) As you take in subsequent breaths imagine this point getting brighter and
brighter until it has the power of the sun.
6) Now, imagine power emanating from this 'sun'. See it travelling through your
body and up into your outstretched arm.
7) See this energy pouring along your arm and bursting out of your finger tips
'to the ends of the universe'.
8) Now get somebody (or several people to try and bend your arm naturally - not
against the joint, this isn't a judo lock!)
9) They should apply pressure slowly at first and then gradually increase the
intensity of the force applied. Do not use your muscle power or you will fail
miserably. Only use your imagination - the power of your mind - nothing else.
You will find, to your utter amazement, and theirs, that they are completely
unable to bend your arm even if they are physically much stronger than you! Why
should this be so?
You tell me! This is not a cheap magician's trick - this is 100% proof of the
power of the mind.
There are various alternatives to this fascinating exercise including the
ability to change your body weight at will. This is a truly awesome experience
and a real eye-opener as to how the
mind can indeed do wonders and really does have power!
You are not a passive observer of a randomly created world - you are the active
creator of the world you observe.
Stop believing what you see and start seeing what you believe - using the power
of your own mind - the power to create anything you could possibly imagine!
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Ian S.N. Randall
(Author of "Accelerated Goal Manifestation")
http://www.MindPower-FactOrFiction.com
Ian S.N. Randall is a Reiki Triple Master and healer. He hasdegrees in Education
and Psychology. He is also the authorof the highly acclaimed Accelerated Goal
Manifestation which has changed the lives of people all over the globe and
received glowing testimonials from such eminent figures as Dr. Joe Vitale and
Charles Burke.
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