"My point is that people who create great things aren't idle dreamers: They are totally grounded in reality. Being hyperrealistic will help you choose your dreams wisely and then achieve them. … People who achieve success and drive progress deeply understand the cause-effect relationships that govern reality and have principles for using them to get … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [Closing/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: Implications for Our Self Development
Truth "Upon the battlefield of the human soul two masters are ever contending for the crown of supremacy, for the kingship and dominion of the heart; the master of self, called also the Prince of this world, and the master of truth, called also the Father God." - The Two Masters: Self and Truth, THE … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [8/9] – Principles, The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle 1999) and The Way of Peace (James Allen 1901): What Is Truth? What Is Real Power?
"When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life. Nobody can even have an argument with you, no matter how hard he or she tries. You cannot have an argument with a fully conscious person. An argument implies identification with your mind and a mental … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [7/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: Who Do We Become After All? – A Fully Conscious Person
"Fear seems to have many causes …but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. … In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life. For example, even such a seemingly trivial and "normal" thing as the compulsive need to be right in an argument and make the … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [4/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: On Fear
"Do you truly know what is positive and what is negative? Do you have the total picture? There have been many people for whom limitation, failure, loss, illness, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [2/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: On Higher Perspective
"So when you listen to a thought, you are aware not only of the thought but also of yourself as the witness of the thought. A new dimension of consciousness has come in. As you listen to the thought, you feel a conscious presence - your deeper self - behind or underneath the thought, … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [1/9] – A Brief Introduction of The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle 1999): You Are Not Your Mind
"Radical open-mindedness is motivated by the genuine worry that you might not be seeing your choices optimally. It is the ability to effectively explore different points of view and different possibilities without letting your ego or your blind spots get in your way. It requires you to replace your attachment to always being right with … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind Series [Intro/9] – A Rare Book Review of Ray Dalio’s Principles Illuminated in the Spiritual Context (in Reference to The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle)
"Imagine that intention is not something you do, but rather a force that exists in the universe as an invisible field of energy." "To answer to Where is this field? is: There's no place that it's not, because everything in the universe has intention built into it. … A tiny acorn with no apparent power … Continue reading MIND ON WEALTH, HEALTH, AND SUCCESS [4] – There’s No Such Notion Called Suffering: Reaching Back to Our Essence
"In a study by the author with Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and Dr. Elmer R. Gates, it was concluded that every human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of thought. Through the medium of the ether, in a fashion similar to that employed by the basic principle of radio … Continue reading MIND ON WEALTH, HEALTH, AND SUCCESS [2] – What Is the Quality of a Lucky Person?: Understanding Two Powerful Aspects of Thought
"When the English poet W. E. Henley wrote the prophetic lines, "I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my Soul," he should have informed us that the reason we are the Masters of our Fate, the Captains of our Souls, is because we have the power to control our thoughts. … Continue reading MIND ON WEALTH, HEALTH, AND SUCCESS [3] – I Am the Master of My Fate, the Captain of My Soul
"A scientist will tell you that energy is measured by speed and the size of the wave being created. The size of the wave is measured from low to high, and slow to fast. Anything else that we attribute to the conditions we see in our world is a judgment imposed upon those pulsating frequencies. … Continue reading MIND ON WEALTH, HEALTH, AND SUCCESS [1] – What’s Your Level of Energy? And of Your Thought?
"What you are, so is your world. Everything in the universe is resolved into your own inward experience. It matters little what is without, for it is all a reflection of your own state of consciousness. It matters everything what you are within, for everything without will be mirrored and colored accordingly." - The World … Continue reading MIND ON WEALTH, HEALTH AND SUCCESS SERIES [Prologue] – Working on Our Inner World Is the Starting Point
"Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force; those who know this are ready to become something higher and stronger than mere bundles of wavering thoughts and fluctuating sensations; those who do this - align their thoughts fearlessly with their purpose - become the conscious and intelligent wielders of their mental powers." - Chapter 4. … Continue reading Weaving Webs: Timeless Wisdom – Thoughts and Physical Manifestations
"Each of us is where we are by the law of our being. The thoughts which we have built into his character have brought us there, and in the arrangement of our life there is no element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err. This is just as true … Continue reading Essays: On As a Man Thinketh – What is Your Most Cherished Book?
""Truly, thoughts are things," and powerful at that, when mixed with purpose, persistence and a burning desire for their translation into riches or other material objects." - Chapter 1. The Power of Thought, Think and Grow Rich I needed a little inspiration and a fresh breath these past few days, so I decided to pick … Continue reading Essays: Think and Grow Rich
When we start something, be it a small chore during the day or a project that requires strenuous efforts and time or a journey in life, let's always be clear on what we want and set clear intentions with the end result 'visualized' in mind. What I am learning these days is, the more I read … Continue reading Essays: What Are Your Intentions?
In my previous post, I have wrapped up my 2017 readings. Then what's my selection for 2018? This year's selection is humble, I would say. I found that I frequently add up any intriguing subjects during the year, so this time I decided to start small. And I still have amazing books unfinished that are waiting for … Continue reading Essays: My New Year Reading Goals
January is a month for closing and beginning for me. I am doing lots of purging and hatching jobs these days! For this reason, I feel obliged to wrap up my readings that I've completed last year. I intended to finish around twenty books when the year started but made around fifteen or so. 'Come … Continue reading Essays: The Best Business Books in 2017
Do 'what we do' and 'how we do' on New Year's Day set the tone for the whole year? What's your thought? The more conscious I become on what I think, what I do and how I spend time in every passing year, it seems the more I tend to think and act consciously. After … Continue reading Essays: On New Year Rituals
"There will always be someone richer than you, more skilled than you, more famous than you. Who is rich? asks the Talmud. He who is happy with his lot. Maybe it's easier to be happy with what you have if you know that inside you is the urge for attention that Smith identifies. Smith is … Continue reading HOW ADAM SMITH CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE – An Unexpected Guide To Human Nature and Happiness
"How in the face of a burning, changing, and shifting world does one train an instinct for the essence of what is going on? At the turn of the last century, the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche suggested that humans needed a "Sixth Sense" to survive what then seemed like insane madness: the Industrial Revolution. He … Continue reading THE SEVENTH SENSE – Power, Fortune, And Survival In The Age of Networks
"A powerful new technology platform is developing out of the bowels of the Second Industrial Revolution, speeding the central contradiction of capitalist ideology to the end game. The coming together of the Communications Internet with a digitalized renewable Energy Internet and automated Transportation and Logistics Internet in a seamless twenty-first-century intelligent infrastructure-the Internet of … Continue reading THE ZERO MARGINAL COST SOCIETY – The Internet of Things, The Collaborative Commons and The Eclipse of Capitalism
1950s was the period in the U.S. history marked by growth, prosperity and optimism after the long depression started in 1920s. People started to get over the trauma of the hard and difficult time after the depression, started to dream for the future and started to accumulate wealth. Alan Watts wrote this book at the … Continue reading Essays: On Alan Watts’ ‘The Wisdom of Insecurity – A Message for an Age of Anxiety’
