"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
"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
"Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In the enlightened state, you still use your thinking mind when needed, but in a much more focused and effective way than before. You use it mostly for practical purposes, but you are free … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [6/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: The Relationship Between Inner Stillness and Creativity
"Mind, in the way I use the word, is not just thought. It includes your emotions as well as all unconscious mental-emotional reactive patterns. Emotions arise at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body. … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [5/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: On Emotion
"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
"Thinking and consciousness are not synonymous. Thinking is only a small aspect of consciousness. Thought cannot exist without consciousness, but consciousness does not need thought." - Enlightenment: Rising Above Thought, Chapter 1. You Are Not Your Mind, THE POWER OF NOW (Eckhart Tolle, 1999), p19 In the previous article (Mind and Beyond Mind [1] … Continue reading Mind and Beyond Mind [3/9] – Principles and The Power of Now: Mind-Identified Egoic State of Consciousness versus Pure Consciousness
"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
"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
Haven't you seen this concept comprised of three overlapping circles somewhere? What do you think this concept implies? What do you learn and where do you think you can apply this model? There is an interesting yet fundamentally critical concept elaborated in Good to Great by Jim Collins. Called 'The Hedgehog Concept,' it is one … Continue reading Weaving Webs: Are You a Hedgehog or a Fox?
I have been filling up my journal with mantras and good quotes that can help me navigate the new year with new attitude with different themes. Yes, this is part of my new year rituals. : ) The first was "Either You Run The Day, Or The Day Runs You." My all time favorite mantra … Continue reading Essays: Easy Does It
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
