Beware The Closed Mind
Success in its broadest meaning is
not limited to only monetary and
material possessions. It reveals as
being plentiful in countless and
several forms in life and nature.
The universal spirit of
consciousness, craves to
continuously manifest and express
itself; this power likewise
expresses its longing to demonstrate
success, which is naturally wanting
to develop, to grow and become
bigger and stronger.
However, many realize this longing
and natural inclination for growth
repressed in them, because of
negative thinking, unconstructive
programming, and not having enough
faith in their abilities and
themselves.
Every individual has dual natures.
One wants the self to move forward
while the other feels like pulling
back. The one nature that one
concentrates and cultivates on
determines what one is at the final
end, as both natures tries to hold
and to be in control.
One’s “will” resolves the issue
alone. An individual by one utmost
attempt of the “will” can change
one’s whole vocation and accomplish
miracles. Which is why having an
open mind is very significant.
One having a closed mind grasps to a
concept without much concern for
evidence. They might have even
reached at their concept without
supporting material evidence. As a
result, when one is presented with
evidence that is contradicting to
their concept, they immediately
dismiss it.
Whereas one having an open mind
before reaching any conclusion,
considers first the many evidences
approving or disapproving the many
interpretations of the concept. They
do not just gather information.
Their concern encourages them to
weigh what they have learned and
work towards reaching a decision or
conclusion based on facts and
evidences.
An open mind allows one to magnetize
opportunities and insist and
continue on following opportunities,
regardless of how small they appear.
An open mind is open to all
opportunities and possibilities, big
or small.
A closed mind however, is stubborn,
wanting what the mind envisions
without any delay and wanting it as
exactly as what the mind perceived
it to be, not willing to accept or
try something else in its place,
when that which the mind has
envisioned can not be accomplished
or reached.
When one closes his mind and becomes
stubborn, one in essence tells his
higher self, including the “powers
of the universe” that one is not
eager to mature and encounter new
things, so then there will be no
progress and no transformation and
things in one’s life will never have
a chance to improve.
Whatever the mind can envision, the
mind can create. What the mind sees,
believes feels and thinks are all
conveyed to the subconscious mind
that then works along with the
universal forces and establishes
your reality centered on the
visualization of the conscious mind.
Bear in mind though, that it is not
sufficient to merely imagine and
hope it materializes. Having the
power to imagine means also having
the power and the capability to work
on it to achieve it.
You can achieve it when you open up
your mind to success and get rid of
limiting thoughts. As to how
restricted your life may be and what
the circumstances present you at the
moment does not really matter,
because when you decide to change
your attitudes and thoughts, and
begin to think without notable
limitations, your life’s direction
will begin to change.
Focus on possibilities, rather than
limitations and expand your thoughts
to what is that you believe as
yourself.
Here are guidelines on how to
program your thoughts for success:
1. Continuously and abundantly
display images of your “model”
persons, whom you want to become,
and things that you want to
accomplish. Read magazines
containing stories and pictures of
lives that you wish to attain.
2. Read autobiographies of
successful people. Constantly read
self-progress materials packed with
examples and ideas of
women and men who had set goals,
overcome hardships and
misfortunes and accomplished what
they aimed for in the end.
3. Always affirm yourself. In each
undertaking, take the time
to focus, “close your eyes” and set
a clear mental image of
the outcome. Then repeatedly say and
claim that you have
already achieved it.
4. Nourish your mind with positive
thoughts before sleeping,
after waking up, at lunch break,
anytime. Do not give a
chance for negative thoughts to
enter into your mind.
Thoughts hold great power. Be
conscious of the thoughts that
comes into your mind; let the
positive in, never entertain the
negative. Open up your mind to
possibilities and never be
afraid to try; if you fail, take it
as an opportunity that you
have learned so much from failing
and try again.
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Can
Chaos Lead To Success?
Worry, frustration, confusion,
sleeplessness and fear are all
components of the chaotic mind,
making just one simple goal
difficult to achieve and hindering
success.
There is no success in a mind of
chaos. One needs to attain peace and
calmness in the mind in order to
encourage positive thoughts.
Normally one finds it very difficult
to manage and control the mind.
Sometimes, one may feel that the
mind is similar to a balloon, blown
by the wind, taken to any direction
and circumstance the wind takes it.
When things come out well, the mind
is contented, but when things go
badly, instantly the mind becomes
very unhappy.
Because the mind and one’s emotions
are connected, a disturbance in one
will distract the coordination and
harmony of the two. For instance,
when one gets the result or the
relationship that he wants, such as
a partner, a job promotion or a new
car, one bonds to it very tightly.
However, because often, these
possessions and relationships are
uncontrollable, the moment that one
is separated from all these causes
so much pain. And all the negative
emotions causes chaos.
Such mood fluctuations arise for the
main reason that one is closely
attached with the outside situation.
However, when the mind is relaxed,
one makes an inner room and
clearness which enables one to
control and manage the mind despite
the external situation.
Gradually one develops mental
balance, which is a state of the
mind that is happy and positive
always; confused mind moves back and
forth between the intemperance of
despondency and excitement.
In meditation, one can achieve a
peaceful and calm mind that is free
of worries and anxiety, so one can
experience happiness, encouraging
and attracting positive behavior; a
chaotic mind, only attracts negative
feelings and behavior, therefore it
is a barrier to setting and
achieving goals.
With a chaotic mind one will have a
hard time experiencing happiness,
even when one is already in the best
of circumstances. Constant
meditation trains the mind to
gradually be more and more cheerful
and peaceful, eventually experience
balance and happiness, being able to
stay positive even in the most
complicated or worst situations.
This is a state of mind that is very
crucial to achieving success.
The mind is like a station, sending
out energy or power signals (your
beliefs and thoughts). These energy
and power patterns are then grasped
by the subconscious mind that is
responsible for creating the
circumstances, situations and events
to assist one in achieving what
one’s beliefs, thoughts and goals
are.
The subconscious mind never
distinguishes what is bad or good
for you; it only acts on what
instructions it receives from the
conscious mind, meaning what your
thoughts and beliefs are.
So while there is that desire in you
that you want to accomplish a
certain goal, if you do not truly
believe and truly trust that will be
able to, if you, with your chaotic
mind constantly think about the
reason why you can not achieve
something rather than why it will be
easy for you to do it, then you will
be sending instruction to your
“subconscious mind” to establish
certain circumstances in which it
will be difficult for you to
accomplish your goals.
This is the reason why negative
thoughts should be eliminated and
only entertain positive thoughts,
all the time. Constant positive
affirmations likewise attract
positive situations, and influence
the subconscious to create a
situation favorable to you.
Affirmations are positive thoughts
spoken with great trust, faith and
absolute power that what you say,
you will accomplish.
Remember, first and foremost to keep
a focused mind and never entertain
negative thoughts. However, should a
negative thought enter your mind,
block it off with positive thinking
and never, never affirm it. For like
the chaotic mind, verbal
affirmations can greatly affect your
attitude towards accomplishing your
goals.
Never be a prisoner of the chaos in
your mind. Release all those hurts,
frustration and anger that you feel
deep inside. Look at the world in a
different point of view and believe
that you can accomplish anything as
long as you have faith in you that
you can.
There is no success in chaos, and
chaos will not lead to success. It
is balancing the mind, releasing all
stress that the mind feels, letting
go of all negative thoughts and
making a clear image of the life
that you want to live, can there be
success.
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The Inspired Mind
Finding inspiration will
successfully lead one through a
voyage of happiness, hope and a
complete sense of one's
individuality. Lacking or absence of
inspiration will result to exactly
the opposite.
When one is inspired, it brings a
certain feeling of enthusiasm about
one's life.
Inspiration to each and every
individual is different. Where some
find inspiration from those that
have attained a certain level of
success and happiness in their
lives, others are inspired by nature
and its wonder. For most,
inspiration is key to a life of
living meaningfully.
When one is just drifting and
wandering around, with no direction
as to where to go and what goal to
pursue, one becomes more and more
less motivated, loosing his inner
self purpose and in time, become
depressed.
One's inspiration is very much
determined by ones personal or
career goals, and the direction that
one wishes to live his life. When
wanting to live an abundant life,
then the inspiration will be easily
found in life stories of those who
have achieved success.
Definitely, one needs to acquire
intelligence, to study and learn, to
collect knowledge, and the skill to
manage your time; however all this
will be useless without motivation.
And inspiration is a chief motivator
and so is the craving to learn.
These will be your driving force to
success. Success in an undertaking
leads one to gaining more pursuit
and a much greater yearning to
learn, resulting in growth of
motivation directing towards the
goal that you have set.
From inspiration springs enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm is one's attitude of
confidence, curiosity and
expectation, with fragments of
daring and risk.
It is a very strong force that
brings vigor to one's day and draws
people. Note that pessimism,
negativity, anxiety and apprehension
drain the energy within you. So
focus only on the positive side in
every situation that you encounter;
this way, things get done more
easily.
So to sustain motivation, it
requires rationalization that is
anchored on positive outcome from
endeavors.
Finding inspiration, developing
enthusiasm:
Know in your mind and your heart
what you are capable of
accomplishing. When uncertain, then
you loose the game right there and
then. You can not ever accomplish
anything when you first do not
believe that you can.
Keep in mind that every act begins
with either a positive or negative
thought, whereby positive thoughts
gains positive results. Be very
certain on what you want to do, to
achieve and to become and
concentrate on those thoughts each
day.
Be enthusiastic in everything that
you, small or big things and
remember that little things when put
together, become one big thing.
Act on your goals! Take the
necessary steps towards achieving it
and begin now. Each day, set up a
plan of action and then work on it.
At the end of the day, review what
you have done and record it. Then
return to your journal each week to
see how well you are progressing, or
if there are certain acts that needs
revising or if you need to take
another route.
Look at your goals each day and get
inspiration from it. Never allow
negative thoughts to invade your
mind. Even when you see that you are
not progressing, continue and be
patient. Never let it discourage
you. Remember, as they often say
"when there is a will, there is
always a way". So stand firm and
continue your struggle.
Remember that each one encounters
problems along the way; successful
individuals however keep on going
when others have quit.
Enhance your knowledge by indulging
in inspirational and positive books,
talk to successful people and never
stop learning. Keep on focusing on
success, on your goals. Minimize
spending time with people of
negative outlook in life as they
will often drain you and bring you
down.
Success is built on the inspiration
of all your little dreams and
decisions that you have made for a
certain period. Note that it will
not come overnight instead, stone by
stone; it is built, carefully, but
surely. So be patient, your time
will come.
Make that decision to succeed now.
Look into yourself and see that fire
burning, ready to be ignited by
inspiration's strength and ready to
soar. Take some actions now, or
else, nothing will happen and they
will just remain a dream.
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Success is a unique personal
objective
Everyone has that earnest aspiration
to succeed. One's ability to
establish and accomplish goals will
mold one's happiness and success
over and above any skill one can
ever realize. One can not hit the
target when he can not see it.
The foundation and point of origin
of success is that when one decides
exactly what he/she really and truly
want, in all aspects of his life.
If every individual has that
yearning for winning, and if success
is accessible to everybody, why
then, only a few succeed? This is
because only a few believe in their
potentials, and most of all, only a
few started by defining and
acknowledging a goal, and truly
believe in their spirit and minds
that they can achieve that goal.
Just wishing for something is so
much different from being able and
prepared to accept it. Nobody is
ever prepared to accept anything
until they truly believe that they
can obtain it.
The mind must first be in a state of
believing and not just hoping or
wishing for something. An open mind
is important in believing and a
closed mind never inspires courage,
faith or the power to believe.
Almost everyone had gone through
difficult life encounters and
experiences. These experiences and
encounters usually define one's
existence, becoming important
educators on life's course. However,
the enemy, which is that negative
force within often would recognize
these difficult experiences as
symbols of thyself that one is not
"good enough" in order to succeed.
Simply put, this is fear from
within.
Fear, according to psychologists is
normal and a natural line of attack
focused to life's adjustments and
changes. Fear is what prevents one
from doing "crazy or stupid things";
but it may be carried to a great
extent. When one fears nothing, one
can be considered as "mad" and
"foolish" but then again, fear of
almost everything, specially fear to
take risks one can be considered as
plain cowards. The enemy inside of
you will tell you that your fear is
reasonable when it is transitory.
As the mind dictates your fear, it
also dictates your thoughts and your
actions.
When you believe in your mind that
relationships are complicated and
demand so much effort, you will
indeed attract those individuals who
will cause difficulty in the
relationship or demand a lot of
effort from you. More significantly,
when you worry regarding something
that you essentially believe in
negative outcomes, then so the
result to your actions will be.
Of course, it does not occur every
time that you think and believe
negatively, because Although there
is worry and apprehension inside
you, there is still, in that little
corner of your heart, of your mind,
that you hope for a positive result,
so then, that power prevents
disaster from happening. Yet
worrying through and through,
without a small spark of hope, then
beware, disaster is sure to come!
However there is so much more to
faith and believing than
simply creating beliefs. Possessing
"positive beliefs" in the
mind is the initial step towards
making a positive outlook, resulting
to a successful life.
Believing, take note is something
entirely different. For instance you
have "positive beliefs" with regards
to money; at the same time, you
believe that many ways are offered
in order to acquire money. Yet if,
for any reason you do not believe
you will be able to make money, then
you will not make that certain
amount or sum of money that you
want.
Getting through the fear, developing
how you believe:
1. Your belief should be superior,
exceeding fear. It will
entail a lot of effort, but as much
as you can, try to closely
observe and listen inside of you,
look around and see what is
functioning well in your personal or
business life and what is
not. Small or great, profess your
successes. Believe that you
can reach great things and as early
as now, begin counting
your blessings.
2. Only believe in you, in the
things that you can do, and not
in the circumstances. You have to
believe in only yourself
because there will be times when you
will be tempted to put
your belief into something else such
as a job, a friend or a
particular opportunity. Although
this could be nice, note that
people and circumstances are
changeable. Your success should
be created by only you, and you
alone can decide whether to
change it or not.
3. Keep in mind that success will
take some time and if ever
you do fail, take it as an
opportunity to learn and reassess
your beliefs and your goals.
The powers of believing are very
strong and affect our decisions,
feelings, and actions. And although
you have been depending on a
specific set of supposition
regarding your life for so many
years, those particular beliefs can
be adjusted or changed. Start
changing it now!
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