David Lawrence Preston

Tag: emotions

  • Who do you think you are?

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    There’s a story of an anxious philosophy student who goes to see his professor. ‘Please Sir,’ he asks, ‘I’ve got a question that’s eating me alive. I must find the answer. Do I exist?’ The professor turns to him with a withering look and replies, ‘Who wants to know?’ The yearning to discover our true…

  • Winning Conversation

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    As a shy young man I had to teach myself to converse with other people, and it is these experiences that enable me to help others today. Good conversation is a great confidence builder. It’s vital in building relationships and mutual understanding. It’s how we get to know each other. Talk to anyone for ten…

  • The Molecules of Emotion

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    Anyone who has ever felt sick with worry or cried at the cinema knows that there is a close connection between our thoughts, emotions and bodily state, but only in the last couple of decades has the medical establishment acknowledged this connection and begun to take it seriously. The reason was that scientists could find…

  • Consciousness and Healing (2)

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    In a previous blog, I observed that the discovery long ago that we could heal ourselves was a great step forward in human evolution, and the healing methods used at each stage of our advancement are a direct result of the consciousness which prevailed at the time. Healing consciousness is about how we experience healing;…

  • Your intuition

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    Intuition is an inner guide that produces useful conclusions from limited data. It’s often referred to as ‘hunch’ or ‘sixth sense’. It has been referred to as a ‘receiving set’ through which ideas and thoughts flash into the mind. Every brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station capable of picking up vibrations of thought…

  • Listening – the most essential communication skill

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    ‘Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.’  William Shakespeare Listening is one way we show that we respect, appreciate and value others. It also shows that we are concerned for their well-being. It is the most important skill to develop if you want to improve your communication skills. It’s often said that we…

  • Your Body Speaks Your Mind?

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    I recently came across a book by a Belgian mystic, Christiane Berlandt. Entitled, ‘The Key to Self-Liberation,’ it promises to reveal the symbolism of the main organs (heart, lungs etc.) and other parts of the body (e.g. fingers, chin), plus the psychological origin of a thousand diseases. First published (by the author herself) in 1993,…

  • Worry

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    ‘There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.’ Epictetus Think of some problem or event from your past that was so big at the time that you literally worried yourself sick about it. Can you remember the outcome? Worry is…

  • Your Inner Teacher

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    Just suppose you had an ‘inner teacher’ who knew exactly what you needed to learn in any moment. Well you have. It’s one of the functions of your intuition, housed in your unconscious mind. If certain situations or thinking patterns bring about ‘negative’ emotions in you, your inner teacher makes sure you have more of…

  • Hatred

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    Hatred is a strong sensation of dislike which usually comes from a feeling of deep hurt or loss. This can be real or imagined. Like anger, hatred is most harmful to the one doing the hating. It doesn’t necessarily hurt the person being hated, but it surely hurts the hater – think of all those…