Tag: positive thinking
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The I-T-I-A Formula
I-T-I-A stands for: Intention Thought Imagination Action The I-T-I-A Formula takes into account everything known about how mind processes information and brings about change. But you must do all four; otherwise the effects won’t be permanent. Intention Personal change starts with a decision – to learn a new skill, to develop a new personal quality…
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The Power of Suggestion
Suggestions have a big influence over our lives. Tell anyone something convincingly enough and they’ll accept what you say. Tell them over and over again and sooner or later they’ll start to believe you. Unfortunately it’s often the suggestions of others that we allow to control us. For instance: Advertisers use them to persuade us…
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Taking Charge of Your Life
Before we can take charge of our lives, we must acknowledge some basic truths: Everything we are is the result of ‘causes’ laid down in the past; what we will become will result from what we are now and from ‘causes’ still to be laid down. This is the universal Law of Cause and Effect.…
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The Law of Cause and Effect
The Law of Cause and Effect (sometimes known as Karma) is fundamental to the universe. It is probably most closely associated with the physical sciences, for example, when a snooker cue strikes a ball, the ball moves, and when one ball hits another, the impact made by the first causes the second to move. Their…
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Building Self-Confidence in Practice
In-I-T-I-A-te change! When you apply the I-T-I-A Formula – Self-awareness +Intention +Thinking +Imagination +Action – to confidence building, the shift in consciousness is not necessarily dramatic, more like a gradual awakening. Over time, you cast off your negative conditioning and adopt more empowering beliefs. Then feelings and actions change too. It’s like climbing a ladder;…
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Your Inner Power
We all have a unique and wonderful power within us which holds the key to our ultimate happiness and fulfillment. It originates from the way we think, and what we imagine, say and do. This inner power is non-physical. When we are attuned to it and allow it to guide and support us we are…
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Can We Really Think And Grow Rich?
In the Victorian era success was believed to be about hard work, serious effort, application and persistence, and maybe a slice of privilege or good luck. Later Deepak Chopra and other ‘New Age writers taught that by raising our consciousness we achieve everything while doing nothing, and it doesn’t matter what our background. Somewhere in…
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
Fear is at the root of many emotional problems. Fear paralyses; it introduces hesitation and doubt. It creates inner panic; you lose your reason and sense of proportion. Fear looks to the past; it replays images of failure, hurt and disappointment – a reminder that the past could repeat itself. It de-motivates and sabotages self-esteem.…
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The Law of Attraction is not what it seems
The two great principles that are said to determine what we make of our lives are the Law of Cause and Effect and the Law of Attraction. Some people have always known their significance, and now this knowledge is becoming known to many more. As the Buddha said, ‘All that we are arises with our…
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Forgiveness
I’m often struck by the spectacle of people who’ve just suffered some tragedy – like a close relative being murdered – being placed in front of the TV cameras and being asked one of the most stupid of stupid questions – how do you feel? Soon after the event, they’re usually too shocked to say…