Inside Your Mind - A Conscious Journey Of Discovery Through Reality

Have you ever wondered how huge the world is that we live in? Of course you have. The world only ever gets bigger as we see more of it. This start from our youngest age when the comfortable confines of the womb makes place for the slightly more hostile but larger and tempting world of the cot and nursery. It just gets bigger from there.

Have you ever considered how immensely huge the internet is? How many millions of websites and how many billions of sources of information, all accessible to you? Again, of course you have.

But has it occurred to you how enormous your own mind is? Think about it. All of your experiences to date are in there, none of them got erased even if you can't immediately recall them. All your experiences, the sights, the sounds, the smells, it's all there. I am sure it happens to you too that you smell some odour like hot tarmac or smoke from a fish mongers or something else, for you to be transported into a moment from a distant past. It's all there, in your mind.

These memories are in a sense snapshots from the past, they are static. The mind goes much further still. Think about all the things you ever thought about? The games you invented as a kid where you may have been nursing a doll or fighting knights on imaginary horses - with wings! The imaginary relationships you had when you were older, the things you learned at school. The day dreams, the real dreams, all of these are in your mind somewhere.

There is more still. Once you've got your thinking around the huge store of information, experiences and emotions that are in your mind, you are only scratching the surface when you realise that the mind is also an access point to consciousness and even universal consciousness. The mind makes the world and the internet look like the nursery room of your first hours on this earth.

Can you recall what you thought about when you where 6 years old, bored to distraction with the sums you were asked to work out by a patient adult? Probably not, these sort of memories are on the outer reaches of the universe of the mind. You can get there though, if that’s where you want to go.

In fact, you can go anywhere in the realm of your mind, no matter how remote or well hidden, if you are prepared to undertake the journey, you can reach these nuggets of the mind.

Travelling through memory lane can be entertaining or an emotional experience. For some people it is necessary to revisit some of those memory locations in order to experience the memory once again and change their perspective of a potentially distorted memory.

The realm of the mind has so many remote and interesting lands that it is almost hard to know where to turn to when we set off on that journey with our imaginary backpack. Should we construct our own lands and explore them to be surprised by what we find? Or should we take the narrow path down our own consciousness and stand at the boundary of our own mind peering into the land of the super conscious or the subconscious?

Personally I like visiting many different places when I travel but I know there are people that prefer to get a profound understanding of a single location to which they are quite attached.

At times when I was exploring the dimension of musical composition, I paved a path to an imaginary artist who taught me so much about composition that it was almost scary. Where does this knowledge come from? At other times when I was trying to solve a mathematical equation that was beyond my skills, I met up with Gauss and Einstein for advice. They were more interested in having some fun rather than help me, simply because my problem was so simple to them. They were good though, they helped me more than once!

Sometimes I like going of the beaten path and do things you’re not supposed to do. Like travelling through time in consciousness and then trying to orchestrate events in the future. With some success, might add. I’ll write about that another time.

Other times are just shear fun. I’ve got this flying saucer in a barn that I get out occasionally just to fly around quietly and just mess around in the air. The realm of the mind knows no limits.

Next time when it’s a rainy day and you have no inspiration, perhaps you should close your eyes and look inwards. You don’t have to buy a plane ticket or have a passport. You don’t need to take time off from work, the realm within is there. It’s doors are wide open for you to step in and do as you like. And who knows, we might bump into each other: as large as the mind is, it’s a small world, you know!

Henk Mulder has been writing articles since 1986. First as a freelance journalist in leisure and hobby electronics and later as regular columnist on world events. For a longer period still he has researched and experimented with his own mind and consciousness to come to the final understanding of what 'makes him tick'.

My life is a journey whose destination I am keen to avoid; I'm here for the exhilerating ride!

http://www.caerd.com/

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Who Am I - A Recursive Search For Inner Truth

A couple of years ago when I was trying to find an answer one of life's difficult questions, I came across a method of recursive questioning. This lit a light bulb in my head since I knew about the magic of recursion but it had never occurred to me to use it in the context of finding answer in my mind.

What is recursion? It's a logical method that asks a question repeatedly until the answer breaks the repetitive cycle. Each time the question is asked, the context evolves and shifts and the question takes on a different meaning. It is quite a powerful method, partly because it is so simple.

Recently I bumped into a conversation where a new colleague challenges one of his peers with question: tell me who you are but don't give me your name, job title, address, age, marital status etc. My poor colleague thought for a while before deciding that this was too hard.

Who am I if I can't describe myself by the things that describe me? Who am I? I am not my name since I could change that and still be me. I am not my religion, profession and dress style for the same reasons. I am not my lifestyle, social status or age since they can all change whilst I remain me.

Am I my physical body? Let's do a gruesome mind experiment to test this premise. What if I surgically removed a hand, will I still be me? Of course, I would be very unhappy but fundamentally I would still be me. I could loose other limbs and even some or all of my senses and I would still be me. So, I am not my body.

That's amazing: I am not that what describes me and nor am I my body.

Am I my emotions? I can imagine a lifestyle that would make very happy and if anything, I would be more me than ever. Similarly it is easy to think of a lifestyle that would destroy my happiness. No doubt I would become a miserable introvert but unhappy as I would be, I would be me.

Am I my intelligence? How could I be? Intelligence is like height. We're born with more or less of it but apart from being gifted, it doesn't say much about us.

At least we can agree on one thing: I am alive, right? Who am I? I am alive. That sounds right. I remember my granddad very well. He died years ago but he was a great man. For me he still is a great man. He had his quirks but I liked him. Come to think of it, dead or alive, he is the same for me. I guess I will be me even when I'm gone. In fact I will always be me wherever I am.

Let me reiterate: I am not my identity, i.e. the things that describe me. I am not my body, emotions or intelligence. Basically, I am nothing. But I am also timeless or eternal and I am anywhere or everywhere. So, I am also all.

I am nothing and I am all. Who am I?

I am.

That simple answer is really profound. If we could really believe that, we'd view life very differently, completely detached for the simple reason that we are, anyway. The statement "I am" is without bounds and qualifying it any further would do us no justice, it would only limit us unnecessarily. By all means, we give our name and tell our friends what our likes and dislikes are but deep inside we must remember that we are much more than that. We are.

From this apparently simple premise, we can reconstruct a world that is comforting and rich. For example, if "I am" and "You are" then we can only conclude that "We are one". That should profoundly change the way we see each other. We may as well cooperate and care for each other. The converse conclusion might be that if we compete and dislike each other, not only do we show how little we understand ourselves; it also does us a great services since we are effectively competing with and disliking ourselves.

Knowing the answer to the question "Who am I?" is only a start and only part of the answers we are looking for. But it is a great start and on the basis that we are one, "we" will look further. Until then.
About the Author:
Henk Mulder has been writing articles since 1986. First as a freelance journalist in leisure and hobby electronics and later as regular columnist on world events. For a longer period still he has researched and experimented with his own mind and consciousness to come to the final understanding of what 'makes him tick'.

My life is a journey whose destination I am keen to avoid; I'm here for the exhilerating ride!

http://www.caerd.com/

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"I am"?

I am a dynamic, evolving, ever-changing mass of vibrating energy which will always exist in some form...

...as "energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one state to another".

Decartes said, "I think therefore I am", do you agree with this statement?

Having the capacity to think doesn't necessarily consistute existance...animals exist and 'are', but they don't think per se, they respond to both internal and external stimuli, which drives their actions.

Whether you agree with this or not is irrelevant, the most important thing is that you have taken the time to think and reflect on such ideas and concepts as so few people think critically in today's world, as space-shrinking technology has hastened the pace of life that we now live in. It's such a shame that many people don't make time or try to find time to reflect and to think about themselves and the world which bore them.

How To Develop Focus

Success in life comes from the ability to focus on what you want to create. But that’s easier said than done. Although focus is a simple concept to understand, it is a difficult discipline to master.

Our minds are active and filled with a tremendous amount of information. Information that is constantly clamoring for attention. This constant clamoring results in our thoughts jumping from one subject to another at random.

It’s also natural for us to want to be involved in a variety of activities. To want to go here. To do this. To be that. Only these activities further clutter our minds with yet more information. This in turn diminishes our ability to focus on what we truly desire in life.

Okay. Focus is an important trait to develop in the pursuit of success.

What good is knowing that, though, if you don’t know how to focus? It only adds more information to your already active mind. Unless you learn the formula to help you develop focus.

In order to develop focus, you must do five things:

1. Develop a clear goal or vision. Take time to clear your mind and determine exactly who you want to be, what you want to do and where you want to go in life.

2. Know why you want your goals. This step is crucial. If you know what you want but lack purpose, your focus will easily crumble. As will your chances of success.

3. Know why you deserve to have what you want. Don’t allow feeling of inadequacy shake your concentration. Realize that you are special and important and deserve the success you desire.

4. Create a plan and follow it. You can focus on driving from point A to point B, but if you don’t have a map and directions, your chances of reaching your destination are minimal. The same holds true if you have a goal but no plan to achieve it.

5. Take immediate and consistent action everyday. Training your mind to focus isn’t enough. You must take action. Constant action. For action inspires focus. And action is the only way to attain results.

This is the mentality you should have in your daily life. Your focus can manifest anything and your potential is infinite. But you must focus on things that will empower you. Focus only on positive things you want to happen.

Learn how to focus.

Billie Washington is an International Business & Life Coach helping people unlock the mental barriers to their true potential. Visit http://www.powerfulsuccesstips.com for more information.

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Remember EXTREME action gets Extreme results! Extreme focus facilitates extreme action...once you have set you targets and goals you must keep working towards them and taking continuous action steps to achieve them until you hit them. Don't get distracted by other things or plans...focus on the goal at hand until you can cross it off your list.

Learning how to master the skill of focus and concentration is one of the key stages of achieving real control of your mind. Focus will help give you the persistance, desire and determination to achieve whatever you want in life.

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The Colour of Success

Success is a word used too often in today's world that its true values have lost its impact on many people's lives. Our parents want us to be successful individuals just as our friends and well wishers pray that we succeed in achieving our goals and aspirations. It is a term you would find every institution stresses upon because sometimes being successful is what life is all about.

But the question is, what does success really mean? Is it only about achieving Big and getting famous? Is it about getting into the showbiz and having fans following you all over? Or is it about breaking world records and the like? Well, you may call these success. Indeed they are, if getting there brings overwhelming joy and that incredible feeling which only true success brings.

Yet, success is not about wealth and fame, it isn't about being celebrities. It isn't about getting degrees after degrees and still feeling like a failure. It isn't about having everything within your reach and still hungering for more.

Success is enoying the fruits of one's hard labour. It is the realisation that hard work pays you back in double measures. For a farmer, success is reaping rich crops. It is a celebration of the good harvest that his whole year's labour has brought. It is overcoming obstacles, hurdles and challenges by defying all odds with sustained and dedicated effort.

There is only one kind of success that determines every individual's life. You may be a student, a housewife, a doctor, an engineer, a journalist, a musician, a preacher, a businessman and the like but success justifies and crowns you according to the amount of dedication and effort you put into anything that you work upon.

It may not bring you great wealth and fame but reaching the pinnacle of success is about being rewarded with the fruits of your hard labour.

Great figures like Gandhiji, Shakespeare, Edison and Leonardo Da Vinci, have attained success and remain respectable to date. It is because they pursued what they believed in and went forward to achieve greatness, giving in all that is required of them.

Life is a constant struggle but despite odds if you choose success to be your sole aim, you will always be a winner. Go and get the crown before its too late.

By Vishii Rita Krocha.

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How you define success doesn't really matter as long as you know what success feels like so that you can aspire to reach and feel those same feelings of success in all your endeavours. Every success that you have achieved in life however small; whether it is passing an exam or driving test, getting a promotion or selling your 1000th product, each is accompianed by an inner sense of fullfilment and achievement which you should aim to replicate...

Build on your small successes and continually set and reset new goals to hit to ensure you are continually challenged and have something to strive for.