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When you say relax, do you also mean be detached from the results?
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That's a great question. When you are doing your Mind Power exercises, it is best to take several minutes to relax the mind prior to the exercises. This can be done by simply affirming to yourself, "I feel calm and relaxed" (or something similiar) for several minutes. Deep, slow, rhythmic breathing will also calm the mind. The key is to not have your mind racing about with hundreds of thoughts going in every which direction. Now the second part: Do you detach from the results? While you are doing your exercises you become very involved with the results, feeling as if the results are already a fact, and doing the exercises in the full expectation that they will manifest for you. However, when you are through with your daily exercises, drop all expectation and just go about your normal day. If you feel excited or full of confidence, that is fine, but what you don't want is "concern" about whether it will happen or not. Putting too much pressure on it "having to happen" can hinder the results. So simply do the exercises as well as you can and then let it go. I hope this answers your question.
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I was once in a period of my life spent in confusion and anger, spending many hours, if not whole periods of a day, trying desperately to will myself back to a proper state. My best friend had just passed away, my friends had been a let down, and I had a terrible reputation amongst my peers as a lost soul. I fought daily with my father; I was in mental, spiritual and physical discord, and my dreams were like rocks through a strainer - not at all. I had always known, somehow, there was something I needed. One night, at a friend's, I was passed the Mind Power book and I recall going home early, clutching the book as though it was gold, then reading and re-reading the book over the next few weeks. I was reborn. My grandfather had always been large into thought dynamics and their power for us, always suggesting, "as a man thinketh," yet it wasn't until I started John Kehoe's book that I really grasped the idea. Six years after starting the Mind Power lifestyle, and grasping new aspects all the time, I have done a complete turnaround. I am married to a lady I love and respect and who has become my best friend, own a successful company with a father I once fought with daily, have a healthy, happy bright son, own my own place and am working daily at a dream, (shall I say soon to be reality) of becoming a well-paid, entertaining, imaginative author who enjoys massive success in his trade. I should also add I feel as "together" as I ever have and truly, truly strive daily to feel the goodness available to those who know it is there! I thank Mr. Kehoe for presenting this information and I do my part in spreading the book to whoever my gut informs me could use it.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences. Not only is it gratifying for me to hear what has happened to you, but it is an inspiration for all our web readers as well. You are on a wonderful path of joy, abundance and self-realization. Congratulations!
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I took your course about 8 years ago and I am a product of Mind Power. I have achieved all my goals as they were planned and I know I will do so in future. I practice Mind Power every day. I also have 2 wonderful children now and teach them the same. I really want to thank John for doing reseach on this and bringing us the answers. The Universe is really on my side. Yet I still have one question.
One of my goals was to become businesswoman of the year - which I did - but I only won for micro business. It's as if all my goals come true but only in micro. There are too many examples. I hope you understand. I really dream big. I visualised a Mercedes SLK 300 and instead now drive only a Peugeot 307 Cabriolet. I know from experience that John will be able to help me with this.
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What you need to do is first acknowledge yourself for all your success. When I say acknowledge, I mean to do it as I outline the practice in my books and courses and make it a daily ritual. Use this success vibration to propel you to even greater success. You have achieved so much. You have won the woman of the year award. Don't miss this opportunity to use this success in your vibration. You say it was "only in micro," but this "only" part of your vibration holds you back. Revel in the success of being woman of the year. Remind yourself how successful you have been and will be. The Mercedes is not here yet, but there is nothing wrong with a Peugeot either. As you give gratitude for what you have, more will come to you. Build your success brick by brick and don't be disappointed; be excited about what you're accomplishing. When you look back don't think "only." Think "I did it!" Large successes are built upon small successes. Fine tune your Mind Power exercises and you soon will have the big successes you desire.
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Hi John. After reading about visualization and affirmation on your website, I wanted to start practicing them, but I encountered one big problem. How can I visualize or affirm while I am still confused about what really I want to do in life? In my mind, I always have two opposing goals that seem important to me and that make me happy. I have to choose one of them, but they seem equal to me. Now I become confused about what to choose. Please John, I really need your advice.
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Every choice you make involves a choice you reject. With two opposing goals, my advice is to go with the one that makes you feel most alive. Follow your passion and you will be led in interesting directions. If you search this website for past articles you will find several that refer to this very situation. Also, trust your intuition and your feelings. Usually one choice will feel more appropriate than the other, even though you don't know why this feeling is there. Trust this feeling. This is part of your body wisdom. You might also go to your dreams. Or you can use the affirmation, "I always make the right decision." So as you see there are many ways to assist you in making your decison
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I have been reading you words about Mind Power and how it affects the outcome of our lives. My question is: I always feel insecure; for example, about losing my job because I think I might be not delivering, or because I might do something wrong which can affect my employment. I'm always comparing myself or my way of thinking to my peers and I always feel that their ideas/opinions are much more correct than mine, which affects my self-acceptance and self-confidence. Is this part of negative thinking? How I can treat this?
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You lack self-confidence, that's all. When I say, "thats all," what I mean is self-confidence is easily attained if you practice Mind Power regularly. So ask yourself if you want to think like this, or do you want to feel confident? If you want to feel confident, then stop thinking like that and embark upon a Mind Power Program. Make this your goal—to be a confident person filled with self-assurance at what you do. This website is filled with the techniques on how to do this. Now do it.
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Thank you for these web pages, they truly are life-changing.
I have a question regarding mortality and my husband. Unfortunately both of his parents died early (father 48 and mother 56), and he is convinced that he will also have a short life. He is currently 54 years old. I keep telling him how bad it is to have this belief, but he is unconvinced and, unlike me, sceptical about Mind Powers. I want to know if I can counteract his negative beliefs with my positive ones by seeing us still together when we are older. Is this possible or are his beliefs too strong for me to do this?
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That is a very dangerous belief to have and it would be prudent to change it. You can't force a person to change their beliefs, but you can counteract them. There are two approaches you should take. Firstly, every time you hear your husband state this belief, immediately make fun of it and say something like, "Yeah, right, you're going to die soon... you'll live well into your eighties." And then affirm half a dozen times, "You're going to live to eighty. You're going to live to eighty. You're going to live to eighty," etc. Don't let him get away with that negative belief. Challenge it every time you hear it and even times when you don't hear it, you can begin stating the new paradigm belief of him living to eighty plus. Now what will happen is this constant refrain from you will begin to take an imprint into his subconscious whether he is aware of it or not. It will assist him greatly.
Secondly, image yourself and your husband sharing your life together into old age. Because you are so intimately connected this too will have an effect.