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I read Mind Power In To The 21st Century about two and a half years ago and have also visited your website quite a lot since that time. I am genuinely very impressed with both the content of your work and the way in which it is presented.
What is your explanation for why the ability to focus on something in a person's mind and then manifest it in reality is so obscure? How come everyone doesn't know about this?
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More people are learning about this all the time. When I began teaching in 1978, over thirty years ago, the concept was so radical that people thought it was incredible. Probably one out of a thousand knew about these abilities. Now, thanks to the traditional media picking up on it, the number of people who now know about Mind Power might be as high as ten percent. This is a huge change. So while it is still just a fraction of the population, it is growing. It is also why I host this website, write books and tour. I love getting the message out.
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Your site is truly a source of inspiration and hope. The fact that I found it is a true testament to the way things work. Part of the work I do is website development and internet marketing, and I recently have been blessed by a new client who happens to be a gifted medical intuitive healer and clairvoyant. The man actually healed my wife of a problem that had been bothering her for the last 18 months, and in the process of doing research for his site, I found yours. Talk about synchronicity. I have since received an (unsolicited) offer on a rental property I own in Hawaii which is going to provide a needed cash infusion and allow us to start building our dream home in the mountains of NM. What I'd like to share with you and the rest of the readers here is how you have really brought home in very simple terms the nature and the role of the subconscious. The gardener/soil metaphor is so powerful in its simplicity, and it has been a great help to me because it provides guidance and insight about how I should be using the subconscious to achieve my goals. What you provide John, that I think is the biggest benefit, is a very clear map of the territory, and I thank you for your work, commitment and dedication.
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Great! I love posting these success stories as they give inspiration to other readers. Well done.
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John, all my family have attended your wonderful course. My question is what happens to the subconscious mind after death?
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Thanks for your feedback.
This is a difficult question to answer. There are many different opinions and schools of thought about what happens after death. I am writing a new book where we integrate the mind, the subconscious, the body and the soul, so obviously I feel that a part of us carries on after death, as so do many other spiritual philosophies. However, whether the subconscious carries on is another matter. To be honest I don't know. I will give this further thought and get back to you.
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Great information and program. This area of practice and information has been an ongoing theme in my life over many years, but your program appears to be what is bringing it all together for me at this time. Thank you.
The one question I have and did not find any specific detail about, is what exactly do you suggest for the daily charting?
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I suggest that you keep a journal to record your daily exercises. This is what I mean by daily charting. This journal indicates what exercises you have chosen for yourself, and you note these day by day as you do them. The reason for charting is that it lets you know whether you are doing the exercises or not. It is very easy to start a Mind Power Program and be enthused for a few days or weeks but then lose interest as the intitial enthusiam wears off. This is very normal and you should not be concerned when this happens, as you will see it happening in your journal. This way you catch it early and can begin exercising again. It is through this process that we train and work out in the mental gym of our mind on a regular basis. Journalling and charting a very impoartant part of the Mind Power process.
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Hi John, I would like to know if you ever had to overcome the "fear of public speaking," or did it come naturally? I have read your books and it doesn't seem you had this background, and I feel that your comments would interest a lot of people because it can be related to other "fears" that most people have.
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I share the story of my first public talk in my book The Practice of Happiness. I was incredibly inept and forgot everything I was going to say, embarrassing myself and everyone in the audience. Fortunately I had another talk to do within a week and this second talk was mediocre. I was thrilled. I had gone from terrible to mediocre. I saw this as a huge improvement. After about ten talks I started to get comfortable, and now, some thirty plus years later, I am as comfortable speaking to a thousand people as I am to a small group of intimate friends. What is the key to good public speaking? Three things:
1. Pick something you're passionate about. Your enthusiasm about your topic will be picked up by the audience.
2. Have lots of material to share, more than you can possibly deliver. This gives you confidence that you won't have to "fill time."
3. This is the most important: Practice. Practice. Practice. The more you speak in front of an audience the more comfortable you will be. Take every opportunity to speak to groups. And finally, have fun and don't take it too seriously. The audience wants to hear what you have to share and will overlook the odd slip if your information is good. I hope this gives you the guidance you were looking for.
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Dear John, I discovered your book Mind Into The 21st Century and this website at the end of last year. Thank you for speaking of the most complex matters and most vital questions in a simple and a very reassuring way! Thank you for giving us tools and means to create the life and the world we want!
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Thanks for your feedback. I love teaching Mind Power.
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It is never too late, regardless of age, to begin working this system. While it is great to get this information early I have had many students in their sixties and older change their life dramatically. One I write about in my book The Practice of Happiness, is a woman who left a life of mediocrity and stifling boredom to begin a new life in her mid sixties. Dramatic things happen when we change our thoughts, and this can happen at any age.