Long-time followers of my teaching, as well as readers of this website, know that our thoughts and emotions are vibrations of energy, and as such have a direct impact on our lives. What we think and how we feel are the two most important parts of who we are. The third is our actions. Incredibly, we have the ability to monitor and direct what we think, act and feel by the thoughts we choose. When our thoughts and emotions are directed in a positive way, they not only make us feel better, they also attract to us the conditions we are focusing on. This is sometimes referred to as the Law of Attraction. However, the exact same law is in play when we have negative thoughts or feelings about our life’s circumstances or ourselves. We must be diligent in monitoring how we think, so that negative thoughts and emotions do not find a resting place in our consciousness, then make themselves at home. Fear and worry are the two most destructive of the negative emotions, and it is these I will speak of this month. Fear is the intense focusing of your thoughts on something you do not want to happen. By focusing on this ‘yet to happen’ event with strong emotion and intensity, you give power to these images and help to attract them. These images, charged with emotion, are powerful forces, and so imprint on the invisible matrix web of the universe, which then works to create the exact thing we fear. This is precisely what we don’t want to happen. This is the tragedy of fear and worry, and yet often we feel we have no power over these thoughts. Here is where Mind Power comes to our assistance. Mind Power not only gives us the tools to create and manifest any situation we desire; it also gives us the tools to eliminate fear and worry with equal effectiveness. Mind Power is simply the most powerful set of tools we will ever have in our lives. Eliminating Fear and Worry: Rule number one: If you know what it is that you don’t want to happen to you, then don’t think those fearful thoughts. If you can remember this rule and say it to yourself as a mantra, so that it imprints into your subconscious, you will be halfway towards eliminating fear and worry from your life forever. The other half will come from following these ten techniques: 1. Next time you find yourself fearful, take a few good long breaths, relax and realize that the only thing making you fearful this very moment is the thoughts you are thinking. It is not your present circumstances, nor something that may or may not happen to you in the future; it is the thoughts you are thinking now. You are the cause of your fear. Resolve to change this. One of the ways you can do this is by spending several minutes focusing on the exact opposite of what [...]

Last month I wrote that we live in a Universe of vibration and that we ourselves are Beings made of vibration/sound. We affect each other, our environment and ourselves through our personal resonance. Entrainment is the term used to describe the process by which one vibrating source locks on to another source and brings it into step with itself. So, if something is vibrating at an unnatural frequency, we can bring it back into balance using entrainment. Sound is a carrier wave for consciousness. We can project energy into sound by using our intention. Students of Mind Power know that thoughts are real forces. We can project these thought forces into sound waves and allow them to interact with any aspect of ourselves (body, mind, soul), or with another person, or even the environment at large. Think of your mind as the conductor of an orchestra made up of the different parts of you. Think of these parts — the organs and cells in your body, your emotions and thoughts, your soul — as instruments in the orchestra, each vibrating the essence of who you are as a unique individual. When everything is playing together in harmony you get beautiful music; you experience sound health and a feeling of well-being. But when something goes out of tune it affects the entire orchestra. As the conductor, it's your challenge to keep things together. There are many tools that you can use; Mind Power is one such tool. Sound Therapy is another. Just as negative thinking affects us negatively, there are some sounds that have an adverse effect on our general health and well-being. Just as in Mind Power where we weed out negatives, so too in sound work we balance our personal vibration and our sonic environment. Noise pollution is prevalent in most cities and towns. Cars, trucks, buses, hooting horns, the cacophony of voices in a busy shopping centre, even the sound of your fridge or your air conditioner, all have an effect on you. Through the process of entrainment these sounds can bring you out of balance and make you tense up without you being aware of it. With awareness however, you can reverse this process and use sound daily to charge you with energy. Here are some practical steps to working with sound in your life: Step 1: Be aware of sound and know how different sounds affect you. Ask yourself: "How does this sound make me feel?" Energized? Relaxed? Tired? Irritated? Angry? Motivated? Depressed? Step 2: Take appropriate action. Eliminate sounds from your daily environment that have a negative effect on you. If that's not possible, then balance them out with nourishing sounds. With our diet we need the nutritional balance that fruits and vegetables bring; we can't always eat junk food or we will become ill. Similarly, since we are sound beings, we need to expose ourselves to nourishing sounds and balance our sonic diet. Step 3: Take a regular “Sound Bath”. A great way to [...]

Tips and Methods for Initiating Change Wake Up To Your Potential All changes that are initiated by us in our life begin with an idea. We conceive of "a new way" to live our life. Life is extraordinarily fluid and receptive to change. This makes sense, since life itself consists of constant change. Change is actually easier than you think. Our life is ever receptive to our grand plans. Hidden tides and currents will carry us forward when we are true to our vision. Think about it. What can you not do when a new decision is backed by constant thoughts and action? The practice of Mind Power is the study and practice of manifestation. Manifest well and you help not only yourself but many others. Don’t be timid; make changes that enhance your life dramatically. The push towards closing one chapter of one’s life and opening a new one can have an epic quality to it. Catch the spirit of reinvention and the freshness, and enjoy the aliveness of a life that has embraced change. Be Aware Self-actualization and self-management call for us to recognize within ourselves where changes are necessary, and to welcome the opportunity to act in these moments of realization. If our determination is to live life fully, then we should welcome all opportunities to change when and as they present themselves. Not change simply for change’s sake, but as a calling from within ourselves that we hear and honour. Trusting Life allows us to move into change and the unknown with confidence. The force fields we build around us when we set out to make our changes, in a Mind Power way, attract all sorts of people, opportunities, finances, new adventures. For every door that closes, a new one that we never imagined even existed will open and present new opportunities to us. This too is law, but rarely do we experience it until the old door is shut firmly behind us. Be A Master of Change and Fluidity Learn to relax into change, and change will take care of you. It will be both your teacher and servant, and will bring you many delights. "There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go." So said playwright Tennessee Williams, and it’s true. Sometimes we just know it’s time to change, even if we’re not sure what the change should look like, or how it will eventually play out. Change itself is calling, and we hear and honour the call. These instincts for change are within us for good reasons. They are the call to a full and interesting life. They are the call from the hidden secret parts of us that know us and our potentials well, better even than ourselves. They are the call to new adventures, the call to fulfill ourselves and discover our destinies. Changing, moving on, closing chapters in one’s life can be messy, uncomfortable, and can cause others to question our choices. But these [...]

I'm always amazed when individuals try to play it safe in life. Often it is either fear of change or inertia that keeps them stuck. "If I don’t rock the boat, make any major changes, life will continue on as it has and that suits me fine," seems to be the reasoning. But the premise of this reasoning is flawed from the very beginning. As I wrote last month, the Law of Constant Change is forever active in our life, and will not allow stability. Change and more change is the nature of our lives. Understanding this, the wise person regularly initiates change in his or her life. For if we do not, then life itself will be the initiator. Even a stagnant pool does not remain the same but becomes more and more foul. So too inertia and fear of change attract the worst of circumstances, and are therefore to be avoided at all costs. As a stagnant pool will be refreshed by an inflow and outflow of rushing water, so too our lives are refreshed by an inflow of things new and different. Embrace the Concept of Change as Necessary and Welcome Perhaps you already know this. If you do, wonderful. Knowing this will allow you to both initiate and welcome change as it continually happens in your life. Some changes will be dramatic, some inconsequential. Some will be pleasant and others unpleasant. But like a seaworthy captain who can trim and adjust the sails to any weather condition, we too learn to find our way through all situations feeling competent and capable. If, however, the concept of change as good and necessary is a foreign idea, then your task is clear. Look closely at yourself and others and watch the Law of Constant Change in action. Practice naming it whenever you see it. "Ah . . . there’s another example of the Law of Constant Change in action," you might say when you see it. Practicing this even for one week will astound you. Change, you will realize, is everywhere and in constant motion. Recognizing this within yourself as a living reality rather than a mere concept will have a huge impact. You will then be aware of your own power to initiate change in whatever way you choose. You will begin to captain your own ship rather than merely being a passenger. You too will learn to trim sails and become seaworthy in life. Follow the Call In my book The Practice of Happiness, the first practice of happiness is to "follow the call." Unless we march to that unique drum which beats within each of us, our life’s vitality will dry up to where it is a mere trickle, rather than a continuous surge of joy and creativity. All of our instincts, inclinations, and desires are within us for a reason. Do not fear that which calls within you. Be brave, and follow your instincts wherever they may lead you. Each life is unique, [...]