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The Law of Attraction

Friday, August 18th, 2006

The Law of Attraction simply says that you attract into your life whatever you think about.  Your dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest.  But the Law of Attraction gives rise to some tough questions that don’t seem to have good answers.  I would say, however, that these problems aren’t caused by the Law of [...]

The Death of Skepticism

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Skepticism is the mindset that says, “I’ll believe it when I see it… and even then I’ll still have doubts.”  In practical terms skeptics need to see a reasonable degree of external proof before they’ll believe anything out of the ordinary.
The idea behind skepticism is fine.  It keeps people from being too gullible and being taken advantage [...]

Responsibility and the Law of Attraction

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Responsibility for our lives is something we never lose but which we often deny.  As I’ve said many times before, you can give away control but never responsibility.  The ultimate responsibility for how your life turns out rests with you and you alone… not with your parents, your boss, your ex, your society, God, or [...]

Empowering Beliefs

Monday, August 7th, 2006

What determines the goals you set?  The answer is your context, which is your full collection of beliefs about reality.  You’ll always set goals congruent with your current understanding of the universe.
Since no two people have the exact same context (everyone sees the world a little differently), everyone will set different goals.  Within your particular context, some [...]

10 Ways to Become More Conscious

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Previously I wrote about 14 Reasons to Become More Conscious.  Now let’s explore the how.
What does it mean to become more conscious?  It is the progressive realization of conscious mastery over your mind.
The challenge is that it takes consciousness to grow consciousness.  But you needn’t worry about this because you already have the seed.  Think of it like fire.  [...]

Ask Steve - Recommended Reading

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Could you recommend some of your all-time favorite books?
Sure.
Since the early 90s I’ve been reading about a book a week, so that adds up to quite a few books.  I’ll scan my office bookshelves to recall which ones had a meaningful impact on me after I read them.
Here are some of my personal favorites in no [...]

Overcoming Depression

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Earlier this week I wrote about How to Help Negative People.  But what if you’re the one who’s feeling chronically negative?  In this article I’ll give you a process for helping yourself out of negative emotional states, not just temporarily but permanently.  For the sake of simplicity, I’ll use the example of depression, but the process works [...]

Disciplining Your Mind to Become Better at Manifesting

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

A key to the intention-manifestation model is that you must keep your thoughts focused on what you want and avoid thinking about what you don’t want.  Even if you’re skeptical about the power of intention, it shouldn’t be hard to see that a disciplined mind brings benefits.  Improved mental discipline is sure to be a useful skill [...]

Psychic Intelligence

Monday, June 5th, 2006

In addition to logical intelligence, emotional intelligence, and various other forms of intelligence, we have psychic intelligence.  Psychic intelligence is a measure of how intuitively perceptive you are and how willing you are to trust and act on those perceptions.
Here are some key components of psychic intelligence.
Awareness
There are certain colors I cannot perceive because I’m colorblind.  When I look at what [...]

How Intentions Manifest

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

This is a description of the general pattern I experience in manifesting intentions.
Creating the intention
First, I get clear about what I want to manifest.  Through meditation I put myself into a very relaxed state of mind, and I implant my new intention by concentrating on it for at least 60 seconds.  The meditation is nothing complicated; I usually just do a few [...]



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