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| I respect your commitment. 1) What do you want to achieve out of massively doing so many things all at once? 2) If there's one piece of advice I'd give you, I'd say give up the milk!
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| My goals of this 30 days trial were, 1) Pilot project for my next 90 days trial. 2) Make these 30 days a reference point in my life. 3) To put my time management skills to test and results were pretty impressive. 4) To Turbo boost my personal developement efforts. 5) Get out of comfort zone where I was stuck from long time. 6) Do something impossible(?) that I thought for myself and to change limiting beliefs. 7) Break My physical, mental, spritual limitations. 8) Organize my life and to apply military strategies for my self developement efforts. 9) To test my pain bearing capacity. 10) To explore my abilities and possibilities in the future. I think I have done pretty good. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY 27, 28 "Work dedicated to God, and done without attachment to results, purifies the mind and enables proper meditation." - Ramana Maharshi Completed following things: 1) Running : 10 km. 2)Yoga - yogasane, pranayam - 2 hrs 3)Gym - 45 min. 4) Meditation: 40 min. 5) Did self enquiry(Realization.org: Self-Inquiry (Vicara)) given by Ramana Maharshi. 6) Tried to remain in the feeling of "I am". 7) Did prayer shooting to calm my mind and have tranquility. 8) Watched J. Krishnamurti Teachings International |
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| DAY 29 Second last day of 30 days trial Physical level : 1. Running : 10 km. 2. Yoga : 2 hrs 3. Gym : 1 hr 4. Acupressure massage Mental level : 1. Recap of all 184 creativity techniques I have remembered lately. 2. Created blue print of my next 90 days trial. Spiritual level: 1. Read everything about self realization and people who were self realized. 2. contemplated on 'I am' feeling. |
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| Day 30 Last day of my 30 days trial.. Physical level : 1. Running : 10 km. 2. Yoga : 2 hrs 3. Gym : 1 hr Mental level : 1. Recap of all Memory Techiques I have learned from diff. books, audio courses, websites etc.. 2. Created blue print of my next 90 days trial. Completed. 3. Books read: 1)Mastery - The Keys To Success And Long-Term Fulfillment - George Leonard 2) Be your own coach- your pathway to possibility by Barbara Braham. Spiritual level: 1. contemplated on 'I am' feeling. 2. Met one self realized person living in my town.. [ Tejgyan : Tejguru ] Here my 30 days trial is SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. Thanks to all forum members AND moderators and everybody who supported me. Happy Thoughts. bye.. Last edited by shivraj : 10-08-2007 at 05:10 PM. |
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| 30 Days to Success - Postmortem It was the hardest thing I ever done in my life. It proved to be an eye-opening experience for me. I proved to myself that NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. WITH PROPER KNOWLEDGE, WILLPOWER, IMAGINATION AND SELF DISCIPLINE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE !! HERE ARE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LAST 30 [actually 35 days.. It was start over again after 5 days cuz of slip.. ] DAYS : I divided 30 days in to 6 five days goals.. I gave them names as MISSION I-M-POSSIBLES 1 TO 6.. This was a PILOT PROJECT FOR MY 90 DAYS TRIAL/CHALLENGE/GOALS. Goals of this 30 days trial were, 1) Pilot project for my next 90 days trial. 2) Make these 30 days a reference point in my life. 3) To put my time management skills to test and results were pretty impressive. 4) To Turbo boost my personal developement efforts. 5) Get out of comfort zone where I was stuck from long time. 6) Do something impossible(?) that I thought for myself and to change limiting beliefs. 7) Break My physical, mental, spritual limitations. 8) Organize my life and to apply military strategies for my self developement efforts. 9) To test my pain bearing capacity. 10) To explore my abilities and possibilities in the future. My 6 Missions were, 1)MISSION I-M-POSSILBE 1 OR "FLIGHT OF PHOENIX" 2)MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE 2 OR "ROAR OF THE LION" 3)MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE 3 OR "EAGLE SOAR" 4)MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE 4 OR "DISTINCT LEAD" 5)MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE 5 OR "SHIV SUPREMACY" 6)MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE 6 OR "SHIV ULTIMATUM" PHYSICAL LEVEL: 1) DAILY 10 KM. RUNNING (SOMETIMES 5 KM. BUT NEVER MISSED A DAY !) .. 2)YOGA : Yogasane,pranayam 1 Hr. each. Practiced Yogasane by YOGACHARYA MR. BKS IYENGAR AND PRANAYAM ACCORDING TO SRI RAMDEVJI MAHARAJ (http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...rch&plindex=0).. 3)Gym for 1 hr. daily 4)No tea/coffee 5)Balanced diet. 6)Sleep - 5.30 hrs. 7)Acupressure techniques. MENTAL LEVEL: * Books read in these 30 days: 1.The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 2.THINK AND GROW RICH 3.7 Spiritual laws of success by Deepak Chopra 4.Articles read on best of stevepavlina.com 5.The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey 6.BIBLE, GITA 7.77 MENTAL TOUGHNESS SECRETS OF WORLD CLASS 8.Edward De Bono - Six Thinking Hats 9.The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist by Jim Longuski, Ph.D. 10. Creative Problem Solving 11.HOW TO THINK LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI Seven Steps To Genius Everyday 12.Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your professional and Personal Life By Richard W. Paul, Linda Elder 13.De Bono's Thinking Course - Edward De Bono 14.Vedic Mathematics book by His highness Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaj.. 15.I AM THAT - Nisargadatta Maharaj 16.Consciousness and the Absolute - Nisargadatta Maharaj 17. Pointers from Nisargadatta Maharaj 18. The Nectar of Immortality - Nisargadatta Maharaj 19.Mastery - The Keys To Success And Long-Term Fulfillment - George Leonard 20. Be your own coach- your pathway to possibility by Barbara Braham. * Audio CD's listened: 1)THE ROGUE WARRIORS STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS: A Commando's Principles of Winning by Richard Marcinko (a Navy commando and creator of the legendary SEAL TEAM SIX) 2)Sybervision - Neuropsychology of Self-Discipline 3)Jack Canfield -The Success Principles 4)Bill Bartmann's Nine Steps to Set and Achieve Any Goal DVD and CD Bill Bartmann's The Ten Steps to Overcome Any Failure DVD and CD Bill Bartemann's Change Your Focus, Change Your Life (DVD & CD) 5)John Maxwell - Your Road Map For Success. 6)Brian Tracy's ultimate goal program. 7)Completed following courses, (1)Paul Scheele - PhotoReading Personal Learning Course (2)Paul Scheele - Photoreading Deluxe 8)100 ways to motivate yourself - Steve Chandler 9)The strangest secret by Earl Nightingale 10)Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins 11)Dr. Wayne Dyer - 101 Ways to Transform Your Life 12)The best test : Chris Widener 13)Beechy And Josephine Colclough - Get Up And Do It! (Audio Book) 14)COURSE COMPLETED : CLEAR MIND ~ BRIGHT FUTURE By Learning Strategies Corporation. 15)Creating Your Life With Your Thoughts - Wayne Dyer * Course completed German Courses | Deutsche Welle - Level -1 * Remembered Multiplication table (2 .. 99) in 4 days.. so can do any 2 digit numbers multiplication in JUST 4 or 5 seconds * Remembered all encyclopedia of creativity techniques on Main Page - Mycoted : Total 184 creativity techniques.. used memory techniques like mnemonics, link technique, Peg Technique, roman room technique etc... * Completed following : 1) MAKE 101 DREAMS/GOALS LIST FOR LIFE (2) LIST OF PATTERNS/ WRONG BELIEFS TO BREAK (3) LIST OF THINGS I WANT TO DO, HAVE AND BE , BEFORE BODY DIES. (4) WRITE MY PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE TO LIVE (5) WRITE MY RULES FOR LIFE (6) WRITE MY VALUES TO LIVE BY (7) WRITE LIFETIME GOALS, 5 YRS, 1 YR, 6 MNTHS, 1 MNTH, 5 DAYS GOAL (8) WRITE SKILLS, QUALITIES, TECHNIQUES I WANT TO DEVELOP (9) MAKE 1 DIARY FOR "PERSONAL GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS" AND WRITE ALL THE PERSONAL RECORDS ABOUT READING SPEED, TYPING SPEED, RUNNING MILES, MENTALISM RECORDS ETC.. IN THAT BOOK.. *WATCHED FOLLOWING MOVIES: 1. SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 2. FOREST GUMP 3. ROCKY 1,2 4. LORDS OF THE RINGS triology 5. RUDY 6. Apocalypto 2006 7. 300 * CONQUERED FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING AND SNAKES ! * MOST IMPORTANT IS, I HAVE CREATED VALUES TO LIVE AND MY PURPOSE OF LIFE.. My Values / motives in Life: 1.Self Mastery/Self Actualization,Supremacy, Inner Happiness and peace of mind in all situations 2. Life Long learning,Knowledge and Growth 3. Creativity ,Imagination, Fulfilment of dreams 4. World Class Professionalism 5. Preparedness for opportunities, Entrepreneurialship 6. Warrior Spirit, Never say die attitude 7. Open Mindness and flexibility for change 8. Zeal, Enthusiasm 9. Reliability 10.Honesty 11.Love 12.Fluency 13.Philanthropy MY LIFE PURPOSE: To do, be, have everything that I possibly can do, be, have. To explore all my abilities, powers and have mastery on them. To set an example that how far human can go. To do height of work on Physical, Mental, Psychological, Social, Financial, Spiritual Levels. SPIRITUAL: 1)Daily meditate for 20 min.X 2 times (morning and evening) 2)Had a glimpse of self realization 3)FOUND THE TRUTH THAT ALL RELIGION REACHES TO SAME GOD. Basic teachings of all major religions are almost same.. differences are only in details.. STUDY: 1)DAILY PROGRAMMING PRACTICE. 2)COMPLETED MANY W3SCHOOL TUTORIALS.. 3)READ BOOKS: 1. Inside C# by Tom Archer 2. ALGORITHS AND DATA STRUCTURE BY SAHNI AND HOROWITZ AND CORMEN BOOK IS HALF COMPLETE.. 3.COMPUTER NETWORKS BY ANDREW TANNENBAUM 4.COMPLETED APPDEV C# 2005,CBT NUGGETS VIDEO TUTORIALS THIS WAS JUST A WARM UP.. THIS WAS A PILOT PROJECT.. REAL PROJECT(90 DAYS TRIAL) IS BIGINNING FROM TOMORROW [12 OCT. 07 TO 9 JAN 08].. NAME OF MY MISSION IS "MISSION TRANSCENDENCE". Last edited by shivraj : 10-11-2007 at 06:21 PM. |
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| ...shivraj.... I really liked the mindmaps that you posted throughout this thread. You mentioned using FreeMind software but I currently use Mind Manager from Mindjet, Inc. Any chance that any of the mind-maps you posted can be found in MindManager format? Thanks and Congrats on successfully completing your 30-day experiment...!!!
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| Thanks GreenGrizzly.. For drawing mindmaps I have used following softwares.. 1)ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5 Professional 2)Freemind 3)Mindjet MindManager Pro 7 4)MindGenius Business all those softwares have some plus and minus points but i liked freemind mostly, Its free and it producess mindmaps of small size also it is written in java so platform independant,works on linux,windows or mac... here are some of the maps in freemind and mindmanager formats.. freemind mindmaps: Welcome, MiHD.net - World's most generous file web hosting service mindmanager mindmaps: Welcome, MiHD.net - World's most generous file web hosting service |
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| I only read page 1 and I'm very very impressed with your progress and attitude. I have added this thread to my favorites and I'm going to read a part off it every day, it somehow lights a fire inside off me. Your burning desire to improve yourself is very contagious !!
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| MISSION TRANSCENDENCE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!!
__________________ So It is written so It shall be done Last edited by shivraj : 01-12-2008 at 02:19 AM. |
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| Next 6 mission impossibles are of 24 weeks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mission I M POSSIBLE 1 : 4 WEEKS :23 MARCH TO 13 APRIL Mission I M POSSIBLE 2 : 4 WEEKS :20 APRIL TO 11 MAY Mission I M POSSIBLE 3 : 4 WEEKS :18 MAY TO 8 JULY Mission I M POSSIBLE 4 : 4 WEEKS :15 JULY TO 6 JULY Mission I M POSSIBLE 5 : 4 WEEKS :13 JULY 3 AUGUST Mission I M POSSIBLE 6 : 4 WEEKS : 4 AUGUST 10 AUGUST -------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Mission I M POSSIBLE 1 began from yesterday 17 march 2008 For next 4 weeks : week 1. 17 march to 23 march. week 2. 24 march to 30 march. week 3. 31 march to 6 april. week 4. 7 april to 13 april. Challenge is daily read one book and listen one audio and make mindmaps of them also write practical projects to implement ideas and strategies in real life.
__________________ So It is written so It shall be done Last edited by shivraj : 03-18-2008 at 07:27 AM. |
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The true Nishkama Karmi (performer of work without desire) is neither to be like a brute, nor to be inert, nor heartless. He is not Tâmasika but of pure Sattva. His heart is so full of love and sympathy that he can embrace the whole world with his love. The world at large cannot generally comprehend his all-embracing love and sympathy... In Ramana maharshi's words basic idea behind "karmenevadhikarste ma phaleshu kadachana " is as follows: "Work dedicated to God, and done without attachment to results, purifies the mind and enables proper meditation." - Ramana Maharshi What krishna wanted to tell is, detachment.. Desires are not bad but habit of desires is bad. mind becomes restless because of this habit. Attachment and detachment are concepts that in Hindu traditions relate to one's level of involvement in this world and to the power this world holds over one's state of mind. Attachment signifies over-involvement in this world, having desires for things that one does not have and clinging to things one has. Detachment is a positive state of objectivity toward this world, where relationships, objects, and circumstances hold no power over one's state of mind. Hindu philosophy doens't neclect the world nor do it is escapist. Generally in the west people have materialistic view of successful life. Hindu philosophy go beyond this materialistic attitude. Laws of karma are abide to you as long as you are cling to this world. personal development is a very big area, It is should have name "self development or expression" rather than "personal" development. here are some points in hindu philosophy which elaborates self development process: Sharir (Body) development: Sanskrit: शरीरं आद्यं खलु धर्म साधनम् । Body comes first for the practice of dharma. Good, strong, healthy body is MUST. Mind: (मनोजय) योगा for that, "Yoga is a science which teaches how to awake our latent powers and hasten the process of human evolution." "It is restraining the mind-stuff from taking different forms." Yoga sutra consists of two words only: yogash chitta-critti-nirodah, which may be translated: “Yoga is the cessation of agitation of the consciousness.” Spiritual: a state of self-realisation or attainment or cosmic consciousness. as a state of transcendence and not as a concept that can be grasped by the intellect alone. It is an experience. Money: What vedas say about money? Wealth has to be won by deeds of glory. (Rig Veda Samhita vi-19-10) One shall be led by the fair path to riches. (Vajasaneya Samhita v-36) One should tread the sinless path and gather wealth. (Vajasaneya Samhita iv-9) A man shall strive to win wealth by the righteous path. (Rig Veda Samhita x-31-2) One who helps others wins wealth. (Rig Veda Samhita iv-50-9)
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| WowowowoWOW!!! You are CRAZY in an awesome way!!!! I salute you for TOSSING out the normal idea of LIMITS! I was NOT prepared for this thread when I clicked on it. But you kinda just made my day. Thank you for the attachment of all those mind maps. I can see what a great organizational tool they are and I think exploring this concept is going to help me a LOT! I've had trouble keeping organized with my goals because life is complex! That disorganization can be discouraging and has set me off course whenever I've lacked perspective. The best method I've been using so far was journaling, but even that is lacking because I have trouble staying on the big picture and I don't always have it in me to journal every day. So thank you for the powerful inspiration! You just made my day! You deserve every ounce of your success. I'm very happy for you. It takes courage to know that you deserve to be the best you can be! |
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| Shivraj, you amaze me. You do have a big (i'd say, an all-encompassing) picture of the entire journey/destination! I too had worked out an answer a little like yours (self-development in a cosmic context as against 'personal' development) and was curious about your views on the same. Thanks for the detailed answer. I shall be watching your progress with the closest attention |
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| Also, it hits me now, that the basic tamasic, rajasic, sattvik categorisation is the predecessor (i'd say, a far superior and more fundamental predecessor) of the new 'levels of consciousness' hierarchy. The world seems more and more like a wheel than a road. |
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| I am going to begin my 30 DAY'S TRIAL again from 12 june 2008 to 16 July 2008. past few days were very difficult for me. So going to cross all those hurdles and get back my life on the track.. Here is my detailed plan for next 30 days.: Major important Goal: To get Job Within next 30 days I will be proficient in all technical and soft skills necessary for the job along with progress in other areas of life. So going to start again 5 days MISSION I-M-POSSIBLES. Here is my Affirmation: I do anything and everything to accomplish my Goals. I will go to any heights. I will transcend all limitations. Nothing is impossible. Everything is possible. With God everything is possible. This is my stern resolve. My Oath: No matter what happens. No matter how difficult it is. No matter how painful it is. No matter ho |




