Focusing Intention. Lesson 40

"Anything you believe, you can achieve."
          -- Anthony (Tony) Robbins




Definition.

Mind.

Mind is the characteristic of higher developed, multicellular, biological organisms -- such as people -- which manifests itself as thought, memory, and other attributes which are not limited to the products of cellular functions. Some of the names, in this context, for mind are: Spirit, soul, living essence, etc.

Intention.

Intention is the power of the mind, within each person, to achieve, through a variety of means, virtually anything that can be conceived.


Two terms that we shall bandy about in our studies are intention and mind. As you see, from the above written definitions, they contain the essence of what these words mean in plain English. However, we will use them in a very specific context.



Introduction to mind



Mind is a thing. It is a known, quantifiable property of a human. We measured IQ of the mind, and can identify a genius from their IQ. We say that a smart person has a power for mind. Clearly in our every day speaking, we subconsciously differentiate the mind from the brain. The brain is an organ of our bodies. It is a collection of cells. It sits in our heads. It is connected by a cable like mass of cells called spinal cord. The brain is a cellular mechanism that one, theoretically, can touch. The mind, on the other hand, is much more etherial.

We may casually save the brain thinks. However, when we ask someone what they used to think, the answer will be the mind. If I go into surgery, and I asked the doctor to show me the mind, he may show me the brain. Of course I would respond, that is the brain, a human organ -- not the mind, the collection of thoughts, memories, worlds, hates and such. Or, they may say the mind set in the brain. If I ask the same question over coroner, he may say, "Sir, I do autopsies on dead people. I can show you their brain, but I don't think there's any mind present."

In that respect, doesn't the mind more closely resembles the fact is e call spirits or soul?



Introduction to Intention.



People often say that it is their "intention to ..." Substitute any word you like. In common parlance, and intention, or intending to do something, is used synonymously with plan or planning to do something. To intend to do something is seen as a stronger assertion than to plan to do something. Generally it is used as, I intend or they intend, it is my plan to do something or your plan to do something.

We use intention in much the same way. However, is something we plan to do with our mind, as opposed to our brain or our body.

Intention, for our purposes, is a focused, mental exercise meant to achieve a particular purpose or action. One could view intention as one would view the magical powers of a genie let out of the bottle. The genie in the bottle grants you three wishes, and makes them come true. Generally, the drama arises because the genie takes the utterings, of the person who released him from captivity, quite literally -- often with comic or tragic results.

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Does Size Matter? Lesson 51

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Basically, we are asking ourselves is the essence of self, the mind, separate from, and using, the body. There are many arguments, which we shall explore in more detail, which support the hypothesis that this is in fact the case.

Interesting question number two.

There are, at a minimum, four propositions for the creation of the world, and life as we know it.

1. The universe always existed, and always will exist. It is eternal.

2. The universe was created in six days by the Creator, who rested on the seventh. This is a literal interpretation. The day is a 24-hour period.

3. The universe was created as in example 2 above. In addition, it all occurred several thousand years ago, as we measure time. All the fossil records, and other scientific data, which indicate that the earth and the universe are much older our human misinterpretations of the data. Fossils for example, were put there intentionally by the Creator, for some purpose we do not yet understand.

4. The universe, containing all its dimensions, including the four the we know, as well as the beginning of space and time as we perceive them, was created by the Big Bang, a massive explosion of highly compressed plasma. At the genesis of the universe, the explosion of this matter created space and time as well as all of the atoms and molecules of matter that we know today.

As you can see, there are multiple versions of the creation of the universe. Versions two and three, indeed, may be possible. However, given present human knowledge, they must be accepted on faith, and are unprovable.

Like versions two and three, version 1 and 4 are not mutually exclusive. The universe could have always existed, and at the same time gone through this cycle of explosion, matter formation, expansion, contraction, compression. In this case, the contraction is caused by gravitational attraction. Basically, the giant explosion runs out of steam and quits throwing matter outward. Like a rubber band, stretched to its limit, it starts to pull in again. Ultimately, all matter is compressed into this plasma soup, the specter of creation.

We must ask ourselves one important question at this point. Do we believe that the Creator intentionally leaves on answerable questions, mysteries. Are there supposed to be those things that we humans never understand?

Given the rate in growth of human knowledge, that proposition would seem to be rather unlikely. Many things, that we today understand, were once considered to be unknowable mysteries. The rate of growth of human knowledge has been, and will most likely continue to be, exponential.

Let’s assume for now, the versions one and/or four are accurate. This means that the universe as we know it is billions of years old. It may be the first time, or it may be that 12,000 time that the universe has gone through this process of expansion and contraction.

So this essentially leaves us with a series of questions:

1. Is the body a mechanical vessel used by the mind is a vehicle in which the mind can navigate in these four dimensions, or, is the mind an emergent property of those constantly renewing cells that we call the body?

2. Is the body and intentionally formed artifact by the mind, or, in accident of a natural process that we call evolution.

3. How did the universe, which contains our physical bodies, evolve? Was it accidental, or intentional?

4. Is the physical universe, as we know it, accidental or intentional?

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The power of symbols & talismans. Lesson 175

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... For words, thoughts and deeds, though they rankle and smart, May never delude us or hold us apart Who treasure this talisman deep in the heart...

-- Arthur Guiterman, poet

The old saying goes, "A picture is worth athousand words." Modern businesses are well aware of this. Many, if not most businesses have a logo, or a symbol or picture which connotes the company. We know immediately when we see a Ford motorcar symbol that it is, in fact, a Ford motorcar.We all recognize the four colored square icon that tell the sum product for software is from Microsoft. The Gerber baby and the Aunt Jemima smiling woman set our expectations at a glance. Symbols can also connote thoughts or ideas. We immediately recognize the RX symbol as representing a doctor's prescription or a pharmacy. That happens to be a universal symbol that is recognized worldwide -- at least where the Roman alphabet is used.

Like rituals, symbols and talismans have had a rich history with mankind. Symbols and talismans, being physical or drawn thingscan be traced to prehistoric times, many thousands of years before written language allowed us to record the words and actions performed in rituals. Talismans are far more enduring, like prehistoric cave paintings were Native American arrowheads. They have a permanence, the meaning of which is often obscure, lost to history.

One find symbols and talismans everywhere in modern day religion. The Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross, the Roman Catholic crucifix all paint a rich mental image for us, a complex tapestry of ideas that would take many words to describe. We also ascribe certain supernatural powers to certain symbols. A St. Christopher medallion is supposed to protect a traveler.

Do they work?

In short, yes. They can. It is possible. But, talismans and symbols do not work because the objects or pictures have any particular supernatural or magical powers.The objects are just objects. They are like most currency or coins issued by governments, or even gold bullion. They have no intrinsic value. You can't eat a coin, plow a field with it, or drive it to work. The dollar bill or the quarter is a symbol or representation of an idea. It represents the value to society of and amount of work you performed, and allows you to transfer that value to somebody else. The coin represents an idea. The coin is, in essence, a talisman. Giving the coin to somebody transfers ownership of that formalist thing (work) to someone else.

We don't generally think of money as a talisman. We generally think of a talisman as something, some physical object having supernatural power. In reality, Talismans are, when used properly, a physical reminder of stored intension! If a St. Christopher medallion protects us when we travel, it is because the lump of metal with an image stamped upon it reminds us to invoke our banked intension.

The parking rock.

In the late 1970s, we did an experimen, and called the parking rock. This is a brief description of the experiment. It is quite remarkable, and you are invited to give it a try.

Step 1, find a rock. Go out in the yard, beach, local park or on the street and find a nice rock that can fit in your hand. It should be like a stone that you would use for skipping at the beach, flat on both sides. This stone will become your parking rock.

Your new parking rock is like a new car battery bought at the store. Like the car battery, you must charge your parking rock before you can use it. Hopefully, however the charge on your parking rock lasts longer than the charge on an ever ready battery that you buy at the drugstore.

Charge your parking rock's battery. For a parking rock to work, you must first charge it. The power of the parking rock is directly proportional to its charge. Since you can't plug it into an electrical socket, we have to have another way.

Find a nice place in your home, and place your parking rock on a plate or tray in that place. Twice a day, at the same time every day, go to your parking rock, turned it over, and concentrate for just a couple of seconds, imagining yourself finding a parking space every time you look.

Do this for 30 days in a row. Don't miss a day. If you miss a day, you have to start from the beginning and do 30 consecutive days. After that, carrier parking rock in your pocket. When you go to the college campus, the mall, or market or wherever, think of your parking rock, drive to the nearest entrance, and watch the amazing result.

Try this amazing experiment for yourself, and let us know what happens.

Next: How the talisman is like a electricaln transformer or capacitor.





References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amulet
http://talismanicidols.org/video.html