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- Success And The Habitual Mind - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from Robert DarbyDealing With A Complicated World Success often means being able to deal efficiently and appropriately with the inevitable unexpected challenges that come our way. However, this becomes more difficult as life becomes more complicated. Fortunately we have a capability that allows us to turn ...
Views: 1475 - Success And The Hidden Powers Of The Yoga Discipline - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Robert DarbyA Limited Point Of View Most of us don't associate material success with the Yoga discipline, even people who have practiced Yoga for a long time are not aware of some of the subtler benefits of this discipline. But even from the standpoint of energy management alone the advantages are ...
Views: 1115 - The Event Horizons Of The Mind And The Great Deception - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2010 from Robert DarbyPersonal Responsibility Or Personal Gratification The Buddha said that we own our actions, that we are the heirs of our actions and that we are defined by our actions. This is in fact a perfect definition of personal responsibility, but since most humans occupying the planet today are ...
Views: 985 - The Face Of Fear And Ignorance - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Robert DarbyFear Grows Only In The Dark Fear has many faces and not all of them are recognizable as fear. We have such a strong negative social perception of being afraid that we often disguise it as something more acceptable to our conscience. But fear is so prevalent in our civilization today that it ...
Views: 1964 - The Importance Of Managing The Mind - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Robert DarbyMind, The Two Edged Blade The idea that all of our experiences including mental, emotional and physical are determined by the activities of our mind, suggests that our ability to be aware of and manage those activities is of critical importance. But our mind can be tricky, subtle, evasive, ...
Views: 1001 - The Landscape of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyMind Most of us make the mistake of taking consciousness for granted as we do so many other things. The act of taking things for granted can have really bad consequences because it affectively limits the possibility of achieving a deep understanding of a given subject because we simply don't ...
Views: 1129 - The Nuts And Bolts Of Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Robert DarbyConfiguring Self Esteem Low self esteem can express itself in many ways in our lives, almost all of which are negative and self defeating. But we don't have to be the victims of what are essentially simple thought patterns that have become established in our mind to the point where they are ...
Views: 1161 - The Nuts And Bolts Of Success And Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Origins Of Concepts Most of us use the terms success and happiness without having a clue what they really are and where they come from. We talk about them as if they are a condition or commodity that we can purchase or trade. We think they come from material wealth, satisfying ...
Views: 995 - The Person We Think We Are And The World We Think Is Real - by Submitted on May 29, 2010 from Robert DarbyWho Are You? What if you suddenly discovered that the person you think you are and the world you think is real is actually just a product of your mind's ability to create imaginary realities and for some reason one day you woke up and decided that one of those realities was the real actual ...
Views: 1236 - Tips For Raising Self Esteem And Self Confidence - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Negative Programming A condition of low self esteem is like a corrosive acid that eats away at our self image until we are paralyzed to act affectively and achieve success or self confidence of any kind. We find ourselves caught in a downward spiral of negative thoughts and perceptions ...
Views: 1554 - Train Your Elephant Train Your Mind - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Robert DarbyThe Unruly Mind Learning how to free ourselves from the tyranny of the unruly mind is not easy. Most of us have been the victims of the chaos of our own mind for so long that we don't even recognize that there is a need to do anything about it. What problem? Yet in a very real sense we are ...
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