Power From Knowing Who You Are – Thoughts to Make You Think

It was once said the people who know their God will do great things, also the saying Know Thy Self which has been used by Ancient Greek Philosophers like Plato could be some of the most profound statements that I would consider as key to the success of people in this day and age. These two statements reveal some of the powerful ideas know to mankind today. Often in the most simple statements lie some of the greatest truths. For example there are basically two ways to look upon a problem, one; a person could view it as the greatest misfortune that has happened to them. But the second way could be seeing it as an opportunity to learn and find success by over coming the problem.

The power in the view-point

So we can see that the way a person views a problem and be the determining factor in what they gain from the situation. If a person was to go to Prince Charles and say you are not a Prince, it would probably have no effect on him as he already knows who he is and the fact that he is in line to be the next King. So it is important to know who you are. Some people have suggested that we are spiritual beings having an earthly experience, and some people feel that we live one sole life and then it all ends. We would note that the two people would live differing lives based on the things that they believe. In the same way if a person believed that they had the ability to achieve great things in life then they would probably achieve much more than the person who believe he or she will achieve nothing in life. So we can see that knowing oneself could have a huge impact on the things that are achieved in life.

Law of Attraction

There is talk of a law called The Law of Attraction, This law suggest that the things that we think about and feel about we tend to attract to us or into our experience. Could this be linked to the idea that we may possibly all have a sixth sense, a psychic sense. For example have you had the experience where you were thinking of a friend or a love one, and the next thing you know is that they either call you on the phone or meet you out of the blue. Could it truly be that we do attract the things that we think and feel about often. May be it might be that the people who are achieving great things in life could perhaps be knowing or unknowingly applying some kind of Universal Law. We know that we all need oxygen to breath if we are to continue living, and also that if we go under the sea could be deprived of oxygen and die. But also the fact that if we were in a submarine we would over come the law that would say that being under the sea could kill us, due to us over coming the sea by virtue of the submarine. So based on this idea that we have the knowledge that submarines exist gives us the power to use them to overcome the under sea world.

Understanding

So imagine someone having a manual which explained all there is in life could be in a position to get far more out of life than they could imagine. So could it be a good idea as Plato said Know Thy Self.

MGA Brown (c) 2011

Power of Positive Creation – Thoughts to Make You Think

What Could You Create?

What is the power of positive creation? And what is the power to create? What things would you like to create? Imagine if you had the power to create a universe, and a solar system, what type of planet would you create, and what would you have on those planets? Imagine if you could choose your life before you were born, what would you choose in your life and why? What things would you want to learn and what things would you want in the first part of your life? How many brothers and sisters would you want, and what kind of father and mother would you want?
What type of home would you want to grow up in and why? What obstacles would you want and what would you learn from over coming them?

Would you create sea ans sky, or would you create something completely different? Would you make childhood longer or shorter and why would you make those decisions? Would people be able to fly, and would they fly without wings? Would people be able to travel at the speed of thought, would people think where they want to be, and be there in an instant?

 Power to Create

Would the grass be green always, and would it grow or remain the same size? Would procreation be by kissing? Or would you do away with procreation and have another way to create new life? So imagine for a while that you have the power to create a new world in your thoughts, you could change things in the world. What are the things that you would want to change? And how would you structure the planet? Would you eradicate suffering and poverty or would you change the amount that exist. Would you use suffering as a tool to help people to developing inner strengths?

Stretch your Mind

So let us begin the journey of creating the world where you could learn all the powerful lessons that would allow you to grow into the person that you want to be. Would you choose a life of ease, where every thing that you could desire would come to you without effort? Or would you choose difficult tasks during your life to stretch your mind and your ability to endure. Would you wipe from your memory the fact that you have deliberately chosen a life of difficult task in order to learn certain lessons.

So let us begin creating the life that you desire so would you allow reincarnation and if so would you allow people to know they have been reincarnated. Would you create illusions of evil forces to cause people to have fear in order to drive them to live a certain way? If you had the power to create what positive things would you make?

MGA Brown (c) March 2011

MGA Brown is the author of “Thought to Make You Think”

Power You Need Is Inside You – Thoughts To Make You Think

The Power Within

The things that we need could be nearer than we think. When we look for external things to bring us satisfaction, it may be found that true satisfaction never comes. Why is this that satisfaction does not seem to come from external things? Could that be because we already have every thing that we need within us?

The eyes of a child

When we look at the life of a growing child, you will notice that the child would get more joy from the wrapping paper than the present. It would seem that the processed gift does not give the joy that was expected. Notice children who are play and are using their imagination, using the toy made out of a few branches of a tree. The imagination does not require the pre-packaged items found in most super toy store.

Great inventors

To take this a step further if we consider the great inventor, you could notice that the great invention started in the mind of the great person. So if you even consider that great inventors like Thomas Edison was able to create countless inventions including the light bulb and the moving picture, you we see that they had great imagination. The powerful fact is we all have the power to create great things, the key is to realise and then take action to achieve our creation. Also we could say that one of the great things that we have is the power of thought. The power to think I feel has been the greatest gift that mankind has been blessed with. When we have an idea and then take action we have the power to bring forth a great gift to mankind. So use your imagination and let it run wild and see all the possibilities that you can bring forth.

The sea of possibilities

So how can we open the trap to this great lake of possibility? Well the first thing I would say is to recognise that you and every one on this planet is unique. We all can do things that no one else on this planet can do. The people who seem to excel could have found out the things that they excel at.

So have faith in your abilities and look for the things that you enjoy and excel at. Always remember you have the power to find the gift that is laying dormant inside of you. So release that gift, and use the power of imagination to make you be the person that you can become.

MGA Brown (c) July 2011

MGA Brown is the author of “Thoughts To Make You Think”

Power of Purpose – Thoughts To Make You Think

How The Earth Was Started

What is your purpose, what things do you want to achieve in life? Many people talk about what is their purpose in life, and there is much talk about what is the meaning of life. We enter life as babies, we then spend a number of years being dependent on our parents or carer. During this time we are being taught a variety of things. We may also be taught various accounts of how the earth was started.

One of the main things we encounter in life is the fact that you need to work in order to live. We see that most things in life need some form of fuel to continue living. As people our fuel for life tends to be a combination of food and liquid.

The Basic Needs

We have basic needs for example the need of air or to be more precise the need for oxygen. As well as food, shelter and safety to name but a few. After these needs are met we may desire other things such as money or power. We may get to the point where we are looking for some kind of fulfillment. One thing is very certain, the fact that people are born and then die. There are some people who believe that death is the end, but others that believe that death is just the start. Depending on a particular belief that a person takes on, can determine their life purpose.

Your Life Purpose

To put it another way their reason for living. What do you see as your purpose in life. Is helping people and developing yourself a useful reason for living. Or maybe working towards another life after this life. What do you see as your purpose. Some people believe there is no purpose, and some people believe you can make your purpose whatever you want it to be.

You Are Very Skillful 

So to answer this question a person could look at the things that they are good at, It is useful considering the things that people often comment that you are good at. You should also think of the things that people often ask you to do because you are very skillful at. You could also look at the things that you want to changing in the world. If you believe you have a purpose what do you want it to be? What do you feel would give you the best sense of fulfillment? What do you want to achieve in life, and what is your plan to achieve it?

MGA Brown (c) March 2011

MGA Brown is the Author of “Thoughts To Make You Think“

Power of a Made Up Mind – Thoughts to Make You Think

Making Quick Decisions

The ability to make up the mind and stick to the things that have been decided is indeed a very powerful quality to possess. It was found that the ability to make a quick decision and stick to it was discovered by Napoleon Hill in a 20 year research of 500 self-made millionaires. It was found that making quick decisions and sticking to the decision was one of the things that allowed a person to find success in life. People tend to follow a leader who has a made up mind. People who keep changing their mind tend not to achieve much success. In the bible it says that a person who is double minded is unstable, this is a firm principle that shows that it is important to make decisions and stick to them.

A Clear Picture

The ability to make a clear definite decision is a quality that allow stability. In any business that is to prosper the ability to have clear decisions made has got to be key in allowing success in that business. People who tend to achieve success tend to have a clear picture of what they want and what they want to achieve.

From Inside Your Mind

To look at this another way, imagine two different people who decide that they want a house. The first person goes to an architect and says that he wants a house. The architect says what type of house do you want? The person replies I do not know. The architect ask how many rooms do you want? The person replies many. With these types of answers the architect would not be in a position to produce a design. But let us look at the other person, this other person tells the architect that he wants a 5 bedroom house, 2 floors, and a double stairway. He also wants each room to have a built-in bathroom and toilet. He wants two kitchens one upstairs and one down stairs.

Being very Clear

He wants two living rooms at the front of the house and a large garden at the back. With these instructions the architect would now be in a position to produce a drawing, because the person is very specific. So we can see that it is important to be very clear about what you want. When a person has a clear picture of what they want, and can specify their exact needs, then those instructions can be passed to someone to produce their requirements. Do you know clearly what you want, and do you have a clear plan to achieve it?

MGA Brown (c) March 2011

MGA Brown is the Author of “Thoughts to Make You Think”

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The Benefits of Mental Agility

What are the benefits of being mentally agile? And how can you achieve it? Indeed if you look at people who tend to be successful in life you could notice that they have a number of qualities. It was said by Napoleon Hill following a study of 500 millionaires over a twenty year period, that there are certain things that allows a person to become successful. He wrote around 16 things that bring success in his book “Law of Success”. It appears that success is linked to the way that you think, if you think in a certain way then you could find you become more successful. So does success have clues, and if you develop your mental agility could this mean that you could be more successful?

Achieving mental agility

The ability to think quickly and easily might not be something that is developed over night, but it may be said is something that takes time to develop. Indeed it could be said that any thing worth having will take time to develop, hence to develop mental agility may also take time. So what are the exercises that you can do to develop mental agility? And how long could it take to develop these abilities? If you look at the agility that people develop on a physical level, you could note that time and effort will need to be invested over a consistent period. The fact is regular correct exercise will need to be practiced in order to make steady progress. So the same could be true of mental agility, so an investment of your time effort and careful study may also be needed to achieve your end goal.

The Practice of Meditation

One of the techniques that has been found to develop the abilities of the mind could be meditation. Indeed meditation is a technique that has been used very far back in history and is still being used today. Indeed it has been said that many of the people who have been found to achieve very great success, have been people who have practiced the technique of meditation. So could there be a link between meditation and the agility found in the mind. It has also been said that the act of meditation allows the person to access greater levels of creativity, and intuition. So meditation could be a useful technique to achieve greater mental agility.

M G A Brown (c) 9 November 2011

Can Happiness Come From a Healthy Mind?

Large Amount of Money

This is quite an interesting question, but it is first useful first to define what we mean by happy. Some people feel that they are happy when they have a large amount of money. You often hear things like when I win over a million pounds I will be happy. But if you look at people who have won these sums of money, you could find that they still do not feel happy. There was a particular story of a woman who use to live above a hair dressers in the 1960’s, who won around a million pounds. She said that she was going to spend, spend and spend. And she did just that, but in a short while her boy friend was killed in a car crash in one of the expensive cars that she had purchased. Later all the money ran out and she ended up living right back in that room above the hairdressers. She had lost the expensive house that she had, and had no more money. I would say she was now more unhappy due to the fact that she had over a million pounds, but now had nothing left and had also lost her boy friend. So happiness in her case may not have come from money.

Right Thinking

So could the above example be strong reasons, why happiness does not come from things, but has more to do with the way that we think. There has been many who have commented on the importance of thought over the centuries, the idea of right thinking seems to be a very important key. What is right thinking, and why is it important to think in the right way. Also could environment have a strong impact on happiness, and is this linked to the way that we think? And is it in-fact a wonderful environment that leads to happiness, or is it the mind being stimulated by a wonderful environment. If it is the case of the mind being stimulated by a happy environment then this could point to the idea that happiness is related to the state of mind brought about by good surroundings.

Forming a Picture

If we could realistically create in our mind the thought that we have millions of pounds and are living a happy life of our dreams, could the thought of it allow us to have true joy and peace of mind. There are a number of philosophers who have commented on the idea that forming a picture in your mind, of what you desire is one of the first steps in creating the life you desire. For example George Winslow Plummer in his book talked about the idea of imprinting your desire in your sub-conscious mind in order to consciously create circumstances in your life. There have also been a number of people who have spoken about the need to adhere to Universal laws in order to allow good things to happen in your life.

Happy State of Mind

So based on some of these ideas it could seem that happiness may in fact come from having a happy state of mind. I once heard it said that the mind can only occupy one thought at a time. Also it was said that in order to get rid of a bad thought, you only need to replace it with a positive thought. So does this mean that to have a happy mind we should only be thinking of happy thoughts. Or could it also require that we are living in alignment with universal laws. What do you think, thoughts to make you think!

MGA Brown (c) January 2012

MGA Brown is the Author of winning book “Thoughts To Make You Think” to find out how you can benefit go to Http://www.toolsofsuccess.co.uk/

How to Study New Age Ideas

There are a number of concepts that are associated with the term New Age. Some of the terms you may here are terms such as the Law of Attraction and the Subconscious and Objective mind, to name just a few. So with so many new ideas and concepts how can you begin to understand these terms and concepts? One of the key ways could be to gain an understanding of Universal Laws. We will be looking at Universal laws and principles and how you can benefit from them when you are in alignment with them.

Law of Attraction and Universal Principles.

If we wanted to fly we would need to appreciate the fact that the Law of Gravity would be acting in certain ways, for example the pull of gravity would be acting to pull things towards the earth. So it would be necessary to understand gravity and its effects in order to be able to fly. You would need to understand a number of other laws associated with flight, and learn how to use these laws and principles to assist you. So in the same way understanding the “Law of Attraction” will allow you to gain benefits in your life.

There have been a number of different writers that have spoken about the Law of Attraction these include George W Plummer. In general the Law of attraction has been stated as what ever you think about with strong feelings you will attract to yourself. This idea has been also discussed in films like “The Secret”, where it shows people thinking about things that they desire which manifest. This idea would appear to be incomplete and it appears that a number of other laws and principles also need to be adhered to in order for it to work. Mr Plummer talks about the Law of attraction in terms of poles which can attract or repel. He suggest that Mental thought could be a positive pole which is attracted to material things which is the negative pole.

What are the other Laws and Principles that Attract good things to Your Life?

There has been text from unknown writers which looks at seven principles, these are called great principles. These are known as the following:-

1. The whole Universe is mental, based on the idea that the universe has been created by a universal mind. The idea is taken a step further and suggest that we also create our lives by mind. This seems credible due to the fact in order for you to create any thing, you need to start from a thought in your mind. One writer who goes against the idea that “All is Mind” is Christian D Larson. He tends to suggest that things are both mind and also matter.

2. The principle of “Correspondence”, this is based around the phrase of “As above, so below, as below, so above”. This seems to give an impression that the things that happen on the earth are directly related to things that happen in a heaven. Also the reverse, things that happen in a heaven also happen on earth.

3. Vibration, this is the idea that everything is in a constant state of vibration. This may be seen in the idea that at an atomic level electrons are constantly in a state of vibration. It is also suggested that people who die go to a higher vibration, and people who are alive are at a lower vibration. It is suggested that a creator or God is at the highest state of vibration.

4. Principle of Polarity, this is the idea that everything could be at different poles, for example heat is at the opposite pole of cold. Likewise light is at the opposite pole of darkness. It is suggested that all things tend to be at opposite poles.

5. The principle of “Rhythm”, this seems to be the idea that everything happens in rhythmic pattens, for example summer leads to winter and continues in this cycle. Another example is day leads to the night and then back to the day. The idea of mood swings could be related the principle of rhythm, but it has been said that people could in fact polarize themselves to the positive mood, hence avoiding the negative swing.

Conclusion

It would appear that to study new age ideas could benefit from understanding these and other principles. In part two of this series we will look at a number of other principles and laws that could lead to getting more out of life. And we will look deeper at ways of studying New Age Ideas. We will also be looking at the idea of the Objective and Subconscious mind.

M G A Brown (c) Sept 2011

A Meaning of Life

Have you every wondered why am I here and how did I get here? This question has probably been asked many times through countless centuries. So people may think that during the short average live time of about 70 years it is important to cram as
in as once this life is over we are over. But could there be a deep hidden reason why we are all here on this planet, and if there is wouldn’t it be useful to know the reason.

How the Mind Works

Also if we understood how the mind works could this answer many of the question that we ask. Well there have been people who have studied the mind and now we are able to get a understanding of how it works. Also there has been research into why we think
the way we think. So now it look like we we be able to get some of the answers to some of those deep questions that we may have been wondering about.

Over the next few months I will be discussing some of the above questions and also possible answers. So thank you for read this and I look forward to share with you some of
the answers to these questions.

MGA Brown

MGA Brown (c) July 2011

About the Author MGA Brown is the writer of “Thoughts to Make You Think”  to find out more about MGA Brown go to http://www.mgabrown.co.uk

Things Said About the Mind?

What is the Mind
The mind has been discussed in many writings and people who understand their minds may be able to achieve great things. I believe that it would be useful to have an understanding of the way the mind works. We think a thought for example, we think a thought of standing up and by a miracle our body controls our muscles and we are able to stand up. But let us look at times when we do not do the things that we should do. How can we allow our minds to do the things that we know that we should do. What are the reasons that drive us to do the things that we should do, and what causes us to over come laziness?

How can pleasure and pain allow us to take the action that we need to take? It would seem that we tend to do things that give us pleasure and avoid things that give us pain. If we had an important essay to write for college home work, we could be driven to do it based on pleasure or pain, if we were told that we would be kicked off the course and thrown out of our home, then this might be a good reason to do the homework. On the other hand if we were told that we could get a £1000 cheque for writing the essay that could also drive us to do the homework. But what would you prefer to be the reason to drive you to take action pleasure or pain? May be you could start writing down the reasons why you do the things that you do, then go over your list and see how many were because of pleasure and how many were because of pain. They also say that we tend to be the creatures of habit, it has been said that it takes around 30 days to learn a new habit. What new habits would you like to obtain in the next 30 days. What new habits do you think would be of benefit to you? And what habits do you feel that you would like to stop doing?

Do good things come with a high price?

It was noted by some writers that children who do not have to earn their success in life could end up losing out later in life. Is it true that people who tend to be very successful, do it by their own abilities, or are self made? Would a self made millionaire appreciate their wealth more than someone who has won millions via the lottery. Do you think that people who have won a large amount of money tend to lose it just as quick.

Would you say that having an understanding of how to manage money effectively would be a good asset? What would you prefer, to work and earn your money or to be given money by a rich relative? What would give you more satisfaction getting money because of the skills that you have learnt or getting money because someone decided to give you? Would you treat the money the same, or would you value the money that you worked very hard to obtain? Do you believe a hungry boxer would work harder to become a champion or some one who had things very easy? Who would appreciate money more? Some one who had to study for a number of years and managed to live with very little money? Or someone who had been given money any time they wanted it by a rich parent?

MGA Brown (c) March 2011

About the Author MGA Brown is the writer of “Thoughts to Make You Think“