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Awareness & the Mind Archives

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Jul 23, 2024

The Mind’s Library - Part 1

Imagine I've constructed a home, and within it, I've designed a special room solely dedicated to being my personal library. As part of filling this space, I create a ritual of acquiring ten books a day and placing them in the library. In placing the books in the library, I don't index, categorize or organize these books in any particular way; I simply add them to the collection. After a year, I’l...

May 7, 2024
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Don’t be present. Be Focused.

You often hear people say, 'live in the moment' or 'be present.' What does it mean to 'live in the moment' or 'be present'? And how do you do this? When I can keep my awareness engaged with you and give you my undivided attention, I am focused. When I am focused, I am in the mom
Mar 9, 2024
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The Power of Thought

Everything begins in the mental plane first before it manifests in the physical plane. You think to yourself first, “I would like some ice cream,” then you get up and get yourself some ice cream. But it began in your mind with a thought. Each thought has a picture, sound and col
Aug 15, 2022
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The Three Reasons to Focus

In Chapter Two of my book, The Power of Unwavering Focus, I share three impetuses for leading a focused life. This is one of the most critical parts of the book though many people may not grasp why this is so. To prevent this from happening, I make a concerted effort to point ou
Jul 28, 2021
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The Path to the Superconscious

The path to the superconscious mind requires you to go through your subconscious. The subconscious is the gatekeeper to the superconscious mind. Few spiritual texts or teachers speak about the importance of understanding the subconscious mind and how it works on the spiritual pat
Jul 21, 2021
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Mental Arguments

You’ve probably heard me describe the mind as a vast space with many different areas within it. And awareness as a glowing ball of light that can move within the mind to any of these areas. If you haven’t, then I encourage you to listen to my TEDx talk, Unwavering Focus, that ex
Jun 23, 2021
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Focus Misconceptions

There are so many misconceptions surrounding focus. These misconceptions often lead people to have a very skewed or misinformed perspective on focus thus shunning it as a possible quality to cultivate in life. I’ll pick a couple of them and hope to dispel these misconceptions her