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In our own minds we need a place, a special place. A place that we can go to. In this place we are happy, healthy, confident, calm, contented. In this place we are in harmony with ourselves and in harmony with our surroundings.
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The mind we have is like a lake. Our mind makes a representation of the world and it reflects back to us the world as we see it. If and when we are calm, like in the picture above, the the mind produces a faithful replication and a true representation.
But like the water, in the image below left, when the mind is troubled, neither are able to reflect back the world. We no longer see the world as it really is. As we can see in the picture, the world indeed is beautiful, but the mind's representation is distorted. We may be aware that there is something present, but the detail is lost.
In reality, for many people it is like the picture below right. There may be areas of our minds, where we have a clear view of the subject, and other areas where the mind's representation is distorted.
Through deep relaxation such as hypnosis or other forms of meditation, we can achieve a state of calmness, if not in all aspects of life, certainly in some.
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There may be times in our lives when we have an important and necessary task or a challenge ahead of us. We do not know how to achieve this. We have many skills abilities and attributes. Unfortunately because we focus on what is lacking, or we compare ourselves to others, we forget that we have many more of these abilities than we realise.
So let us take our time to bring together from the deeper
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Life is a marathon, not a sprint
Imagine 'the road of our life.' It is a long straight road. We stand on our road in the present. In front of us is the future. Behind us is the past. On this road, the most recent past is close by and the more distance past is further away. The near future is close I front of us and the more distant future further away. We cannot see the start or the end of the road but we know that the road starts at our beginnings and extends into the future beyond the horizon.
If we have a troubled present we can use the 'road of our life' to 'visit' significant events in our past and resolve them in a manner that we have so far not been able to. We can also 'visit' a brighter future when the present difficulties have been resolved. Our future self, can look back and advise the present self what needs to be done and how it was done. Under hypnosis these techniques work.
(This picture obviously is not a realistic representation of a scene. A stock photograph of the long distance runner was edited including changing the distant scenery to give the impression the road is long and straight.)
Setting up the camera
I took this selfie on an iPad to demonstrate the view to aim for when setting up the video camera at home, The knees and hands will look disproportionately larger because they are so mych closer to the camera.
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Dolphins are graceful intelligent social animals. Dolphins communicate through a series of squeaks, whistles and clicks. Perhaps the reason we like them so much is because they appear to us to have a constant smile on their faces.
It is important that we not only have good communication with others but good communication with our inner selves, knowing what it is we truly want.
The Human Emotional System is complex. Not only does it comprise the brain, mind and its associated thoughts, feelings and actions but also much of the body including heart, stomach, reproductive (male and female) and hormone secreting organs. We have emotions because along with intuition they help us make decisions; particularly when speed is important, or there is a lack of information for accurate analysis, or it would take too long for calculations and logic alone.
These sleeping and happy babies represent everything is in order with their world. The emotional system is in its baseline contented state. From there many of the other emotions which can feel distressing inform the person that circumstances are potentially or actually changing from this baseline of well-being and therefore may need attention. Like the person's intellect and physical well-being, the emotional system will need to be well trained and developed to utilise its full potential.
A sign that circumstances are conducive to personal well-being is when a person is able to express him or herself freely and safely without there being any chance of harm to oneself or others. Imagine that you have taken yourself to the top of a hill. All around you are valleys. There is no other soul near by or in visual distance. At the top of the hill you can vent by shouting all your feelings, frustrations, angers and resentments. There is no one to hear you and the wind carries those words faraway.
Once you have freed yourself from the anger and resentment, you can fill you lungs with fresh air, appreciate the beauty of where you are and enjoy the scenery around you.