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What is Intuition?

By Remez Sasson

What is intuition?

Here are a few definitions of what is intuition:

Knowledge gained not through the reasoning process or the five senses.
Subconscious quick thought processes that produce knowledge or solutions.
An ability to draw conclusions and understanding from previously acquired experiences and information.
It is instinctive knowledge or belief.
It is a gut feeling.
Intuition is often called the sixth sense or a hunch.

Intuition is not a conscious process, and it is not a step-by-step procedure using logic, reasoning and common sense.

What is intuition?

It is a subconscious process of being open to information, receiving information, and becoming aware of what to do, how to solve a certain problem, or how to achieve a certain plan or goal.

It can be also termed as psychic knowledge or understanding.

Where does intuition come from?

It is knowledge stored in your subconscious mind.
It appears through subconscious interpretation of body language.
It is the product of very quick thinking and conclusion making.
It is manifests due to quick understanding of a problem or situation, too quick for the reasoning mind.

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The Magical Power of Focus

By Leo Babauta

“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon to Anakin, Star Wars Episode I

The quote above, as cheesy as George Lucas’ writing often is, contains a nugget of Jedi wisdom that I’ve repeatedly found to be true.

Your focus determines your reality.

It’s something we don’t think about much of the time, but give it some consideration now:

If you wake up in the morning and think about the miserable things you need to do later in the day, you’ll have a miserable day. If you wake up and focus instead on what a wonderful gift your life is, you’ll have a great day.

If we let our attention jump from one thing to another, we will have a busy, fractured and probably unproductive day. If we focus entirely on one job, we may lose ourselves in that job, and it will not only be the most productive thing we do all day, but it’ll be very enjoyable.

If we focus on being tired and wanting to veg out in front of the TV, we will get a lot of television watching done. If, however, we focus on being healthy and fit, we will become healthy and fit through exercise and good eating.
This may seem simplistic, but it’s completely true. This is the magical power of focus.

Let’s look at some of the ways you can use focus to improve different aspects of your life.

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” – Buddha

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Story About a Yogi and His Disciple

By Remez Sasson

I have written a short story several years ago, titled “The Power of Thoughts”. It is a story about a yogi and his disciple, who arrived to the big city with no money, but they needed food and a place to stay. The story is about the importance of concentration and visualization.

“One day, a yogi and his disciple arrived to the big city. They had no money with them, but they needed food and a place to stay. The disciple was sure that they were going to beg for their food, and sleep in the park at night.

“There is a big park not far from here. We can sleep there at night”, said the disciple.
“In the open air?” Asked the yogi.
“Yes”, responded the student.

The yogi smiled and said: “No, tonight we are going to sleep in a hotel and eat there too”.

The student was amazed. “How?”
“Come and sit down”, said the yogi.

They both sat down on the ground and the yogi said:
“When you focus your mind intently on any subject, it comes to pass.”

The yogi closed his eyes and started to meditate with full concentration. After about ten minutes he got up and started to walk, with his disciple following him. They walked through several streets and alleys, until they arrived to a hotel.”

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How to Overcome Disturbing and Distracting Thoughts

By Remez Sasson

Here is a question somebody asked me, which is relevant to a great number of people:

“I cannot concentrate on things, and I get some things in my mind which really come again and again while doing things, and this makes me very sad. Please help.”

What you focus on grows. If you keep focusing on worries, you only encourage those disturbing and distracting thoughts.

Acknowledge, without letting this worry or discourage you, that you have a problem with concentration, and resolve to do your best to solve it.

Tips on how to overcome disturbing and distracting thoughts:

1. Get enough sleep at night. Some say that one needs 8 hours of sleep, but this is an individual matter, as some people require only 5-6 hours of sleep, and wake up energetic and refreshed.

2. Whenever possible, without avoiding your duties and responsibilities, stay away from what stresses and worries you.

3. Believe that you can change the situation. It is just a matter of dedication, desire, inner work and time.

4. Read the article about concentration at:
www.successconsciousness.com/index_000004.htm,
and then start practicing the first concentration exercise at:
www.successconsciousness.com/index_000005.htm

5. When you can perform the first exercise as required, move to the next exercise.

6. When thoughts disturb or distract your mind, try focusing on what you are doing more attentively. Don’t use force or fight the thoughts, just pay more attention to what you are doing at the moment. If these thoughts persist, analyze them, see what they are, and acknowledge that they are just thoughts, and there is no reason in the world to be controlled by them. If you can treat them with disinterest and detachment they will go away.

7. Keep positive, and don’t get discouraged if you fail to practice these instructions or if the disturbing and distracting thoughts persist.

Peace of Mind in Daily Life
A guide to inner peace and freedom from restless thoughts You can find advice, guidance and instructions on making the mind quiet, obedient and focused, and on gaining inner peace and happiness, in the book Peace of Mind in Daily Life.

Peace of Mind in Daily Life

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How to Create a Positive Atmosphere

By Remez Sasson

Your thoughts and feelings create your attitude, and the sort and frequency of the mental and emotional vibrations that you transmit from your mind, and which create the atmosphere around you. People who are in your proximity sense this atmosphere and are affected by it. This atmosphere also determines their attitude toward you.

Do you sometimes feel unhappy, or even depressed, when coming in contact with certain people? Do you sometimes feel exhausted, as if your energy is gone? Do negative thoughts enter your mind for no reason? One of the reasons for this things happening is because you are affected by the negative mental and emotional vibrations transmitted from the minds of negative people.

At other times, you might feel elated, happy and inspired or experience inner peace. This also might be the influence of someone’s vibrations.

The stronger you are, the more control you have over your mind, and the more peaceful you are, the less other people will be able to affect you.

You can become a positive force that affects and transforms your environment and the people around you. You can do so by being careful and aware of the thoughts you think and the feelings you experience. This is not an easy task, and requires attention, discipline and perseverance.

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