Here is an article about visualiation, and how it can affect your health.

The Mind-Body Connection: Visualizing Better Health
Use the power of your mind to ease pain and stress
By Polly Campbell

Can the mind-body connection lead to mind-body health? Let’s imagine it’s early, but you’re up and energized by the sun streaming through your window. You move easily. Your joints are supple, limber. You live without pain, stress, stiffness and fatigue.

Yeah, right. For those who experience the grating, aching and stiffness of arthritis, that scenario is hard to imagine – yet your imagination just might be the thing to turn this dream into reality. Creative visualization, experts say, can influence psychological states, perception and even everyday reality, enabling you to create a life with less stress and pain, as well as bring about more of the things you do want: mind-body health, happiness and success.

Sometimes called guided imagery, creative visualization helps you to imagine circumstances in your life unfolding exactly as you want – perfectly. As the scene plays out in your mind and you feel the powerful emotions that come with those positive images, the scenario actually will begin to play out in your life, says Joe Vitale, one of the teachers featured in the best-selling self-empowerment book and DVD The Secret (Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006).

The mind/body connection
Researchers long have believed that thoughts affect physical health. For thousands of years, medicine men, Hindu masters and other ancient civilizations worldwide have used visualization techniques to harness the power of their minds to reap physical manifestations. World-class athletes, such as Tiger Woods, and even NASA astronauts have adopted the practice to achieve peak performance.

Source: www.arthritistoday.org/daily-living/stress/mind-body-connection.php

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Quotes From Mouni Sadhu Writings

When the mind is transcended, the supermental consciousness steps in of itself.

Saints and mystics have developed considerable degrees of concentration and ability to exclude the mind’s activities from the field of awareness.

Although all kinds of mental and emotional vibrations are present around us at all times, men usually respond to those most familiar to them, just as different radio receivers have varying ranges of reception.

To the Master the physical world of phenomena is unreal.

This Self-Consciousness of the Spirit, Atman, God, or Self is the only reality and the only goal that has to be reached.

An omnipotent but unknown power lies latent in every one of us.

The mind is a power, and when controlled and directed, its force and subtlety are apparently unlimited.

Whoever has made peace in himself thereby possess power.

The mind, devoid of its passions, becomes like a well-tamed animal, obedient, useful, more productive and more exact.

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The main page displaying the inspiring quotes on this website has been redesigned, to make it easier to navigate and find the quotes. You will also find a search box on the quotes pages, so that you can easily find the quotes you are looking for.

I have added a few more pages of quotes, Eckhart Tolle quotes, Deepak Chopra quotes, Lao Tzu quotes, Mahatma Gandhi quotes, Paul Brunton quotes, Sri Chinmoy quotes and Wayne Dyer quotes, and I intend to add more.

Quotes seem to be very popular and people like to read them. Quotes are condensed pieces of wisdom, which enlighten the mind and awaken it to truth and wisdom. They bring hope and faith, and help in times of difficulties and in time of happiness and success.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mahatma Gandhi

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.
Sri Chinmoy

Meet everyone and everything through stillness rather than mental noise.
Eckhart Tolle

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Do you make New Year resolutions?

Does the beginning of a new year make you think about your life, what you have accomplished in the last year, and what you wish to do next year?

Do you feel the urge to make resolutions?

The urge to make resolutions arises also at other times, not only at the New Year, in response to certain situations or events. You may watch a movie or read a book that has a strong impact on you, and this makes you want to make changes in your life, or awaken the desire to achieve a certain goal. At these times people make resolutions, and then begin enthusiastically and with great emotions doing something about them.

The problem is that after a while the emotions calm down, enthusiasm wanes away, and they quit what they have started.

We often make resolutions and promises to act in a certain way, improve our habits or our life, behave in a particular way, study, look for a new job or a partner and so on, and we might even start acting according to our resolutions, but this goes on only for a short while. We start with much noise, but end in silence. We make resolutions enthusiastically and optimistically, but then we lose our enthusiasm and stop doing what we promised ourselves to do.

Why does this happen?

- Most resolutions are triggered by emotions and not by common sense and reason, and when it comes to action, we often find out that they are too big, require too much work, or that we do not really care about them.

- We often expect immediate results and we don’t get them we quit.

- A resolution made on the spur of the moment, triggered by emotion is often short-lived.

- Subconscious habits are strong, standing in the way of fulfilling resolutions, especially when the resolution requires change of habits.

So what should you do?

- You first need to be sure that making this resolution is good for you.

- Use your common sense and be a little detachment, and then ask yourself whether you really want to follow and fulfill this resolution.

- Start with simple resolutions, and when you can accomplish them move to greater resolutions.

- Write down your resolutions and read them every day.

- You need some willpower and self-discipline to carry out resolutions, as well as visualization and affirmations.

You can make resolutions on the eve of the New Year, and you can make resolutions at any other times.

How about making an experiment with positive thinking?

How about living one whole day thinking, talking and acting positively?

Spend one day being completely positive, in thoughts, words and actions. If you feel any negative thoughts creeping in, then push them away and replace them with positive ones.

On this day, speak positively. Use positive words, congratulate people, show them your appreciation.

Avoid negative feelings, and when you feel they are getting the upper hand, think about some pleasant event or situation from the past, or engage in some positive activity that will take your attention away from these negative feelings.

Put a smile on your face and greet every person you see in a friendly way.

Smile, be nice and talk politely, even to people you don’t like.

Approach every task and action with a positive attitude, and with the belief and confidence that you can do it.

You will be amazed how this kind of behavior works. You would see immediate results in the attitude of people toward you.

This might not be easy, but this is just an experiment for one day, so do your best. You might again and again think negatively, but again and again bring yourself to think and feel positively.

Imagine what would happen if you did this everyday. You could really make some big changes in your life, in your relationships and in your work.

If you can live one positive day, how about two days, one week, one month, or every day of your life? What you can do in one day, you can learn to do every day. This will completely change your life.

Start trying to be more positive every day. Always look for the good in every situation and make the most of it. Always look for the bright side and see the half full of the glass, and your life will start to be brighter and happier.