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		<title>MindMovies &#8211; It is time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just heard from Ryan at Mind Movies, and they are bracing for the crush this morning.
They have over 60,000 people pounding on the gates, and they already know they will very likely sell out, possibly in the
first day or two.
So, if you&#8217;ve been waiting for today as eagerly as I have, here&#8217;s what I recommend.
The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just heard from Ryan at Mind Movies, and they are bracing for the crush this morning.</p>
<p>They have over 60,000 people pounding on the gates, and they already know they will very likely sell out, possibly in the<br />
first day or two.</p>
<p>So, if you&#8217;ve been waiting for today as eagerly as I have, here&#8217;s what I recommend.</p>
<p>The Mind Movie Creation Kit goes live at 10 a.m. Pacific today, right here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mm" class="external">www.chargedaudio.com/go/mm</a></p>
<p>BUT&#8230;it might be best NOT to sit refreshing your screen 4,000 times trying to jam your way in. I&#8217;m not a techie, but very<br />
complicated things can happen in cyberspace when you do that!</p>
<p>So if you find yourself shut out, just wait an hour or two and try again, OK?</p>
<p>I really think you&#8217;ll still be good to go, even if you have to wait a little while, but I would definitely try to get in today if you can.</p>
<p>Geez, I feel like Patton or something, organizing the troops! But I really don&#8217;t want you to miss out.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the site again so you can bookmark it:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mm" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mm</a></p>
<p>OK, gotta go. I want to get mine on the first day too! During the launch they&#8217;ve also heaped $2,231 worth of bonuses into<br />
the mix, and I&#8217;ve got my eye on one in particular. Have you seen them yet?</p>
<p>If not, check out the bonuses right here while you&#8217;re waiting:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mindmovies.com/bonuses/?10459" class="external">http://www.mindmovies.com/bonuses/?10459</a></p>
<p>Very, very cool indeed.</p>
<p>See you &#8220;inside!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Mind Movies, A Brand New Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attracting abundance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the secret]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years, I&#8217;ve spoken with a small army of good people who are trying to figure things out. And the biggest obstacle to your forward progression is remarkably similar time and time again.
It&#8217;s not how to get a new job or pay off your bills.
It&#8217;s not how to decide where you&#8217;ll live [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the past several years, I&#8217;ve spoken with a small army of good people who are trying to figure things out. And the biggest obstacle to your forward progression is remarkably similar time and time again.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not how to get a new job or pay off your bills.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not how to decide where you&#8217;ll live or how to get a fancier car.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s how you THINK about your potential, possibilities, and even your value to the world.</p>
<p>Want to change how you think? Start with this&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/</a></p>
<p>******************************<br />
Here&#8217;s why this is so important<br />
******************************</p>
<p>Even without you knowing&#8211;it&#8217;s happening. Your mind is overtaken by negative energy, self-doubt, second-guessing. Instead of attracting abundance, your deepest fears, judgments, and reservations about what you deserve and can expect in life are nibbling away at your future.</p>
<p>It keeps you a person living in the shadows, instead of someone who could be racing towards your dreams with arms outstretched to greet them.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t emphasize enough how hugely important this is. Because no matter how &#8220;together&#8221; you think you are, you&#8217;ll never achieve the enduring level of success you&#8217;re after unless you get your head (and heart!) wrapped around this seemingly simple truth.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been talking about this for a long time, but the fact is, this is a &#8220;secret&#8221; that&#8217;s been around for at least 2,000 years.</p>
<p>There are hints of it everywhere, found in the legacy of some of the greatest minds who ever lived.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s just one example&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.&#8221; &#8211;Ralph Waldo Emerson</p>
<p>So the question is&#8230;</p>
<p>*******************************<br />
Are you FOR or AGAINST?<br />
*******************************</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the number one thing I&#8217;d like to get through to you, because this can change your life in so many wonderful ways. There&#8217;s really no halfway on this&#8230;your mind is either working FOR you, or AGAINST you. It&#8217;s up to you.</p>
<p>At any rate, these like-minded folks put together an incredible video all about HOW to get there. Here it is again&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/</a></p>
<p>And guess what?</p>
<p>**********************************<br />
It answers the biggest question of all!<br />
**********************************</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll see. Be sure you watch the whole thing because you&#8217;ll also get direct access to an<br />
incredible interview with one of the superstars from&#8230;</p>
<p>*****************<br />
The Secret<br />
*****************</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s awesome! Take it from me, you&#8217;ll want to take notes.</p>
<p>And pay close attention because the power behind the entire message of this video is enduring, inspiring, and based on<br />
a force that&#8217;s been at work since the beginning of time.</p>
<p>Which brings me to another thing I&#8217;d like you to take advantage of&#8230;</p>
<p>If you haven&#8217;t already, be sure to get your other gifts from Ryan here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid3/</a></p>
<p>AND, pick up this life-changing MP3 too.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s NO c.ost at all for any of this.</p>
<p>Even if you just catch a glimmer of what&#8217;s possible for you, it&#8217;s worth taking the time to do this.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re serious about getting your life on track, you need ALL of this and you need it now.</p>
<p>I hope you&#8217;ll make the decision to accept this for yourself.</p>
<p>Then let me know what starts happening in your life. I&#8217;m pretty<br />
sure you&#8217;ll discover it&#8217;s a brand new day.</p>
<p>And I can&#8217;t wait to hear all about it.</p>
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		<title>Law of Attraction Miracle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chargeaudio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappointments and difficulties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been struggling to try and turn your life around, and manifest what you REALLY want into your life at lightning speed, I urge you to watch this video.
As a matter of fact, do it even before you read the rest of this message. It&#8217;s right here:
http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/
Here&#8217;s the deal&#8230;
A few weeks ago a voice [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve been struggling to try and turn your life around, and manifest what you REALLY want into your life at lightning speed, I urge you to watch this video.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, do it even before you read the rest of this message. It&#8217;s right here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/" target="_blank" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/</a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the deal&#8230;</p>
<p>A few weeks ago a voice from the past caught me by surprise when my phone rang. It was my friend Jennifer, and it had<br />
been at least a year since we&#8217;d talked.</p>
<p>We chatted for a bit, catching up. But it wasn&#8217;t long before she began her list of all the terrible events of the past year.<br />
It was a seemingly endless avalanche of troubled times, money problems, and failed relationships.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and she&#8217;d put on 20 pounds too.</p>
<p>She went on and on until she wrapped up her story with, &#8220;I hate my<br />
life!&#8221;</p>
<p>Do you know somebody like that?</p>
<p>Or maybe it hits even closer to home than somebody you know.</p>
<p>**********************************<br />
Maybe this even sounds all too familiar.<br />
**********************************</p>
<p>Because sometimes it seems like all the disappointments and difficulties of life become so familiar, it&#8217;s actually what you expect your life to be.</p>
<p>When you think about it, you&#8217;ll realize what you claim as your reality&#8211;what you EXPECT for your life&#8211;actually BECOMES your life.</p>
<p>A simple formula really&#8230;</p>
<p>Garbage in (your thoughts),<br />
garbage out (your vibration) =<br />
MORE GARBAGE.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like some kind of diabolical software program you feed into your internal &#8220;computer&#8221; that spits out negative energy.</p>
<p>And when you do that, you are programming yourself for failure time after time.</p>
<p>But here&#8217;s the really cool thing. Now you can easily &#8220;reprogram&#8221; your entire life, and&#8230;</p>
<p>*******************************************<br />
Start Manifesting What You Want Super Fast!<br />
*******************************************</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll find out how when you watch this video:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/" target="_blank" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/</a></p>
<p>The crazy thing is, this guy is GIVING AWAY everything you need to do this at the end of the video!</p>
<p>So be sure you watch the whole thing.</p>
<p>I know it works, because it&#8217;s already changed my life, and the lives of so many others, including Jennifer.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to let the cat out of the bag, but if you&#8217;ll just&#8230;</p>
<p>*************************<br />
WATCH this and DO this<br />
*************************</p>
<p>&#8230;you will start attracting exactly<br />
what you want into your life TODAY!</p>
<p>Hey, if you want the Universe to say YES to you, just watch this now:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/" target="_blank" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/mmvid2/</a></p>
<p>You&#8217;ll be so glad you did.</p>
<p>Yours Truly,<br />
Greg Frost</p>
<p>P.S. I can&#8217;t imagine why you wouldn&#8217;t do this, unless you really do not want your life to get better. If you DO want to achieve your dreams, well, you know what to do. [watch the video!]</p>
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		<title>Last 4 Days For Something Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chargedaudio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special discount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subliminal messaging]]></category>
<category>chargedaudio</category><category>special discount</category><category>subliminal messaging</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure whether you were aware. But hundreds of people have already taken advantage of the special discount that we are currently holding.
If you were one of them, I&#8217;m sure you would find our products very useful in helping out various aspects of your life.
If you weren&#8217;t&#8230;then perhaps you were not informed.
To say Thank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure whether you were aware. But hundreds of people have already taken advantage of the special discount that we are currently holding.</p>
<p>If you were one of them, I&#8217;m sure you would find our products very useful in helping out various aspects of your life.</p>
<p>If you weren&#8217;t&#8230;then perhaps you were not informed.</p>
<p>To say Thank You to all our customers and supporters for the last few years since we started providing subliminal programs online. We are offering a 30% discount on all our products until the end of August. Yes that&#8217;s just 4 more days.</p>
<p>So be sure to grab your 30% discount when you make an order at</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com//" class="external">http://www.ChargedAudio.com</a>Coupon Code = off300808</p>
<p>Just key in the coupon code &#8220;off300808&#8243; when you make your order and you will enjoy an immediate 30% discount.</p>
<p>Unsure how subliminal technology works? Check out the below link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/how.html" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/how.html</a></p>
<p>Have an awesome day&#8230;</p>
<p>Yours Truly,</p>
<p>Greg Frost</p>
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		<title>You Want Brain Power, Not Scores!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IQ test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make your first million]]></category>
<category>brain power</category><category>IQ test</category><category>make your first million</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to know what your IQ is? Want to improve it? What is IQ anyhow? The American Heritage Dictionary defines Intelligence Quotient as &#8220;The ratio of tested mental age to chronological age, usually expressed as a quotient multiplied by 100.&#8221; Basically, it&#8217;s a test of intelligence, with 100 as the average score. There [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would you like to know what your IQ is? Want to improve it? What is IQ anyhow? The American Heritage Dictionary defines Intelligence Quotient as &#8220;The ratio of tested mental age to chronological age, usually expressed as a quotient multiplied by 100.&#8221; Basically, it&#8217;s a test of <a href="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-simple-ways-to-make-the-most-of-your-intelligence/" target="_blank" class="external">intelligence</a>, with 100 as the average score. There are  some problems with IQ tests however.</p>
<p>A recent IQ test asked which of four fruits was different. It was the one with more than one seed; but what if you were not familiar with these fruits? Obviously this test is culturally biased. You are assumed to have certain knowledge, yet you are being tested for intelligence, not knowledge.</p>
<p>Now look at these letters: &#8220;ANLDEGN.&#8221; Rearrange them and you&#8217;ll have the name of a(n): Ocean, Country, State, City or Animal. This is from an IQ test I took. Hmm.. very few oceans, so I could eliminate those &#8211; but wait a second! That&#8217;s a test taking technique. An intelligence test shouldn&#8217;t be testing your test-taking ability. I&#8217;m bound to score higher than a person of equal intelligence who hasn&#8217;t learned simple techniques for scoring higher on multiple &#8211; choice tests.</p>
<p><strong>Real Life Results vs Scores</strong></p>
<p>Maybe an imperfect test is better than no test at all, and it is entertaining. I just took an IQ test, and though I don&#8217;t think my IQ is really the 138 it showed, it was fun.  Of course you know you&#8217;ll score higher on a good day than a bad day. If you didn&#8217;t know that, try these tips to make it a good IQ test day:</p>
<p>1. Breath deep.</p>
<p>2. Sit up straight.</p>
<p>3. Close your mouth.</p>
<p>4. Drink a cup of coffee.</p>
<p>5. Exercise just enough to get the blood pumping faster.</p>
<p>6. Try Ginkgo Biloba (It increases blood flow to the brain).</p>
<p>Now let me ask you a question. What was Henry Fords IQ? Who cares! The man was one of the most innovative people of the last century, and he did what he did by surrounding himself with intelligent people. That practice alone has to be worth more than 20 IQ points. Do you get the point?</p>
<p>Real life results are what you want, right? So if you want to be more creative, learn to use creative <a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/the-art-of-complex-problem-solving.html" target="_blank" class="external">problem solving</a> techniques. If you want to concentrate better, there are techniques for that. Learn to speed-read and you&#8217;ll have double the knowledge in the same time. After you paint your first Mona Lisa, build your first skyscraper or make your first million, what will your IQ score be? Who cares!?</p>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s A Wonderful Free Gift Just For You&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for being a valued subscriber of my list.As a bonus, here is an 89 page free ebook on numerous success techniques and principles to get the weath, success and happiness you truly desire.
Head on over to get it now:
http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/usos/SuccessSecretsArchives.pdf
and experience the wonderful free gift for yourself
Enjoy ; )
Yours Truly,
Greg Frost
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for being a valued subscriber of my list.As a bonus, here is an 89 page free ebook on numerous success techniques and principles to get the weath, success and happiness you truly desire.</p>
<p>Head on over to get it now:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/usos/SuccessSecretsArchives.pdf" target="_blank" class="external">http://www.chargedaudio.com/go/usos/SuccessSecretsArchives.pdf</a></p>
<p>and experience the wonderful free gift for yourself</p>
<p>Enjoy ; )</p>
<p>Yours Truly,<br />
Greg Frost</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[lost its sharpness]]></category>
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<category>lost its sharpness</category><category>Parable Of The Touchstone</category><category>success principles</category><category>testing pebbles</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Great Library of Alexandria once held the wisdom of the ancient world. When it burned down, billions of invaluable thoughts perished. One book, however, survived. Since it wasn’t considered a valuable book, a poor man bought it for a few coppers. He was not very literate and thought the book dull. The only thing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Great Library of Alexandria once held the wisdom of the ancient world. When it burned down, billions of invaluable thoughts perished. One book, however, survived. Since it wasn’t considered a valuable book, a poor man bought it for a few coppers. He was not very literate and thought the book dull. The only thing of interest to him was a thin strip of vellum. Written on it was the secret known as the “Touchstone.”</p>
<p>The touchstone, the writing on the vellum strip explained, was a small pebble with magical powers. The pebble could turn any common metal into pure gold. Unfortunately, this pebble looked exactly like any other on the shores of the Black Sea. But the secret was that the touchstone would feel extraordinarily warm. Ordinary pebbles, by contrast, were relatively cold.</p>
<p>In a matter of days after purchasing the book, the man had hastily sold his few belongings. He used the money to buy some simple supplies for his travel to the shores of the Black Sea.</p>
<p>He began testing pebbles on the first day he arrived. He devised a simple but effective plan to avoid picking up the same pebble over again. When he picked up a cold pebble, he would throw it into the sea.</p>
<p>Years passed. Every day, he picked up pebbles and threw them into the sea. He made his living by fishing and spent his nights sleeping under his torn, damp blanket on the cold beach. With each pebble that he threw into the sea, his hopes diminished. One day, one fine day, indistinguishable from the blur of other days that had passed before, he picked up a pebble, a warm pebble, an extraordinarily warm pebble—and threw it into the sea.</p>
<p>The Success Principle</p>
<p>Your mind, once filled with inspiration, can become dull and useless once you lose touch with your attention and awareness.</p>
<p>The Principle at Work</p>
<p>In the parable, after years of picking up pebbles and throwing them into the sea, his mind had become dull with conditioning, his motion of throwing automatic. Lulled into habit, his senses had become dull, his sense of discrimination tarnished. Because he had become the slave of autonomic responses, he lost what he had spent years looking for.</p>
<p>The poor man ended up becoming poorer still—although he had found a secret which would have made him fabulously rich.<br />
He should have succeeded because he followed numerous success principles. He took a risk when he bought the book. He focused on its most <a href="http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/a-primer-on-pressure-points/" class="external">vital </a>information. He acted on this information by gathering his resources and heading out to the scene of the action.</p>
<p>On the shore, he devised a simple and elegant strategy. And, with single-minded intensity, he persisted, working on his chosen task methodically, relentlessly.</p>
<p>He made only one single mistake: he succumbed to habit and he did not think about what he was doing. His attention had wavered, his focus lost. His loss of awareness was his undoing.</p>
<p>Awareness, then, is the key ingredient to making all the success principles come to life.</p>
<p>You can do everything right but still fail if your mind has lost its sharpness and become dulled by routine.</p>
<p>The hero of the story had no-one and nothing to blame but himself, and his only failing was that he had failed to be awake, alert to his golden moment. Similarly, we are all responsible for ourselves, and cannot blame others for our loss of opportunity. It is our alertness, our depth of awareness that makes for success or failure, <a href="http://www.alexshalman.com/blog/happiness-project/" class="external">happiness </a>or despair.</p>
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		<title>Memories Didn&#8217;t Happen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever experienced a traumatic event? I&#8217;m sure the answer to that question is an unequivocal yes as it appears to be embedded in the nature of the reality that we exist in.
So having said that, if I ask you to focus on a particular memory of a traumatic event that you may have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever experienced a traumatic event? I&#8217;m sure the answer to that question is an unequivocal yes as it appears to be embedded in the nature of the reality that we exist in.</p>
<p>So having said that, if I ask you to focus on a particular memory of a traumatic event that you may have experienced, I think you will, without a doubt say that &#8220;it happened&#8221;. That is, the event you are currently recalling happened to you.</p>
<p>In other words, if I were to suggest to you that it &#8220;didn&#8217;t actually happen&#8221; to you, you would likely think me to be either obstreperous, crazy or both.</p>
<p>In my experience working with individuals with a new process called the Mind Resonance Process(TM)(MRP) it has been my personal experience and those of my clients that after releasing a traumatic memory from one&#8217;s consciousness, body and energy field the event no longer feels as if it happened to the individual.</p>
<p>Now I must qualify this by saying that this is not an <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/how-to-be-a-man/" class="external">experience </a>similar to that experienced through the use of trauma therapies such as Thought Field Therapy (TFT), Emotional Freedom Techniques(TM) (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and others like them. With these therapies the idea that the event happened is never in question and therefore never actually addressed directly.</p>
<p>What is often experienced by the client in such therapies is an emotional dampening of the negative emotions connected with the memory. The memory however remains intact, even if sometimes in modified form. In other words, the client, if asked, will always say with certainty: &#8220;yes the event did happen to me&#8221;.</p>
<p>With MRP the client however will say: &#8220;the event doesn&#8217;t feel like it happened to me”, &#8220;the memory is no longer inside me&#8221; and more strikingly &#8220;the memory was never inside me&#8221;! This has been my repeated experience with clients who have experienced MRP over the last 10 years.</p>
<p>How is it possible to explain such seemingly bizarre phenomena?<br />
Well if we look at this from an Energy Psychology point of view, it is clear that we as human beings have around us and within us an energy field that informs our consciousness and the functioning of our physiological bodies at every moment.</p>
<p>Our life experience, which is really just a series of juxtaposed memories of events, much like a movie (except with many more tracks than just sight and sound) is stored in the human bio-field as energy imprints of those life experiences in a complex but ordered way. So whenever we recall a particular memory, what we are doing is accessing the information in the bio-field and transducing it into thought in our minds/brains.</p>
<p>Now each memory has embedded with it not only the information about the &#8220;content&#8221; of the event i.e. &#8220;what happened&#8221;, &#8220;how it felt&#8221;, &#8220;how it looked&#8221; etc., but also information about the &#8220;process&#8221; of the event i.e. &#8220;when it happened&#8221; and &#8220;it happened&#8221;.</p>
<p>All of this however is energetic information stored in the bio-field as &#8220;energy&#8221; imprints or patterns. We can through the various therapies mentioned above change the content of the memory but never consider that we can do the same with the process of the memory. MRP appears to illustrate the ability to affect &#8220;both&#8221;.</p>
<p>The effects experienced by the clients when content and process are addressed together, is a remarkable shift in one&#8217;s level of well-being. The result appears to go beyond just helping the client heal from the trauma. Instead there appears to be a spiritual reawakening that occurs that is associated with feelings of: lightness, buoyancy, joy, freedom, a feeling of energy coursing through one&#8217;s body, resilience, confidence, self esteem and most importantly an awareness that what we call our life experience, ourselves (i.e. us as our personality) or our reality is not the <a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/05/lightworking/" class="external">truth</a>.</p>
<p>I know this may sound difficult to understand or accept without having had the experience yourself at least once. I can accept this, as I know how skeptical I once was.</p>
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		<title>The Secret To Intense Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the common elements you see in almost all successful people is focus. They saw what they wanted to achieve and they focused in on it like a laser. Then, when they become famous and we, the common folk, know their name, we are amazed at the focus they have.
Focus will set two people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the common elements you see in almost all successful people is focus. They saw what they wanted to achieve and they focused in on it like a laser. Then, when they become famous and we, the common folk, know their name, we are amazed at the focus they have.</p>
<p>Focus will set two people apart who have equal skills.</p>
<p>What I am about to say may appear to be blasphemous to some:<br />
Tiger Woods is not that much more highly skilled than the other top PGA players!</p>
<p>No, I haven’t lost my marbles. Take any of the big names and stick them on any course and on any given day they can shoot a 65 for 18 holes. You see, it isn’t whether they can – they all CAN – it is whether or not they DO. And that is determined mostly by <a href="http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-center-yourself-in-this-crazy-world/" class="external">F-O-C-U-S</a>.</p>
<p>Watch Tiger sometime in a close race to the finish. Watch when he hits a bad shot. Does he fall apart and grumble to anyone who will listen? No! In fact it is almost eerie to watch him lock back in, even more focused than ever. THAT is what makes him a champion. I truly believe it is Tiger’s focus that has distinguished him from the rest of the field to become the best golfer ever.</p>
<p>The same is true with others who achieve great things, even in crucial and highly tense situations. Think John Elway in those final minutes of those games he brought the Broncos back in. Think of all of those last second shots that Michael Jordan took (that everyone in the entire arena knew he was going to take – including the other team). These were classic examples of focus.</p>
<p>So what can the average person do to increase their focus? There are some things to do to train yourself. You may never be Tiger Woods, either on the golf course or in the office, but you can increase your focus to where it needs to be to give you the success you desire.</p>
<p>In the remaining part of this article I want to show you how to stay away from a common <a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/do-you-make-this-mistake-as-a-professional.html" class="external">mistake </a>and turn toward a discipline of focus that will be the first step in greatly enhancing your ability to focus. I will show you a practice technique to use that will greatly enhance your focus and your performance.</p>
<p>The myth is that to focus we must push other things out of your mind. For example, people will say to an athlete, “Don’t listen to the fans.” Or someone will say to another, “Don’t think about…” This doesn’t work! For example, right now, do not picture your car. You thought of it right? Exactly. This myth actually gets you to focus on exactly what you don’t want to focus on!</p>
<p>Instead, the secret to intense focus is to set your mind intently on what it is you want to focus in on. For example (I’m hoping we have some golfers here – and if not, make the changes you need to, but you should get the point), let’s say you are standing over a ten foot putt.</p>
<p>What do you want to focus on? Making that putt! So what are the elements you should be aware of? Then focus on them. But go beyond mere observation. Most people just look at the line of the putt, take a guess on how hard to hit and fire away…</p>
<p>Here are some other things to do (remember the process here is to get you highly aware of your surroundings and to focus with intensity):</p>
<p>Look at the hole. Is the plastic cup even with the top of the grass or is it sunken in? How much? Bet you never noticed that before. Does the grass tip in at the edge or is it even?<br />
How long is the grass between you and the hole? Does it waver in length from foot to foot?</p>
<p>Is there sand along the way in your path? How much? What color? What size? Is it even or just for a section?</p>
<p>Are there any bugs sitting on the ground between you and the hole?<br />
Does the hill go up or down at all? Not significantly – you would have already noticed that – but even slightly?</p>
<p>Is there a slight wind? Can you feel it blowing on your face?</p>
<p>Lastly, imagine that ball rolling along that path, curving slightly if it has to, and falling in the hole. I mean, really create that movie in your head and watch it!</p>
<p>Chris, is this the secret to making your putts? No, but it’s an example of how to focus… Be observant. Notice. Focus. Lock into your focal point(s).</p>
<p>The same could be done at a business meeting with all of the people there, what questions they are asking, what points are being made, what may come next, what the others are wearing, why they chose that outfit for this meeting (What they were trying to accomplish etc).</p>
<p>The myth of most focus advice is to try to not focus on bad things.</p>
<p>The secret to intense focus is to focus to a higher degree than you normally do on the “good things” – the things you are trying to accomplish!</p>
<p>Give it a try for a week. Focus intensely on what it is you want to accomplish. Bring yourself to a much higher degree of awareness of the surroundings etc… and see for yourself the power behind this methodology!</p>
<p>Then when you have taught yourself to do this for practice, it will become a part of you and you will start to do it naturally and that will be an incredible day!</p>
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		<title>Moving Pack &#8211; An Emotional First Aid Kit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris D'Cruz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Emotional First Aid Kit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ From Making the Big Move: how to transform relocation into a creative life transition.
For a wilderness trek, you pack sunscreen, bandages, and insect repellent. When you relocate to a new home or a new job, you face loneliness and upheaval, not alligators or killer mosquitoes.
Here&#8217;s what to include in your emotional first aid kit.
Coping phrases [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> From Making the Big Move: how to transform relocation into a creative life transition.</p>
<p>For a wilderness trek, you pack sunscreen, bandages, and insect repellent. When you relocate to a new home or a new job, you face loneliness and upheaval, not alligators or killer mosquitoes.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what to include in your emotional first aid kit.</p>
<p>Coping phrases for frazzled moments.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is time to do whatever I need.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I will always have options.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;No matter what happens, I know I can cope.&#8221;</p>
<p>Phone numbers of friends and <a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/how-to-be-the-family-tech-support-guy-or-gal.html " class="external">family </a>who will laugh or cry with you.</p>
<p>Photos of family, friends, special places, and pets;</p>
<p>Tapes of meditation, inspiration and visualization.</p>
<p>DON&#8217;T pack:</p>
<p>Wet blankets: Leave behind the &#8220;<a href="http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/how-to-make-the-right-friends-at-work.html" class="external">friends</a>&#8221; who share horror stories. They&#8217;ll smother your dreams.</p>
<p>Expensive treats: A maxed-out credit card creates stress. Think of small ways to reward yourself.</p>
<p>Things you always meant to do (you probably won&#8217;t read War and Peace while waiting for the moving van to arrive).</p>
<p>Pack seasick tablets and you&#8217;ll probably walk through a storm. Prepare for the worst and you&#8217;ll probably wonder why you worried.</p>
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