Access the Power & Potential of Meditation (Free Ebook)..

If you’re on a spiritual path, chances are you’ve tried meditation.

You may even be an experienced meditator with decades of meditation practice behind you. 

But whether you’ve meditated a little or a lot, if you’re like most of us, you probably sense that you’re only scratching the surface of meditation’s life-transforming potential.

We’ve all heard that meditation has the power to improve our health, enhance our well-being, and even open us up to the extraordinary possibility of spiritual enlightenment.

But, according to spiritual teacher Craig Hamilton, most of us are making 5 common meditation mistakes that are preventing us from accessing the true power of meditation.

Craig has written a powerful, accessible new E-book in which he shows you how to identify and avoid each of these mistakes so that you can activate the miracle of awakened consciousness every time you meditate.

Unlocking the Power of Meditation: The 5 Meditation Mistakes Most Seekers are Making and How You Can Move Beyond Them to Access Authentic Spiritual Awakening...

In this groundbreaking eBook, you’ll learn:

·       Why a “busy mind” is not an obstacle to deep meditation (and how to access “awakened consciousness” regardless of what your mind is doing).

·       How our desire for “inner peace” often prevents us from discovering the profound contentment that meditation is designed to bring about (and the simple meditation practice that unlocks the door to genuine ease and flow).

·       Why the search for “peak experiences” almost always derails our meditation and blocks our enlightenment (and how to meditate in a way that reveals the extraordinary nature of each and every moment).

·       How to avoid falling into a “meditation rut.” (Hint: Don’t do the same technique every day--think “cross training” for your mind and soul!)

·       Why most common meditation practices end up obstructing our awakening (and how to step into the miracle of awakening every time you practice).

Over the past decade, Craig Hamilton has been at the forefront of meditation research and practice, and has taught tens of thousands of people how to meditate.

Through his in-depth work with thousands of meditators around the globe, he’s discovered that nearly everyone is making the same meditation mistakes that are preventing them from experiencing the truly profound possibility of genuine spiritual awakening.

In this readable and enlightening book, Craig masterfully shows you how to avoid each of these common mistakes, and how to turn every moment of meditation into a moment of genuine enlightenment.

When you learn how to practice what Craig calls “direct awakening,” you’ll discover how to:

·  Access the miracle of awakened consciousness every time you meditate and allow its energy to infuse every aspect of your life.

·  Experience a deep inner freedom from the hypnotic spell of fear and desire, enabling you to meet life’s challenges with courage and grace, beyond reactivity or compulsion.

·  Access a mysterious source of wisdom that arises spontaneously in response to the needs of the moment, bringing forth laser-like clarity faster than the speed of thought.

·  Tap into a dynamic and seemingly limitless source of energy, enabling you to do whatever needs to be done in each moment without burning out or becoming drained.

·  Activate your innate super learning ability, enabling you to step into new potentials and abilities with remarkable ease and fluidity.

·  Access an inner well of creativity that brings forth a seemingly endless flow of unexpected new ideas, visions and integrative solutions from a place beyond the mind.

·  Become a conduit for an overflowing, transpersonal love and care that flows through you into the world from a place beyond your mind’s comprehension.

·  Awaken to the true purpose of life so that it becomes an unwavering inner “North Star” guiding you on a sacred path of ever greater significance and meaningful contribution.

·  Come into such profound alignment with the spiritual axis of the cosmos that every moment of your life is a walk in grace, and a living demonstration of the mysterious, inherent goodness of the life process itself.

When you read Unlocking the Power of Meditation, you’ll see why so many of today’s leading luminaries are praising Craig as one of today’s pre-eminent meditation teachers who is revolutionizing our understanding of the spiritual path.

“Craig Hamilton is a premier teacher of meditation and transformational wisdom. His work is among the best.”

—Marianne Williamson

“If I had to pick one teacher to take a deep dive with around conscious evolution and evolutionary spirituality it would be Craig Hamilton. To be one of his students in depth is a great privilege.”

—Barbara Marx Hubbard

“Craig Hamilton is the kind of meditation teacher we most need in the twenty-first century: clear, wise, heartfelt and free of dogma. When you learn from Craig, you know you’re in the hands of a master teacher.”

—Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.

 “Craig Hamilton is a beautiful meditation teacher. If you want to learn meditation from a seasoned, wise teacher, you’ve found him, here, now.”

—Geneen Roth

“It is rare to find a spiritual teacher who imparts the depth, the clarity, the humility, and the wisdom that Craig Hamilton does. If you have the good fortune to learn from him, I wholeheartedly encourage you to take advantage of it.”

—Michael Beckwith

“Craig Hamilton is a genuine pioneer in evolutionary spirituality and its application in practical wisdom. I highly recommend you check out his work at your earliest opportunity!”

—Ken Wilber

Download Unlocking the Power of Meditation today and discover how you can bring the miracle of awakened consciousness into every moment of your life.

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Lifebook- Jon & Missy Butcher’s Masterclass with Mindvalley on consciously designing your best life...

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[Free Masterclass] Your Lifebook Masterclass seat is pending...

Jon & Missy Butcher’s Masterclass with Mindvalley on consciously designing your best life.

In it, you’ll discover…

    The 3 silent saboteurs of your hopes & dreams...

    Why focusing on your career & wealth is a deadly trap...

    How to discover your personal Life Quality Score

This can quite literally be life-changing - claim your free spot now and join them today:

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For most people, the notion of ‘having it all’ in life can seem downright impossible.

They believe that pursuing success in one area of life will inevitably require the sacrifice of another.

But what if it doesn’t have to be this way?

What if you could have a fit and healthy body, a vibrant mind, your dream career, financial freedom and a passionate romance - all without sacrificing one for the other?

In this special online Masterclass, Jon and Missy Butcher will show you exactly how you can do that.

They’re the creators behind one of the most powerful lifestyle design systems I’ve ever seen.

It’s called Lifebook.

Sign up for this Mindvalley Masterclass now and get the full scoop on Lifebook>>>

Has ‘personal growth’ stopped working? If you feel you can’t get ahead, read this...

What personal growth has gotten wrong.

All that effort. So little results. 

You did it.

You finally figured it out.

All the answers you’ve been looking for to turn your life around were all here in this one personal growth book you just read.

Every idea just ‘clicked.’

And for the first time in a long time, it feels like all your struggles may actually be behind you.

Maybe there really is a way forward AND upwards.

All that there’s left to do, is to do.

Do the techniques.

Do the exercises.

Do the strategies.

It sounds oh-so-simple.

And surely when tomorrow comes, you’ll be a brand new you.

At least that’s what you hope for.

But the days, weeks, and months begin to pass…

And the same fire that lit you up from those ‘life-changing’ epiphanies you had, have all but faded.

You’re back to the same routine. The same patterns. The same struggles.

Hardly, if anything at all, has changed.

Yet you worked so hard on your personal growth.

All that ‘doing’ and nothing to show for it.

Did ‘personal growth’ just stop... working?

Truth is, this is the story of so many people who embark on a personal growth journey – a story of genuine hope for change but only ever seeing marginal gains.

So what is the missing ingredient to real, tangible and lasting change?

The answer lies in transformational learning.

It’s an approach to learning that’s less about ‘doing’ and more about shifting the very core of your self-identity so you start experiencing breakthrough after breakthrough after breakthrough in every aspect of your life — and you do it in effortless fashion.

THIS idea is a game-changer for anyone who’s stuck in a rut right now and truly seeks to lead an extraordinary life.

Which is why we’re excited to invite you to an online Masterclass with Mindvalley founder, Vishen Lakhiani on this topic where you’ll discover a powerful framework for lasting personal transformation.

And for a limited time, you can watch this Masterclass for free >>



Keep in mind that this is NOT your typical online webinar.

What you’ll discover in this Masterclass is a distillation of all the wisdom Vishen has personally learned AND applied in his own life from the world’s leading experts in the personal and spiritual growth fields.

And the beauty of the principles you’ll pick up is that you can tailor-make them to fit your unique circumstances, desires and goals.

Want that body of your dreams?

Want to take your career to the next level?

Want that deep, fulfilling love relationship?

Use this framework.

Whatever your life goals are, if you want to move faster towards them — with less pain and struggle — we highly encourage you to check out this Masterclass with Vishen Lakhiani.

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What Exactly Is Hypnosis?

Here is a dictionary definition:

Hypnosis is the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person is very conscious of suggestion or direction.

Going into a bit more detail though, you could say that hypnosis is often over exaggerated. Hypnosis is used to describe a trance like state.

However, actually we all go in and out of mild “trances” every day; such as in those moments when our minds wander and we fantasize, even when we just shut the planet out and deeply focus on a book we are reading.

These trance like states, and they are all safe and natural. Hypnosis simply puts you into one of these mild “trance” states purposefully , and over time the hypnotist plants simple, beneficial messages into your subconscious mind.

Far from being asleep or unaware, hypnosis is a wakeful state where you are both relaxed but your thoughts are focused.

Due to this heightened state of mind it is possible to use hypnosis to rewire your self beliefs and patterns of thinking.

To sum up very briefly it is often said that hypnosis gains access to the unconscious mind to eradicate the negative beliefs which hinder personal development.

What can be done?

Hypnosis has a history of treating phobic disorders and fears, or at least this is the way it first started out. It then started to be used with great success for weight loss and stopping smoking.

Hypnosis is now used for the reduction of almost any bad belief, it is used to help a wide range of health problems, and is massively effective for improving self beliefs such as confidence and self esteem.

Get started with hypnosis today- the best way is to feel it for yourself.

You can download 3 free hypnosis mp3s from Natural Hypnosis yes, the team who're changing the way hypnosis is practiced!

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Mind Power Mp3- Inner Journeys Collection Volume 1...

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We have fallen in love with Christopher Lloyd Clarke's music...

...Just like everyone else who spends any time with it.

We celebrate the release of 2 brand new albums from Christopher from His Inner Journeys Collection Volume 1:

Enlighten Me- Took 5 years of contemplation and 4 months to record.

In Spiritus- If you liked Sacred Love from Chris's album The Awakening, you'll love this new album.

Click here to listen to free samples of his new albums>>>

The collection contains stunningly beautiful music that will Help you connect with your emotional core (the beautiful angelic In-Spiritus).

Bring you a strong feeling of enlightenment, purity and peace (Enlighten Me).

Uplift you to an elevated state of consciousness while simultaneously relaxing you to your core (Ascension).

Relax your mind and wash away troubling thoughts (Untold Depths).

Enhanced with alpha, theta and delta frequencies...

Enlighten Me has been enhanced with alpha brain wave entrainment for a clarity of mind, accelerated learning and enhanced creativity (I am listening now while I write and I can attest to the clarity of mind and enhanced creativity - not to mention relaxed shoulders and very peaceful happy ears).

To Ascension has been added theta brain wave entrainment for tremendous stress relief, enhanced healing, improved memory, as well as providing a doorway to other than conscious information...

To Untold Depths delta brain wave entrainment has been added which allows for profound spiritual experiences, deepest healing and relaxation, and wonderful restorative sleep.

Click Here for more details and hear the free samples:

...and find out more about Christopher and his music.

With Joy and In Celebration,

Cyndi & Iain

P.S. Christopher immerses himself completely in each work of art he creates - and he doesn't just use his musical instruments in his music. Just last week he wrote me after returning from recording wildlife sounds in the Australian bush

...and Enlighten Me was recorded over a period of 4 months - often as a result of deep meditation and middle of the night, fine tuning of each space - each note

...and then there is the Angelic Choir of In Spiritus. Words will not do justice for what must be experienced.

Loving Life :-)

5 hypnotic techniques to enrapture your listeners...

How to hypnotize your audience...

The first thing any good hypnosis trainer will tell you is that to be an effective hypnotist, you need to be confident. That way you inspire confidence in your subject and they are free to relax with you.
The same is true if you want to hypnotize your audience when presenting. First, you need to inspire confidence in them, and to do that you need to be free of anxiety.

And when I talk about hypnotizing your audience, please forget the clichés of watch swinging, cluck-like-a-chicken merchants. I'm talking about the hypnosis of life.

Help your audience leave the room

When you hypnotize someone you get them to "leave the room" as they "travel" along your narrative within their mind.

You achieve this by focusing their attention so intently that your words start to have a real effect on their experience - both conscious and unconscious. A skilled hypnotist can help you change the workings of your immune system or blood flow with their words. Think what effect you could have on an audience you are looking to influence.

So why do I talk about "hypnosis" when describing the effect a great presenter has?

Hypnosis and the art of presenting

Hypnosis involves:

• Narrowed Focus
• Disassociation
• Learning

Any presenter will agree that you want to be compelling enough to focus your audience on what you are saying. You want them disassociated from their environment and concerns so that they travel with you to other times, places and possibilities. And you want them to adopt, at least for a while, new ways of seeing reality.

Hypnosis in therapy is so powerful because it helps people learn new ways of responding to life so that low confidence, phobias or addictions no longer trip them up. When you present powerfully you focus your audience's attention so narrowly that the nature of their learning becomes hypnotic rather than merely conscious. This kind of learning feels a lot more profound for people. But there are different kinds of audience trances..

Avoiding the boredom trance

If you are uninspiring then your audience may certainly psychologically "leave the room" not by following your ideas but as an attempt to escape your talk. They might start to imagine what they'll do later, what they'll cook for dinner, or their upcoming social arrangements. They are disassociated but not in the way we want them to be. There are specific techniques to compel your audiences in just the right way.

Crowd hypnosis

The greatest public presenters will captivate audiences with their words and gestures. They'll use expectation, language, story-telling and "future pacing" which means they'll implant ideas for their listeners to act upon in future. This is all hypnotic. Hypnotic speakers don't just give the facts they will give their listeners an experience that will change the way they feel, think or behave. Hypnotic presenting appeals to the part of the mind that the greatest pieces of poetry or music do. In fact truly world beating public talks have a real rhythm.

The poetry of presenting

The best speeches like the best hypnotic inductions have a kind of trance rhyme to them which draws you in and makes you forget anything other than the speech.

 Listen to Sir Winston Churchill on YouTube:



He uses repetition, emotive words, he paints a picture of a positive future beyond current hard times but he doesn't lie to his listeners by pretending things are going to be easy. He connects what is important to his listeners, he evokes strong images. And like the language of storytelling or even epic myth he talks about avoiding an oncoming "Dark age" by fierce, proud, brave and collective struggle.

In some of Churchill's speeches his language is almost confusing which is a favourite hypnotic technique too as it"ties up the conscious mind" and appeals more directly to the unconscious which absorbs it often before the conscious mind has untangled it : "Never was so much owed by so many to so few." He says when talking about the heavily outnumbered RAF men who fought the famous Battle of Britain. We know what he means without following the logical thread of the statement.

If you want to be more hypnotic to captivate the attention of your audience then you might like to put these following tips into action (which are expanded in the new 10 steps to powerful public speaking course)

1. Pepper your speech with words that appeal to feelings.
   Words that people have to "go inwards" to connect their personal meaning with are called nominalisations and they are hypnotic. These are words like: "Powerful, beautiful, love, wisdom, strength"...and so on. Make sure these kinds of words fit with what you are saying but they will produce more of a response than more "concrete" type words.
2. Paint pictures in your listeners' minds by overlapping their senses.
   When we hypnotize someone we are seeking to give them a dream-like experience. And of course we dream in pictures, but also sounds, sensations, tastes, and emotions. If you are telling a story in your speech about something that happened to you tell them what you saw, felt, heard, tasted and so forth. This makes it so much more evocative. "I went to the mall and saw a fight" doesn't draw you as much as: "I was heaving a heavy shopping bag through the mall when I heard a sickening scream, I turned and saw two huge guys trying to mug an old lady who karate kicked them to kingdom come - you could almost smell their fear...!" Be descriptive. Which reminds me...
3. Tell stories. Even if you are delivering a speech about molecular biology there are stories to be told - tell them engrossingly.
4. Use your voice to fascinate. Sometimes speed up and sometimes slow...down... a bit. Not all the time or else you will annoy but think about the importance and relevance of your words. When it's a point you feel is important, slow down a bit and occasionally you can even talk the calm, slow delivery of a real hypnotist.
5. Use unexpectedness. We go into hypnotic trance when we relax but also when we are startled, surprised or even shocked. Great speakers use humor because it can be hypnotic. Humor surprises you - a punch line has a "punch" because it causes surprise. Hypnotists (especially of the stage show variety) will often use "shock "to fast track subjects into hypnotic trance, so be a little surprising here and there to keep your audience focused, then refocused. This technique when presenting is startlingly powerful.

In the end, it's all about the emotion

Study the effect communication has on people. Just the bits of sound we call "words." It can make them angry, weep, be prepared to go into battle and change their life infinitely for the better. Words don't have to be "just words." Hypnotise your audience to help them feel something real when you speak.

This is the 'real' Law of Attraction secret...

By BrainEv Team

You've watched ‘The Secret.' You've read ‘Think & Grow Rich.' 

You've immersed yourself in the Law of Attraction.

But still you're not able to manifest results in your life.

Why not?

Let's get one thing clear: these powerful Law of Attraction techniques WORK. The problem is that most people don't apply them correctly. They fail to implement one of the KEY STEPS found in every manifestation-style guide out there...

They FAIL to keep their mind *focused* on their dreams.

They start out with an idea, and do a little visualization. But then they forget about it, and its power is diluted. Without consistent reminder, the subconscious fails to follow and manifest your desires.

And your dreams simply FADE AWAY, as though you'd just woken up in the morning.

However it doesn't HAVE to be that way...

The Dream Manifestation Kit is the secret key to truly manifesting your dreams. It ensures you to keep on-track with your greatest desires, helping to guarantee that they manifest in reality – in absolute record-time!

The kit contains a powerful audio and PDF course, and a handful of bonuses. But most importantly, it contains the Dream Manifestation Wizard – a powerful software tool for Windows and Mac computers – which will help you firm up on your goals, and consistently reminds you of them.

The Dream Manifestation Wizard uses your own images, and even your own voice, to display manifestation prompts while you work. It's a gently distraction to your work routine that has incredibly PROFOUND EFFECTS on the results you get in life.

So, if you're interested in manifesting your wildest dreams... If you've tried other Law of Attraction style techniques, without major results... If you'd like to take ‘The Secret' and turn it into reality...

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To your success,

Justin Hammond, Tiffany Archer, Inspire3

How To Manifest Anything You Want And See Results Almost Overnight!

By Matt Clarkson
So, you want to manifest what you desire!

You've seen the Secret.

You know about the law of attraction.

You've tried to manifest what you desire.

But why is it so hit and miss?

Two reasons:

First, realize that there is an inherent danger in working with the law of attraction that can DESTROY all your best efforts to manifest what you desire.

The very act of WANTING something often carries the energy of lack. After all, the very reason we want something is because we start out feeling that we don't have it!

In other words, if you say you want to attract more financial abundance, or a better relationship, or a healthier body, chances are you currently feel LACK in that area of your life -- otherwise why would you even be asking for it? ...

I'm sure you've heard before that the law of attraction means that "like attracts like".

That's true, and it's important to realize that it's not so much the IMAGE of abundance that the law of attraction responds to, but rather your dominant FEELING state...

If deep inside you feel LACK about what it is that you're wanting to attract, that is what the law of attraction will respond to most strongly...

and that's what you'll attract!

So what's the answer?

Here's one tip that really works-

Practice feeling GRATITUDE.

Not just for what you want to attract, but for ALL the blessings in your life. Make it a habit.

And I don't care how negative things may appear in your life, there's ALWAYS many things you can be grateful for.

In addition to gratitude, here's a meditation you can try that will help you get into the feeling of having what you desire.

Now you might wonder, how can I be grateful for something that doesn't exist yet?

And here's the key point...

The fact that you have set your intention to create it means IT DOES NOW EXIST -- it exists in consciousness, where everything begins anyway.

Everything that exists, first existed as an idea. If you don't believe me, take a look around the room. Your computer, the furniture and even your house first existed in the mind before they "manifested" into a "tangible" form.

And gratitude is important for another key reason.

It's what determines your level of happiness and how good you feel in the present moment.

Want to be unhappy?

Simply have an attitude of lack and wanting and I guarantee you'll feel pretty darn miserable! :(

On the other hand, you have the ability to feel happy and fulfilled in ANY moment, simply by choosing to focus on what you DO HAVE and the many ways in which you are being blessed RIGHT NOW.

So take some time now to focus on everything in your life that you can be grateful for -- not just the things you have chosen to manifest, but also the routine, everyday things that we're all guilty of taking for granted at times...

In short...

Be grateful for what you have, be grateful for what is on the way to you, and be grateful as you start to see the Universe lining things up for you.

WOW!

Here is a mind-blowing new video that guides you to powerfully manifest ANY desire (whether it be an avalanche of cash, your ideal relationship, or the body you've always wanted).

Just follow along as you make your desire super-clear and thrilling for you in your mind's eye, and then you plant it deeply into your subconscious mind -- where all the magic happens!

This is a VERY powerful meditation technique and  I want you to go try this right now...

Try This 'Instant Manifesting Meditation' Here>>>

Dream Manifestation Kit- What are you biggest and wildest dreams?

It may seem an odd question, but think about it.

What is your greatest dream?

Do you dream of rocketing your business profits?

Having more free time to spend with family?

Trekking across the globe?

Consider: What are you biggest and wildest dreams?

And how close are you to reaching them?

Most people have some pretty far-out dreams. But for most people, they remain just that: elusive glimpses of what "could have been."

Check out a fantastic website and a program called the Dream Manifestation Kit.

It's all about making *your* dreams come true - using a very realistic, tried and tested formula.

I've used the Dream Manifestation Kit over the past 5 years, and I can tell you that it's worked wonders in my life. It's an audio and PDF course, which shows you precisely how to "manifest" your greatest dreams into reality. Most importantly, it comes with the Dream Manifestation Wizard software, which helps to ‘program' your subconscious mind to your goals, daily – using your computer.

I can't stress enough how much this program has changed my life. I love it. That's why I'd like to recommend it to you, personally.

Grab your copy of the Dream Manifestation Kit and try it out for yourself>>>

It's risk-free, and you'll be extremely glad that you did.

To your success,

Justin Hammond, Tiffany Archer, Inspire3

Seek the Bear with David Robinson...

Seek the Bear with David Robinson

In this 4-week class work with David Robinson as he tells an ancient story, teases it apart, and reveals the universal aspects and actions necessary to better see, become conscious of, and transform your unique personal or organizational story.

Learn and recognize that you are the storyteller of your life and have the power to choose the story you desire to live!

Learn more and sign up here>>>

Mastery MindFuse- Shift your mindset about how you feel about you...

It’s ABSOLUTELY free and quite frankly the contents of this audio will change your life forever.

You see, the number one thing that holds everyone back from achieving their goals, whether it’s financial, personal, or even spiritual, is whether or not they feel worthy enough to achieve them.

I know, it’s not something that you consciously think about or even consider, but it’s true.

If you don’t feel that you are worthy enough, or deserving enough to have something, you’ll never get it.

This audio will completely shift your mindset about how you feel about you and it will instantly open the doors for opportunity once you listen to it.

Go here to grab your copy free:

Be sure to let me know what you think.

PS. This audio was recorded by a friend of mine and when you grab your free copy, you’ll also get some other great gifts as well.

More importantly you’ll receive invaluable knowledge that could create an instant breakthrough in your life.

Establish a conscious connection to the source of the Divine Life...

For the Love of Life with Guy Finley

In this 4-week course, you will work directly with Guy Finley to establish a conscious connection to the source of the Divine Life that already lives within you, and align yourself with its guaranteed success, so you can love life again and experience its infinite possibilities!

Learn more and sign up here>>>

The 6-week No Woman/No Man Diet- Become More Conscious about Your Relationships...

By Bryan

Just thought you might want to know a little about what's going on in our world.

For The New Year...

My girlfriend and I are gearing up to take on the 6-week No Woman/No Man Diet.

If you have looked at doing the Diet, you know by now it's not about eliminating the opposite sex from your life, but about being more conscious about how you direct your attention, and whether the activities you're engaging in are nourishing or draining to you.  

So, we're going to be doing our practices together, looking deeply into our relationship to see where we hold on too tightly, operate from fear, and open up those patterns so more love can flow more fully between us...

We'll be pursuing passions that have been on our list for a while (learning spanish, dance, acroyoga, etc.) that we haven't done because we distract ourselves with activities that aren't really serving us... (web surfing, mindless media, too much emotional processing(!) )...

So, it's a mixture of excitement and apprehension to take on this program!

Imagine looking back, even in just a few years. 

Do you remember all the time you spent browsing Facebook? 

Do you remember all the girls you chased, (or guys you gave your number to), or the time you spent wondering whether your partner loved you or not? 

For the most part, I don't. 

I remember the challenges I took on,
I remember when I was most on-purpose rocking my life. 
I remember the times when I went out of my way to create beauty. 

And this is what the Diet is in service of supporting.

So, if you're inspired to rock 2012 bringing your best self, clearing out the old stuffy unconscious patterns, and bringing a blast of new vitality to your life, waking up each day STOKED to do practices that support your passion and your purpose, then join us -- the price goes up tonight at midnight PST, and course starts on Thursday -- and we'd love to have you with us!

DETAILS AND SIGN UP HERE BEFORE PRICE INCREASE...

And whether you sign up or not, I wish you a 2012 filled with rich and rewarding relationships, with yourself, others, and  this incredible, crazy world we live in!

Happy New Year,

Bryan

P.S. For those of you who applied for scholarships, we'll be announcing winners today -- Also... I've thrown in some free bonus audio recordings from Decker for the guys who sign up for the NWD - the "Beyond Confidence" and the "Death Disc" -- get them when you sign up!

Take the NWD Plunge Here>>>

Optimize Your Life

By Chris Cade

Lately I've been really interested in looking at the meaning of words in new ways. Words are the primary way we communicate (especially in digital mediums). And they are symbols for what lies in our minds, both consciously and subconsciously.

By redefining words consciously, you can actually begin to rewire your subconscious for your benefit. That's because as we live more consciously, our subconscious is also affected (whether we're trying or not).

Today, I'm going to look at "optimism." In most contexts, we think of optimism as assuming a positive outcome. The first definition in a dictionary supports this view:

"A tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation"

In other words, it's an expectation that the future will be ideal.

What's missing from this equation though is context. Who exactly decides what is "more ideal" or "best possible outcome" or "hopeful aspects"?

Is it your ego? How does that compare if somebody else's ego disagrees?

For example a tennis match. Both players are optimistic that they will win. Each player has practiced for many years and has a variety of excellent techniques to defeat their opponents.

Yet only one can win. Therefore, we have to ask:

Does optimism serve them both?

Sure they both can expect to win. Sure both can prepare to win. Since only one can win though, this view of optimism is limited.

I'm beginning to wonder about a different way of looking at optimism. Here's two other definitions of optimism:

"(a) The doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds.

-and-

"(b) The belief that the universe is improving and that good will ultimately triumph over evil."

Regardless of whether we look at it from the perspective of good versus evil, I particularly resonate with these two definitions.

What if instead of viewing the world as inherently good or evil, we viewed it in terms of optimization?

What if instead of asking "Why do bad things happen to good people?" we asked, "How might this experience ~optimize~ for the greatest benefit of the world?"

This perspective makes a lot more sense when we consider the definitions of "optimize:"

"(a) To make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible."

"(b) to make the best of."

In this view, it's no longer about being hopeful or optimistic in the traditional sense. It's not about thinking positively about our own unique situation.

We're challenged to ask bigger questions. Questions that go beyond just what our egos want to say about how an "ideal" situation looks.

We can think about optimization in a larger sense. We can consider how our own personal experience might be contributing to a larger whole.

It's often said "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Thus, if we are all parts of a whole, it stands to reason that our personal "optimizations" are contributing to the whole...

And often in ways we can't know or comprehend.

When we step the ego aside for a little while, we have an opportunity to experience optimism in this new way. Experiences, however personal they are, however difficult they are, might just be a doorway through which the Universe is optimizing itself.

The interesting thing about optimization is that we can't know what it looks like. Some might say that an optimized car might go faster in a shorter time period. That is true. However, an optimized car also might use less resources, be lighter, recycle easier, be easier to drive, or just an awesome stereo.

All of those are ways in which optimization for a vehicle could happen. Yet if we only focus on making faster cars, we lose out on the possibility that there's many ways to optimize a car.

Or maybe, while trying to optimize a car a totally different technology is discovered... perhaps giving rise to a new supercomputer or flying saucer technology.

Take for example this story...

Alexander Fleming was a scientific researcher in the early 1900's who had been on vacation. After returning, then working, he set aside a stack of bacterial cultures.

When he returned to the laboratory, he discovered that one of those cultures had been contaminated with a fungus. He also noticed that all the bacteria around that fungus had been destroyed.

This was how one of the greatest disease-preventing agents in history was accidentally discovered. It was named "penicillin."

Sure there's lots of accidental discoveries in the world. It happens all the time. Perhaps that's because the Universe seems to have an optimizing nature about it.

We don't always understand what is being optimized. We don't always know why. But it seems that there's something about experiences that gives us the opportunity to optimize personally and as a collective.

Similarly, there's also different ways to optimize your life. You can't know exactly what "more confidence" will look like in your life. And yet, as you develop your confidence more fully, your life optimizes as a byproduct.

Maybe you engage more socially. Maybe you ask for a raise. Maybe you start a new business. Maybe you challenge your partner to live more fully and lovingly. Or maybe it will lead you to take a risk that leads to a new discovery about yourself.

Who knows?

All we know is that when we view the world through the lens of "optimization," it creates a land of mysterious and unknown possibilities.

Think about it. Give it a try. See what you discover.

Your Partner In Transformation,
Chris Cade

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