The Chi Flows Where The Mind Goes: Be Careful What You Think

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The Chi Flows Where The Mind Goes: Be Careful What You Think

In the Chinese martial art of tai chi, there is a maxim that states: “The chi flows where the mind goes."

Your attention focuses your life energy. Being aware of your thoughts and how you focus your attention is an important step in creating the life you want for yourself.

What is Chi?

Chi is life energy. Your body is a mixture of water, chemicals and chi. Chi is the essence that makes you alive.

In traditional Eastern thought, wellness comes from a properly balanced flow of chi; illness comes from an unbalanced or blocked flow of chi. For example, the ancient traditional Chinese medicine art of acupuncture uses needles in specific body points to unblock and re-balance the flow of chi.

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"Shields Up, Mr. Sulu!": Simple Protection from Bad Vibes

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"Shields Up, Mr. Sulu!": Simple Protection from Bad Vibes

Today, I want to teach you a simple technique to help you protect yourself from other people’s bad vibes.

Imagine that people are like two-way radios. We are constantly broadcasting our thoughts and feelings, as well as receiving the thoughts and feelings of other people.

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Are You Giving, Taking or Losing Energy?

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Are You Giving, Taking or Losing Energy?

 

Understanding your energy, the energy of others and how we all struggle for more of this energy is a powerful way to understand how you act, and how you interact with others.

Every interaction you have with another person is an energy exchange. During these interactions you, and the other person, are either giving, taking or losing energy.

In today's post,  I will talk about these energy exchanges between people and how you can identify them.

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Are You Depressed? Be Thankful.

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Are You Depressed? Be Thankful.

Are you depressed? Have you got the blues? Are you feeling down?

If so, then you should be thankful. No, I don’t mean be thankful for your depression. I mean that you need to be thankful to get over your funk.

By having an attitude of gratitude, you can break your cycle of conditioned thinking and transform the negative energy dynamic that is keeping you down.

So, begin to lose your blues by starting to be thankful.  

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Today's Exercise: Send Love to Someone You Despise

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Today's Exercise: Send Love to Someone You Despise

Do you really want to change your life and the world for the better? Send love to someone who you despise.

By sending this love, you are in no way approving of this person or their actions....

This is an exercise in rattling your cage. You will be directly confronting your ego....

It is a spiritual solution to a human problem: You can not solve human conflict, and the conflicts within your heart, with hate. But you can with love.

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