Still no significant changes but there are one or two things that I’ve noticed. But it’s been overshadowed by the mother all toothaches over the last few days. I was in unbearable pain and I never thought I would say this but I am actually looking forward to seeing my dentist tomorrow. 
The medication I’m on is a fairly low dosage and my doc did say that this wouldn’t make much difference to me but was a good place to start to get my body used to the changes.
Thank you for my healing.
I’m currently undergoing some treatment and although I can’t say what it is, I do want to document it so I can keep a track of the effects that this treatment is having on me. So far so good. Compared the the stuff I tried when I was 20 this seems to be much better and doesn’t drain me as much.
Thank you for my healing! 
A true master knows that even though s/he may read all the wonderful quotes by the famous amazing individuals, that all of those individuals faced challenges and doubts but overcame them through the powerful faith in their inspirations.
Hi All,
Just a quick note to say that I’ve recorded my first two podcasts and I will be putting them up soon.
The first one is on “Why Personal Development?” Which is about 30 minutes long and the second is on “Start FAFing Around” which is about 10 minutes long. The second one is shorter and I intended that one more for my life coaching site but I will also be putting that up here.
Please bear in mind that these are my first attempts and so I know they are far from perfect but they are hopefully the beginning of a new addition for this blog.
Amit Sodha | 
Daily, Growth and Self Development, Happiness, Meditations, Powerful Questions | 
11 21st, 2006| 
4 Comments »Here are 5 powerful questions to wake up to, to shift your focus onto those things that make you feel more empowered and energised for the rest of the day.
1) What newness can I create within my day today? - Having some sort of newness and variety in your day is crucial for your happiness levels. The more new you do, try, experiment with, strangers you say hello to, etc etc, the more you feel re-vitalised. If you don’t have some form of newness in your day then you will find what will happen is that many of your days will feel the same. You will find yourself asking people what day it is because all your days are just a countdown to your death. You always naturally remember days that have variety and it is within that process of remembering that your body will release those chemicals which give you that good feeling all over. Not only is that great for your soul but it is fantastic for your physical well being too.
2) How can I make today better than yesterday? - Whether yesterday was a good day or a bad day, this question presupposes that today will be better. Naturally that assumption will be good for you on an unconscious level. You could even re-phrase this one to something like: “How can I improve on yesterday?” The end result with be the same. Truly think about this one and explore the numerous ways that you could better your daily experience, each day. If you exchanged some not so nice words between a friend or colleague perhaps, how can you remedy the relationship and make sure that that is the direction that it goes in from now on? Whatever score you gave yesterday, make it a higher one today. If you reach the peak of your scale upon which you measure your day…increase the scale. 
3) What new perceptions of the world can I see today? - It was Proust that said: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new places, but having new eyes”. If you can change the way you look at things, then you have the key for creating your life exactly as you choose it to be. The quality of your life will be based on the quality of your perceptual experiences. If you see all things as bad, then that will be the quality of your experience. If you see the wonder and challenge within all things then that will be the quality of your experience. Ultimately, if you can see new places and have new eyes…you’re onto a real winner!
4) What must I achieve by the end of the day? - Have a simple goal for each day. These will be highly dependent on what you do or what you aspire to be but if you can create a simple goal for yourself each day, and achieve it, you will be creating habitual success for your life. Sure, there will be times when you won’t achieve your goals but having a small manageable one each day will give you the achievers and “go getters” mind set. If you’re in the process of writing a book, set yourself a target of how much you would like to get done. If you’re planning to go to the gym, in the morning decide what distance you will achieve when you go. Make it a record distance for you. If you have a backlog of work decide up front how much of that backlog you will clear with no exception. If you want a habit, this is a good one to have!
5) What can I do for others today? - This one almost goes without saying. Every time you assist someone you are creating a ripple that bounces back to you to participate in your success. Even though you may be experiencing some hardship, even though you may be having a bad day, the quickest way to surpass your challenges is by assisting others. That doesn’t mean to say you should negate your challenges and hope they go away. No, by giving to others you are giving yourself power. That power can then be used in any way you wish and will especially come in handy when it comes to solving your life enigmas. The more you help others, without expecting anything in return, it will come back to you in ways you will probably never be able to fathom. How can you get out of the “expectation” mindset? Quite simply, as soon as you’ve assisted someone, move straight onto the next person you can assist. When you participate in their success, the Universe will participate in yours.
And there we have it; the 5 morning questions to have each day to shift your focus into the direction of constructive creation. 
Amit Sodha | Daily, Growth and Self Development, Happiness, Proactivity, Tips | 11 17th, 2006| 10 Comments »
I’ve been promising a few of you to write this article for some time and so finally here it is.
An Anchor is a trigger or stimulus that retrieves a desired emotional state. A great example of an anchor is when you hear a piece of music that brings back a particular emotion or feeling associated with something that you were doing. E.g. you could have been with a loved one, listening to a particular song. A month, two months, a year or even ten years down the line, you may hear that song but experience those feelings and emotions as if you were there right now.
Anchoring is such a powerful tool because with it, you can recall any particular emotional state that you desire. You could create an Anchor for creativity, and Anchor for motivation, an Anchor for feeling powerful, an Anchor for love, an Anchor for happiness. Etc.
We are constantly creating Anchors. Every day all the time Anchors are being formed through the repetitive actions we are doing and associated feelings we are having. E.g. you might have anchored yourself to feeling motivated for training by hearing a particular song. When I want to get ready to play a badminton match or go to the gym I might put “Eye of the Tiger” on my Ipod because I have automatically associated success to that song through watching the “Rocky” Movies.
Marketing companies are creating Anchors for us all the time. When they create T.V. commercial they may use a song with a brand. Recently they did an advert for a new car with a song called “Don’t rain on my parade” by Bobby Darrin which happens to be one of my favorite songs. Now, whenever I listen to that song I think of that car and whenever I see that car I end up automatically humming or singing that song.
The great thing about this is now that you know about Anchors you can begin to form your own to serve you. Creating an Anchor is easy. There are three core things that are important when creating an Anchor and they are: i) Intensity, ii) Repetition and iii) Uniqueness.
Uniqueness - It is important for your anchor trigger to be unique. The reason for this is because you don’t want your anchor to become diluted or accidentally fired off at the wrong time.
Repetition - Initially when you create the trigger you must “Stack The Anchor” and so the more times you set the trigger during the peak of your emotional state the more that trigger will become associated with that emotion and the more it will be effective for you.
Intensity - When creating your anchor you must do it at the peak of emotional intensity. So if the emotion you want to experience is absolute and total empowerment and motivation. Get yourself to that state by either remembering a time when you were in that state or imagine what it would be like to be in that state. At this point, for this kind of emotion it’s a good idea to get your whole body involved as this will add to the intensity.
So lets put all these together.
1) Firstly, think of an emotion you would like to anchor. Absolute self confidence perhaps? Or the feeling of being unstoppable maybe.
2) Think of an anchor that you would like to use. I first learned about anchoring when I was listening to one of Chris Howard’s tapes on NLP and one of the anchors he uses is to tuck his thumb into his fist and that was unique enough to create a powerful trigger.
3) Recall the emotion you wish to anchor and get yourself at the peak of emotional intensity
4) Engage your trigger. Once you’ve done that, release your trigger and get yourself back to your normal state.
5) Repeat as much as you like, the more you do it, the stronger the Anchor becomes. (Lather, rinse, repeat!)
That’ s pretty much it. Now you have the tools to create a powerful Anchor that you can use at any time. Lets say you’re feeling depressed and you want to get yourself out of it. If you’ve created your Anchor well as soon as your trigger it you will be able to break that emotional state and be in the empowered place that you wish you be.
Without even realising it, I’ve just anchored you. From now on, whenever you see or hear the word Anchor or you see a picture of one, you will remember the anchoring process!
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The second part to this is on tonight - details are here. If anyone does manage to see it and tape a copy or find it online, please let me know!
Whatever I see something as, depending on my perception of it, that’s what it will be to me.
Amit Sodha | Creative, Daily, Growth and Self Development, Happiness, Health, Perception, Relationships, Spiritual, Thoughts, Tips | 11 8th, 2006| 13 Comments »
Thoughts are running through our heads constantly on a daily basis. We never stop thinking and we never will stop thinking! We tend to focus our thoughts in two very general areas: We either focus on something internal to us, about our lives or things happening to us, or we tend to focus on whats going on in the world and with other people who surround our lives. Bringing balance to our thinking is essential for our own well being and feeling a sense of peace.
Lets look at the two more closely
Externalization (Exos) - People who externalize their thoughts more are always thinking about outer things rather then focusing on themselves. They will tend to do more for others and put their life on the back burner. They will feel for others and others suffering much more than their own. The problem is, for those who over externalize, they forget to take care of their own needs and often end up in a position where they are not happy because they spend all there time focusing on others and neglecting the important areas of their lives that need lots of attention and TLC. They also procrastinate more as they tend to get easily distracted when something interesting catches their eye.
They will hold doors open for others.
Internalization (Intos) - People who internalize more are always focused on their own needs and neglect those around them. When they get a problem and they have someone around them who will listen they will chew that persons ears off with their problems. There problems will be the entire world to them and when something goes wrong, their world literally stops. They easily forget that other people will be going through issues similar to them and they will concentrate solely on what is happening to them. Because they are highly self focussed they will also tend to be quite successful in whatever persuits they undertake.
They do not hold doors open for others.
As a partnership, the Intos and the Exos combined make good couples as they tend to balance each other out. My former partner, she was more Into, and I was more Exo and that worked well for us as we found that we balanced each others perceptions and this is why we had such a great relationship and why we still have an amazing friendship.
Neither is better or worse than the other but when it comes to propelling yourself to future success you need to attain a good balance of the two. If you’re too externally focused or over internally focused you tip the scales and put yourself out of balance. In order to bring back that balance you have to even out what you focus on. Here’s how you can do this.
Firstly, you need to ascertain which of the two sums up who you are? Ask someone close to you who you know will not intentionally hurt you with the answer. Find out who you are and accept it with grace and dignity. When you establish that, below are the shift in perceptions that you need in order to balance your scales.
Internal Perceptions for those who are more Exos - We still need a level of external focus. External focus is good and gives us beauty, contrast, and variety. When looking upon the outside world. Remember first and foremost that all of it is a manifestation of oneself. You created the sky, the oceans, the buildings, the seven wonders etc. You are the creator of it all. Evey part of your being is interconnected with what you perceive to be “out there”. When dealing with people who you perceive to be external from you, remember that you are they and they are you. You are intimately connected to these individuals at all times. When focusing on someone and helping that soul, remember that you are also and always helping yourself too. Helping yourself is inescapable. In reality we live for ourselves only. You are solely responsible for your decisions and outcomes. You cannot be held responsible for others.
External Perceptions for those who are more Intos - Whatever problems you are now having, become more aware that those issues do not solely affect you. The fastest way to overcome something you maybe going through is to help someone overcome similar that they may be going through. Give them love, give them compassion and know that by helping them you are ultimately helping yourself too. By helping others we facilitate our future success because the more you give the more you get back. Take a look at the outside world once in a while. Become more aware of what is happening in the world There is more to the world than the one that revolves just around you. The world does not end when something bad happens to you. When you have a problem step outside of yourself, be the outside oberserver and observe your usual reaction…what does it tell you?
Which one are you and can you relate to one of those two persona’s?
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Hi All,
If you haven’t already signed up, now is the time to do so! Steve has just launched his forums and in about 5 Days he already has over a 1000 members. There are all areas of discussion in the forums from Health to Personal Development, Spirituality and Consciousness, Business and Finance, Emotional Mastery etc and the forums are already buzzing with various topics being discussed.
Enjoy!
Even though I am who I am, I am still getting to know myself and getting to know the nature of others. I understand fully that whatever experiences that do manifest within my life are of my choosing. But alas, I am still human and sometimes when I’ve attracted those negative experiences I must accept that part of me which will naturally become upset or hurt.
I recently found out that things were being said about me by people I consider close friends and when I found this out I immediately had to question the person I am and my actions.
What led to them saying these things about me?
If that is truly their opinion of me then why not tell me direct?
What did I say or do to cause this?
This is where sometimes knowing about the power of choice or knowing that you the cause of the events in my life that you can easily become distressed or feel helpless that regardless of whether you think you’re doing good, contributing to the greater good or working on self growth, there will be times when others will not see your actions as good things.
Take it from me; take comfort from the fact that just as much as you may have been the cause, you also have the power to change, to power to choose a new direction, the power to attract new people and the power to shape your destiny!
Amit Sodha | Challenges, Cosmos, Daily, Faith, God, Growth and Self Development, Law of Attraction, Love, Perception, Positive Thoughts, Power of Choice, Proactivity, Spiritual | 11 3rd, 2006| 10 Comments »
What do you do?
If your first reaction is one of caution, that’s ok. If your first reaction is one of putting extra space between yourself and the beggar, that’s ok. If your first reaction is to look away from the beggar and try and avoid eye contact, that’s ok. If your first reaction is to pretend they are not even there, that’s ok.
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For many, walking past a beggar can be an indicisive time. We hear so many things about beggars that we naturally act cautious and may even have to think carefully before taking any action. In the past, when I was much younger and more naive, I never used to give money to a beggar. I was always told, by my spiritual family, not to. I was told that I if gave them money and they then spent that money on alcohol, I would get the bad karma. I was fed all sorts of beliefs that limited my perception and taught me to be afraid of doing anything genuinely good. I was taught to be selfish. I am fairly sure that I am not alone in this experience or alone with these beliefs.
Here is an example of some good that came out of a similar act: I was also told, never to donate blood because if my blood went to someone, who did something bad, I would get the bad karma from that. After a while I broke free of that spiritual family. One day, some friends of mine were going to donate blood one day and asked if I’d like to go along. I had to think carefully for a while but then I decided “what the heck” an went along with them. That was about 3 years ago and since then I’ve been donating regularly. I recently met a fantastic young lady who happened to stumble across my blog. We quickly became good friends and I started to learn lots about her including the fact that her life depends on her getting a blood transfusion on a monthly basis. Now just remember that we met randomly through her finding my blog, but then we realised that we both have the same blood type and that she gets her blood from the same place where I donate my blood.
So there I was, I was told to believe something when I was younger and I was given a very good reason why. But then I made my own reasons of “why not?” It wasn’t a question of whether what I was doing was right or wrong, it was a question of what felt right to me. It was an action that allowed me to feel like I was doing something for the greater good. I was doing something and helping people which is my favorite thing in the world.
So there I was yesterday, walking past a beggar and feeling that initial insecurity; “what should I do? Where should I look? How should I feel? Should I acknowledge them? Will I feel guilty if I walk by without giving money? If I ignore them maybe they’ll dissapear!” Do any of those questions or feelings seem familiar to you?
I decided yesterday to give this beggar, all the change I had within my pocket. Before I did, I smiled and I knew that I wouldn’t catch anything. 
I pulled out what I had, it was about £5 in change, I walked up to the beggar and gave him the money in his hand. When I walked away I didn’t think about what he would use the money on, I didn’t feel like I did it out of pity, I didn’t even feel like I was giving him any money. I felt like I was walking past me, and this other me asked for a sharing, and in that way I shared something with this beautiful human soul. I didn’t think about what clothes he was wearing or that he may hurt me. All I could think was that this soul was a God, just like me.
It was very important for me to feel like my actions were not out of pity or guilt, but through my choosing and for a higher purpose. There were so many ways for me to look at the situation but my favorite was to think of that soul, having attracted that £5 by asking the Universe, and I was the response.
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When you walk past a beggar…
If your first reaction is one of caution, that’s ok. But after you’ve overcome your caution, offer a smile.
If your first reaction is one of putting extra space between yourself and the beggar, that’s ok. But then, walk over to them.
If your first reaction is to look away from the beggar and try and avoid eye contact, that’s ok. But then look at them as if that was you.
If your first reaction is to pretend they are not even there, that’s ok. But then acknowledge them fully, and say hello.
On the 2nd and 16th of Novemeber Larry King will be interviewing some of the figures that appeared on The Secret. Among them will be Joe Vitale. I don’t have access to CNN or CNN international but if anyone does have the facility to tape the shows and send them too me it would be greatly appreciated! The Secret is taking the world by storm so if you haven’t already got your copy grab it here today!
Here are the details of when the shows will be aired.
- The Larry King special on Beyond Positive Thinking is a two-parter. Get out your calendar and mark down the following — Part 1 to air Nov 2nd. Part 2 to air Nov 16th.
Guests on Part 1 (Nov. 2) are -
Bob Proctor www.bobproctor.com
John Assaraf www.onecoach.com
JZ Knight www.ramtha.com
Rev Michael Beckwith www.agapelive.com
Dr. John DeMartini www.drdemartini.com
Guests on Part 2 (Nov. 16) are -
James Ray www.jamesray.com
Jack Canfield www.jackcanfield.com
Dr. Joe Vitale www.mrfire.com
George Pratt www.drgeorgepratt.com
Jayne Payne www.theintensiveprogram.com
Larry King Live airs on CNN at 6 p.m. pacific and re-airs at 9 p.m. pacific and 12 midnight (which is 9 p.m. eastern, midnight eastern and 3 a.m. eastern; 8 pm central, 11 pm central, and 2 am central).
The show airs overseas on CNN International, as well.
I haven’t heard or seen this poem in ages and yet back when I was at school and college it was one of my favorites. I came across it and decided to post it up!
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Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.
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