Think and Grow Rich

I have known about this book since I was about 17, but like most things you discover early on in life you don't think it would be a book that serves you or serves a higher purpose. A good friend of mine at the time, Kane Wilson, even highly recommended it. But I guess I just never got around to reading it. 

Since being on this journey I have rediscovered or come across things that I have meant to get around to doing or reading while having the time and of course being more conscious to these recurring incidences.

Think and Grow Rich has finally come back into my life and this time I am reading it. What a powerful forward thinking book of knowledge. To think that this book was first published in 1937 and has since sold over 15 million copies says allot about the power of this book.

It seems that much theory and philosophy written in the last century surrounding the power of thoughts and manifestation have come from this book. It is the "ridgy didge" or the real deal if you will.

The 13 steps to creating abundance in your mind and your life. While much of the book talks about the attitude and mindset to creating wealth through changing your thoughts, you can see how you could apply to this any goal or objective you set your mind to and in helping you achieve your life purpose.

As I am (in my mind anyways) a hard core meditator I would say that combining the power of stillness with the power of concentration you will easily see and feel the difference in your day to day life when being true to this practice.

For the practice you are to hold a thought or a clear statement of 'definitive purpose and desire' in your mind and recite this twice a day every day for 10-30 minutes. 

The result???

The only option left for the sub-conscious then is to believe the programming that you are consciously submitting to it with concentration and focus every day twice a day...simple!

Sugar Sux

Sugar SUX!!!

Yes my passion for educating and bitching has reached an all time high! I am here in the Philippines and I have semi-consciously and unwillingly jumped on the blood sugar roller coaster. Unfortunately the more you are aware of it the more frustrated you become - at myself mostly but just as much to the American Corporations and Governments for allowing this disaster to spread.

Last night I created a blog series and facebook page to a) spread the knowledge once again and b) to protest!

But can you imagine without this power of knowledge the detrimental effects it can and will lead to. For me its just a short ride, which upon my return to Health Island in Thailand and eventually to my motherland Australia, blood sugar will normalise and stabilise. For many of the people here this is vicious cycle of ups and downs and progressive depletion of health.

I am but a one man army, loaded with nothing more than a blog and a few fans. We talk about sustainability and yet the epidemic continues to grow with impact being mostly on the environment and the people.

Spread the message people and if not, make the change for your self!

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The igen

I thought I was a tech head or perhaps a facebook addict. But after 4 days here in the Philippines, I can honestly say that I am far from it. Since I have been here, I have seen a 2 year old play temple run (a very stupid game) on her brothers Samsung tablet that he uses for school; as well as all my nieces and nephews just sitting on the couch right next to each other with their own up to date high tech smart phone glued to their hands.

The concern that not only is it slightly frustrating to have a conversation with them but that its more frustrating and sad to see that kids are no longer playing with each other in each others presence, or running around screaming and laughing, making up silly games. The closest they get to engaging with one another is when they are sitting on the couch next to each other both overlooking a laptop or playing a versus match against one another the wii.

I also get it that here in the Phils its a part of the boredom factor, but is it not the responsibility of the parents to ensure that the children are engaged in PHYSICAL activity? not at all times, but WHY-O-WHY do they have to have phones with friggen 24 hour access to facebook. Who cares what your friends status is or what they are doing every minute...I'm guessing they are also driving their parents mad while sitting on their couch doing the same thing?

I may sound fairly judgemental in saying this, but the fact of the matter is that social media as it may be referred to has also had the reverse impact on this igen.

While for instance people like me use it for business or to share photos with friends and family while traveling. It seems that this is the pure source of communication for children here in the Philippines and probably everywhere...if this is how they are at such an early age...the idea of close connections and relationships will be as artificial as cyber reality.

Considering the evolution we have made as a race, why is it that we work so hard to improve communication and then being of the intelligence that we are it ends up that we become more disconnected...is that not un-intelligence!

Go fuck yourself technology! as I sign off on my blog that I access over high speed Internet....the oxymoron is that technological advancement is pleasure and pain all rolled into one!