THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF MIND

1.  THE WORLD IS WHAT YOU THINK IT IS:

 

...Depending on your point of view a glass of water can be half empty or half full... In a more subtle way, we know that thoughts of fear, worry, anger, and resentment can make us sick... Both ancient and contemporary history are full of examples of the power of thought in the form of prayer, faith, and conviction to change physical conditions, events, and circumstances... These are clear, obvious, and understandable ways in which our thinking affects our experience...

2.  THERE ARE NO LIMITS:

 

If there are no limits, then of course anything is possible... However, because you are not alone in the Universe, the degree to which something can be shared depends on the beliefs of others around you... According to Christian scripture, even Jesus had difficulty in his hometown doing miracles because the people didn't believe the carpenter's son could or should have such powers... A single thought of love or hate affects the whole Universe, but your body will probably be more affected than the star Betelgeuse... At any rate, the more people who believe that the change you want to make is possible, the easier it will be to make it...

 

3.  ENERGY FLOWS WHERE ATTENTION GOES:

 

Meditation itself simply means to think deeply and continuously; in other words, sustained focused attention... You are meditating whenever you are engaged in sustained focused attention on anything, and according to this philosophy such attention channels the energy of the universe into manifesting the physical equivalent of what you are looking at, saying, listening to, or doing. It is the equivalent of the sum total of your entire attention, including habitual expectation... This idea also provides a neat explanation of how thought can produce its physical equivalent, especially when amplified by emotion and/or confidence... [You are the fuel for your own fire...]

 

4.  NOW IS THE MOMENT OF POWER:

 

Thanks to memory we may carry over habits of body and mind from day to day, but each day is a new creation and any habit can be changed in any present moment... When our attention and awareness bring aspects of the past and future into this present moment, they are within the range of our power to change them... There are a lot of people living in the world today who aren't even here. Most of their attention is focused on memories of the past, projections into the future, or on themselves. To the degree they diminish their awareness of the present moment during such ruminations, their power and effectiveness in the present also decreases...

 

5.  TO LOVE IS TO BE HAPPY WITH: 

"Love" is a word that many people find hard to understand because its use in English has become very sloppy. It is used to denote pleasure, sexual desire, intention, addictive need, and as a measure of caring... In Hawaiian the meaning of "love" is very clear and it provides a useful guideline for loving and being loved... It means that love exists to the degree that you are happy with with the object of your love... You don't get hurt from being in love; you get hurt from anger. You don't get sweaty hands from being being in love; you get them from fear... What you get from being in love is happiness, the intensity of it depending on how deeply you are happy with the object of your love... The key to success here is simply to increase your appreciation of what you do like about your partner, event, or object, and increase your tolerance of what you don't like. Telepathic praise is more important than verbal praise, and is always a better way to begin...

 

6.  ALL POWER COMES FROM WITHIN: 

For every event that you experience you creatively attract it through your beliefs, desires, fears, and expectations, and then react to it habitually or respond to it consciously... If the power was in you to create it, then the power is in you to change it... Neither prayers nor spells nor affirmations will do much good if they are spoken with wistful hope or as if the words themselves held the magic. Confident authority is the key to conscious creation, whether used with words, visualizations, or feelings.

 

7.  EFFECTIVENESS IS THE MEASURE OF TRUTH: 

Many people have trouble with this one at first because they think it says that the end justifies the means. Actually, it says just the opposite, that the means determines the end. Violent means will produce violent results, and peaceful means will produce peaceful results... Healing is the goal and effectiveness is the criteria, not proving of a particular system or method.