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Now let's look at the problem of mental and psychic protection from so-called psychic and magical attacks. Perhaps you have already heard something about them.

There is a group of people, fortunately not very large, who are happy to attempt mental attacks on others. By telling stories about imaginary or real psychic attacks that they themselves carried out or repelled, they try to strengthen their prestige, counting on respect and deference.

The most common signs of a psycho-mental attack are:

• mental and physical weakness;
• feeling drowsy and tired;
• problems with concentration;
• feeling that vitality is leaving;
• other people's thoughts, emotions, visions come;
• a constant sensation of the presence of some person or immaterial being.

Among parapsychologists, very often the signs mentioned above are considered the result of a psycho-energetic attack or manipulation. However, this is not always the case. Fortunately, actual attacks are rare.

People who are hypersensitive to the weakest energies (almost not felt by other people) believe that they are often subject to such attacks. Such people, staying in geopathogenic zones or near installations that create a strong electromagnetic field, may experience similar symptoms.

Another reason for negative feelings may be the natural ability for many people to equalize their level of vital energy according to the principle of connecting vessels. This often happens in the family.

When one person feels bad, the others subconsciously “give” them excess of their own energy. Their health suddenly deteriorates.

An example would be a wandering headache. Mechanisms of this type most often come into play in close partnerships or in a parent-child situation.

Sometimes there are people who unknowingly cause the phenomenon described above - both in acquaintances and strangers. This is how they strengthen their energy using the presence of another person. They are often said to "drink all the blood."

“As a result of such meetings, victims cannot work normally and act actively, they have problems with concentration. They must rest and gain strength again.

There is evidence that some people in concentration camps survived in those terrible conditions precisely thanks to such energy recharging.

If someone does (or has done) something like this unknowingly, this cannot be blamed on him. However, you need to learn to protect yourself from such actions. Protection is especially important when a person acts quite consciously.

There are two schools of thought for solving this problem. One proposes to transfer excess energy to people who require it, that is, to help them. Naturally, this method can only be used by those who can generate large amounts of energy.

By giving their own energy, they not only do not weaken themselves, but also support others. For now, we will deal with another school, which categorically orders: “Do not give your energy to others.”

A person’s biofield shell is his most basic defense against the harmful effects of other people. It is difficult to imagine how many times a day our biofield is exposed to this effect, and how much it is deformed: we simply feel general fatigue, loss of strength, and we need a night’s sleep to restore our energy.

Such random deformations received during the day are not yet a disease, but if they become stable, then in the area of ​​​​violation of energy harmony a person begins to experience a certain discomfort.

Thanks to topological diagnostics, it is possible to characterize the consequences and identify the degree of influence of evil on the human protective shell. The thing is that the emotions of irritation, envy, anger and others excite strong energy vibrations around the source of these emotions.

And if a person in this state concentrates his anger on this, this vibration is capable of piercing or pushing through the biofield shell of the victim even in the case when any chakra is energetically completely normal, and the field of the organ subordinate to it is deformed, therefore it can be argued that the blow was struck from the outside.

You can often come across the belief that only those people who share a belief system with the attacker are susceptible to mental attacks. This could be a belief in the “evil eye,” spells and curses, magic, ultra-subtle energies, astral bodies, spirits, telepathy, negative energies, radiant forms, etc. Probably all this really weakens our resistance to such actions.

The belief that a given phenomenon does not exist can sometimes be a very good defense. However, since we are talking about little-known phenomena, we cannot “build” our defense only on the fact of disbelief.

It can always happen that the force of influence of the person trying to harm us will be stronger. Such a person can “bring to light” our phobias. For example, it can restore in our minds the feeling of guilt or low self-esteem instilled in us in early childhood.

At the same time, the “aggressor” may try to impose on us the “only possible way” of solving our imaginary problems. There may even be a way in which it is possible to reconstruct the primitive and archaic belief system that continues to exist in our subconscious (despite the millennia that separate the present from the past).

Thanks to altered states of consciousness, it was proven that the fear of big cats and snakes still sits in the subconscious of the Eskimos - residents of the distant and cold North, who for many generations have not had the opportunity to encounter these animals and feel threatened by them. But despite this, the fear sitting in the corners of their minds has survived to this day.

Now we'll move on to learning some mental defense techniques.

If you are afraid that you may become the object of someone's attempts at negative influence, first of all, change your environment. If you feel bad in a given place, leave it.

Go for a walk, preferably in the lap of nature. Perform several physical exercises, this could be fast walking, running, free dance, during which you can perform movements that would free you from invisible shackles, from someone else’s skin stretched over you.

Eat something tasty - something you like, it’s good if it’s spicy or sour. You can take a cold or hot shower, imagine that the flowing water cleanses you and protects you from all negative influences.

In situations of such threat, shift your attention from the fear of negative impact to something else. Concentrate on your new job or the task assigned to you. Do something that interests you and attracts you, that usually completely absorbs you.

Another way to protect yourself is to set yourself up to disbelieve any possibility of a psychic attack. This good method, unfortunately, is a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, it can protect you from a possible attack, but on the other hand, it carries with it a certain danger. If you persistently tell yourself that parapsychological techniques are ineffective, you yourself will block the possibility of achieving success in this area.

Since many attempts at negative influence consist of energetic influence, we will create appropriate protection - at the energetic level. On occasion we will also develop our visualization abilities.

Parapsychology. Exercise

Become free. (...) Stretch your arms forward, place your palms at an angle of 90 degrees relative to your forearm. Focus on the center of your palm. (...) Imagine a point located in this place. (...) Feel her presence. (...)

Feel and become aware of the space that is between your body and this point. (...) Imagine that your palms begin to glow with white-golden energy (...). Slowly draw your palms into a circle around your body, at shoulder height.

The radiant energy begins to create a light circle around your body. (...) Lower your palms along your body, stretch the radiant energy with outstretched arms from your feet, along your body, to a point above your head. Fill the cocoon formed in this way with golden-white energy.

Feel the positive energy vibrating and shining around you. (...) A cocoon of energy surrounds you from all sides. It is located around your body, above your head and under your feet. (...)

You are completely safe in this cocoon; no negative energy has access to you. Any negative energy will be reflected from your protective cocoon. Only positive energy surrounds you. (...)

Take a deep breath, imagine the number "5" and “exhale” it from your lungs. (...) Every time you need protection, it will be enough to provide a figure "5" and exhale it from your lungs - and the cocoon will surround you with a dense barrier. (...)

Do this exercise many times. As you acquire skills, the effectiveness of your defense will increase. Over time, it will be enough for you to imagine only the number "5" , and the energy protection you created will itself appear around the body.

Despite this, it is necessary that you update your cocoon from time to time and perform all the actions associated with creation. Remember that, like any energy, your protection gradually fades away, and after some time you will have to create it again.

It is very important that during the creation of a protective cocoon you realize that this energy barrier protects you from the effects of negative energy, while simultaneously allowing any positive vibrations to pass through.

If a completely impenetrable cocoon were formed, then after a while you would begin to “suffocate” in it. In order to exist, we must be able to exchange energy with our environment and other beings. It is up to us to choose at what level and with whom we will conduct energy exchange.

Other defense techniques include visualizing mirrors to reflect someone's influence and energy, and building walls to separate us from potential threats. These techniques are especially helpful when dealing directly with a person who is trying to influence us in a negative way.

We are confident that, using the experience gained from visualizing a cocoon, you yourself will be able to perform the corresponding exercises with visualizing a wall or reflecting mirrors. Remember that such impenetrable barriers must then be “dismantled” so that you do not remain cut off from the world for too long.

Parapsychology. Exercise

Work through and complete the exercise on your own with building a wall and installing mirrors that protect you mentally. Try to make your visualization as detailed as possible, with all sorts of features. Use all channels of sensations for this.

Now we will make small changes to our protective cocoon and perform several versions of the previous exercise.

Parapsychology.Exercise

Follow the introductory procedure, say a protective affirmation.

Create your own protective cocoon. (...)

Imagine that your cocoon is filled with red light, (...) move it in a circular motion to the left, (...) feel how the cocoon rotates around your axis, passing from your feet through your spine to the top of your head. (...)

Imagine your cocoon filled with orange energy and move it in a circular motion to the left. (...) Similarly, set in motion yellow, (...) green, (...) blue, (...) indigo, (...) violet energy. (...) Now bring into simultaneous movement the energies of all colors. (...)

During their connection, a common white energy arises. Feel how it rotates around you - slowly, evenly. (...) A cocoon of energy surrounds you from all sides.

It is around your body, above your head, under your feet. (...) You are completely safe in it, no negative energy has access to you. All negative vibrations are reflected from your cocoon. Only positive energies have access to you.

Now, thanks to rotation, your defense has become more effective.

Take a deep breath, holding the air in your lungs, imagine the number “5”. Now “exhale” it from your lungs. (...) Every time you need protection, it will be enough to imagine the number “5” and exhale it from your lungs - and the rotating cocoon will surround you with a dense barrier. (...)

Parapsychology. Exercise

Work through the next version of the exercise suggested above and do it yourself.

Draw the axis of rotation of energy (in a counterclockwise direction) parallel to the plane of the earth, it passes through your center of gravity, which is located 2-3 centimeters below the navel.

Now we'll move on to visualizing the two most effective versions of protective cocoons.

Parapsychology. Exercise

Follow the introductory procedure, say a protective affirmation. Create your permanent protective cocoon of multi-colored energy. (...)

Imagine that the colored energy you created begins to rotate and flows through your feet into your body, surrounding it on all sides. After this, it flows back into your feet to rise up your body again. (...)

You are completely safe in your spinning cocoon, no negative energy has access to you. All negative vibrations are repelled from your cocoon. Only positive energies have access to you. Now, thanks to rotation, your defense has become more effective.

Take a deep breath and imagine the number "5". Now “exhale” it from your lungs (...) Every time you need protection, it will be enough to imagine the number “5” and exhale it from your lungs - and the rotating cocoon will surround you with a dense barrier. (...)

Parapsychology. Exercise

Work through and complete the following version of the exercise yourself. Make changes in the movement of energy. When it flows above your head from your body, rotate it around the vertical axis of your body.

You have been introduced to four options for creating a rotating protective cocoon. Try to practice creating them all. The one that works best will become a model for you. Try to use it always.

Another, very good way of mental protection is absolute concentration on magical objects, such as amulets, medallions, religious objects - especially if they were performed according to all the rules, and the power was skillfully contained in them.

Concentrating attention and energy on a given subject will not allow us to succumb to someone else's suggestion and submit to someone else's energy. If we are associated with some religion or denomination, then through prayer and visualization we can ask for protection from the corresponding forces and spiritual beings, for example, saints, Spiritual Guardians of a given path of development.

Through prayer, we can appropriately communicate to them the problem that concerns us and the difficulties that lie in our way. The stronger our faith and practice, the more sincere we are, the stronger the protection we will receive.

Although this may seem paradoxical, our psyche functions like the energetic world. To receive something, we must first believe in it. This condition also applies in the case of a request for protection, etc.

The most effective form of defense is a clear conscience and pure intentions, a sense of innocence. The person who wants to attack us mentally, we must FORGIVE from the heart. We don't know this person's life path.

We don’t know what persuaded him to take such actions. We are unable to objectively evaluate his life, and, in the end, no one gave us the right to do so. We must not only forgive him, but also mentally ask him for forgiveness. After all, maybe, by chance, by our behavior we provoked him to attack.

At the same time, we must be aware that our behavior, which is extremely noble, can lead to the negative energy of the attacker being turned against him. According to the laws of nature, everything that is energetically “released” by us into space returns to us in a state enhanced many times over.

Many people have difficulty noticing this pattern. This happens because the Universe's response to our actions can return to us even after many years.

We use mental defense not only to protect against mental or energetic attacks, but also against threats in the physical world.

Now we will introduce you to the technology that came from Hawaii. There she is taught by Kaguns - the so-called Guardians of the Secret - priests, magicians, healers and psychologists at the same time. You will learn to harness the energy coming from your Highest Self to protect yourself and others.

First, let's look at an example of how this technique works.

EXAMPLE

At a certain place, two women who were successful in spiritual practice took part in meditation. Suddenly a drunk man came in and grabbed a chair to smash everything into pieces. The women uttered a protective formula in their thoughts. At that moment, the man seemed to suddenly sober up, came to his senses, put the chair in place and said: “Forgive me, it seems I behaved unworthily.” And he left.

Parapsychology. Exercise

Take a few deep breaths in and out. (...) Imagine that a huge ball of white-golden energy hangs above your head, which is radiated by the Highest Self - the Supreme Being.

Take a deep breath and as you exhale say out loud or in your thoughts:

"The wonderful Light of Kindness is upon me." (...) Imagine how white energy slowly flows down your body, surrounding it on all sides. (...) Now you are in complete mental and physical safety - in the energy “enveloping” you from all sides. (...)

Take a deep breath and as you exhale say out loud or in your thoughts: “The wonderful Light of Kindness is upon You.” Imagine how white energy slowly flows down onto the person you want to surround with protection or from whom you expect danger.

Now you and the person you protect are in complete physical and mental safety, immersed in the energy enveloping you. (...)

Always remember to surround yourself with protective energy first and then the other person. The distance separating us doesn't matter. The person we want to help may be either near us or on another continent.

Neither time nor space can limit energy. Over time, when you acquire the necessary skills, it will not be necessary to imagine energy. This will happen automatically; it will be enough just to say the words of the protective formula.

To enhance the impact of this exercise, you can “multiply” the impact of white-golden energy in your thoughts. To do this, when completing the pronouncement of the formula, add: “one”.

In place of the ellipsis, say any number. Don't think about how this mechanism works. Your subconscious will be freed from such a task.

This technique can be used when a child does not return home at the agreed time or when someone close to you goes on a trip. Remember! The power of this technique increases as your abilities in visualization, concentration and energy work develop.

It will also depend on your faith in it and your practical skills. Use this method only for serious purposes, in situations where you (or someone else) really need protection.

Don't play with it, because then you will weaken its effectiveness and the power of its impact. Your subconscious may later, in a difficult moment, not distinguish whether you are joking or really need help.

Main ideas from the book by psychologist Lucy Jo Paladino “Maximum Concentration”, cited quotes and specific advice and drew a mind map.

Herbert Simon, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978, noted that “a wealth of information leads to a poverty of attention.” The author of the book "Maximum Focus" Lucy Jo Paladino, a psychologist with 35 years of experience, specializes in the topic of attention. As a result of scientific research, she developed a complete and effective system for focusing attention on the tasks at hand.

As in Edward Hallowell's book Don't Distract Me, the problem is described in terms of people who have difficulty concentrating. But here throughout the book the topic is explained through the “concentration curve.”

Attention depends on how aroused you are. In a state of hyperactivity, the focus of attention switches from one thing to another, and when there is little energy, it is simply difficult to concentrate. One of Paladino's tips is to evaluate how energetic you are throughout the day and adjust to your sweet spot, which means not being too lethargic and not too active.

We tend to think that it is the brain that determines our behavior, but the opposite is also true: behavior directly affects the brain. The adult brain has between 100 and 1,000 trillion synapses, and for a long time scientists thought it did not change. Research conducted over the past 50 years (there are references to them in the book) has proven that this opinion is wrong.

The term "neuroplasticity" defines the brain's ability to transform throughout life. In childhood, the brain is more plastic, but even in adulthood, brain neurons continue to form new connections and structures. It's never too late to change your brain: keeping yourself in the concentration zone will improve your self-control, but constant lack of concentration affects your ability to concentrate negatively. The ability to concentrate can be trained.

Multitasking is evil

Multitasking in most cases worsens work results. The book references a Carnegie Mellon University study that analyzed images of brain activity. The young people who took part in the experiment had to solve linguistic problems while mentally rotating three-dimensional geometric shapes.

The accuracy of completing the task did not suffer, but the speed when it was necessary to switch between tasks was lower. It took less time to solve problems when they were performed one at a time. In addition, areas of the brain responsible for verbal communication and spatial reasoning were less active during multitasking than when performing each task individually.

Research confirms that the brain “switches gears” every time the prefrontal region moves from one task to another. First the switch is made, and then you need to stop following the rules of the first task and perform new ones.

Mindful multitasking can be used to adjust your position relative to your zone of concentration - to make a situation a little more stressful or calm. For example, if you are doing a routine, turn on aggressive music.

It also helps to have a list of three important things to do. If something interferes with your work and you procrastinate, you can switch to one of the tasks and get a little distracted.

How to improve concentration and attention

The book would be simply a collection of research results if it were not for practical advice, divided into three groups:

• Strategies for developing emotional skills.
• Strategies for developing mental skills.
• Strategies for developing behavioral skills.

Most advice boils down to eating right, getting enough sleep, using the Pomodoro technique ( divide the process of completing a task into segments of 25 minutes of work and 5 minutes of rest - approx. ed.), constantly practice meditation and self-awareness, but there are also some great unique ideas.

Athletes, when preparing for important competitions, are advised to constantly assess their adrenaline level (their state on the scale) and do everything to improve the situation: think about long-term goals or remember past training.

Development of emotional skills

You need to ask yourself, “What am I not doing now?” The author gives the example of a woman accustomed to procrastination, who learned to refuse acquaintances when she did not have time, and not to run away from performing necessary tasks.

In January 2007, Piers Steele published an analysis of hundreds of studies on procrastination. It turned out that it is becoming more widespread: from 1978 to 2006, the number of procrastinators increased from 5% to 26%. Procrastination is also associated with a person's impulsiveness and distractibility.

Modern technology makes it more and more tempting to procrastinate. In his work, Dr. Steele showed why other people procrastinate: perhaps they are unhappy with the task or are not confident that they can cope with it. You need to understand why you even took on the task that you are now putting off.

The fight against self-doubt needs to start with “rewriting” the past: understand and accept your mistakes, draw conclusions and no longer allow the past to disturb you, and most importantly, start praising yourself not for fulfilling the plan, but for actually putting in the effort.

The same advice is useful for those who experience anxiety - to replace fear with effort or dissociative (not related to the current moment) thinking. As in John Acuff's book Get Started, it is advised to write down the fears that prevent you from moving forward and the reasons why they are invalid.

Development of mental skills

Mental skill is the ability to use thinking to achieve a goal. Mental skills improve the functioning of the prefrontal cortex of the brain (which is also responsible for decision-making, planning, reasoning) and lead you to your goal. They are formed through regular practice.

This is why stable motivation and constant work on oneself are important. When you are in the right zone of concentration, the necessary chemical connections are formed in the brain to support attention. You are both relaxed due to the release of serotonin and focused due to dopamine and a small dose of norepinephrine.

In addition to the traditional advice with the morning mantra of Steve Jobs ( For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today was the last day of my life, would I do what I planned for the day?” - quote from a speech to Stanford graduates, approx. ed.), the book introduces the concept of “maximum achievable goals” from sports psychology. At every moment, an athlete must understand how and why he is able to achieve his goal. You need to choose goals so that their fulfillment depends on the efforts made, and not on circumstances that you cannot control.

In 1984, Swedish psychologist Lars-Erik Unesthal revolutionized the world of sports psychology with this statement: “An athlete is more likely to become a winner if he does not set a goal to win.” For many years, Dr. Unestal has worked with world-class athletes, analyzing their habits. He found that champions focus on tasks rather than rewards. Their primary goal is to improve their current level, not to surpass someone.

Build a ladder that you need to climb to reach your goals. The art of goal setting is to ensure that each completed goal stimulates movement forward. In sports psychology, the metaphor of building a ladder is used for this - so that each step is the right size and they are all located in the right order.

Don’t be afraid to focus on your goal and the current moment: the one for whom this goal is not the main one is more likely to win. The champion shoots and does not know how many targets he has already hit; for him there is only one target - the one that is now thrown into the air. He is so focused on the moment that he is sometimes surprised when the test comes to an end. This helps you not to worry about competitors and rivals. You cannot influence them - you can only do something yourself.

Another group of tips for developing mental skills is devoted to affirmations - this is when a person convinces himself with positive formulations. Allegedly, research proves that affirmations “I can, I am the best, I am strong” help athletes perform better.

Most of us remember past mistakes better than successes. We constantly plague ourselves with demoralizing whining and self-criticism. Instead, listen to thoughts that inspire hope, to the voice of an inner helper who believes in your strength and abilities. Recover at least three examples of personal success; if this works, remember something related to the current task. It should get easier.

Development of behavioral skills

In this part of the book there are very often references to research and Duhigg’s book, because they directly affect the mechanisms of habit formation, not only positive ones, but also, for example, fear of loss.

In one experiment, people were asked what they would do if they were given the opportunity to receive $3,000 with a 100% guarantee or $4,000 with an 80% guarantee. About 80% of respondents answered that they would take $3 thousand (although the mathematical expectation of the second win is 4000x0.8 - 3200).

When it was proposed to lose $3 thousand or $4 thousand under the same conditions, only 8% were in favor of the first option. The rest, which is also wrong, not wanting to part with what they already had, postponed making a decision and hoped for chance.

Positive habits:

• relax and unwind;
• believe in yourself instead of being afraid;
• be able to find support from friends and family;
• thank.

It would seem, what is the point in gratitude? In the 1970s, the author of the book participated in one of the last seminars of Hans Selye, the doctor who introduced the concept of biological stress. According to Selye, the only thing that helps cope with stress is thoughts of gratitude. To develop gratitude, Paladino suggests following her tips for 21 days:

• write down three things you are grateful for;
• thank one person;
• remember something good that happened to you in the last 24 hours.

A sense of control is extremely important to a person. In 1971, demographer and sociologist David Glass and his colleagues clearly demonstrated this by having students solve problems in a room with occasional noise. In one group, students were told that they could stop the noise with a signal, but were asked not to do so - and they complied with the request. The other group had no way to stop the sounds. Within twenty-five minutes, both groups had completed the task well and seemed to have adapted to the noise.

Then all participants in the experiment were taken to another room and asked to correct errors in the text in silence. The results varied widely. Subjects who were able to control the noise on the previous task performed much better on the new task and were less anxious. Those who could not control the situation showed very weak results and were very tense.

It is important for a person to have at least the slightest sense of control. If you can't control anything around you, but you can at least control yourself, you won't be exhausted like the participants in Glass's experiment. You will have the courage to control yourself, which means you will be able to continue working and cope with the obstacle.

In 1970, Martin Seligman and Donald Hiroto conducted an experiment on learned helplessness. In the first experiment, subjects were forced to listen to a loud noise while sitting in front of a button. In one group, the experiment participants could stop the noise by pressing a button, while in the other, pressing the button did not help - the subjects depended on those who could stop the sound.

Then the conditions changed: this time anyone could stop the nasty noise. People who could stop the noise in the first experiment easily stopped it this time - as did the control group participants who did not participate in the first part of the experiment. Those who could not turn off the sound in the first experiment could not do so now. They learned to be helpless and sat obediently in their places, although to stop the torment it was enough to stretch out their hand.

In other experiments, three groups of subjects were placed in the same conditions and asked to perform a test.

1. Those who could not influence the source of the sound performed the task poorly: they were unable to unravel the simplest anagrams and find the patterns by which they were composed.
2. Group members who had the opportunity to stop the noise knew that the outcome depended on their actions.
3. Judging by the reactions of people in the third group, they did not believe that success or failure depended on their actions.

Attention Deficit Disorder

The book touches on the problem of ADHD, or ADHD - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. According to research, the syndrome appeared due to a mutation in the D4 gene, which affects the production of dopamine and the reward mechanism. People with ADHD became better hunters due to their divided attention. Evolution has confirmed the benefit of this gene, as a result of which the mutation is passed on from generation to generation.

The differences became visible only when “farmers” began to appear in the population, leading a sedentary lifestyle - their survival depended on the ability to concentrate. People with attention deficit disorder have an unusually developed orienting reflex. Their brain, like a magnet, is drawn to something new; it becomes dependent on adrenaline, which is produced from the novelty of impressions. Finishing a task means receiving an assessment of the result.

Many people with attention deficit disorder grew up in constant fear - for example, they were afraid of receiving a test with many corrections on details that they thought were unimportant. Not turning in the work seemed like salvation, because this way they didn’t feel like hopeless losers - and this led them to the idea that they shouldn’t finish things.

In addition, ADHD causes people to overestimate their abilities. When you can't keep your promises, you feel guilty, and to hide it from yourself, you take on the next task - switching also gives you a release of dopamine.

As always, the main thing in solving this problem is to recognize it and understand that perhaps this is not a weakness, but simply a feature taken to the extreme. If we regard ADHD as a disease, then only “farmers” can be normal, “hunters” - never. If you look at it as a biological adaptive trait, both are normal. Problems begin when “hunters” are faced with the demands of an environment that in most cases rewards “farmers.”

Quotes

Everything can be taken away from a person except the last freedom of a person - to choose his own attitude to any circumstances and his own path.

- Viktor Frankl, psychologist, former concentration camp prisoner

If I ever made significant discoveries, it was due more to my patient attention than to any other talent.

- Isaac Newton

A path is just a path. You will ask if this path has a heart. If there is, it's a good way - if not, then it's of no use.

A path with a heart makes traveling along it joyful: no matter how you travel, you and your path are inseparable. One path gives you strength, the other destroys you.

- Advice given to Castaneda by senior shaman Don Juan Matus

When a player realizes that it is more important to learn attention than to hit a good shot, he stops playing "outside" and instead plays "inside." So, instead of learning attention to play better tennis, he plays tennis to improve attention.

- Timothy Gallwey

To achieve something, you need to focus on your efforts and not focus on any specific result. Life is a movie, not a landscape. If you measure yourself by only one win or loss, you stay within those boundaries while life moves on. If your decision led to failure, rethink it: it is just an experience that teaches and will one day lead to success. Instead of beating yourself up, say: “But I’m so good at trying! We just need to draw conclusions for the future.

Mind map

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The health of the mental body depends on the nature of thoughts. Every thought and mental aspiration leaves an imprint not only on the matter of the mental body, but also on the cells of the physical body. Thus, with our thoughts we form and build our future physical body.

The process of healing the mental body is based on the same principle: like attracts like. The darker and more primitive a person’s thinking, the weaker his mental body, which actually drags out a hungry existence.

First of all, you need to realize the importance of your mental body as a conductor of consciousness, and then it will begin its activity. If a person lives only by desires and passions, then the mental body weakens and may stop in its development, because it does not receive sufficient development, there is no aspiration to search for the true meaning and purpose of life. On a mental level, this manifests itself in dissatisfaction with life.

The human mental body, like others, is susceptible to various diseases. The disease, as a form of negative energy, penetrates the body and, having reached a critical mass, descends down to the astral, etheric, and then the physical body.

First of all, the nervous system and brain cells of a person are affected, and he begins to suffer from neuropsychiatric diseases. To cure such a disease, you need to know what energy has invaded the mental body, analyze your way of thinking recently and draw a conclusion about the causes of the disease. The manifestation of a disease of the mental body can last for years and even extend beyond the boundaries of one life.

The energies of past sins have grown into the mental body, and if a person does not correct his thinking, in later life he may again be subject to neuropsychiatric diseases, including paralysis, strokes, etc.

The state of the mental body and the receptivity of the brain, its thinking are also interconnected. Each thought is a certain vibration that is associated with mental matter that forms the mental body. Thought images are a complete vibrational form that permeates all bodies, saturating them with energy or taking it away. With the power of thought, you form a mental body, a project of your future state, which is transmitted through communication channels to the astral and etheric body, and then to the physical. Beautiful mental images will certainly be reflected in the state of the mental body, and the conscious process of thinking will gradually create a strong will.

Mentally focusing on one concept or subject is very useful. For example, on the structure of human subtle bodies, or comprehension of outer space, or the development of one’s mental body, or the improvement of consciousness, or the formation of one’s spiritual body. You can think about different things, about the creative power of life, about the sources of life-giving energy. Thinking and mental images should be bright and clear. Imagination can give complete form to every chain of thoughts. Streams of mental energies are attracted when a person thinks about distant worlds, thereby tearing his thoughts away from the earth at least for a short time. The mental body receives a strong energy impulse, and a conscious connection with higher planes appears. Concentration teaches you to concentrate mental energy, which gives the power of thought. A person who is angry, irritable or burdened with hatred or revenge will not be able to give his energies strength, because in such a state the waste of strength is very great. But the more spiritual and moral a person is, the more strength he has for the thought process.

The state of selfless love for people makes mental energy pure and active like nothing else.

Sometimes, in order to restore the strength of the mental body and give impetus to brain activity for useful and fruitful work, you need to learn to achieve a state of thoughtlessness. At the same time, you can focus on the inner contemplation of one of the saints or great ascetics of humanity. This state is extremely beneficial for brain cells.

Strength is stimulated in people who are in a sleeping state. As a result of such an awakening, all energy systems are renewed, which gradually reaches the physical body, and rejuvenation is possible at the cellular level of the entire organism.

But one should not confuse the state of inner silence with ordinary mental immobility or dullness. These are completely opposite things.

In a state of thoughtlessness, amazing insights are possible.

There is also the concept of mental breathing. The energy of thought is diffused in space, and focusing on deep and even breathing for the purpose of healing is very useful. What is mental breathing?

Bring your entire being into a state of balance and inhale not just air or prana, but the essence of mental purified energy. It is better to carry out such an action while in nature, in a clean place - in the forest, in the mountains, away from cities.

Air molecules contain etheric energies that are subject to thought and can be attracted during inhalation. During the pause, they will enter the blood, and on exhalation they will carry away negative particles. This way you can push illnesses out of yourself. You can inhale aromas, or you can inhale a fiery substance, gradually accustoming yourself to higher energies. But first you need to remember which element you belong to. And do not inhale the opposite element.

The physical body belongs to the dense world. Astral - to the astral, we go there in our dreams. Mental - to the mental world, very few can get there, and for this you need to have a refined and developed mental body. The spiritual is the habitat of saints and very few spiritually developed people.

It is very useful to at least think about the higher worlds - mental and spiritual. Thoughts, like anchors, will be fixed there, and over time you will be able to get to a higher plane of existence. Mental constructions can be so beautiful that they are beyond ordinary description.

Communication with the worlds is carried out through the corresponding bodies. But a person himself can raise and increase his own vibrations to any level, thereby giving himself the opportunity to stay in the spiritual world. These are enormous possibilities, or rather super-possibilities, because it was thanks to access to the spiritual world, to its highest energies, that saints and ascetics could perform healings and other miracles. Having established sufficient connections with the mental world and its energy, you will feel a powerful influx of strength, inspiration and creative enthusiasm.

The mental images in which you try to imagine pictures of the higher layers of the mental world may seem fantastic, but this does not mean that they do not exist. There is no evil there, everything glows, sounds and smells. The subtle matter of the mental is instantly transformed, it is so mobile that images appear immediately in certain forms. There are no limits or restrictions here and you can create anything you want: palaces, temples, flowering alleys. Everything your essence is capable of. Such contacts with the highest beauty of mental creativity are sometimes more fruitful than the health-improving activities themselves. Don't be afraid to think about higher worlds, don't limit yourself and your thinking. This is the same as limiting the flow of energy. But more often, mentally lift yourself off the ground. Don't deny anything under any circumstances. Any denial is a limitation of the development of energy bodies. It leads to stagnation of energy and saturation of bodies with decay products, energy self-poisoning.

Anything is possible! That's what ordinary people say. Eliminate envy, ill will and the most destructive thing for energy bodies - selfishness. The more selfish a person is, the weaker his mental body. In the next life, such an egoist is born poor, with weak mental abilities, but the dense side of life manifests itself clearly in him. Rude, selfish, greedy, lustful - how many of them are there now? The consequences of a soulless and immoral life have not yet befallen them, but they have already begun to manifest themselves in diseases of a very different nature.

The mental body is also weakened by excessive sexual activity. Mental abilities decrease from this. Therefore, if you need to succeed in mental activity, then restraint in the sexual sphere will help you in this. Outbursts of anger, hatred, even simple irritation will also harm and weaken the energies of the mental body.

Not everyone’s mental body is fully formed and developed, so consciously building it from refined mental energy - the energy of thought - just as you would sculpt from clay, will help strengthen and fill it with light radiations. And control over thoughts will teach you to accumulate mental energy, which contributes to longevity, clarity of mind into old age and a full, active life.